Where did he say Old Testament? Try the New Testament, which is really what Christianity is based on... starting with the book of Romans... Romans 1:6 I believe. I agree with Drekce's sentiments on this issue I couldn't say it any better myself.
The difference between liberals and conservatives can be summed up like this: Liberals think that the government should be more involved with raising the standards of living for people. Conservatives do not. The exceptions for the conservatives are, if you are a large corporation or a millionaire, then you should get government help (witness Gov Bailouts of big businesses and tax breaks for the rich.)
What beautifully overbroad generalizations you've just made!
This "liberals care crap" may be true for your garden variety, tree-hugging, ride your bike to work, liberal. I think they genuinely believe in government intervention to better the lives of the downtrodden.
That being said...
The average, hard working, drives-his-SUV-to-work conservative is not nearly as heartless as the liberal menace portrays her as. She would merely like to live her life unfettered by oppressive taxation, without appreciable return. She would rather invest money in her family than to give her money to a distant Federal government which has a consistent track record of poor money management. Your statement about conservatives applies only to conservatives on the take in Congress...
The liberals in Congress really don't care about the downtrodden, or they would have reformed this worthless, underperforming, bloated welfare system during the decades of Democratic party control of Congress. This "Great Society" LBJ built has never worked. Never has... Never will... For excellent examples of welfare reforms that do work, look at what Tommy Thompson (R) has done in the great state of Wisconsin.
"Liberal" politicians don't have an incentive politically to help the welfare masses, because the poor blindly vote for liberal politicians that have never helped them anyway. They vote for them because there is a "(D)" following their name, and their parents always voted for D's.
Rational maximizers of wealth vote for their self interests. They try to vote in a way that will materially better their lives. The poor, as rational maximizers of wealth, vote for liberals to better their lives through the wide-eyed hope of increased entitlements. The middle class and the "rich," whoever they are, tend to vote to reduce their tax burden. If voting your own self-interests is wrong, then are some wrongs more right than others?
This is the same liberal sing-song crap that I have had to listen to since the liberal menace strated hammering on supply-side economics during the Reagan administration. If supply-side is SO evil, why did the Democratically controlled House and Senate of the 80's pass it, and why did they opt to do nothing about it after it supposedly failed? The TRUTH is that supply-side economics works and it is what fueled the "Clinton Era of Prosperity" as well.
Conservatives do not really believe in less Gov. they believe in UNless gov. Keeping the environment clean is nice UNLESS we need to build a plant. Free enterprise is nice UNLESS it means lowered profits for big business. Lowered government spending is good UNLESS you are a military contractor. The list goes on, but most of you get the point.
In the words of Ronald Reagan... "Well... there you go again." This is a really cute little sound bite, all without any real meaning, like the rest of your post.
Thank God (with a capital G, thank you) that Al Gore invented the internet so you could exercise your First Amendment rights today. I know I will.
Think... then type your response if you like.