Not at all! You forget the intellectual gymnastics necessary to hold opinions like that, you gotta be pretty smart to be that stupid.
1, 3, and 5: Factual
2: Not Factual
4: Nonsensical.
I think the OP’s question is backwards. None of this stupid shit is stuff you HAVE to believe “to be a conservative today”, and most of it isn’t even believed by a majority of conservatives AFAICT.
What we really seem to be talking about is “stupid shit that you have to be a conservative to believe”. That is, there are some idiotic notions (like the Obama-birther stuff and the AGW-conspiracy-of-scientists idea) that only conservatives (but not necessarily all or even most conservatives) put any credence in (just as there are some other idiotic notions that only liberals, but not all or even most liberals, put any credence in).
The problem there, is you end up with the No True Scotsman [non-conservative] fallacy. There are a non-trivial number of Democratic birthers and AGW-deniers. Are they automatically to be considered “conservative”? I mean, I see your point, I just don’t think it’s that simple.
I believe in God, but He’s an interstellar travelling alien. That’s why he hasn’t been around intervening, performing miracles and stuff. He’s got lots of other worlds to keep tabs on. He’ll come around eventually and check on how we are doing, likely in the wake of the next Halle-Bopp comet appearance.
AGW deniers I can buy. But Dem “birthers”? Dunno, bit of a stretch.
We’ll see when Ah-nold challenges for the throne in 2012.
That “Obama’s gonna take ur guns”.
The discovery of racist Democrats in the 2008 election was a surprise to some, but not to me. You probably won’t believe this cite, because it’s biased, but looks like the number is 4% for Dems, and 8% for Independents (vs 28% for Republicans).
That Obama is the anti-Christ. That he has “brought us closer to dictatorship” than any other president.
Das Kos? No way, bunch of weak-ass centrists.
That it makes you look clever to come out opposed to an as yet unnamed candidate for the supreme court?
That Rush Limbag is anything but a fearmongering, obstructionist, shitstirrer?
Another one in Parade magazine today: that Laura Bush only had one assistant while Michele Obama has 23 at a cost of $1.7M. Turns out Laura had 24 and a similar budget.
Having access to health care makes one lazy. I hear that one a lot. It’s nonsense, of course.
That Obama is going to prohibit or otherwise somehow ban recreational fishing.
Take care, sir! The last time that subject was broached, it led to a lenghty series of wretched piscean puns. One must not tempt the weak-willed!
Exactly. You should only resort to fish-puns if it somehow relates to the topic. You certainly shouldn’t do it just for the halibut.
Moderators! Emergency thread lock required! 911! Arrroooooga! Arrrrooooga!
That a Republican package of minor checks on insurance providers will “destry the country” (the exact words of the House Minority Leader). That there is something called “Obamacare” (there isn’t), and that the HCR package is a “government takeover of health care.”
These are things stated by the elected Republican leadership, not just nutbars at teabag rallies.
None of those things is subject to factual verification, except maybe #2 And since Obama put forth a HC proposal, it could be reasonably called “Obamacare”. That is just a slogan, afterall.