Conservatives voted against 40-hour work-weeks, claiming that workers weren’t working enough.

Conservatives voted against weekends off, declaring that workers would become shiftless.

Conservatives voted against paid vacations, declaring that workers didn’t deserve them.

Conservatives voted against child labor laws, predicting the doom of American manufacturing.

Conservatives voted against work safety laws, warning mass corporate bankruptcies.

Conservatives voted against unemployment insurance, saying it made workers lazy.

Conservatives voted against workman’s compensation, accusing workers of scamming the bosses.

Conservatives voted against unions, claiming they were communist plots.

Conservatives voted against social security, claiming we could never afford it.

Conservatives voted against Medicare & Medicaid, claiming we could never afford it.

Conservatives voted against abolishing slavery, claiming the US economy couldn’t survive without it.

Conservatives voted against regulating Wall Street in the 1920’s, claiming banks couldn’t compete.

Conservatives voted against regulating Wall Street in the 1990’s, claiming banks couldn’t compete.

Conservatives voted against regulating Wall Street in 2010, claiming banks couldn’t compete.

Conservatives voted against giving women the vote, predicting the destruction of  family and country.

Conservatives voted against legal abortion, calling it murder.

Conservatives voted against birth control, calling it murder.

Conservatives voted against sex education, calling it license to fuck.

Conservatives voted against giving black Americans the vote, fearing former slaves would get power and rape them.

Conservatives voted against integrating the military, warning that doing so would damage white morale.

Conservatives voted against allowing military women to serve alongside men, warning that doing so would damage morale.

Conservatives voted against allowing gays to serve openly in the military, warning that doing so would damage morale.

Conservatives voted against auto safety laws, warining they would ruin the industry.

Conservatives voted against teaching evolution, claiming God made everything in six 24-hour days.

Conservatives voted against WWII, declaring Hitler good for Europe (yes, it’s true, almost 100 Congressmen and Senators).

Conservatives voted against segregation, warning the races could never mix.

Conservatives voted against equal rights for all citizens, pointing out that the Bible made some more equal than others.

Conservatives voted against regulating coal mines, saying that the mines are safe enough for that lot.

Conservatives voted against Miranda rights for all suspects, insisting you wouldn’t be a suspect if you weren’t guilty.

Conservatives voted against leaving Vietnam, claiming that an industrial nation really, really could beat an insurgency.

Conservatives voted against leaving Iraq, claiming that an industrial nation really, really could beat an insurgency.

Conservatives voted against leaving Afghanistan, promising that America can beat an insurgency where nobody ever has.

Conservatives voted against environmental regulations, promising companies would police themselves.

Conservatives voted against reducing nukes, saying more is better.

Conservatives voted against emissions caps, saying global warming was a hoax.

Conservatives voted against higher mileage standards, warning such constraints would cripple the car industry.

Conservatives voted against marijuana, predicting the complete moral decay of the country because of it.

Conservatives voted against separation of church and state, claiming America was founded by born-again Christians.

Conservatives voted against gay marriage, warning the destruction of the family.

Conservatives voted against tobacco prevention/treatment, because they owned the tobacco companies.

Conservatives voted against campaign finance reform, calling it violation of corporate personhood.

Conservatives voted against public healthcare, calling it impossible.

Conservatives voted against universal health insurance, calling it socialism.

Conservatives voted against maternity leave, saying a woman’s place is in the home, anyway.

Conservatives voted for killing the Indians, insisting it was God’s will.

Conservatives voted for lynching, claiming a need to keep the nigras in their place.

Conservatives voted for the death penalty, promising it would lower violent crime.

Conservatives voted for corporate war profiteering, because they are the war profiteers.

Conservatives voted for Joe McCarthy’s commie & homo witch hunts, accusing even Eisenhower of being a Commie.

Conservatives voted for de-regulating public utilities, insisting the free market would lower prices.

Conservatives voted for scrapping civil liberties after 9/11, claiming that the Constitution put the country in danger.

Conservatives voted for privatizing the military, because they are the owners of private mercenaries.

Conservatives voted for corporate personhood, so that money could become free speech.

Conservatives voted for unlimited corporate electioneering, so they could more easily buy political office.

Conservatives voted for torture, claiming we’re not safe without it.

Conservatives voted for 8 trillion dollars in 0% loans, before Obama was even elected, saying the banks were too big to fail.

Conservatives voted for staying in office even if you’re busted for illicit sex or political corruption, unless you’re a Democrat.

Conservatives voted against limiting offshore drilling, so oil companies could make more profits.

Conservatives voted against forcing oil companies to clean up their own mess, because that’s what taxpayers are for.

Conservatives voted against extending unemployment benefits, because if you’re unemployed, you must be a lazy bastard.

Conservatives voted against social welfare for poor people, warning that it would reinforce laziness.

Conservatives voted for corporate welfare for rich companies, claiming it would stimulate production.