Thomas Jefferson On The Persistent Inclination To Vilify Virtue

"There is no act, however virtuous, for which ingenuity may not find some bad motive." Thomas Jefferson to Edward Dowse, April 19, 1803

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"Do Republicans Do Anything But Piss, Moan, Bitch, Whine?"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/11/do-republicans-only-piss-moan-whine.html

Bill Maher: The Zombie Life Cycle Of Republican Lies. They Never - Ever - Die

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/07/bill-maher-zombie-life-cycle-of.html

Alan: I am hard-pressed to name a single virtue that conservatives support which liberals vilify.

On the other side of the aisle, it seems that conservatives routinely ascribe "bad motive" to liberals' most virtuous achievements:

Providing for the disabled and elderly through Social Security.

Caring for the sick through Medicare, Medicaid and Obamacare.

As for the conservative argument that "entitlements" diminish personal responsibility: 

"The Party of Personal Responsibility" Is "The Party Of Personal Irresponsibility"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-party-of-personal-responsibility-is.html

I also draw attention to:

Republican Rule And Economic Catastrophe, A Lockstep Relationship

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/05/republican-rule-and-economic.html

"Red State Moocher Links"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/07/red-state-moocher-links.html

"The Hard, Central Truth Of Contemporary Conservatism"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/04/obamacare-and-hard-central-fact-of.html

"Republicans Finally Admit Why They Hate Obamacare"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/06/republicans-finally-admit-why-they-hate.html

"GOP's Anti-Medicaid Expansion Body Count, By State"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/03/gops-anti-medicare-expansion-body-count.html

"Why Are Murderous GOP Governors Protected By The Press?"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/08/why-are-murderous-gop-governors.html

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The Hard, Central Truth Of Contemporary Conservatism

The hard, central "fact" of contemporary "conservatism" is its insistence on a socio-economic threshold above which people deserve government assistance, and below which people deserve to die. 

The sooner the better. 

Unless conservatives are showing n'er-do-wells The Door of Doom, they just don't "feel right." 

To allay this chthonic anxiety, they resort to Human Sacrifice,  hoping that spilled blood will placate "the angry gods," including the one they've made of themselves. http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/09/harvard-study-45000-americans-die.html 

Having poked their eyes out, they fail to see  that self-generated wrath creates "the gods" who hold them thrall.

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-hard-central-fact-of-contemporary.html

Almost "to a man," contemporary "conservatives" have apotheosized themselves and now -- sitting on God's usurped throne -- are rabid to pass Final Judgment. 

Self-proclaimed Christians, eager to thrust "the undeserving" through The Gates of Hell, are the very people most likely to cross its threshold. 

Remarkably, none of them are tempted to believe this. 

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Alan: It is true that conservatives argue that the universal enforcement of personal responsibility sounds -- as do many theories -- like good, workable policy. 

Then there is intractable "matter of fact":

2009 Harvard Study: 45,000 Americans Die Annually For Lack of Health Insurance

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/09/harvard-study-45000-americans-die.html