Russ Feingold at #55? Must be trying to buy some independent votes for him. In reality he has one of the most liberal records in the Senate.

Bernnie Sanders Vmt????

What's up with him, did he quit voting?

What happened to the Witches of East Bay?

you got thay about right. BTW- I'm sure you've heard that the senator from ARKANSAS changed his name to Mark. K)

Why is Ron Paul not listed as the most conservative member of the House? He is the ONLY one in the past 30 years with a 100% constitutional voting record. If that's not conservative, I don't know what is. This glaring oversight discredits your entire list!

It brings tears to my eyes that the two finest leaders in Washington are the two senators from my great state, Oklahoma, Senators Tom Coburn (deficit hawk) and Jim Inhoff (climate hawk). Send help!!!!

Where's Michelle Bachmann?

If Ron Paul is not listed as the most conservative member of the House, then this list is a joke and the individual that came up with it needs to go back to Poly Sci 101 for a reality check.

Yep. Not mentioning Congressman Ron Paul on this list means it is completely useless. Now if you were ranking by the most Neoconservative....then you might have something here.

Vote 3rd Party! No more 'lessor of two evils'! Both party's just take turns feathering their own nests and ripping us off!

Real change! 3rd Party, any 3rd Party!

does it really make you -cry-?

man up, for christ's sake.

B Sanders Vermont Communist Party

(dub-dub-dub) CommieBlaster {dot} Com = Antidote

(also it has a more 'detailed' list than this article does)

Uhhh.....Ron Paul?

This list is farcical.

No Ron Paul = Full discrediting of this list.

Where's Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid?

DeMint at #2!

Maybe South Carolinians have someone else to be proud of now that Sanford has shown his true colors!

http://www.rightofanation.com

Of course Frank Kratovil didn't make the top 10 most moderate? Figures, the guy is a Steny Hoyer/Nancy Pelosi liberal who is originally from Prince George's County, Maryland.

Thanks for doing the list, good stuff!

How in the name of Ronald Reagan and Robert Taft could you leave out Ron Paul?

This list is as stupid as the author.

Any analysis of ideology that produces a list of leftists in Congress that doesn't include Bernie Sanders is not well crafted. He is a raving, lunatic socialist; that he is only slightly to the left of most Senate Democrats is besides the point.

Is having the first name Jim a prerequisite for Senate conservatives?

Regarding Update II: You are using a neo-conservative model. True conservatism advocates non-interventionist foreign policy.

This list is a joke and so are you.

www.commieblaster.com web site is not available. How did THAT happen???

I don't know where are my Senators from Texas? I always thought they were among the most conservatives but they are nowhere to be found. I guess they are among the liberals.
Shame on me, shame on me, shame on me, shame on me, shame on me.
Let's now get someone more conservative than those two liberals.

Oh give me a break, guys! This entire list is garbage -- it failed miserably when Ron Paul was not included as most conservative. The source of this list is: From this year's National Journal Vote Rankings. I will remember that name for being, not only unreliable, but utterly contrarian to common sense and truth. Let me help you out...pick up your fat #2 pencil and spell the name out on the list --- R-O-N P-A-U-L.

Why is Ron Paul not on this list?

You want to know why?

Because this website is owened by the illumanti, and they don't want his name on there.

zionist bastards.

Liberal-conservative labels work for economic and social policy, but not so much for foreign policy unless you're talking "admirers of Castro and Chavez" on one hand and "War on Terrorism stalwarts" on the other. It is possible to be conservative and isolationist, or at any rate anti-militarism and anti-nationalism. That's how we started, remember! Read Albert Jay Nock or study Bob Taft, or better yet go back to the Founders and their concerns about standing armies, and it is easy to see that Ron Paul is in that tradition and can't be called "middle of the road" on account of his positions. In fact, you may call him ultra-reactionary, in the sense that he wants to go back to founding principles. He's an 18th century man minus the powdered wigs, which isn't all that bad!

I'm very thankful to see both Oklahoma seantors -- Inhofe and Coburn -- in the ranks of the most conservative. They're consistent and energetic, pointing out the ridiculous sides of the health care and environmental boondoggles of the Democratic Party. They do it in a truthful way. Very good senators.

Thom
http://thom-signsofastruggle.blogspot.com/

No REID or PELOSI on this list?

What the hell!!

And where the hell is Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reed? Chuck Schumer? What a farce!

Wheres cornyn?

How can you be a Ron Paul supporter and think he's a conservative? He is a hardcore Libertarian. He co-sponsored a bill, with Barney Frank of all people, to either legalize or decriminalize (can't remember which) possession of a quarter pound of marijuana! It truly is pathetic that anyone can support the guy and NOT know such basic information. The problem is that the electorate is so ill-informed. Read!

Why is RON PAUL not on the list? Does the person or group who prepared the list have some type of political agenda? How can the Congressman who wants to REDUCE federal spending more than any other congressman not be on the list?

Georgia is #5 on the conservative list but I see no GA senators or reps individually named. They'd better figure out how to get themselves on this list or they'll be GONE when up for re-election. Fiscal Conservatives is what we want.

If there was a senile category, then Ron Paul would have .... been on the list. Ex-White Supremacist, Isolationist, Paleo-conservative, shaking hands with the Far Left is NOT conservative, it's seditious.

This list is garbage, no one from Vermont is on most liberal, no ron paul on conservative, no pelosi, no reid, olypmia snowe isnt in moderate....

whoever made this list is an idiot

@ "Where's Michelle Bachmann?"

IN THE LOONY BIN.

Thank you for your addendum on Paul. A lot of people are fooled into thinking he is Conservative but his voting record is more moderate libertarian. He isn't as some claim, 100% Constitutional. He picks and chooses from the Constitution what he wants to justify his actions and wears it on his sleeve, but a lot of what he does flies right in the face of the Constitution.

Hey business owner..... Ron Paul is a nut. He'll NEVER be President.

Back to the first comment from Jordan. You are putting it mildly. Fiengold is right up there with the best of the socialist. Look at his voting record! Where is Bawney Fwank?

Ron Paul may be a conservative, but he is a fool when it comes to understanding America's role in world affairs. That is why he got destroyed in the election. He possibly could have been our president even today had he supported Bush in our efforts in Iraq. He doesn't understand that if you don't face up to an enemy, often through combat, that enemy will take advantage of this and destroy you. Look what happened on 9/11, Pearl Harbor and Hitler's attacks in Europe.

It's here in black and white-Most of the Democrat Senate is to the left of self-identified Socialist Bernie Sanders. What's to the left of Socialism???

There are not any conservative or even moderate Democrats anymore. It's now mostly left, left, and really really left.

Any poll of the last 50 years shows the left is a small minority (usually 15-20% at best of the US population). It is only because of academia and the media (two homes of the left) and the work of the unions that anyone even knows that the left even exist.

So, Ron Paul isn't on your list of "conservatives" because he doesn't support the unconstitutional wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? As another commentator said, this list is farcical.

Are you serious? Where is Chuck Schumer, THE most leftwing liberal senator EVAH?

Ron Paul is not a conservative he is an idiot. His isolationist policy is whacko. If anyone listened to him we will all be killed by the terrorists.

Where is Michelle Bachmann. Surely she is conservative enough to make the top 10 conservatives in the House. I sensing a mid-west bias.

what happened to paul ryan from wi.?he definetely should be among the conservative members of the house.

Hold the presses.....you forgot to list "Nancy Boy Grahamnesty" among the most liberal Dems....We in SC will trade him for another true conservative like Jim Demint....

I stopped sending money to the Republican party (15) years ago, and quit voting for the LOTE in the last (5) years. Being from Ohio this was a no brainer.
What we need are candidates who can find a way to get us to Privatization, Tort Reform, Term Limits and free markets. There will have to be a trade off to have enforced regulations balanced with freedom. Two other changes that would help recover our way would be transparent earmarks and the novel idea that all federal employees including congress have to abide by the same rules and programs that we outside the beltway have to use.
Our crisis today was precipitated by good intent, but allowed greedy executives to run free without solid regulations and guidelines.
In search of a solution economically we have gone from Supply side to Keynesian right on to ponzi economics. At least Madoff wasn't rewarding the unproductive and obsolete entities of our system as the feds are now.
Let's replace all of these politicians listed here.

Here's a quick analysis of these rankings:

1. All of those listed as the 'moderates' are ALL Democrats.
2. In the Senate, ALL of the 'moderates' voted for the stimulus bill, certainly not a 'moderate' measure - nor an effective one.
3. In the House, ALL of the 'moderates' voted for the stimulus bill.
4. In the House FIVE of the 'moderates' votes for the cap and tax (trade) bill - a bill so liberal it hasn't even come up in the Senate.

I think the National Jouranl may want to review its criteria, or at least relabel them "The most moderate liberals".

The most conservative Democrats and most liberal Republicans would have been interesting.

Ron Paul is no Reagan Conservative. Paul is a libertarian. On foreign policy he is a liberal, not even a centerist.

Ron Paul is no Reagan Conservative. Paul is a libertarian. On foreign policy he is a liberal, not even a centerist.

Next time write a book, call it "The Top 1,000 That Destroyed America." Make the book required reading for all little liberal school children so that they can perpetuate the destruction until America is forgotten. END ALL ENTITLEMENTS, CUT THE Budget BY 75%. If you need something, mooch off your relatives.

Please get off the Ron Paul wagon! He is "conservative" with a small "c," but he is not A Conservative. He is on the same page as Michael Moore on foreign policy, and denies powers of the President that are clearly in the Constitution. I am a serious Constitutional Conservative, and Ron Paul is not.

Everyone who is belly-aching on this list about how the conservatives are not conservative enough need to either run themselves or get behind a very conservative candidate in primary elections. We will vote for better candidates if they show their faces!

Ron Paul also said "we have been over their attacking them for 10 years then wonder why they attack us" when talking about the attacks of 9-11-2001. He will never be considered conservative for that comment.

So pro-war voting means conservative? ...I think someone needs to do some research.

Why come up with a list that is suppose to show the top most conservative representatives but doesn't even understand what a conservative is.

Conservatives have been against war and have had a policy of nonintervention up to the recent decade and it's still what defines conservative philosophy.

It is just a recent fluke that those who call themselves conservative are pro-war. Which in turn makes them not conservative.

This list is a joke.

I'm glad that "True Conservative" brought up Paul supposedly against the supposedly "unconstitutional" wars in Iraq and Afghanistan because this is some of the mythology around Paul.

First, Paul voted for the Afghanistan authorization to use force (he later then said it was unconstitutional). - His voting against it is mythology #1.

Mythology #2- Paul's claim that you can only use military force with a formal declaration of war (worded as such). In actuality, Article 1, Section 8 of the US Constitution gives Congress three options to use military force. 1. Through a declaration of war. 2. To to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions. & 3. (this is the important one) To punish offenses against the Laws of Nations.

#3 is the key. Breach of treaties (secession of hostilities treaty terms from first Gulf War) as well as Iraq's attack on foreign interests (US and allied jets in no-fly zones), attempted assassination of a US President, and funding of terrorist groups all represent offenses against the Laws of Nations.

This is one of the perfect examples where Paul tries to take his isolationist views and twist the Constitution around it.

Totally absurd - No Harry or Nancy = FAIL

You Ron Paul nuts must be wearing ear plugs. No one could withstand his whiney complaining for more than 5 seconds without ear protection.

Ron Paul is an also ran. No one takes him seriously except his fan boys.

could someone provide me a definition of the word conservative and liberal. This list does not jive with my definitions.

The list is a place to start but seems to need tweeking - apparently the definitions of 'Liberal' and 'Conservative' don't measure up to what the readers are looking for and a shift from one-dimensional to two-dimensional ala the Worlds Smallest Political Quiz: http://www.theadvocates.org/quizp/index.html .

I think 'Conservative' is defined as one who is pro-economic freedom and anti-social freedom while 'Liberal' is the reverse.

'Libertarian' or 'Goldwater Conservative' is pro-freedom.

'Totalitarian' is anti-freedom.

Wow, Ron Paul isn't even listed. This is such crap. He just won the CPAC Straw poll & is the only TRUE Conservative. This list is crap, just like the federal reserve system.

kurtsayin I'm not on the Ron Paul bandwagon but you need to be accurate in your description of him. Please get out and read your history and research what it means to be conservative.

Ron Paul has said very clearly he is not against war it just needs to be a constitutionally correct declaration of war which our current wars are not and the "war on terror" is nothing Constitutional Conservative would EVER support. The idea of going to war against a tactic and not a country is not constitutionally supported and not a Conservative idea.

You are the false Constitutional Conservative and are seriously confused.

and gordon he is not an isolationists he is in support of non-intervention and empire building...a very very different thing. He is incredibly far from isolationism

People do some research, think for yourself and quite listening to other pundits tell you what to think.

Regarding "Update 2."

Ron Paul is a centrist? Ron Paul is a true conservative. It's the neocons in the Republican party that have redefined conservatism.

Please don't think we are all 'moonbats' in MA. Sen. Scott Brown is our first success in turning this liberal bastion to the 'right' course.

Thuis list is a joke. If you REALLY want ot see who the liberals and the conservatives are, go to:
http://www.OutragedPatriots.com

This is the biggest joke of a list I have seen in years!

Everyone take note, the people at Ron Paul Forums and The Daily Paul have both been alerted to come spam these comments.

These are the typical Paul spammers who made every poll during the election seem like Paul would win in a landslide when he was actually an Epic Fail candidate.

Some of these comments slamming Ron Paul as not being conservative are hilarious. Seems that most of you can't comprehend the fact that someone can be a fiscal conservative and also support civil liberties as well. @Vince...Vince, explain to me when Saddam attacked us, and how he would have destroyed us? Moreover, now that the Iraq war has been completely exposed for the scam that it is, how would it have helped Ron Paul become POTUS. Reason and logic seem to evade a lot of the people who post comments here.

Tom Coburn #4? Mr."War on terrorism was a mistake" (spring 2008 Muskogee OK) He voted for TARP, one of McCain's biggest supporters, countless unconstitutional votes. This ranking is a joke!

"Real change! 3rd Party, any 3rd Party!"

Third Party? Any Third Party?
How 'Bout?
Working Families Party
Socialist Labor Party
Party for Socialism and Liberation
Progressive Labor Party
Objectivist Party
Peace and Freedom Party

You mean like these?

