re: #163 Great White Snark

Then you are talking about a particular kind of fiscal conservative, ie a republican or blue dog dem. I think it’s worth noting that in fact those two ideas are not necessarily cognitive dissonance.

‘Conservatism’ is so tainted in my view that I’m unwilling to describe having a decent respect for budgets and of what is being required of people in their taxes, and being willing to make the resulting tough choices, as any kind or flavor of ‘fiscal conservatism’.

That language implicitly concedes that liberals are tax and spend flakes.