Those words – Mississippi is not a conservative state – delivered quite matter-of-factly by my learned and articulate friend – grabbed the attention of the teenagers (and a few parents) who were gathered into a room to hear the two of us discuss government and citizenship and especially the presidential electoral college process. Their reaction to the statement was clearly expectant of an explanation. As for me, I needed none, though I understood the various reactions.
Consider now a few other polls where Mississippi is ranked #2 and #1 in political corruption based on convictions per capita. In 2015 the Center for Public Integrity scored Mississippi a D minus based on the laws and systems in place to deter corruption.
Respecting natural laws as more binding than man’s laws.
Conservatism is vastly different in America than in other cultures, i.e. Russia, France, Saudi Arabia. Simply put, American conservatives recognize the wisdom of our forefathers in crafting the amazing documents that guide this Nation and we steadfastly refuse to change the system that guides this Constitutional Republic.
Here are the most recent scores from these groups, respectively:
In politics as in football, you are what the score says you are.
Perhaps we conservative Mississippians should pay more attention to the legislative game. We’d all like to improve the score.