Good like with that.

Joe Lieberman and John Kerry used to fight over the #1 liberal ranking until Obama came to the Senate when Obama became the #1 liberal in the Senate. Joe Lieberman is no centerist or moderate as indicated above as Lieberman votes super liberal on everything except anything which could impact Israel like most of the 1960s and 1970s era Senators from the northeast used to do who were ultra liberal until it came to Israel and the Middle East.

Where is Rogers from Michigan. Should be on the house conservative list.

Bring back POOR FARMS and DEBTOR PRISONS. Death penalty for all those that use any kind of weapon in any crime. Deport all illegal aliens. Tax all imports at a 75% tax rate. Fire all the teachers in the districts that graduation less than 85% of the children. End Federal, State taxation and fees. Tax at the county level only and keep all the money collected within the county. To reduce the cost of drugs, health care and insurance, stop giving citizens a free ride. Supply and demand... if less people get free medical, the hospitals, doctors and drug companies will have to lower their rates. In other words, if you need something, pay it from your own pocket, NOT MINE.

If the top ten most liberal dems get voted out, IT WILL CREATE ALMOST 400,000 JOBS IMMEDIATELY.

This poll isn't 100% right. Earl Pomeroy has voted with Nancy Pelosi nearly 100% so he should be right next to her in the polls.
http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/nancy_boy_earl_pomeroy_has_voted_with_pelosi_97_of_the_time/

Pomeroy is a big time left winger and he should be next to Pelosi in the poll. He is the same as Pelosi in that they are both pro abortion, pro stimulus, pro bailout, pro ObamaCare, etc etc

Earl Pomeroy should be near the top on liberal rankings. I hope this is rectified.

Gotta say, omit Ron Paul from this list and I gotta wonder what your criteria was. These lists, be in "best place to live", "best place to work", etc, almost never are even close to accurate.

Ron Paul is the best Congressman in America. Michelle Bachmann is second. John Cornyn third for defending Michael Savage.

Inventionism and Welfarism are going to collapse America. Neo-Cons go to hell.

Can we get a list of the most Liberal Republicans? That would be very useful, so we can know who to vote out of office. Thanks.

notice the most liberal states are the ones in deep fiscal trouble with high taxes and industries leaving.

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Ron Paul is not a conservative he is an idiot. His isolationist policy is whacko. If anyone listened to him we will all be killed by the terrorists.
gordon | February 26, 2010 10:17 AM
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Terrorists under your bed? I really am starting believe that the American male has become feminized.

"Please, Mommy State ... We need to invade sovereign nations and kill a few million innocents so I can sleep in my comfy bed and not be scared of terrorists. Oh don't worry about the costs, my grandkids got it"

Disgusting

It's funny how many people are against Ron Paul's sensible foreign policy. Most people here think if we didn't attack the terrorists head on by attacking 2 countries and bombing many others we wouldn't be safe, when the facts say otherwise. President Bush and now President Obama are following the al-qaida playbook to a T. They have killed over 5000 of our good men and women, drained our treasury(which was actually empty before we started ,so basically we are borrowing or printing money to fight these wars going further into debt), and have increased their membership 100 fold since the invasion in 2003. We now have a much much much bigger problem than we did pre 9/11. There are reasons these people do no like us. I would suggest urge these people just do a little reading into these causes, maybe check out the book called Blowback or Dying to Win.

Here is a mistake in this essay.
Most liberal Dems and most conservative Reps.
It should be Most Liberal and Most Conservative peroid. No party reference.

WHERE IS PAUL RYAN? This is such a hoax!

RON PAUL 2012!

Michelle Bachmann should have been on that list.

Again, Ron Paul is marginalized. I agree with the others. He should be #1 on that list, and the very fact he ISN'T EVEN LISTED, shows a very clear conspiracy at play here. Oh, and yes, I used the word "conspiracy".

Ron Paul is the only congressman who dares expose the treachery by the Military Industrial Complex that was really behind 9/11.

Get the truth out about Building 7 and the nano-thermite in the buildings. Support Ron Paul!!

Why do Republicans worship Ronald Reagan? As governor of California he increased sales tax 50%. In foreign policy we masde deals with the Ayatolla. Mr. Paul is a radical who wants to take the country neither left nor right.

The true conservative who did not make the list is Jeff Flake. We is the only one to stand up to the log rollers in both parties and say NO.

Are you trying to convince us that Pelosi, Frank, and Reid are not as liberal as Dodd?
hahahahahahahahaha...

That crazy Ron Paul and his Constitution!!
What is he thinking?!!!!

Ron Paul strikes passion in our generation. Who else can dare fire us up with quotes like these:

All great movements are popular movements. They are the volcanic eruptions of human passions and emotions, stirred into activity by the ruthless Goddess of Liberty or by the torch of the spoken word cast into the midst of the people. - Ron Paul

(on avoiding alliances with other countries) Any alliance whose purpose is not the intention to wage war is senseless and useless. - Ron Paul

He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future. - Ron Paul

If today I stand here as a revolutionary, it is as a revolutionary against the Revolution. - Ron Paul

Sooner will a camel pass through a needle's eye than a great man be "discovered" by an election. - Ron Paul

Ron Paul not in the top 10? He should be at the top of the list as he is the only one who votes based off the Constitution. This poll means nothing.

I've noticed that Ron Paul haters never leave reasons why they think he is a "nut", "racist" or whatever. All they can do is resort to name calling because THEY do not understand the constitution....Who is to say the constitution is conservative or liberal? Neither of the parties follow it. I also find it funny too that they think Paul is senile, as one jackass stated, when Paul has, for YEARS, been warning of the current and soon to get worse economic collapse. YET they still punch the ballot for the same politicians that have gotten us into this mess. If you don't like Paul that is fine but to battle issues with his supporters is like going to a gun fight with a knife. And before you call him an isolationist YOU are the ones that have been advocating a foreign policy of dropping bombs on 3rd world citizens, YOU are the ones who have promoted devestating economic sanctions on other courties. All Paul advocates is the we quit killing and start trading with people. So all you Paul haters...F off, I won't see you in hell because I dont approve of mindlessly maming and killing people in the name of peace.

Ha ha, all you Ron Paul worshipers are funny. Ron Paul follows the Constitution as much as Fred Phelps follows the Bible.

Richard Burr is no conservative. He sometimes votes consertative in an election year when the heat is on. He voted for the Bail-out and the Farm Bill.

I think of him eache time I fill up my gas tank with ethanol-adultrated gasoline.

So many neocons on here think being opposed to dropping bombs on women and little children is "isolationist." Ron Paul supports an expansion of free trade with the entire rest of the world. That makes him the exact opposite of an isolationist. The correct description for Ron Paul is "non-interventionist." I know it was tough for you neocons to learn the word "isolationist," and this one has a few more syllables. But keep trying, and I think you'll probably learn it eventually. Conservatives don't spend billions to drop bombs on the wedding parties of a bunch of goat herders. If you support the wars in the middle east, you are not a conservative, and you are not for small government. To the contrary, you are for high taxes and big government, and would have been right at home living in the Soviet Union.

I don't think this list really describes who is "most conservative" or "most liberal", but who on each side is most "party line". After all the definition of conservative/liberal is somewhat subjective but you can definitely quantify who most often votes with the majority of their party - which is why people like Ron Paul and Russ Feingold don't end up in their respective lists.

This could serve as a good resource for the politically ignorant who say things like, "there's no difference between Democrats and Republicans". If the past 13 months haven't made that abundantly clear, nothing will.

What about the dumbest people in congress, Linda Sanchez, Babs Boxer

I would like to see the ten most liberal Republicans and the ten most conservative Democrats.

This is based on a voting record which means that someone has to arbitrarily decide whether a vote on a certain bill was liberal or conservative. Ron Paul makes his votes on a strict constitutional basis, a view which goes outside the box of what is being defined as right vs. left on each bill. Why a vote was cast a certain way is not being quantified.

Ron Paul is the number 140 Conservative according to this list. Even in the breakdown of Econ, Soc and For he was between 60 and 90 for each. As a Libertarian I would believe that Ron Paul would be the most conservative Economic voter, somewhere in the middle on Social Issues and as one of the few anti-war anti-empire replubicans I am curious if that makes him liberal or conservative in the eyes of those who create the list.

The Neo Cons and the Libertarians should have a long debate over who is really conservative, I would enjoy that so much.

I think we need to disband the govt entirely till a complete audit is done on the Federal Reserve which is as FEDERAL as FEDERAL EXPRESS and every member of EVERY branch of govt in Washington DC. I think they've stolen about as much as they can, we need to find out how much and start legal proceedings.

MNTX

Back your statement up. You mindless jackass.

I think we need to disband the govt entirely till a complete audit is done on the Federal Reserve which is as FEDERAL as FEDERAL EXPRESS and every member of EVERY branch of govt in Washington DC. I think they've stolen about as much as they can, we need to find out how much and start legal proceedings.

Ron Paul is not adequately measured in this poll because the Left Vs. Right paradigm which is based primarily in terms of New Left versus Neo conservative. So support for social enforcement, such as the War on Drugs, would be a "conservative" side much like support for interventionist foreign policy would probably list on both sides.

The poll fails to take into account Up Versus Down as in Nolan Chart's Statist versus Libertarian.

Thus, it is impossible to measure Ron Paul's "conservative" principles because many of those principles are based on the GOP of the 1940's - 60's (i.e. Robert Taft, non interventionism, antiwar) instead of the neoconservative principles of the GOP today.

Ron Paul
2012

Because Obama is the greatest neocon Trojan Horse

There is no such thing as a moderate Democrtat in the Senate - They all vote in lockstep with the kook left wing.

Great, now we have a list of who to vote out and who to vote in.

There is no such thing as a moderate Democrtat in the Senate - They all vote in lockstep with the kook left wing.

You guys are really out of touch. Fiengold of Wiscosnsin is a self admitted left liberal! Loves Barry Osama and Nancy Lugosi. Why is Drudge sending us to this website?

Cool! I've been represented by the two most conservative congressmen the last two places I've lived! (Peoria, AZ--Trent Franks, and Colorado Springs, CO--Doug Lamborn)...I guess I shouldn't complain too much.

/watch?v=a4zKzXFcLN4

great video about our current conservative foreign policy...

So I am clear on the "logic" of the pollsters, Ron Paul is not the most conservative because in 12 terms in Congress, he has NEVER voted contrary to the Constitution? He votes consistently against deficit spending, funding an empire abroad, having a military presence in 140+ countries, maintaining 700+ military bases around the world, building a $1 billion dollar fortress in London, murdering innocent civilians, assassinating Americans abroad, and ending the madness of ever expanding debt and credit at the hands of the immoral, unconstitutional Federal Reserve System...That is not conservative? Surely you jest. Read the Constitution and give the propaganda a rest.

To all of you NeCon phony Conservatives: before slamming Ron Paul because your only source of information on him is the State Run media. Do your research and find out what this man is all about. As for the retard who believes the Federal Reserve is part of the Federal Government, go read the Constitution and tell me where it authorizes anyone but Congress to coin money. Read article 1, sectoin 8.

Stop watching the Tube and educate yourself.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz was left out. what're nuts?

Where's Lynn Woolsey CA-D, on the liberal list? After all she proposed a Dept. of Peace and the formation of a Sec. of Peace to sit next to the Sec. of Defense.....

Both Whitehouse and Reed in RI are MOONBATS! Both out of touch with mainstream America. Whitehouse is a quintessential NERD who wears his pants around his BRA area!Reed suffers from short man's disease and is useless.Why do you suppose RI is in the shape its in?

This is bogus and has no credibility whatsoever! They are just giving conservative's a new platform. A conservative platform should be similiar to a constitutional platform and some of these top republicans have moved way to the left.

Hawaii: Weather: nice.........Politics: a failed welfare state [You guess the party]

Andy - I would guess that the reason Ron Paul's name isn't in the most conservative list is becuase he's against the current wars we are in defending the USA from terrorism. A real conservative not only wants to FUND an army under Article 1 Section 8, but is also not averse to USING said army when we are attacked, as in '93 and '01 by Al Qeada.

Ron Paul is a quasi Conservative. Yes, he has valid arguments ie: auditing the fed, but the guy is a zero and voting for him will only ensure the democraps another victory in 2012. Third Parties do not work. The U.S has been and always will be a 2 party system. When will you dunces understand that?

QUOTE: "Why is Ron Paul not on this list? You want to know why? Because this website is owened by the illumanti, and they don't want his name on there.
zionist bastards.
jesse"

Moron. This is exactly why Paulbots like you take any credibility Paul MIGHT have away. Paul is not on the list BECAUSE HE IS NOT A CONSERVATIVE! Got it? He's a LIBERTARIAN, and he's a NUT - like most of his disciples.

Yeah - the Paulbots are as usual out in force. First at CPAC, then on any blog that mentions Paul. Or doesn't. Do any of you people work - or do you all wait for Tweets to go to a blog and crash the comments?

The COUNTY I live in is bigger than Rhode Island and they have this much decision power over National Issues??? Lets make them a county.

Where are the Box and Frankenstein from California? and Pelosi.

QUOTE: "Why is Ron Paul not on this list? You want to know why? Because this website is owened by the illumanti, and they don't want his name on there.
zionist bastards.
jesse"

Moron. This is exactly why Paulbots like you take any credibility Paul MIGHT have away. Paul is not on the list BECAUSE HE IS NOT A CONSERVATIVE! Got it? He's a LIBERTARIAN, and he's a NUT - like most of his disciples.

Yeah - the Paulbots are as usual out in force. First at CPAC, then on any blog that mentions Paul. Or doesn't. Do any of you people work - or do you all wait for Tweets to go to a blog and crash the comments?

Ron Paul votes Libertarian not Conservative although there is some cross over.
Also Washingtons farewell letter calls for America to avoid entanglements that were not in our interest-not that we never go to war.

If you want to support a 74 yo Libertarian that's fine If your anti-war or pacifist that's fine but don't try to change Conservative into Libertarian they are two different beliefs.

In light of this current disaster it is clear we need a separation of Liberalism and State.

Ron Paul is not conservative, Andy. He is more libertarian. We libertarians have liberal views o social freedoms, unlike conservatives.

