This may come as a shock to many of my most loyal readers, but I am, in fact, a conservative.

Yes, my friends, I am well aware of my reputation as a liberal. But those days are now gone. Because I have had an ideological shift, and now embrace Conservatism. Here are my core beliefs:

• I believe in a woman’s right to choose.
• I believe Don’t Ask Don’t Tell and ENDA must be immediately overturned.
• I believe people with different sexual preferences than I should have all the rights I have.
• I believe in Keynesian economics and the progressive tax.
• I believe the death penalty should be abolished.
• I believe the First Amendment is about government restricting speech, not private people criticizing my ideas.
• I believe if Americans want to build something and they follow the rule of law, they should be allowed to build whatever they wish.
• I believe in amnesty for illegal immigrants currently in the U.S. and an easing of U.S. immigration laws.
• I believe Obama’s stimulus package should have been much bigger.
• I believe Barack Obama is a Blue-Dog Democrat, not a Marxist maniac.
• I believe Barack Obama is a Christian born in Hawaii.
• I believe America needs stronger unions to protect employees.
• I believe “Supply-side Economics” is a Ponzi Scheme.
• I believe in diplomacy
• I believe in a nation of 300 million, with many aging, a strong social safety net is of vital importance.
• I believe Corporations and big business need strong regulations.
• I believe in man-made Climate Change.

I believe all these things and more, and as a Conservative, I will ignore the cackle of rads who fight me. I will battle tooth and nail to be heard in the big tent of conservatism.

Whatever you may think of my beliefs is of no matter to me. I march to my own right-wing drummer. Because if Sarah Palin can say she’s a feminist, then I can proudly state that I’m a Conservative.

–WKW

Crossposted at William K. Wolfrum Chronicles