Ideology?

"... just exactly what is your Ideology Swift? Did you just crawl out from under a

prehistoric rock and evolved barely beyond the apes in your stilted, stagnant

conservative dribble. Tell me your parents and mentors lead you unsuspectedly down

this path of every man for himself, let the unfortunate and prejudiced-against to fend for

themselves. We are a collective one Swift, to be assured equality by our governors and

providers. Diversity, tolerance and fairness our watchwords. Get with it, the parade has

past you by...." 

That's what a responder emailed me recently, out of context but almost

verbatim (leaving out the expletives). Who said I'm just preaching to the choir? Well,

perhaps my perceptive detractor you said it all, albeit in distortion. If not indeed

completely out of step with what is going on, I'm certainly staggering about trying to

figure out what has turned my world upside down! Of late, no question I've pinned the

tail on our president as my identified number one facilitator. As for my ideology, never

thought of myself as an ideologue of any specific comprehensive normative vision or

behavior. I have identified myself here as a conservative in my politics; as a registered

independent voter who has voted at one time or another for both Democrat and

Republican candidates; morally guided by the Ten Commandments, yet certainly not of

the religious right; a pragmatist when it comes to our country's Declaration of

Independence and it's Constitution, if not to the letter certainly to their spirit. So what

does that make me ideologically speaking? I always thought it made me a pretty good

American. As for my parents and mentors contribution to my socio-political construct: in

the main I never thought of them as particularly politically bent, overtly patriotic, muchless

ideologues -, hard working, yes; morale and God fearing yes, Americans first and

foremost, yes; afforded me good council and guidance, as well as every other possible

opportunity that they could for me to succeed in life, yes, but indoctrinated me in the

ways of politics, attempted to instill a discernible ideology to live by, no! As I said here

so often, I'm just a Conservative venting his spleen in a sea of perceived unproductive

ultra-liberalism, whipped up by over the top political correctness! And, as a concerned

citizen trying to be relevant, if only in a tiny voice, speaking out.There was no torment or

relationship in my life's progression that has given me cause or persuasion to be other

than grateful for the opportunities this country has afforded me; pride in its

accomplishments as a nation, as a society. What I am as a result, is what I am of my

own free will, fortune and volition. Take me or leave me as you wish, what you read is

what you get.