Does anyone know of a conservative idea that has worked?

[MikeG]

[bryant69]

1. Hmmmmm

How much do I want to be flamed?

Sorry, I'll get back to you, I've got to think about this.

[carolinayellowdog]

2. "Let's steal the election"

worked all too well, thanks to media enablers

[rooboy]

3. Ummm...when Nixon resigned, that worked !!

[TrogL]

4. States' rights

[Salviati]

13. And it's funny how they want to take that one back...

When people decided to use it on the issues of gay marrage, legalization of pot, assisted suicide, and importing drugs from canada...

[salin]

17. funny thing is that was initially pushed as a means to keep Jim Crow

had nothing to do with Conservative Ideology.

[troublemaker]

20. Nope. That's the core Democratic ideal (historically)

Sad but true.

[rucky]

5. Clinton's fiscal responsibility. Clinton's welfare reform. n/t

[theoceansnerves]

6. teddy roosevelt's

national wildlife refuges.

[cheezus]

11. Yeah, I've always wondered why conservation isn't a conservative value

I mean, how much more obvious can it get?

[Egalitarian Zetetic]

24. Ted NuGent is an ardent conservationist<nt>

[lastliberalintexas]

14. Yep, Yellowstone was my first thought

[info being]

7. The idea of personal accountability is good

It is consistent with nature. However, personal accountability doesn't necessarily mean cutting off all help. It means giving people the tools they need to be personally accountable.

Also, note that calling a higher power is exactly the opposite of personal accountability.

A lot of the basic ideas of conservatism are good...but the ignorant tools that spew such ideas always end up distorting for their own benefit.

[stevedeshazer]

8. Trickle down economy

When they trickle down, I get this warm, kind of yellow sensation. :)

[ThoughtCriminal]

9. No, but one Republican idea worked...

Ban slavery

[cheezus]

12. that was a republican idea, not a conservative one

[guitar man]

10. Trickle down economics

Worked like a charm.I remember living through it in the '80s. Korporate execs got filthy rich while poor working rubes like me damn near starved to death. I'm sure that was the plan, even though they didn't advertis it that way. :grr:

[troublemaker]

15. Blitzkrieg was effective.

[bedtimeforbonzo]

16. "if we can get Wellstone to take a small plane..."

that worked pretty well

[gratuitous]

18. Not sure, how did that whole Spanish Inquisition thing work out?

Does voting Republican make you an accomplice to their crimes?

[MikeG]

21. I didn't expect that question.

[JayS]

19. On what level? Local? State? Federal? n/t

n/t

[MikeG]

22. Any level. It seems like a bogus ideology.

Nothing they do ever works.

[JayS]

25. The only ones I can think of at the moment are at the state...

...level. The first would be the reclassification of certain crimes from a state to a federal purview. Now if you use a gun in the commission of a crime, or just be near one in some cases, you can look forward to a long jail term; gang members can now be prosecuted under RICO. The other is moving certain petty drug offenses from a criminal court to a medical one so you won't go to jail or get a bad mark on your record. I guess I could also throw in the Concealed Handgun License Law but that law caused us to lose our last Democratic Governor and gave the world George Bush.

[baldguy]

23. Slavery worked pretty well for a few centuries.

The Nazi death camps also turned a profit for a couples years.

The problems for conservative ideas is that they don't work once you start treating people equally, with compassion and consideration.

[Sparkly]

26. Aligning corporate greed with the Christian coalition

and convincing people that evil is good.

[LoZoccolo]

27. Having contractors bid on government contracts.

But apparently they don't follow that anymore.

[guitar man]

28. hehe

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[proud patriot]

29. Environmental Conservation

Good old Teddy :hi: