1/2/10 Conservative or Liberal

In the last few years, I've become more politically aware, thanks to a renewed friendship to a person who is wiser than me when it comes to politics. One question keeps coming up which is, "Are you a conservative or a liberal?" Pondering this has been a challenge that I have been debating for about 2 years. How can anyone say they are truly one or the other when looking at the definition of each word. If you define each term, there is black and white with no gray area. I'm a gray! Conservatives resist change and liberals embrace change. The gray in me says that change is good if that change is valuable for the majority, but only after careful deliberation of all aspects of the situation. Change is hard for me. I cannot embrace it. Hence, that is why I'm a conservative.

My definition of a conservative is a grown-up liberal. I believe most people start out as liberals and then with age and experience they change into conservatives. Remember the 60's when the young protested everything...the war, bras, abortion laws, parents. These were the liberals. Conservatives were the older generation.

Now at 60+ (boy does that sound old), I'm still protesting, but now its against liberalism. Things like Obama health care reform, buy outs, and governmental controls and changes. Don't get me wrong, I believe change is good, BUT does it have to be so far to the left or the right. I still believe in the Bible and the Constitution. Well, that is my wonderings for this day!