QUOTE: "Ron Paul is the only congressman who dares expose the treachery by the Military Industrial Complex that was really behind 9/11. Get the truth out about Building 7 and the nano-thermite in the buildings. Support Ron Paul!!"

If anyone needed more proof Paul and his disciples are nuts ... there you have it. "Truthers" are despicable excuses for human beings. All that nonsense you spew has been completely misproven by scients and experts.

Marsha Blackburn Is NOT Conservative!!!
Marsha Blackburn Voted FOR:
Omnibus Appropriations, Special Education, Global AIDS Initiative, Job Training, Unemployment Benefits, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations, Agriculture Appropriations, U.S.-Singapore Trade, U.S.-Chile Trade, Supplemental Spending for Iraq & Afghanistan, Prescription Drug Benefit, Child Nutrition Programs, Surface Transportation, Job Training and Worker Services, Agriculture Appropriations, Foreign Aid, Vocational/Technical Training, Supplemental Appropriations, UN “Reforms.” Patriot Act Reauthorization, CAFTA, Katrina Hurricane-relief Appropriations, Head Start Funding, Line-item Rescission, Oman Trade Agreement, Military Tribunals, Electronic Surveillance, Head Start Funding, COPS Funding, Funding the REAL ID Act (National ID), Foreign Intelligence Surveillance, Thought Crimes “Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act, Peru Free Trade Agreement, Economic Stimulus, Farm Bill (Veto Override), Warrantless Searches, Employee Verification Program, Body Imaging Screening.

Marsha Blackburn Voted AGAINST:
Ban on UN Contributions, eliminate Millennium Challenge Account, WTO Withdrawal, UN Dues Decrease, Defunding the NAIS, Iran Military Operations defunding Iraq Troop Withdrawal, congress authorization of Iran Military Operations.

Marsha Blackburn is my Congressman.
See her unconstitutional votes at :
http://tinyurl.com/qhayna
Mickey

How in the world can you have a top 10 list of the most LIBERAL Senators, and NOT include Schmuckie Schumer???!!! Ridiculous....

It's hilarious how people whine about Ron Paul not being a conservative. He's the definition of conservative, folks.

Limited government means limited government--across the board. Supporting unlimited presidential power and an interventionist foreign policy are anti-conservative. These two things do more to empower the federal government than just about anything, and Republicans recognized that truth just half a century ago.

I'm also amused by the people who scream that if Ron Paul were president, we'd all be killed by the terrorists. You have a better chance of drowning in your bathtub than you do of being killed by a terrorist. Fear wins elections, though, which is why today's Republicans and Democrats do nothing by try to incite fear in the mind of the American voter.

Grow a spine, people. Stop being so scared of the bogeyman. You have more to fear from your government than you'll ever have from a foreign enemy. The founders understood that simple fact quite well, and it's truly sad that it's been forgotten by modern-day Americans.

Bruce,
You are just a New World Order Zionist schill. It is a sad day in this country when the word "Truth" has negative connotations. If you don't think the Bush dynasty was incapable of orchestrating 9/11 so they could enrich their Military Industrial Complex and Oil Buddies, you have been living in a hole all your life.

Sooner will a camel pass through a needle's eye than a great man be "discovered" by an election. - Ron Paul

Ron Paul / Alex Jones 2012

Ron Paul is as Conservative as a Hamas operative. If Ron Paul HAD been on this list it would have made the list a joke... Keep whining members of the Paulian cult...

"Where's Michelle Bachmann?
Doug | February 26, 2010 9:44 AM"

My thoughts exactly.

I'd like to see a couple more interesting lists: the LEAST conservative Republicans and LEAST liberal Democrats.

Media Propaganda once again.

Michael
At least Hamas is fighting for their freedom and liberty unlike those who bulldoze their homes and are pawns in the New World Order.

Bruce - Would you say Ronald Reagan wasn't conservative when he said this? - "I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism."

Ron Paul was one of only 4 congressmen who endorsed Reagan in 1976, and I fail to see how the mans ideology isn't conservative.

However, I agree with you about most of Ron Paul's fans being detrimental to Ron Paul, but please don't confuse the fan with the man.

And yes I work, on oil rigs in the Gulf, and as a political consultant and campaign manager when I'm on land.

What, No Chuck "YOU" Schumer?? He's right up there with Feingold. Don't get between either one and news microphone/camera if you value your life!

Those must be some dedicated marxists to leave out Chucky Schumer, Barbara Boxeeerrr, and Nasty Pediculosi.

How is Ron Paul not listed as among the most conservative? that is unless being a war-mongerer is a condition for being conservative, which it shouldn't. Neoconservative, maybe...

Zak,
How come all of you Libertarians always leave out the rest of Reagan's quote:

"...Now, I can’t say that I will agree with all the things that the present group who call themselves Libertarians in the sense of a party say, because I think that like in any political movement there are shades, and there are libertarians who are almost over at the point of wanting no government at all or anarchy.."

All this confusion about libertarians versus conservatives... How about this quote?

"I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism."--Ronald Reagan

Libertarians seek to limit the government. Conservatives used to believe in that principle, but they no longer do, which is why there is now a split between libertarians and modern conservatives. Paying lip-service to an idea is not the same as supporting the idea. There is no real split between libertarians and conservatives who still adhere to the traditional definition of "conservative."

I remember in an interview Ron Paul once gave...that he said that if America was ever attacked through some type of invasion force that he would not authorize the use of troops until he determined that the state at the center of the invasion couldn't handle it itself first.

Ron Paul is the only real conservative. The rest are posers and theocrats. Leaving Paul off the list discredits this whole list.

You want elected officials? Open up the phonebook and choose randomly. Probably couldn't do worse.

Ron Paul's not a freaking conservative you morons; he's a libertarian, and no, they're not the same. BTW RuPaul talks a good game when he's not hording millions of dollars for pork projects in the shrimp industry. He's never going to be president, get over it.

Ron Paul is at the heart of true conservatism. Neo conservatives have wrecked this nation and they have the audacity to attack Obama as if Obama was the problem? They truly are delusional.

NO ONE CARES ABOUT RON PAUL YOU LIBERTARIAN FREAKS

You say that Ron Paul's "votes on foreign policy are much more centrist (53% conservative)". That's because your definition of conservative foreign policy is flawed. Listen to Pat Buchanan. A conservative foreign policy does not mean advocating that the US is the world's policeman, like many neocons do today.

Ron Paul is no conservative. He wants to open the borders and cut our military in half. When the second stimulus package went before the House, he inserted more earmarks than all but one member of the Texas House delegation -- among Republicans, only Kay Baily Hutchinson from the Senate had more.

This list, and his ranking in it, is the OBJECTIVE REALITY of Ron Paul. He's a nice guy and comes across like your grandfather...but he's no conservative.

@ I Heart Ron Paul,

Hamas = Terrorist/Bad guy, you think Hamas = Freedom Fighter/Good guy? That puts you in the same category as Nancy Pelosi. How again is that a conservative view? And last I checked, they were more interested in killing people than fighting for freedom (which they already have last I checked...)

I prefer to think that people who want to kill us (Hamas/Hezbollah/Iran) should be defeated, that makes me a "neocon" in your "enlightened" mind. I guess count me as being a conspiracist in the New World Order. Let me know if you need any more Aluminum foil for your windows, I'd be happy to send you some.

Thank God only 2% of the nation is this "intelligent".

Marsha Blackburn at #7 of most conservative!? Not surprising at all! We gotta get her out of Washington & back to her cozy home in Brentwood. Greg Rabidoux is my choice. A moderate Democrat with a law degree & a PhD. Someone who knows how to listen to the people & not to Big Business.

Marsha Blackburn at #7 of most conservative!? Not surprising at all! We gotta get her out of Washington & back to her cozy home in Brentwood. Greg Rabidoux is my choice. A moderate Democrat with a law degree & a PhD. Someone who knows how to listen to the people & not to Big Business. www.rabdioux4congress.com

Neo conservatives attack Paul because they don't care about liberty and aren't really conservative. It's been that way for quite some time now. They are mostly religious fanatics trying to push their beliefs on others.

I like how Ron Paul speaks about economics. I loate his foreign policy.

Again, where's Michelle Bachmann... aka Nancy Pelosi's #1 target to get elected out of office?

And uh... where's David Dreier?

This list is most Republican and most Democrat, do not confuse it with conservative and liberal.

I am laughing my a** off here. The comments on this thread are exactly why we in the media don't go near discussing Ron Paul. His little army of spam monkeys are the second most annoying group of people on the Internet after the Anonymous hackers (I wonder how much cross-over there is with these groups.) This is also why people write him off. Who wants to deal with these weirdos. It isn't really even about Congressman Paul's record, that is overshadowed by his annoying followers.

As someone from WI I'm wondering two things...
1. Why isn't Paul Ryan on the list of most conservative house members?
2. Who in their right mind would put Russ Feingold in the middle? The guy is a flaming liberal!

No Ron Paul!!?? This poll is a joke ....

Blanche will be done in November - Boozman is an excellent candidate.

Democrats believe the government is omnipotent when it comes to domestic policy. Republicans believe the government is omnipotent when it comes to foreign policy.

Libertarians acknowledge the reality that the government is run by human beings, not gods, and is therefore imperfect and prone to accumulating power for itself. For that reason, libertarians believe the government that is the best is the government that is the least empowered.

This is an idea not unlike the one professed by the founders of this country.

What about Grayson , the lefty loon in Orange Co. Fla. ?? And Babs Boxer? Please. Most, most of the House Dems and Senate Dems are liberals pure and out in the open. Not progressive. TR was a progressive. None of these flacks are. The public could aid our Republic by just voting out every liberal you listed. Freedom would be the winner.

Rep John Shimkus (IL) HAS to be close to the top for Conservatives!?! He is awesome!

If you'll go third party as it stands now!!
The Dems WIN the Election!!!!

If Ron Paul is so conservative, how come so many of his supporters are left-wing moonbats who voted for Ralph Nader?

Where is RON PAUL? He is certainly the most Conservative member of the House, in fact, the entire Congress. Why is his name not on the list?

Marsha Blackburn...most conservative?

Not when it comes to spending taxpayer money to travel the world.

What a joke. Congressman Paul is conservative socially and economically, but his foreign policy is not conservative? Give me a break!!

Who is best to run against O-baaah-ma in 2012?

Not the Mormon version of Ted Kennedy.

Not the woman who can't figure out what she stands for, besides war.

Neo-conservatism is on the way OUT!

RON PAUL 2012!

"#3 is the key. Breach of treaties (secession of hostilities treaty terms from first Gulf War) as well as Iraq's attack on foreign interests (US and allied jets in no-fly zones), attempted assassination of a US President, and funding of terrorist groups all represent offenses against the Laws of Nations."

1.The no fly zones were not part of the UN surrender treaty and were imposed tri-laterally by the US, Britain and France. France withdrew 5 years before the war. United Nations Security Council Resolution 688 contains no authorization for denial of air sovereignty. The Secretary-General of the UN at the time the resolution was passed, Boutros Boutros-Ghali called the no-fly zones "illegal".

2.The alleged plot to assassinate GHWB was never cited officially as a cause for going to war, was alleged to have occurred in the early '90's- ten years before the war and was never proven. Even so, on June 26, 1993, the United States launched a cruise missile attack against a building housing the IIS in Baghdad in retaliation for the assassination attempt on former President Bush.

3.In the 1990s, Saddam provided safe haven and supported attacks by the leftist anti-Iranian Mujahideen-e Khalq on targets inside Iran, including rocket attacks on government office buildings in Tehran. The US military has provided them safe haven after the war and US congressmen have supported them.

Every time anyone fails to mention Ron Paul, the "Paul-lites" get mad. Y'all need to face facts, he is NOT what this country needs or wants. You can keep packing the inter-party ballot boxes, like CPAC, but he won't ever be the nominee. Get over it.

Ron Paul is NOT by any stretch of the imagination the most conservative member of Congress, in my opinion and I sure wish others would show the intelligence and have the generosity of spirit to admit that their comments are just a reflection their opinions, too. Believing or feeling something doesn't immediately transform that belief into fact. In other words, I disagree with you and think you're wrong if you believe that Paul is the most conservative member in Congress and I'll tell you why.

Whatever party Paul aligns himself with - to gain political advantage - it should be noted that he is inarguably and rather hypocritcally a career politician. Furthermore, he's a Libertarian. While there's nothing wrong with being a Libertarian, let's be perfectly honest about what comprises the total conservative package, shall we and it's not Libertarian ideology.

Paul is merely a fiscal, but not a social conservative, which means he doesn't possess some of the most basic conservative characteristics. Quite simply, conservative priciples and values cross the entire fiscal AND social spectrum; the latter is inescapable.

And frankly, like a multitude of others I don't always agree that Paul's interpretation of the Constitution reflects conservatism. I appreciate what I feel is his sincere respect for the Constitution and feel that overall, he's a decent man. While he's not entirely to blame for attracting so many soliders in The Tinfoil Hat Brigade, he does bear some responsibility. And furthermore, I take very strong issue to certain other positions Paul has taken in regard to foreign policy that are downright liberal, in my opinion, as well as comments he's made that could easily be construed as anti-Israeli. Finally, he seems to suffer from some of the same maladies as Barack Obama: Arrogance and a complete inability to admit when he's wrong, even after it's been shown that he absolutely is.

Ron Paul lacks the conservative values of spending hundreds of billions of US taxpayer dollars, and thousands of lives on undeclared quagmires overseas.

By this definition, the GOP faithful have an ally in President Obama to continue this "conservative" foreign policy.

eric, maybe you've become so indoctrinated into the political scene that you define a conservative as someone who votes like a beltway republican, and, let's see, a liberal is a democrat? right?
did it never occur to you that those who know that ron paul belongs at the top of the list of conservatives know this because of their familiarity with ron paul and conservatism.

geezz brother, quit getting your definitions from cnn, fox, nbc, etc.

Correction, Ron Paul has the conservative value of spending hundreds of billions of US taxpayer dollars. He is responsible for more Pork in the budget than any other Representative from the Texas delegation. I love wild shrimp and trolleys.

