Thought the following descriptions and caustic quotes concerning liberals and conservatives might be amusing to many. Oddly no definition for "libertarian" though a bit of running commentary about both Republicans and Democrats.
Extracted from the newly released *The Devil’s Dictionary (new millennia edition)*. Grab a copy for your cynical old man for father's day. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0983240752/ *conservative* noun 1. A person who believes that nothing should be done for the first time. 2. A statesman fond of existing evils. 3. A person with two perfectly good legs who has never learned to walk forward. 4. A liberal that has either been mugged or paid taxes. The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. — Hannah Arendt The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them. — Mark Twain The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking. — John Kenneth Galbraith *liberal* noun 1. Someone who does not care what you do as long as it is compulsory. 2. A person who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which he proposes to pay-off with your money. 3. A person whose interests aren’t at stake at the moment. 4. A person too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel. 5. A school of thought loved by people, but hated by Republicans. 6. A statesman that strives to replace current evils with fresh, new evils. It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a single idea. — Robert Anton Wilson Liberals are very broadminded: they are always willing to give careful consideration to both sides of the same side. — Unknown -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
