Return to Common Sense February 26, 2013 Section: Introduction –
Politics “The nonpartisan Background Poll continues to confirm
that a majority (59%) of Americans characterize themselves year
after year as conservative or very conservative, but this does
not always translate into party politics.” “The trouble with our
liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant, it’s just that
they know so much that isn’t so.” Ronald Reagan. Philosophy
(Background, Issues, Objectives): Currently the two major
parties are Republican and Democrat: - Republican Right
(Conservatives), began as Whigs, tend to favor economic freedom,
but frequently support laws to restrict personal behavior that
violates “traditional values;” support a strong military, oppose
bureaucracy and high taxes, favor a free market economy and
endorse strong law enforcement. o Aristotle held that truth is
far too complex to know through the bare application of logic to
imagination because the variables are too numerous to enable the
thinker to find that tr