Ron Paul should lead anybody's conservative list. Sorry my liberal fools. Liberterians ARE conservative. Oh yes, they are my deluded, misguided, government loving, friends (actually enemies). Let me help you with the explanation of conservative/liberterian vs. liberal do-gooder. Lets say the community you live in decides that anyone not mowing their yard once a month cannot continue to live in the neighborhood. The conservative/liberterian reserves the right to burn down the house of those not conforming. The liberal on the other hand, wants to take money from everyone in the neighborhood and then give it to the overgrown property owner in hopes he may buy himself a lawnmower (although he may already have one) while forcing the remaining members to attend classes on how overgrown property may actually benefit the people in a foriegn country.

Where are Nancy, Reed, McCain and the other leaders in the Senate & NHouse

Bob Casey is NOT middle of the road. For one, he was one of the few senators who did not think it was necessary to withdraw support from ACORN! He is a puppet for the Obama administration.

We at the Campaign for Liberty bussed in over 300 people to CPAC to ensure Ron Paul's win. We will continue to do this to every convention, conference, or poll until the country recognizes and appreciates Ron Paul.

The list of "most liberal" is just a list of "most idiotic." When are people going to learn that the Progressive ideology doesn't work?

Check out this hilarious parody about Progressive myths: http://www.narf.tv/?p=580

Brian is 100% right. This is not a list of the most conservative members of Congress - it's a list of the most Neo-Conservative. The lower you are on that list, the better.

If this were a list of the truly conservative members of Congress, Ron Paul would be #1 by a wide-margin. And guess what? His foreign policy would have cinched it for him since his is the most conservative foreign policy (not centrist) in all of Congress. Just ask Thomas Jefferson. If you want to talk about a progressive or liberal approach to foreign policy, look no further than the neo-conservative Republicans - following in the footsteps of Woodrow Wilson - and their twins in the Democratic Party (things have really "changed" haven't they Dems?).

HAHA! This is a list of liberals and neoconservatives, right? Just exactly where did you get your definition and criteria of "conservative"??? Without Ron Paul in the top 10, your list is a joke.

Good grief people. Those of you crying about Ron Paul, didn't you read the entire article?

Pat Buchanan is a rusty historical revisionist and Robert Taft isolationist retread. People seem to forget that the isolationist strand of the Republican Party in the early-mid 20th century was just a strand. Strange how only "paleocons" (which are nothing more than a frail remainder of the foolish isolationist strand of Republicans from the post WWI-pre WWII era) are true conservatives and real Republicans. I seem to remember the GOP going back to 1854, long before Rob Taft. But I guess William McKinley was just a neocon shill.

I also think some of you Losertarians don't understand true conservatism. Was John Adams not a conservative advocating a stronger central government through a Constitution? Conservatism at its core is not the same as classical liberalism, but goes to Edmund Burke. It's about moral order and law, not anarchist wet dreams. Modern American conservatism combines both classical conservatism from Burke and the Classical Liberalism of Lock, Hobbes, and Montesquieu and the market principles of Adam Smith.

Ron Paul is not a conservative, he's a libertarian, and you jackasses need to stop trying to highjack the GOP and conservative movement by juxtaposing your hideous ideology over ours and rewriting history. This game you libertarians play, where you're the *real* conservatives and we're Jew-banker-NWO-Wilsonian-neocon-imperialist-zionist-whatevers who took over the movement, needs to stop.

The Republican Party since its inception has held onto socially conservative ideals, classical liberal doctrine, free market principles, a belief in security and defense, and spreading the foundations of human freedom. You libertarians were *not* the founders of the GOP, you were *not* the conservatives of this party (that supposedly Nixon forced out, or whatever BS line you want to use), and while real conservatives and Republicans were out fighting for freedom and order you libertarians were sitting on your asses with your eyes, ears, mouths, and minds shut.

Libertarians are trying to do to the word conservative what the socialists that took over the Democrat Party have done to the word liberal. They want to make it theirs. Well it's not theirs, never has been, and never will be. Their methods involve historical revisionism and distortion. They'll portray Barry Goldwater as a libertarian rather than Mr. Conservative, they'll call any Republican or conservative that doesn't advocate isolationism a neocon, they'll distort the words of the Founders to portray them as doves rather than hawks. It's an effort to change us and the country to what they want, not return us to what we have been.

Ron Paul spent his time as a Republican criticizing Ronald Reagan. Ron Paul left the Republican Party to run against George HB in 1988 as a Libertarian. He barely got one percent of the vote. After getting his ass kicked, he returned to Congress as a Republican. When Bush ran for reelection, Paul endorsed Buchanan. Then in 2008, he ran for president again. He chose not to run as a Libertarian Party candidate that time though and instead a Republican. Gee, I guess he figured his whackjob policies would get more coverage on CNN if he ran in a party that most people have heard of. He's not a Republican or a conservative.

Let's be honest, the word libertarian itself comes from French anarchist-Communist thinkers. It has no basis in conservatism whatsoever; it's not a predecessor or successor, it's not an offshoot. Libertarians are a loose group of social liberals, fiscal anarchists, war doves, historical revisionists, constitutional illiterates, and (let's be honest) nativist nutjobs and anti-semite conspiracy theorists.

It reminds me of Mathew 7-

"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'"

The same goes for Ron Paul and Libertarians in Republican/conservative clothing claiming to have always been the real deal rather than political opportunists. We never knew you, away from us!

Ron Paul's stance on foriegn policy IS conservative. Being anti-war was the conservative position for over 100 years before the Bush era. Neo-conservatives are liberal, don't let the name fool you, sort of like how Classical Liberals are conservative.

Cobalt Agent, learn the difference between non-interventionalism & isolationism.

How did Senator John Cornyn R-Texas and Representative Louie Gohmert R-Texas not get on this list? How could you guys miss John Cornyn? I know his record and I know he has one of the most conservative in the Senate. Maybe you should have done the top 20??

Not sure if this is news or not since most of us already knows that there are most liberals are Dems and more conservatives are Repubs. What might be revealing is that those in the middle are also liberal.

"Matt" learn what the hell it is that paleocons actually advocate before talking down to someone who knows more than you.

Middle of the house?
Michael Arcuri (D-NY)

This guy votes with Pelosi like her lap dog.

BTW, Reagan himself equated conservatism with libertarianism.

"If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism." - Ronald Reagan

Of course, he also campaigned for Goldwater.

John Adams wanted the Constitution to organize a more central government. Thank God his ideas didn't win and Jefferson's did. They were not conservative in the least.

"Cobalt" yeah, you sound really mature & intelligent.

Voting for third parties is an exercise in futility, that guarantees that Democrat candidates win. In every race, the Democrat candidate starts with an average of about 40% of the votes. Democrat voters are mindless lemmings, unable to do anything except pull the lever for the name with the (D) next to it. The name could be Mao, Stalin or Hitler, and they would probably not even know it.

Independents, conservatives and libertarians cand and will actually think, and will vote for whom they believe is the best candidate. Thus, the remaining 60% percent of the votes would be split, and the Democrat candidate would win. The solution is what is happening now with the Tea Party movement. Commandeer the Republican party from the elites, control who becomes the "Republican" candidate in a given race, and then hold them accountable if when elected, they turn into big-government pukes.

I guess will just have to do here like we do in national elections and that is to write in Ron Paul as #1 conservative in the house.

Write in Ron Paul as #1.

I'm pretty sure these lists doesn't mean anything just like the CPAC vote in Ron Paul's favor didn't mean anything.

I am disgusted and angry that Texas doesn't lead every list in the conservative rankings. We have 3 of the top 5 most conservative cities in America, but the ranking of our political leaders is unacceptable...Texans, "A Call To Arms", it looks like we have a lot of work to do....

Please explain your definitions of "liberal" and "conservative". These terms are thrown around very loosely and can cause confusion if not used correctly.

What are people "conserving"? If it is traditional liberties and NO FOREIGN ENTANGLEMENTS then the only one who qualifies is Ron Paul. Ignore the chickenhawks here who like to watch bombs drop on 3rd world civilians.

Cobalt Agent what passes for conservatism today is not conservative. Read Washington's farewell address where he warned of favoring nations, look of his defense of neutrality. Jefferson himself warned us of involvement in other nations affairs along with Ben Franklin and Eisenhower warning of the MIC.

As far as the zionist-NWO-Wilsonian banker diatribe you get off on I see you end in typical if you believe in that your an anti-semite. Wow didn't see that one coming. Your schtick is over, people are seeing what endless wars and money printing have gotten us into. The Republican Party will return to it's roots or it will dissolve. Go ahead and nominate a Mitt Romney for 2012 see what is gets you. A third party is coming to a theater near you.

There are Burkean conservatives & Lockean conservatives. This list seems to focus on Burkean conservatives, which discounts Ron Paul, as he seems to be more of a Lockean conservative.

If it's all Democrats in the middle, is it really the middle? We are a center right nation. The scale is tilted left, it seems, perhaps because Democrats have the majority.

Ron Paul endorses unconstitutional local earmarks. He is by no means 100% constitutional.

ron paul is by far the most conservative if by that one means to conserve the American System of Government. Your definition of conservative is left wingnut

The GOP was hijacked many years ago by the neo-cons. AKA. Super-liberals. Yes Ron Paul is the most conservative member of Congress in history. He is a paleo-conservative. The false left right paradigm has been exposed with the Obama presidency. Time to come to grips with the fact that the Democrat and republican parties are two sides of the same coin. Ron Paul provides a reasonable CONSERVATIVE option.

Ron Paul is a libertarian so he correctly is not on the list. The real question is - where is Jeb Hensarling?

My home state (IL) has 4 of the most Liberal... and Obamanomics running the show... no wonder we are broke. Before you say anything... I am no fan of the Bush Republicans either...

I love the old guard Republicans on this site who still try to bash Ron Paul. Hey, at least he has a thought. More than you can say for 99.9% of these bozos - Bush, McCain, Romney, Palin - sorry. I'll keep voting 3rd party... no it's not a wasted vote. Eventually the idiots in this country will wake up. I hope soon.

www.root4america.com

Neugebauer misspelled.

I find it ammusing the comments with people antagonized by the lack of Ron Paul on the Conservative list and even further more interesting people attacking Ron Pauls "liberal" foreign policy and admission that america had some of these things coming to them.
The truth is America has a lot of things coming to them but despite these coming adversities economically America will be fine. The only paradigm Americans are starting to wake up from is that there is a larger need for America to invest within its own western hemisphere. Ron Paul or Michael Moores position for that matter are irrelevant to the fact it doesn't matter what president is in power American Foreign Policy hasn't changed much since Obama took office. On the level of Domestic Policy Ron Paul has very bold alternative but the inevitable is Americans will get their own version of "Universal Healthcare" but at least with that out of the way through consensus Americans can wake up to the future which is the service industry and engineering jobs in environmental fields.
The only people really belly aching are baby boomers and even dumber children of baby boomers who are white living in nowheresville virginia in thebasement jerking off to porn.

I guess we're supposed to assume here that Harry & Nancy are so liberal they take up the #1 through #10 slots, and that we're really starting at #11?!?

Is the Hegelian Dialectic meter or something?

Jim DeMint for President!!!!

Ron Paul is not a Conservative. He's a great guy, and a fine Libertarian, but he is no Conservative.

How's about Conservative Congressman Pete King, NY's 3rd district? He's a goooood man.

For all you people who think Ron Paul is all that...I'm from Texas, 5th generation, and he's a nutcase....I think he's an alien from another planet....Most of us don't claim him...

Update II is interesting in that it describes Ron Paul as a Centrist when it comes to foreign policy. But according to the Founding Fathers, he is the most conservative member of Congress when it comes to Foreign Policy. Just because he is not Imperialistic, or a war monger, does not make him a Centrist. In stark contrast, it in fact makes him a true "Conservative." I think there must be a different definition being applied in this instance. He is not a hawk, but he does believe that we should not be "entangled in the internal affairs of a sovereign nation."

Ron Paul is only fiscally conservative. In all other matters, especially foreign affairs, he's very moderate. As for the rest of your complaints, look at everyone's overall record and I think you begin to agree with the list.

Proud to be an Idahoan. Let CA for a reason.

Having a foreign policy that is consistant with the Constitution and our fiscal limitations is conservative. Who can drop the most bombs on the most countries is not.

Glad to see this list was created by a neo-con keynesian. Ron Paul is more conservative than anyone on those posts. By looking at all the posts though, it is encouraging that the revolution is still alive & well!

Seems a lot here do not know anything about classical conservatism, or classical liberalism for that matter. The two words have been so distorted they have lost they're meaning. It has come to mean, in my view, that conservative means "contemporary republican talking points" and the same goes for liberal with the democrats.

Orwell warned us about this Newspeak...

As has been said many times, this is not worth toilet paper. Kinda like the IPCC reports.

This is a joke, isn't it?

Dr. Ron Paul is really the ONLY conservative and
he is not even on your list.

This is a NEO - CONSERVATIVE WARMONGER list.

I am sharing your ridiculous list on Facebook so your hypocrisy will BE exposed.

I am PROUD of you Sherrod Brown from Ohio.....One of the most Liberal Senators... You have my support 100%...my 700 employees will benefit from you being in that seat. Blue Cross raised our company's health insurance 49% this year while receiving over 2 billion in profits....unbelievable but true.

No Ron Paul?????

The description of the moderates is not quite right. It is giving the centrally ranked senators as the most moderate. Since the Dems have a majority they liberal side is biased and the moderate numbers should be closer to 56-65. A moderate comes down to beliefs, not the 50th most liberal person in the senate. Good times!

Steve: You must have failed debate since the first rule is that ad hominem is an instant disqualifier! You also failed political science since you are not applying political motives and logic to the Ron Paul debacle.

When folks give reasons to reject the Texas madman, you reject their reasons as being not valid. You do not READ and THINK and UNDERSTAND what they are saying, so you dismiss them.

