Conservative..

Often times conservatives are labeled as arrogant in an effort to detract from their message.  Being confident in ones beliefs and using logic with facts to support those positions troubles those without any core values.  The abscence of a center from which to base a viewpoint causes some to cast about always looking for an answer.  Life is not about finding a right answer, it is about having beliefs and values that allow you to be grounded and comfortable with a position.  Sometimes that position may not be popular, but the position has value as it comes from your core belief.

Uncle Rush illuminated this in a past editorial I was reviewing the other day.

I love being a conservative. We conservatives are proud of our philosophy. Unlike our liberal friends, who are constantly looking for new words to conceal their true beliefs and are in a perpetual state of reinvention, we conservatives are unapologetic about our ideals. We are confident in our principles and energetic about openly advancing them. We believe in individual liberty, limited government, capitalism, the rule of law, faith, a color-blind society and national security. We support school choice, enterprise zones, tax cuts, welfare reform, faith-based initiatives, political speech, homeowner rights and the war on terrorism. And at our core we embrace and celebrate the most magnificent governing document ever ratified by any nation--the U.S. Constitution. Along with the Declaration of Independence, which recognizes our God-given natural right to be free, it is the foundation on which our government is built and has enabled us to flourish as a people.

I can only add, amen.