Conservatives have a pretty obvious hole in their logic, where they both want to legislate morality and reduce the state&#x27;s ability to enforce such legislation.  The modern liberal on the other hand is much more single minded in the expansion of federal responsibility, and logically granting the powers necessary to accomplish said responsibilities (firearm registration, clipper chip, etc).  Pretending that it isn&#x27;t a false choice for a moment, I&#x27;d prefer the confused conservative position.