(1) Ron Paul is a RACIST. (2) Ron Paul is NOT a Republican. (As such he is free to leave the party (as he has done in the past) anytime his feeble mind can get his brain around the concept of honesty. (3) Ron Paul is a HOMOPHOBE. (4) Ron Paul SHOULD BE IN PRISON FOR FRAUD!!! He claimed (for over 18 months) that he was the LEADING Republican IN 16 STATES when he lead in ZERO states). (5) Ron Paul used FALSE FIGURES to promote his ridiculous "money bombs" that made his supporters POORER but made the PAUL FAMILY MUCH RICHER! (6) Ron Paul claims to always vote "constitutional" but that is a false claim (which fools his ignorant followers, but not those who actually DO understand the US Constitution). (7) Ron Paul has instructed his followers to be "forceful" but we see them as being RUDE and VULGAR! They come to Republican meetings and try to "take over" but are rebuffed and leave in a huff. Then, they come back again, with even more loud and vulgar behavior, and need to be rebuffed again! (8) Ron Paul told his followers to "re-claim the Republican Party" without understanding that you cannot "reclaim" that which you have never owned in the first place. (9) Republicans have known about RON PAUL for 20 years and WE CAN'T STAND HIM!!! He is a fool, and a fraud, and a liar! Yet, he keeps enthralling "those who are new to politics" because they are NOT experienced in politics (and are NEVER PolySci majors) and are easily fooled. (10) Rather than educating themselves, the Ron Paul followers dig in their heels, plug their ears, and call names! They have no clue as to how to read bills or to rank votes. And, while they SCREAM "CONSTITUTION" as though that makes them particularly intelligent, they have, in fact, NEVER studied the US Constitution (as a class, as a part of their political science education). And, as a result, they make childish statements and ridiculous claims. Therefore, it is IMPOSSIBLE to have a real argument with them, since they do not have the foundational knowledge that MOST folks who follow politics have built up over time!

Ron Paul is not "liberal" on foreign policy. Liberals support foreign aid and military interventionism (so long as a Democrat occupies the Oval Office). Ron Paul supports neither. He is an adherent of non-interventionism like the great Conservative Senator Robert Taft. What the creator of this list styles "conservative" foreign policy is actually "neoconservative" foreign policy which traces its roots back to Woodrow Wilson.

Also, the Federal Laws against marijuana are as far away from True Conservatism as you can get. The Constitution gives the Feds no authority to ban Weed or any other Drug. That's why a Constitutional Amendment was needed to ban alcohol.

Bruce and mntx go ahead and back up what you say otherwise you look like fools...that person talking about the illuminate and crap is a troll trying to discredit Ron Paul...has nothing to do with him. But you know that if you know anything about Ron Paul the man.

The truth is Bruce and mntx you don't know what you are talking about...you are ignorant (and I dont mean name calling ignorant I mean the definition of the word) of the facts and sound like you are just coping what your gods in neo-con punditry tell you to.

If you want to sound smart then back up what you say with FACTS...you remember what those are right?

But I did get a good laugh from you so thanks for that.

So based on what some of you say Ronald Regan was no conservative.

"If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals–if we were back in the days of the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and the liberals would be the Tories. The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is." - Ronald Regan

Steve asked what is to the left of socialism? Answer: the economic model/mode of production taught by Jesus in the Bible. In other words, Christianity (in its literal form).

Many comments about Reid and Polosi missing. The reason: their leadership roles force them to balance practicality with ideology. Nobody in those positions will ever make the top of these types of lists. The only reason people THINK they are more liberal/dogmatic than they are is because they are demonized by the other side - the enemy needs a face. Works the same on the other side with the demonization of Boehner, Cantor and McConnell (not sure about spelling and I'm too lazy to look it up)

All lists like this are a joke. They marginalize practicality; and they are only based on list-making organization's interpretation of each ideology. Even worse, they only account for yes/no as having one meaning when the reality is much different.

Why anybody is surprised/angry/emotional about this sort of thing is humorous. Many comments about Ron Paul having a perfect constitutional record - as if there is only one way to interpret the constitution? Or comments about Ron Paul's positions being aligned with the framers' intent - as if there were only one intent expressed by all framers, or even one consistent intent expressed by any individual framer, or one singular and unified intent of all state representatives who ratified the constitution.

Give me a break ... I realize you all may see the world's issues as black and white - conservative and liberal, but don't pretend America or the constitution has ever been so clear. Welcome to a pluralistic society - perhaps the one thing America has been the most clear about.

Funny how there is not a single Republican classified as "in the middle" in either the Senate or the House. This just shows the extent to which the Republicans are not willing to compromise. RECONCILIATION!!!

Ronnie - "social freedoms" as you put it go both ways - all conservatives want is their own right of freedom of association observed and that things like the murder of unborn persons not continue as legal.

HOW DARE THIS LIST NOT INCLUDE RON PAUL!!!

He has "Centrist" positions??? You kidding!!! He is 100% conservative on every position.

How is supporting endless war, killing innocents with bombs and indefinitely detaining American citizens conservative?

RON PAUL IS THE ONLY TRUE CONSERVATIVE IN DC.

Email Dr. Paul now and tell him to run in 2012! This time he will win!

http://www.house.gov/paul/contact.shtml

Ed: You are PROOF that Ron Paul followers do not read. There is an excellent explanation of where Ron Paul lies on the spectrum by the authors but YOU did not read it.

You are also PROOF that Ron Paul followers do not understand that EVIDENCE is gained by reading EVERY BILL and analyzing EVERY VOTE!

Ron Paul CLAIMS to "only vote according to the constitution" but those are hollow words that do not have any actual (or factual) meaning! (If you were experienced in political matters, you would know that his words are false and cannot be true.) Many Ron Paul followers brag that they are "new to politics" but fail to understand that that does not mean that you "see more" than those of us who have earned our political degrees, and have worked in politics for decades. WE WHO HAVE KNOWN RON PAUL FOR DECADES ARE NOT FOOLED BY HIM!! Are you REALLY confident that you should follow a SINGLE INDIVIDUAL?? That means you are part of a CULT, not a political movement! The fact that you are part of a political cult is not impressive! And, if you were really experienced, you would know that RON PAUL LIES!!! And that RON PAUL DEMANDS "MONEY BOMBS" TO ENRICH HIMSELF AND TAKE THE MONEY FROM YOU!!

Where is Nancy Pelosi? Leaving her out means that either the National Journal is biased toward liberals or that the National Journal hasn't a clue as to what a liberal really is. And HEY!! Where is Harry Reid?

Did Pelosi and Reid pay the National Journal not to include them on this list???? These two could be the most liberal Congress members in history??????? They are leaders of the most Liberal Agenda in history.

Go back to the drawing board and come up with a real list.

Ron Paul is not a conservative, paleo- or otherwise. His overwhelming support from neo-Nazis (aka the "new left") nearly disqualifies him from even being a libertarian.

Paul's political thinking, if we dare smear the word "thinking" to describe the moonbat insane babbling that emerges from his piehole, is stilted in an era of isolationist American foreign policy barely adhered to even 100 years ago. He has no grasp of American history past or present, and sure as hell has no map to the future.

Send him your credit card numbers to rip off your identity and finances so he'll have just one more thing in common with Lyndon LaRouche.

But please, cart him away when the adults want to have a conversation about politics.

What this exposes (with Ron Paul off the list and with the rationale given) is the absolute ridiculousness of a polar distinction like "conservative" and "liberal" without respect to any particular area or policy.

Ridiculous concept.

Hey Salt - your view of Christianity being to the left of socialism is laughable. For one thing socialism violates the 7th and 10th Commandments. Last I read the Bible, Jesus was about love, not stealing from each other at the gunpoint of the IRS or class envy.

Get a life dude, God wants nothing to do with the likes of Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot, Che, Castro, Chavez, etc. They are all theives and killers and Leftists like you.

Ron Paul takes massive amounts of pork. In spite of all his blather about limited government he sure likes big government $$$. Talk doesn't equal votes. And vote wise he isn't so libertarian.

Proud to say that my Representative is on the Most Conservative List...Mike Pence.

Brian: Ron Paul is the leader of a tiny but NOISY cult! You are so enthralled with Ron Paul (as your cult leader) that you have decided that whatever he says is automatically conservative!

YOU (and Ron Paul)have NOT been appointed the arbiter of ALL THINGS CONSERVATIVE! We have educated folks who KNOW how to read bills and rank votes, and who are NOT fooled by Ron Paul's LIES and false claims!

In fact, Ron Paul is a VERY RICH joke! He is very rich because of those ridiculous "money bombs" you bless his family with; at the expense of your own family! I am STUNNED that folks will use money that should go to their own family, and will purposely divert it to a RACIST, HOMOPHOBIC, ANTI-JEWISH, LIAR who can't gain more than a 3% following among Republicans. (We have known him for 20 years; he does not fool us; we are on to his devious ways!)

[HINT: Watch the Ron Paul followers; they hold secretive "pre-event" meetings and if they are in the majority (through manipulation) they will call for a vote; but, if they are not in the majority, they beg for consideration! Everyone is now on to their sneaky ways so they are not gaining traction! Although, Ron Paul continues to demand more "money bombs."]

what is to the left of socialism? Answer: the economic model/mode of production taught by Jesus in the Bible...

Huh?

I could have swore I read in my Bible "Thou shalt not covet" and "thou shalt not steal" and "When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace" - all of which tacitly imply private property rights, which is what you lose under socialism and all things to the left of that.

Someone needs to reassess their catastrophic fail of understanding both Jesus and socialism.

I'm sorry but whoever made this list needs to take a PolySci 101 course.

When you're done reading up on what the founders thought of 'foreign entanglements' you might want to retool your list in terms of a true "conservative position" on foreign policy.

And to those 'fair weather federalists' who seem upset about Ron Paul supporting state rights in terms of medical marijuana, try reading the 10th amendment sometime.

Conservatives indeed!

Brian: ISRAEL is the only democracy in the Middle East. They have also been America's partner since their inception!

Ron Paul views Israel as a TERRORIST REGIME!

Therefore:

RON PAUL IS THE ONLY TRUE WING-BAT IN DC.

Do NOT give any more of your hard earned dollars to the RICH AND MANIPULATIVE PAUL FAMILY OF TEXAS! (His weirdo dentist son is the newest recipient of the family fortunes! Watch out for RAND PAUL, he is crazier than his whackadoodle daddy.

"We libertarians have liberal views on social freedoms, unlike conservatives"

In other words, you are saying the Libertarians are Conservatives without morals?
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this is Ron Paul

"Ron Paul supporting medical marijuana"

Explains his followers, perhaps?

This is such a trasparent sham ... so all centrists are Democrats?? Not when you contrast that to the American people, most of whom consider themselves conservatives. The "center" should be center-right, not LEFT.

Without posting the criteria used for measurement, this list is pretty meaningless.

Tom McClintock (R-CA)
is the my man and proud of his representation.

The list does raise a question without Ron Paul on or near the top. BUT to all you third party advocates, you will give the Dumocrat party the elections in 2010 and 2012 if you siphon off conservative voters. Remember Perot!!!! 1992!!!!! Which gave us Clinton and the Lewinsky. Please use your energy to back the most conservative PRIMARY candidate, but remember elections have consequences. You want more of this crap, abstain or vote 3rd party in the main election, I will return to tell you I told you so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As I move to Singapore!

Mandy: WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

WHAT DO YOU THINK IS TAUGHT IN POLITICAL SCIENCE 101? [Don't bother trying to make up an answer; clearly, you have NEVER taken such a class or you would know that the creation of this list has nothing in it that would have been covered in beginning political science. In fact, it would depend on the curriculum and the institution; beginning PolySci is one thing in high school, another at community college, and something else at the university level.]

By questioning the folks who ranked the congress-critters, you are only PROVING YOUR OWN LACK OF TRAINING, EXPERIENCE, AND BIAS! If you were experienced, and educated (and had actually ever taken "Political Science 101") you would know how little YOU know and you would APPLAUD the amount of work that came from the assembly of this list! In fact, you have no clue that you have no clue which is pathetic! Please, understand that some folks ACTUALLY READ THE BILLS AND THE VOTES AND ANALYZE THE RESULT OF THE BILL AND THE VOTES! And, those same folks have taken YEARS of political science classes (and have EARNED degrees in same) and have worked for YEARS in politics (in government, for campaigns, and in teaching).

Russ Feingold is more conservative than Blanche Lincoln? I knew there was a reason I didn't read National Journal. What a crock.

No Ron Paul - whats more conservative than a 100% constitutional voting record? This list is nothing more than a ranking of neocon and cfr puppets.

Go figure "National Journal" know it all!

Democrats & republicans are one in the same, we must root out the progressives and their communist agenda...That includes John McCain which admits being a progressive republican!

The two party system has shifted your either a "democrat/republican" or a "Constitutionalist"!

We the people vote for the one that uphold the Constitution, not the political circus act or should I just say the joke of what politicians call a congress...Bye bye turncoats November your fired!

Brian 3:09 pm
Re: lesser of two evil argument rehashed

“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.”--James Madison

Thanks but I'll vote for those that advocate, support, and work toward limiting the federal government on all sides. I'll stand by Mr. Madison's statement and vote for principle. My vote will not be wasted. Voting for yet another candidate that runs in one fashion only to support government waste (useless overseas wars, government programs at home, etc.) is a wasted vote

I found this on drudge... quite the discussion.

Ron Paul's name is now mainstream. Yes, even the talk radio neocons are talking about him every day because the youth realize he is the only one not pulling the wool over their eyes on what past generations are doing to them.

The pro-war people here are most likely christian, and little do they realize the teachings of Jesus are completely at odds with American's foreign policy, monetary policy and much much more.

After listening to Rush and Hannity for years, all these guys do is pander to the corrupt Big Government Republican establishment. The reason the Ron Paul Revolution continues is that people can no longer tolerate the B.S. on the economy, endless wars, endless spending and endless special interest on capitol hill.

Ron Paul's vision is the answer. The constitution is about Freedom stupid, yes, Freedom. Sorry to burst the bubbles of you who still think government saves us from ourselves.
Today's Government = Tyranny
Constitutional Government = Freedom

@secateurs
Ron Paul wants to cut off all foreign to to ALL countries. Not just Israel. Do you realize the US has given over 1.5 trillion (with a T) to Israel over the last 20 years! We are broke. We cannot afford the overseas empire any longer!

The United States is well on its way to the third world. If you don't realize this, you woke up yesterday. We have 1 in 8 adults and 1 in 4 children on food stamps! And the economy is not recovering. The real crisis is still in front of us, not behind us.

Ron Paul is the only politician that has a solution to fix the US economy. Yes, that means bringing the Empire home. No matter how much we want WAR we cannot afford it at this point. Or else we risk a total collapse of the economy and possible geopolitical instability.

