They Only Believe In Votes

I was reading some liberal blogs today and it occurred to me that a major difference between liberals and conservatives is that liberals almost always base their positions (the publicly stated ones at least; maybe not their true agenda) on what garners the most popularity, while conservatives tend to base theirs more on what they actually believe in.  I'm not saying all conservatives and liberals act this way, but there are more conservatives that stand true to their beliefs than there are liberals who do so.

And political expediency is how the liberals view the world.  Here are some examples from a liberal blog showing how liberals think politicians should stand for whatever is most popular rather than what they believe in:

"Does Chris Christie really think that vetoing gay marriage is going to look smart in 2016?"

"Romney has to double down on bailout bashing in a desperate effort to erase Santorum’s 15 point lead in [Michigan]."

"The problem for Romney is the only way to beat Santorum is to adopt the same anti-gay, anti-woman and anti-progress positions in the primaries and bet that he can somehow reverse course this fall."

"The longer the contest draws out, the more Romney has to pander."

See, the liberals think politicians should act only on what increases popularity or helps overcome another politician's lead in popularity.  It doesn't occur to them that maybe Christie opposes gay marriage (assuming the quote above is true) because it's what he believes in.  The liberals would have him take a stance based only on what attracts more voters rather than what he truly believes in.  I prefer my politicians to be honest and tell me what they stand for, not merely what I want to hear.  Liberals want politicians to tell them what they want to hear.  They like feeling warm and fuzzy inside - I'd rather be told the truth.

Liberals don't seem to understand that politicians are supposed to stand up for what they believe in!  It's not about lying and shifting to gain votes - it's about putting forth your view for America and hoping that you can convince people that your view is the right way to go.  Liberals have such a shallow and dishonest approach to politics.  This is why you can't trust anything Obama says - he says whatever is politically expedient for that day, and it may change if the mood in the country changes.  Many conservatives do this too, but it just seems like the ones that stand for something rather than just trying to gain votes tend to be most conservative - like the tea party.