But it has been shocking to see some conservatives perform verbal gymnastics to support a candidate who has questionable character and vacillates on
basic conservative principles.
Not exact matches
My last essay ended by noting that
conservatives are told by many of their leading politicians and pundits that America's fundamental problem is that too many of their fellow citizens no longer understand its
basic principles, of which liberty has pride of place.
The problem is that a
basic tenet of classical liberalism — a tenet generally accepted in the Western world by «liberals,» as well as by many «
conservatives» — is that differences regarding fundamental
principles of human nature and morality are not a threat to social and political life.
He is part of a wider movement of
conservative Christians who are choosing to live their lives on the edge of society, unplugged from civilization as much as they can, living under
basic biblical
principles.
The
basic principle of being a
Conservative is a belief in sound money.
«It was an affront to all the
basic principles of free trade, of human decency and of international responsibility,» said
Conservative MEP Charles Tannock.
These new
principles were presented in the Tamworth Manifesto of 1834, which historians regard as the
basic statement of the beliefs of the new
Conservative Party.
«It is to be hoped that he has not renounced this
basic common sense demand - so central to the Lib Dems»
principles - in order to join the
Conservatives in government.
The inability to understand
basic economic
principles by
conservative deniers underlies their desire to have it both ways.