With Romney, Palin, Huckabee, Jindal, Pawlenty, Gingrich, etc. All we will get is more wars, more debt (in the way of tax cuts without decreasing spending), continue loss of our civil liberties, increased police state and more economic turmoil.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h8NlNvlgnw

be warned!

Where is Ron Paul? I came to this fully expecting to see Ron Paul's name at the top. And he didn't even make the list...

What a joke.

You all do remember that limited small government and no deficit spending is textbook conservatism and that the size and scope of government grew immensely under a republican majority in congress and a republican president. Obama is keeping it going but not for a minute is he much different at all than Bush.

In the first five years GW Bush was in office, federal spending increased 45%. To compare eight years of Bill Clinton federal spending increased 32%, and under George (not W) Bush federal spending increased 23% in four years.

This is just the tip of the iceberg...the amount of government expansion under GW was huge. Please research and think for yourselves...if you only listen to talk radio you are SHEEP.

For anyone that thinks otherwise....prove it.

PS: You cant call Ron Paul supporters mindless drones if you listen and believe and spew what your gods Rush and Hannity tell you, unless you are a hypocrite.

Instead of the Conservative/Liberal angle how
about a list of Congressional members who aren't
complete twits?

TO ALL RON PAUL FOLLOWERS AND THOSE WHO ARE CALLING THIS LIST A “SHAM.”

Please, please, please, try to understand that you are making judgments with only a portion of the information that you need! IF you were truly experienced in politics (studied, earned a degree in political science, worked in politics (by LISTENING AND LEARNING for a few years) and continued to THINK rather than being a parrot for the Paul family, you would LEARN SOME BASICS THAT YOU ARE CURRENTLY LACKING WHICH IS WHY you do not see what is really going on.

EXAMPLE NUMBER ONE: This is a “conservative” country, THEREFORE, more “Democrats” vote in the “conservative” manner than do Republicans vote in the “liberal” manner, WHICH IS WHY ALL THE “CENTRISTS” ARE DEMOCRATS!!!

HINT: If our country were more “liberal” then there would be more Republicans in the center because THEY would be voting to the Left, rather than having the Democrats voting to the Right!

PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR LACK OF EDUCATION AND YOUR LACK OF EXPERIENCE IS CLOUDING YOUR ABILITY TO ACCURATELY INTERPRET WHAT YOU ARE READING!!!! Please, there is nothing as fascinating as our political history; please READ IT and ABSORB IT and STOP BEING SO ARGUMENTATIVE about things that you are misinterpreting! This report has GEMS in it! If you knew what you were reading, you would MINE IT for the information it contains! Your lack of experience is causing you to personalize it, when it is an OBJECTIVE report!!!

PLEASE TRY TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE LACKING A GREAT DEAL OF FOUNDATIONAL KNOWLEDGE! If you could try to relax, and stop being so angry, and try to map out a strategy to gain the information you are lacking, you will only IMPROVE your situation! Rather than calling names of those who amassed this list, try to understand that they are seeing things that you are blind to; they are making judgments based on INFORMATION THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE!!!

To all of those whom claim Ron Paul's foreign policy is not in line with founding father philosophy and American conservatism, consider the following quotes from the late Senator Robert Taft, who was also known as "Mr. Republican."

"Our traditional policy of neutrality and non-interference
with other nations was based on the principle that this policy
was the best way to avoid disputes with other nations and to
maintain the liberty of this country without war. From the
days of George Washington that has been the policy of the
United States. It has never been isolationism; but it has always
avoided alliances and interference in foreign quarrels as a pre-
ventive against possible war, and it has always opposed any
commitment by the United States, in advance, to take any
military action outside of our territory. It would leave us free
to interfere or not interfere according to whether we consider
the case of sufficiently vital interest to the liberty of this
country. It was the policy of the free hand.”

“Nor do I believe we can justify war by our natural desire to
bring freedom to others throughout the world, although it is
perfectly proper to encourage and promote freedom. In 1941
President Roosevelt announced that we were going to establish
a moral order throughout the world: freedom of speech and
expression, "everywhere in the world"; freedom to worship God
"everywhere in the world"; freedom from want, and freedom
from fear "everywhere in the world." I pointed out then that the
forcing of any special brand of freedom and democracy on a
people, whether they want it or not, by the brute force of war
will be a denial of those very democratic principles which we
are striving to advance.”

Wise up conservatives!! Do your research. Your heritage is one of skepticism of war as an enemy to your national interests. Be nationalist NOT an internationalist.

You Ron Paul people need to get a life...It ain't gonna happen. Now show me where Al Frankin is. That's a winner!!! ROLF

In a word...INSANE.

Ron Paul has to be the MOST conservative since he is the only one to vote with the constitution on every vote for his entire time of service.

Obviously National Journal is a hack publication

I am hopeful that being tied for 1st as most liberal can work against Laura Sanchez here in Lakewood CA. Thanks National Journal for a great negative advertisement!

Ron Paul is the most conservative member of the house, hands-down. Maybe people should read what being a conservative really means.

Incidentally, I don't support Ron Paul for President. I will be voting for the Constitution party candidate. But as a student of American Conservatism, I am constrained to say that his foreign policy is more in line with founding father philosophy and traditional American Conservative thought than any other national figure currently on the scene.

Again, those who defy his foreign policy prescriptions are ignorant of the creed you claim to belong to. The conservative will avoid war at ALL costs because, above all, the conservative prizes PRUDENCE. War is rarely prudent.

The day Ron Paul becomes the standard bearer for Conservatism is the day I completely abandon the term.

He is no respecter of the Constitution and he helps Terrorist's spread their propaganda.

"I voted for the war before I voted against it" Ron Paul wants us to believe he had a sudden epiphany a few years ago (at 70) and realized that "Wars cost a lot" and "we should surrender to the Terrorist's so they will leave us alone".

Please, Ron Paul is the darling of the brain dead and the favored philosopher of those with no critical thinking skills.

This list is extremely accurate if you compare it to their actual voting records instead of what the TV and talk radio tell you to think about our representatives and senators in Congress. Also, remember this list is going against the voting record - Republicans in the Senate are filibustering everything - even bills that passed the House with 90% of the House Republicans as 'yea' votes. If no votes are being cast on bills, then the pool of data to determine someone's voting record is a little more shallow in the Senate.

And yes, the original definition of "Conservative" fits Ron Paul better than it does Tom Coburn, but those flag-waving-stimulus-spending republicans railing against the constitution and health reform while trying to get between the decisions of a woman and her doctor EVERY DAY have sort of bastardized the word "Conservative." I'm not a supporter or hater of Mr. Paul, but if I were him, I'd stay as far away from the word conservative as possible these days. Those guys are toxic.

"The day Ron Paul becomes the standard bearer for Conservatism is the day I completely abandon the term."

Quite honestly, I really wish you would. True conservative philosophy has become so bastardized from true Burkean thought so as to destroy a perfectly good term and confuse a perfectly great political philosophy.

By the way, I don't side with Ron Paul on the constitutional aspects of the war on terror. I only subscribe to his non-interventionist approach to world affairs. It is, after all, the foreign policy of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

Interesting that the districts of two of the Texas representatives (Mac Thornberry & Randy Neugebauer) encompass the entirety of the Texas panhandle and most of Northwest Texas. :^)

Where is Dennis the Menace Kucinich? Or is he on the "complete crazy" list?

You can tell all the dopers support Ron Paul. Of course they say it is because he follows the constituion, but it is really because he supports legalizing marijuana. Why don't you just tell the truth? Ron Paul is a racist dirtbag. Read his newsletters for yourself. A simple internet search is all you need to do. Do you really need dope so bad that you would support a dirtbag racist for President? Well, I guess if you would use cancer patients as an excuse why not a racist? Ron Paul will never be President.

Where the Hell is USELESS John Mc Cain and Arlen Specter in this mess ?????????????

Ha, 4 of the 5 most conservatives senators are named Jim.

Whenever parties are compared you are being conditioned to think that one is better than the other based on your personal criteria and life experiences.

When in reality there is only one party.

"The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps, of the Right and the other of the Left, is a foolish idea acceptable only to doctrinaire and academic thinkers.

Instead, the two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can "throw the rascals out" at any election without leading to any profound or extensive shifts in policy."

~ Carroll Quigley, Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in our Time

http://911essentials.com

I love how they say Ron Paul has only a 53% "conservative" voting record on foreign policy. BS! He has a 155% TRUE CONSERVATIVE (strong defense, but noninterventionist) voting record on foreign policy. "Carry a Big Stick and USE it" does not equal conservatism. True Conservatism is "Speak softly, and carry a Big Stick." (Note - TR didn't always follow that either, but he was right on principle). Ron Paul is the only true conservative to have even run for the presidency in decades.

Ron Paul, absent from this list, does much to discredit this supposed list of "conservatives".

I meant 100% (-: you can't have 155%

Where's my idiot senator, John McLame? He belongs on the list of RINOs. I can't wait to vote him out of office in Nov.

Love that us Ron Paul people are considered nut jobs. Ron have been on the air 5 times more than the RNC Chair, Michael Steele or any of the has been GOP's that ran for President in 2008.

The worst thing is they have now clue what the term CONSERVATIVE or CONSERVATISM means. They define REPUBLICAN = CONSERVATIVE.

MCCAIN, ROMNEY and GIULIANI is a perfect example of what ISN'T CONSERVATIVE.

Get a clue gang.

How could they forget about the tax payers best friend Ron Paul? He is by far the most conservative member of congress.

Ron Paul, who deserves the number 1 spot, didnt even get the top ten?? mmmmm this leads me to believe that this ranking is a joke...crazy

As a resident of GA, the list shocks me for the obvious reasons: All CENTRISTS ARE DEMOCRATS? Feingold is one of the most liberal senators what was the methodology? Bernie Saunder an avowed socialist is not among the most liberal members??? The ladies from Maine and Nelson tend to fall in the center of ADA and CU scores. Who made these decsions Daily Kos or Move-on?

No moderate republicans? That's because moderates ARE liberals!

What about Pelosi, Harry Reid, Barney Fag???

The reason Ron Paul is not on the list is because he considers spending 1 Trillion dollars oversees to help build up other nations infrastructure, not Conservatives. He also doesn't believe that we should be giving out foreign aid to countries, especially those that have two feet to stand on. His foreign policy sensibilities are debatably Conservative but this point falls on deaf ears to most Neo-Conservatives and Tea-O-Cons alike. For those that think legislating morals is an essential element of the Federal government, they too will find contention with the good doctor and the US Constitution.

I would have figured Kay Bailey's to be the most conservative based on her TV ads in the governor's race.

Hmm.. I would of suspected Mr. Paul to be in the top 10 at least, he is of course Dr. No. Makes me think and say, "F*** YOU FRANK".

SA@TAC - Ron Paul's Conservative Foreign Policy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4zKzXFcLN4&feature=sub

I like to talk about stool.

Too bad this turned into a debate on Ron Paul. The REAL enemies are Saddam Obama, Nancy Piglosi, Barney Frankfurter, "Leftie" Fiengold, Barb Boxhead, Die en Feinstick, and Dirty Harry Reid. It will be a long time before we repair what they are doing to our country.

lets dump lindsy graham to wishy washey to be a republican and he can take poor ol, john with him,along with dems, sharrod brown who supported the n.am.b.la. folks when he was in congress, wake up ohio voters this guy is a real creep!

"The reason Ron Paul is not on the list is because he considers spending 1 Trillion dollars oversees to help build up other nations infrastructure, not Conservatives. He also doesn't believe that we should be giving out foreign aid to countries, especially those that have two feet to stand on. His foreign policy sensibilities are debatably Conservative but this point falls on deaf ears to most Neo-Conservatives and Tea-O-Cons alike. For those that think legislating morals is an essential element of the Federal government, they too will find contention with the good doctor and the US Constitution."

What the hell ^^^^?

WOW!!!!!!! That is completely the OPPOSITE of dr. paul. Do you even know who Dr. Paul is?

Notice all the liberal delegations are from the coastal states, while the most conservative delegations (besides texas) are not.

Hmm...Did we miss Inhofe's last vote? He is the most conservative and yet voted for Porkulus II otherwise known as the Jobs Bill. Big red mark in my book and should take him out of top ten.

These ratings would make more sense if there were any clear definition of "liberal" and "conservative". There isn't. Ron Paul isn't listed as "most conservative" because libertarians don't fit on a two-dimensional liberal/conservative political scale. You need to use something like the Nolan Chart to make sensible, intelligible ratings.

Ron Paul? Really? No Ron Paul!?!? Ron Paul is one of the few people who is actually opposed to the wel-fare state AND the war-fare state. Modern "conservativism" is just as statist as modern liberalism.

Privatize EVERYTHING!

Ron Paul is a constitutionalist. He is for freedom and adherance to the constitution. Most of you so called "conservatives" only respect the constitution when it suits you, just like the progressives. Each of you have your favorite parts. Neither party gets it. Ron Paul is for respecting the constitution. That means you declare war before going into Iraq. That means you dont have a patriot act that violates the 4th amendment. That means the federal government has no business passing laws like making marijuana illegal. If you don't like people carrying guns on their hip in the school yard or in your local bars, then amend the constitution and change the 2nd amendment...don't pass illegal laws that violate it or allow the central government to pass laws that they are not authorized to pass...like health care. You so called conservatives want the republican health care plan rather than the democratic health care plan. Ron Paul and constitutionalists understand the federal government has no authority to pass any health care bill. Thats why to the pointy headed Republicans and so called conservatives, Ron Paul isn't included. He doesn't belong with all the "conservatives" who dont honor the constitution. He is 100% true to the principals of our founders. You are not, neither are the dems. Does that answer your question? Read the 10th amendment when you get bored and see how much your apathy toward obeying it has cost you.

I have to say, as a liberal, this list is confusing. My favorite lefties are either missing from or misplaced on this list. Although Sherrod Brown and Sheldon Whitehouse make sense.

But, seriously, Feingold to the right of Joe Lieberman? In what universe? And how strange that the one self-declared Socialist in the Senate is somehow not ranked.

Kind of makes me wonder about all the claims of "socialism" coming from the Right if the one honest-to-God Socialist, Mr. Bernie "nationalize the banks and give us single-payer health care" Sanders, doesn't rank here.

