I do agree with most of your stated stances. I don’t like paying taxes, but I pay my share. I definitely agree that we need to preserve, and restore, our environment.

If conservatives believed in equal rights for all, for no special treatment for the very rich, for return of political power to real people rather than “corporate people”, for working together to make the world a better place – a few things like that then I could consider becoming a conservative.

But as long as conservatives preach hate, intolerance, greed, hostility to other countries, destruction of the planet, etc. I just can’t go there.

Perhaps you might not be the conservative you think you are. It might be time for a new term for people who support fiscal conservation, environmental conservation, and doing the Jesus thing – treating others as you would like be treated.