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Conservatives define themselves more by their hatred of liberals than anything else, and, conversely, liberals by their distaste for conservatives.

It has become more acceptable to describe yourself as a conservative, but not everyone who uses that term about themselves really is truly conservative.

At times, conservatives become defined by their volume rather than by their ideas.

Everybody who is a Republican wants to call themselves conservative even if they don't necessarily vote that way.

Liberals are sometimes defined as people who can't take their own side in an argument.

The most passionately anti-Obama Republican politicians and activists consider themselves the truest and purest of conservatives, and often unleash their scorn and fury on others who also call themselves conservative but differ on strategy and tactics.

A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now.

A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.

Basically, whenever someone says they're wrong, conservatives too often fall back on claims that those who disagree with them are biased and thus worthy of being ignored, a convenient position that allows them to avoid debating uncomfortable criticisms.