I would like to see the most conservative democrats and the 10 most liberal republicans in both houses.

I would like to see these two additional categories:

Top 10 most liberal Republicans
Top 10 most conservative Democrats

Seriously, this would be at least as useful as the other categories you have.

What? Your UPDATE II is ludicrous, please look at Robert Taft for the true republican definitions of conservative. Neo-Conservatism supports world policing, regular conservatism requires an humble foreign policy of non-interventionism. Please get your facts straight.

James

MADISON: "War is in fact the true nurse of executive aggrandizement." (4/20/1795)

JOHN ADAMS: ...do not "go abroad looking for dragons to slay."

THOMAS JEFFERSON: "peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none."

Hmmmm, maybe just maybe there is something wrong with the way you are measuring things?

Ron Paul is #1 in my book.
(and in the mind of most who read books)

ATTENTION FELLOW RON PAULIANS,

Pay no attention to the Ron Paul smear campaign on this website. This is a Neo-Con publication and Ron Paul was purposely discluded from this list because he doesn't support dropping bombs on scary people in the middle-east. Romney, Pail and Co LOVE WAR! They cannot possibly get enough of it! They don't care that these wars have done nothing to secure us, crush our children with debt or kill thousands of Americans. NOPE! "Spread Democracy at ALL COSTS". Even the death of the nation. That is what it is all about. No peace, just violence. Pre-emptive war all the way. Attack every nation because in the future they might get angry and throw a firecracker on our foot!

It makes me sick to think a Mitt Romney will be elected in 2012. I am not going to be drafted to fight another senseless war in a non-nuclear Iran. Just like Iraq. Thousands of dead Americans, hundreds of thousands of slaughtered Iranian children and more depleted treasury. Where does this end Neo-Cons?

Ron Paul is the only one who loves America. Mitt Romney doesn't love America, he loves blood and oil. If you think violence is bad overseas just wait until it comes here. This economy is going to completely tank in a few years and we will be in a Greatest Depresssion, for what?

We have one last chance, elect Ron Paul in 2012.
Email him now and tell him how you feel!
http://www.house.gov/paul/contact.shtml

Ron Paul is THE most conservative member. Most "conservatives" don't understand conservatism, including the National Journal.

There is no such thing as a moderate Democrat.

They are all Godless Communists.

No RP?

Ron Paul is against undeclared therefore unconstitutional war. He's undoubtedly the person #1 who wants to conserve the constitution intact.

This list makes no sense. Ron Paul is the most conservative member of congress bar none. This is more like who are the most neo-conservative members. A who's-who of traitors to the Constitution.

What a crap list based on biased subjective hairy (not fuzzy!) math.

Ron Paul is most conservative. Period. If you support the foreign occupations, then you are _anything_ but a conservative.

The Paulbots are out in force today.

Ron Paul isn't that Conservative. He's Libertarian. There's a difference. Learn it.

Ron Paul is NO conservative! He would give terrorists rights and would not protect this nation. I do however believe we need a true conservative party... who cares what Hannity and Rush think. They are in the book for the Reflubicans!

Conservatives believe in:
-adhering to the constitution
-small limited government
-balanced budgets
-sound money
-property rights
-free market priciples
-government transparency
-minimal taxes for only constitutionally authorized services
-personal reposibility and accountability
-no bailing out or subsidizing private businesses with tax payer money
-helping out our neighbor of our own free volition not at the barrel of a government gun , eg taxes, jail
-not destroying innocent life whether in the womb or in the sands of far off countries
-not meddling in the affairs of other nations
-free trade,friendship and diplomacy with other nations not isolation or antagonism
-no entangling alliances
-no abdicating or diluting our sovereignty to foreign bodies , global entities, initiatives, resolutions or unions such as the UN, NATO, EU, NAU, WTO, WHO, Global warming,etc.
-strong NATIONAL DEFENSE
-using letters of marque to go after individuals
-not going to war without a declaration of war
-authorizing presidential authority to wage war only in times of eminent attack and only for a brief time, not indefinetly.
-not waging offensive wars of aggression or preventaive wars
-not sacrificing American soldiers and resources for other peoples wars
-no nation building
-no policing the world
-securing our own borders against illegal immigration and terrorist infiltration
-government should protect American rights not infringe upon them, patriot act etc.
-Unconstitutional departments, programs, taxes and institutions should be eliminated, not reduced or tinkered with
or started for example Gov healthcare
-free speech, assembly, religion, press
-no regulation impeding our right to bear arms
-The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures
-no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
-The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
-The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
- states have the rights to refuse unconstitutional federal mandates.
-government does not have the right to regulate , promote or punish personal or moral behavior that does not violate other
peoples rights
-people are to restrain their government so that it serves and protects it's citizens rights, not the other way around.
-Those who loosen their grip on these constitutional chains risk releasing the beast not only upon their enemies but upon themselves and their countrymen. For when government escapes it's bounds it's power only grows until it rules our lives with an iron tyrannical fist.

Ron Paul 140th most conservative?! Are you mad?! Without Ron Paul being number 1 on the conservative scale this list means nothing. He is the most conservative politician! Centrist on foreign policy? How is not everything Ron Paul believes in terms of foreign policy not conservative?! National Journal = Fail! The Establishment purposely creates crap like this to continue and try to fool the people by hiding freedom lovers like Ron Paul.

People that are so unimaginative they can't even possibly consider that occupying countries and killing civilians in middle eastern might make them dislike this country make my head hurt. Last year over 700 innocent civilians were killed by drones in Pakistan.

Please remember we created Al Qaeda. It was the US government that radicalized them to fight the Russians.

After 10 years of this war and we still cannot stop terrorists who have major red flags. This country needs a completely different approach to terrorism. The current approach is just plain old welfare for the neocons.

Since when has Ron Paul ever called himself a "conservative"? He's a libertarian.

Any body who is pushing a third party is a liberal, they want you to lose.

This is the boogie man’s, I mean the terrorist wish list of Conservatives. Keep bombing away Neo-Cons because your US Empire is about to end and not because of the terrorist but because of your US debt. Why do Neo-Cons love Obama?
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How could you say Ron Paul isn't conservative? What is he not conservative on? You guys think fighting endless wars makes this country safer? You are pathetic and ignorant. Having good relations and commerce with other countries, which is what the Constitution permits, would leave us with very few if even any enemies. The government's action has created more terrorists and put us in more danger since our occupation in the Middle East which has been long before 9/11. Bush, Obama, Clinton and the list goes on = FAIL! No mainstream politician such as Romney or McCain or Palin are conservatives. They are all liars. Ron Paul is the only conservative out there.

What a freekin' joke.
Who made up this list? Bozo the Clown?

Shut up with the libertarianism. Ron Paul is the most conservative. You guys must think conservatism is corporate bailouts and endless wars.

This list is an absolute joke.

These comments make me oh so happy:) The mainstream media has lost control of the debate . . . and they are starting to realize it:)

RON PAUL is the most liberal AND the most conservative member of Congress - and I love him for it.

AHH! You're using a new definition of Conservative:

By that you don't mean Conserving the Constitution, you mean to refer to those who fully disregard reality and commit troops to invade, occupy, poison, and kill brown folks because of the bogus fears (9/11, anthrax) spread by the MediaMilitaryIndustrialComplex.

On the other side of the aisle: by Liberal, you mean those who also buy the terror threats and add to that the now fully discredited whopper of anthropogenic global warming.

Very proud of Imhofe and Coburn of my state Oklahoma. We need many more in Congress that are like them. Men who still have a moral compass and care deeply for this country of ours.

anybody with a clues knows Ron Paul has voted for more waste and spending and holds the true conservative approach to foreign policy. This is a joke.

Against*

This whole thing is a joke.... Until these crazy religious zelot republicans (Bachman)stop pushing their moral BS I can't support them. Why can't we just have a true fiscal conservative who isn't intrested in forcing their religious beliefs on the rest of us? Issues like gay marrage are not going away. Deal with it now or risk losing young voters next election just like the last.

AHH! You're using a new definition of Conservative:

By that you don't mean Conserving the Constitution, you mean to refer to those who fully disregard reality and commit troops to invade, occupy, poison, and kill brown folks because of the bogus fears (9/11, anthrax) spread by the MediaMilitaryIndustrialComplex.

On the other side of the aisle: by Liberal, you mean those who also buy and promote the terror threats and add to that the now fully discredited whopper of anthropogenic global warming and yeah: they promote a New World Order.

Kucinich and Paul are not that far apart: they read the bills written by corporate lobbyists and the Council on Foreign Relations and know better. Follow one or both of them, or you lose.

This list is a Joke. Someone needs to read the constitution.

Ron Paul 2012 FTW

I always object to buffoons like Dodd, Durbin, Burris, et al being called "liberals." They are statists. Classical liberalism has a history of promoting free trade and equal protection under law. The Dem clowns and many of the GOPers don't.

This terminology is important: a lot of undereducated college students want to be "liberal," no matter what it means. Read ROAD TO SERFDOM by Hayek.

Ron Paul is the only real conservative, as is his humble, non-interventionist foreign policy. Your rankings are a joke.

What about the 4 Mexifornia Stooges??
Loretta Sanchez
Barbara Boxer
Diane Fienstine
And the queen Super Racist "Mad Maxine Waters"

regarding update II:

How could Ron Paul not have a 100% economic conservative record when he has never voted for a tax increase? Is being anti-Fed considered "liberal"? Maybe to the country-club Rockefeller Republicans...

The amazing thing is that Rep. Rush Holt is a swing district that leans Republican. The seat had long been Republican before he was elected. He might even be picked off in the next election.

No Michele Bachman? No credibility!

The failure of this scale is that it is one dimensional with assumed characteristics for liberals and conservatives. If the characteristics were authoritarian vs libertarian the list would look much different.
Want to try again?

Ron paul has conservative tendencies ... quite a few .. but the man is a isolationist libertarian geez . the begin of the comments must have been from bandwagoners

What's conservative what's liberal. Silly words with little meaning beside zeitgeist.

Oil, Military, and why renewable energy can't compete. . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfGZ1MWRNxU

This article was compiled by the DNC!

If Ron Paul is not listed as the most conservative member of the House, then this list is a joke and the individual that came up with it needs to go back to Poly Sci 101 for a reality check.

agreed.

This issue is framed incorrectly. The polar opposites are not Liberals and Conservatives. They should be Statists and Anti-Statists. Or in blunt language, those who believe in the coercive power of the State's gun to organize society and the economy and those who believe that freedom of association and respect for private property and contracts should be the organizing forces.

Applying this fundamental principle to Congress would result in most Conservatives being lumped together with their Liberal Colleagues. So in essence, there is very little difference between Liberal and Conservative, Democrat and Republican.

Theres a difference between being
constitutionalist and conservative. news flash many of the founding fathers were not conservative. some didnt even want us to be a democracy well a republic . they wanted to name george washinton a king . All the people in here calling ron paul conservative you are all republicans lol lmao

WTF?
In the quest for conservative perfection none can even stand before Ron Paul. He is 100% for the people, 100% against big government, 100% for the constitution. No one else comes close!

In the list of conservatives Ron paul IS the list, he is the top 10, he is the top 100. The list should begin and end with him because other than him there are no conservatives in either house, although that may end with another Paul from KY!!!

Ron Paul is the only conservative name you need to know.

Sherrod Brown, leading the pack. Why does that not surprise me? Senator Brown from Ohio is an opportunistic carpet-bagger who moves wherever the opening occurs. To my knowledge, he has never held a "real job" in his life. Awfully easy to be a liberal when you can live off the public dole your whole life............

I'm dubious.

This list needs a definition of "liberal" and "conservative" for the economic, social, and foreign policy.

I will take Jim Bunning over any.

Buddy Hogan

Fellow libertarians the republicans have gone mad and have now decided that the guy they said in the beginning of their primaries was crazy IS NOW THERE GUY . BACK OFF . Unless u have changed your ways and unclouded your judgement lol lmao

Its funny how many people want a definiton of whats a this and that whats a conservative , liberal ....... IF you dont know then dont vote .

Yephora said it well ..

No Michele Bachman? No credibility!

What a farce! Ron Paul is far and away the most Conservative member of the House,...ESPCIALLY on Foreign policy!

Conservatives has traditionally been anti-war, opposing Woodrow Wilson on WWI. Eisenhower was elected to end the Korean War and Nixon the war in Vietnam.

Neo-Conservatives aren't Conservatives at all. They are Ex-Democrats following the lead of Democrat Woodrow Wilson.

National Journal should read up on history and understand the terms before spewing such nonsense!

OK, clearly the original source for this was based on party affiliation. Now do a similar list of the top 10 libertarians in the Senate and House, and the top 10 authoritarians.

Hahhahahahah.....Where's Ron Paul? He's the only one with nearly 100% constitutional conservative voting record. Never voted to raise taxes or to spend money we don't have. He is also the only conservative that has not fallen for the current progressive big government, big spending, endless war, world empire FOREIGN POLICY that is destroying this great nation.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/notes/declaration-of-independence-modern-signers/are-todays-conservatives-falling-for-a-progressive-foreign-policy/346727241873

Ron Paul is a Liberal-Tarian.Not a conservative who voted against the Amber Alert

This list is meaningless. I guess it depends though on how you define "Conservative." I define Conservative as following the Constitution. I guess Constitutionalism is not conservative by National Journal standards. Ron Paul should be at the top of the list, period. It's also missing notables like Michelle Bachmann and Paul Broun. Also, I'm from NC and our senator Richard Burr does not belong in the top ten. He's not really that conservative. He's not even 100% pro-life (liberal on stem cells). He's a free trader and a supporter of the Patriot Act. He may still be miles better than our other senator Kay Hagan, but he's more of an establishment Bush neocon than anything else. He wouldn't even meet with the NC Tea Party. Wish we could trade him out for a more conservative model, but looks like we're stuck with him if we don't want a total domestic enemy with respect to the Constitution (i.e. Democrat) in his stead.

Alright, enough of this. Practically everyone here is absolutely FUBAR on what truly conservative means. Apparently, most are too young, and too brainwashed, to even remember the 'old right.' The 'old right' of Robert Taft, Randolf Borne, and Barry Goldwater. A TRUE conservative, is a 'right-libertarian.' The GOP has been so 'neoconned,' it is pathetic.

