A Century After TR, Conservatives Decide to Stop Conserving

IsrAmeriPrius · 11-17-2004, 10:18 PM

Patt Morrison:
A Century After TR, Conservatives Decide to Stop Conserving (Click here for the complete article)
The GOP could learn something from 'Gommy.'

Almost nine months before, I had put down my name and my deposit on the wait list for a hybrid car. Did I say wait? This wasn't a wait, it was a gestation.

Then I got the call: Congratulations, it's a Prius. The night before I picked it up, I did a television news gig. I ran into a friend who works at the station, and I told her how excited I was about the Prius. A Republican political aide, whose boss had been on TV with me, heard us. "Huh," he said sarcastically. "Does it come with a Kerry sticker?"

It made me wonder: When did conserving — saving — gasoline, or anything else, become something those awful liberals do? When did big SUVs and bigger federal deficits redefine "conservative"? When did conservatives start mocking conservation?

Patt Morrison's e-mail is patt.morrison@latimes.com

11-17-2004, 10:18 PM	#1
IsrAmeriPrius Progressive Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Southern California Posts: 4,338 My Car: 2005 Prius Model: Package: #6 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	A Century After TR, Conservatives Decide to Stop Conserving Patt Morrison: A Century After TR, Conservatives Decide to Stop Conserving (Click here for the complete article) The GOP could learn something from 'Gommy.' Almost nine months before, I had put down my name and my deposit on the wait list for a hybrid car. Did I say wait? This wasn't a wait, it was a gestation. Then I got the call: Congratulations, it's a Prius. The night before I picked it up, I did a television news gig. I ran into a friend who works at the station, and I told her how excited I was about the Prius. A Republican political aide, whose boss had been on TV with me, heard us. "Huh," he said sarcastically. "Does it come with a Kerry sticker?" It made me wonder: When did conserving — saving — gasoline, or anything else, become something those awful liberals do? When did big SUVs and bigger federal deficits redefine "conservative"? When did conservatives start mocking conservation? Patt Morrison's e-mail is patt.morrison@latimes.com __________________ Justice, justice you shall pursue. (Deuteronomy 16:20)

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