What Is A Conservative?

The leftists hijacked the term "Liberal" from the Classical Liberals. This resulted in many people including Republicans calling themselves Conservatives. Sarah Palin has said that we should not let the left get away with any lie. So I am fighting one of their first lies: calling themselves Liberals. I am a True Liberal; they are False Liberals, just as false as everything else about them. I say that many people who define themselves as Conservatives are not, and a better name is True Liberal. See if this describes you: "But true liberalism is still distinct from Conservatism, and there is danger in the two being confused. Conservatism, though a necessary element of any stable society, is not a social program; in its paternalistic, nationalistic, and power-adoring tendencies (think Michael Savage - my parenthesis) it is often closer to socialism than true liberalism and with its traditionalistic, anti-intellectual, and often mystical propensities, it will never, except in short periods of disillusionment, appeal to the young and all others who believe that some changes are desirable if this world is to become a better place."
from "The Road to Serfdom" pages 45-46 by Friedrich Hayek, 2007