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Conservative

| August 1, 2014 6:00 AM

What should define "conservative" with respect to government? I consider knowledge of the principles that underlay the original US Constitution and first twelve amendments as most important. The Federal government should be small, concerned with defense, maintaining cooperation between the States, and foreign countries. The Seventeenth Amendment should be removed, and State legislatures should be able to dismiss Senators who don't represent their State's government.

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