Should a conservative or a liberal get my vote?

(A tip of the hat goes to Mark Levin for much of this which I lifted from a recent boradcast)

There's a lot of confusion among voters about the exact nature of a conservative candidate and a liberal one. First off, a conservative is probably the Republican candidate and a liberal is very likely running on the Democrat ticket.

So what's the difference?

I consider myself to be a conservative. Not a Republican, a conservative. There are a lot of Republicans that are not conservative. John McCain comes to mind. There are many others. The Republican defeated in the Delaware Sentate primary held on September 14 2010 was anything but a conservative. He was what's commonly referred to as a "RINO" or Republican in name only. His voting record firmly establishes him as if not a liberal at least a very left-leaning moderate. Kudos to the Tea Party for putting forth a true conservative. A lady who is very likely to take what many refer to as "Joe Biden's senate seat" in the general election in November.

We conservatives believe in the principles set forth by our country's founding fathers. Conservatism is the antidote to tyranny. It is about a stable society. It's all about the individual. Private property rights. Maximizing liberty. An economic market system. A conservative system produces more goods, services and technology than any other. It is more generous. More humane.

Our conservative philosophy respects man's nature and seeks to nurture it and allow it to bloom.
It is the liberal philosophy that seeks to control, torment, abuse and break the human spirit.

We conservatives embrace the genius of the founding fathers.
The other side fundamentally embraces the socialist tenants of Karl Marx and his followers.

We believe in liberating the individual.
They believe in controlling him.

We believe in you keeping what you earn.
They believe in stealing it.

We believe in American citizenship.
They believe in global citizenship.

We believe in American greatnesss.
They believe in American arrogance.

We believe in representative government.
They believe in big government.

We believe America liberates and protects the world's victims.
They believe we're imperialists and colonialists.

We believe in limited government.
They believe in unfettered government.

We believe the people are in control.
They believe in controlling the people.

The principles we as conservatives believe in are the very things our forebears fought and died for. My father did not participate in World War II so that America could become a socialist dictatorship. The men and women who have given so much for this country did not do so to have it become just another experiment in socialism. An experiment that has failed everywhere it has been tried.

You might recall one of the first things the current liberal president said shortly after removing his hand from the bible on January 20th 2009. He responded to a question about his single-minded focused attack on our economy and health care system by saying two words. "We won." As though his election and subsequent inauguration was the coronation of an all powerful dictator.

Remember who's who when you pull that lever or punch that card in November.