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> Perhaps I'm confused here. I thought right wingers and conservatives were for individual and state's rights and it was the bleeding heart liberals that wanted to hand the world over to the federal government on a silver platter? Ever heard of the libertarian party?

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Well, it is not a 1 dimensional line but a 2 dimensional grid. Personal liberties on one axis and economic beliefs on the other.

See http://www.self-gov.org/quiz.html

Conservatives like Bush believe in almost complete freedom for corporations, but not for individuals. A lot of liberals believe the complete opposite. Libertarians believe in freedom for both and the opposite axis believes in neither and leans towards Communism (which is not the same thing as Socialism).

As for states rights, I think is an issue that transcends the liberal/conservative labels, since states rights have been lost in both types of administrations, and both groups have been happy and unhappy about it.