If you profess Christianity (which most Conservatives do), then I challenge you to study 1 Thessalonians 4:11. Pay attention to key words, 'mind your own business,' and 'your daily life may win the respect of outsiders, and most importantly; 'you will not be dependent on anybody.'

Now recall what the founders vociferously talked about 'foreign entanglements.' Recall Article I, Section VIII, Clauses XI and XII particularly. And now may I present David M. Shoup, Medal of Honor at Tarawa, 22nd Commandant of the United States Marine Corps:

"I believe if we had, and would, keep our dirty, bloody, dollar-crooked fingers out of the business of these nations so full of depressed, exploited people, they will arrive at a solution of their own. That they design and want. That they fight and work for... and not the American style, which they don't want. Not one crammed down their throats by the Americans."

That was stated in 1966. Gee, I think that could be equally applied to Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, Iran..... don't you think? Here's another one. This is dialogue from Sgt. Maj. Bill Hafner, played R. Lee Ermey. A REAL Marine Vietnam combat veteran, in The Siege of Firebase Gloria:

"The air cav had bought us a little more time. God knows when they would come our way again. The dead were piling up. And, too many of them were ours. We were killing Charlie wholesale. But, he didn't seem to care. Guess we would do the same if they were occupying South Carolina."

Speaks volumes, doesn't it? I also like this one, from 1st Sgt. Jones:

Hafner: "I didn't know you were a 'flag-waver' Jones."

Jones: [adjusting flag on top of CP] "I don't care for much. But what I do care for, I care a lot."

That is our basic problem. What we appear to have lost complete site of. We care for far too much. And what we should be really caring for, we care way too little. If none of this is registering in your melon, then it it's time to heed a bit of Animal's advice:

"Freedom? You'd better flush out your head, new guy. This isn't about freedom; this is a slaughter. If I'm gonna get my balls blown off for a word, my word is poontang"

If we don't start paying attention to our own 'poontang,' [use your imagination within the confines of your acumen] we are not going to have much freedom left to defend.

Pogue Colonel: "Son, all I've ever asked of my marines is that they obey my orders as they would the word of God. We are here to help the Vietnamese, because inside every gook there is an American trying to get out."

Kinda flies in the face of what his superior, Gen. Shoup would say. Don't ya think? We are so FUBAR, we better get our "head and ass wired together," or [someone] will take a giant [schitt] on [us].

U.S. Marine
1980-1986

the most conservative republicans are libertarians. They believe in such limited small government that results in being more liberal with personal freedom.

Wow Dennis D, I had no idea that voting for Federal Laws that are unconstitutional makes one a liberal.

This list is a joke if Ron Paul is not listed as most Conservative.

liberal is now misleading, lets get a list of PROGRESSIVES, both D & R

Ron Paul is NOT a conservative so knock it off Paultards. You should take his name not being on the list as a badge of honor, not get all pissy about it.

I love how Paultards think he is the most conservative but clearly he is libertarian-leaning which puts him in the same category as a left wing nut like Kucinich in the social area.

I can't believe we're going to have to deal with Paultards in 2012 when the aging (78 when the election occurs) Ron Paul needs to be in an old folks home, not the White House.

Reagan wasn't even 78 when he LEFT office. Jesus.

Paultards please get a life.

You mean Neo-Con.

These are all Neo-Cons not true conservatives as in; Thomas Jefferson, Robert Taft, Barry Goldwater and Ron Paul.

You do understand that Neo-con is just a nice of of saying Fascist.

Ron Paul is a jerk. All you you phony conservatives who thinks this twerp is god DO NOT KNOW HIS POSITIONS WELL ENOUGH TO DEBATE THEM ANYWHERE ESPECIALLY HERE!

Here, here's a Ron Paul Brand Tin Foil Hat for you!

I wonder what criteria they're using for judging conservative...

Ron Paul didn't even make top 10??!!!

I can't think of anyone more conservative than Ron Paul.

Bill, you are attacking Ron Paul and his supporters in defense of what? The neo-conservatism & liberalism responsible for shoving our country down the abyss of debt and privation (and as an added bonus, we get to lose our Constitutional freedoms? Awesome!)? That's the so called "conservatism" you are so jealous for? Yeah, they're the "tards".

You actually raise a good point though. I'm glad Ron Paul isn't on THAT list but the list still needs to renamed so has not to drag the heart & soul of conservatism (as Reagan often called libertarianism) through the mud. It should be the "top 10 Socialists & Wilsonian Progressives". You can have it.

Ron Paul is more conservative than Ronald Reagan! Ron Paul wants to abolish the Dept of Education and Reagan tripled the size of the Dept of Education.

Greg, listening to your manic rant just shows me the utter disconnect you have. Most people who support Ron Paul do so because of how well they understand his positions. If you can't wrap your mind around Constitutional freedom and restraint of government, I don't know what kind of comment board type debate would ever be enough to teach you.

Your petulant lashing out sounds a lot like Lindsay Graham's "Ron Paul doesn't lead the Republican Party! I do!! Waaa!!!".

The results of that CPAC straw poll still stings, doesn't it?

Could you imagine our foreign and domestic enemies smacking their chops if Ron Paul ever got elected POTUS?

WE'D ALL BE DEAD IN MINUTES.

What a squeek..... he'd have to stand on a milk crate so he could surrender to the OWO.

Ron Paul is the most conservative in Congress, never voted for an unbalanced budget, never voted to raise taxes.

I wonder how different this list would be, if it were generated by someone such as the 10th Amendment center and not the national journal.

The excuse that "Ron Paul doesn't have a conservative foreign policy" is downright laughable as a reason for his exclusion.

Now understand that I see shades of Ross Perot as he's getting up there in years, and wouldn't likely vote for him as a result. But in terms of who really follows the constitution as an ideal there's nobody on the hill that even comes close.

You can't be a fair-weather federalist and still consider yourself a true conservative.

One cannot push the 10th amendment for abortion to be decided by states, yet somehow in a twisted rationalization not adopt the same view for things you might not like such as medical marijuana.

When you start to pick and choose when you enforce the constitution, you end up like you did with the "conservative republicans" after 94. Talk a great deal about Barry Goldwater and RWR, then engage in an unprecedented expansion of government with two new unfunded entitlement mandates.

Where's Michelle Bachman?

Ron Paul is not in the top due to MILITARY?!?!?! You got to be kidding me! I would much rather call my foreign policy views Conservative based on EVERYTHING Republican previous to 2001! Robert Taft, Eisenhower, Goldwater, and Reagan DID NOT believe in going to war carelessly and DID NOT believe in being the policmen of the world! Since when did George Bush, the least popular president in history by the end of his term, get to mold what we call "Conservative" foreign policy?! Previous to Iraq, all wars were started by Democrats and ended by Republicans.. The founding fathers would be rolling in their graves. I am as conservative as they come and I stand with 74% of the population (thats why non intervention policy always wins elections historically)that we dont want bankrupting careless wars that benefit no one, but a few elites! I am insulted by this!!

National Journal,

This ranking discredits itself by not honoring Dr. Ron Paul as the most conservative member in Congress.

Every single vote he has made for 30 years has been in accordance with the United States Constitution, which is the supreme law, might I add.

No other member of congress can claim a conservative record even remotely close to Dr. Paul. With such a blatant error, the entire reliability of your list must be questioned.

Undeclared war is not conservative!

Shame on the National Journal.

Ron Paul is the most conservative member of Congress. This ranking is a complete farse.

I don't understand neocons. They are just hell bent on being dependent on government and using them to push their personal beliefs onto others. How is that not liberal? Read "Wilson's War" and understand how it's a progressive belief.

Holy crap, you RuPaul faggots are still spamming that losertarian troll? GTFO.

The Ron Paul cult lives in their mothers' basements.

That's why they have so much time to leave comments on everyone's websites, and spam Internet polls. Ron Paul is a crank with ties to 9/11 Truthers, white supremacists, and anti-Semites. Leave us alone and go back to the phone booth with the Dennis Kucinich people.

Ron Paul on voting for H.R. 3076 (Afghan War)Just proving he follows the constitution. Bush however did not when he extended the war beyond H.R. 3076.

Mr. PAUL. Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman for yielding me this time.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this resolution. Sadly, we find ourselves today dealing with a responsibility to provide national security under the most difficult of circumstances. To declare war against a group that is not a country makes the clear declaration of war more complex.

The best tool the framers of the Constitution provided under these circumstances was the power of Congress to grant letters of mark and reprisal in order to narrow the retaliation to only the guilty parties. The complexity of the issue, the vagueness of the enemy, and the political pressure to respond immediately limits our choices. The proposed resolution is the only option we are offered, and doing nothing is unthinkable.

There are a couple of serious points I would like to make. For the critics of our policy of foreign intervention in the affairs of others, the attack on New York and Washington was not a surprise, and many have warned of its inevitability. It so far has been inappropriate to ask why the U.S. was the target and not some other Western country. But for us to pursue a war against our enemies, it is crucial to understand why we were attacked, which will then tell us by whom we were attacked. Without this knowledge, striking out at six or eight or 10 countries will not help.

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Without this knowledge, striking out at six or eight or even ten different countries could well expand this war of which we wanted no part. Without defining the enemy there is no way to know our precise goal nor to know when the war is over. Inadvertent or casual acceptance of civilian deaths as part of this war I'm certain will prolong the agony and increase the chances of even more American casualties. We must guard against this if at all possible.

Too often over the last several decades we have supported both sides of many wars only to find ourselves needlessly entrenched in conflicts unrelated to our national security. It is not unheard of that the weapons and support we send to foreign nations have ended up being used against us. The current crisis may well be another example of such a mishap.

Although we now must fight to preserve our national security, we should not forget that the founders of this great nation advised that for our own sake we should stay out of entangling alliances and the affairs of other nations.

We are placing tremendous trust in our President to pursue our enemies as our commander-in-chief but Congress must remain vigilant as to not allow our civil liberties here at home to be eroded. The temptation will be great to sacrifice our freedoms for what may seem to be more security. We must resist this temptation.

Mr. Speaker we must rally behind our President, pray for him to make wise decisions, and hope that this crisis is resolved a lot sooner than is now anticipated.

>>Alex Knepper - The Ron Paul cult lives in their mothers' basements.

Wow, quite the insults here. I think if you actually met some of these people you would feel differently. Professionally I'm a Vice President of Engineering for a large wireless company; I own two homes in California. I don't fit into your satirical delusions about those who support Ron Paul.

I find it disgusting that you would slander those who support the only honest man in congress. Your assertion- especially anti-semite is out of bounds. Our founders made it clear that we should have our motto be "commence with honest friendship with all nations, alliance with none". There is no constitutional merit to your assertion that we should always provide the Israeli government with foreign aid. Ron Paul does not want us to send aide to any countries- not just Israel.

Just keep supporting the globalists and race baiters who are CFR tools squandering away the future while the country goes to hell and Sean Hannity and Limbaugh just keep saying we need Republicans elected. Don't feel bad, years ago I drank their kool aid, but no more. Think for yourself instead of accepting what talk radio pundits and the neocon infested fox news tell you to think.

And BTW... if Ron Paul is so horrible why is he always right about the economy and this endless war?

Ron Paul is a principled constitutional republican.
Lies about him,don't make it fact.

CONSERVATIVE: adj 1: resistant to change (to the Constitution)

Dr. Ron Paul votes to preserve the constitution every time. NO on the "Patriot Act," NO on the perpetual wars, YES on congressional oversight of the Federal Reserve.

Obviously, undeclared perpetual wars, invalidation of the bill of rights, and unchecked control of the money supply are NOT conservative!

Dr. Paul is therefore the most conservative member of congress.

I think it is clear that you are using an invalid definition of "conservative," so please define the one you are using so that we can better determine what you are measuring.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha .......are you kidding me. The congressman who wants to Audit the Federal Reserve is not on your top 10 most conservative list? Oh wait, you must have had Arlene Specter as a top conservative when he was still a Republican, right? But hey there are lots and lots of brands of conservative. There is Neo-Conservative (George Bush 1 and 2 ), there is Paleo-Conservative (Pat Buchanan, Goldwater, Reagan, Palin) and then there is good old fashioned Constitutional - America First Conservative which is more like a Ron Paul.

How could they compile a list of Liberal House members without Dennis Kucinich not being at the top of the list?

Makes you wonder what criteria they used.

This website is:
(a) trying to redefine the meaning of the word conservative.
(b)ignorant.
(c) out to smear the Ron Paul movement.
(d) trolling.
(e) all of the above.

RON PAUL #140...BIZARRE!

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Ron Paul is NOT an isolationist . . .
anyone who doesn't understand the difference is showing their lack of intelligence . . .
by just parrotting of the media "Moes" Wolfe Blitzer and Hannity again.

RP is a non-interventionist - an anti-Wilsonian conservative . . .
and believes trade and talking to other nations REPLACES the $1 trillion imperialistic empire foreign policy stategy,

"When goods do not cross borders, soldiers will." - Claude Bastiat, French economist/philosopher

Ron Paul?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4zKzXFcLN4&feature=player_embedded

Ron Paul at #140?

He has never voted for a tax raised. He is the most conservative congressman. Unless by conservative you mean someone that wants big government to invade other countries killing hundreds of innocent civilians in order to kill a few bad guys. However traditional conservatives are non-interventionists (which as Juan McCain points out) is different than isolationists.

Great propaganda peiece. Where is Ron Paul? the most conservative guy not these fakes the media really is a big joke man.

Look up "conservative" in the dictionary and you'll find it defined as "Ron Paul's position".

Get real neocons - wasting our blood and treasure on protecting Germany, Japan, and the corrupt puppet governments in Iraq and Afghanistan is NOT conservative. It's Woodrow Wilson-style nation building. We need those resources back here to make Fortress-America.

im so sic and tired of hearing people, from islamo-fascist, communist leaders(castro for one), and even americans (juan mccain) referring to the US as imperialists.we dont go out invading countries to make them part of an empire. we may control them for a short period after the conflict is ove, but we have always returned them to a self governing state. the 2 most notable are germany and japan, and neither are hurting. in fact, both have some of the more dynamic, powerhouse economies in the world(germany, the 5th largest and japan, the 8th. so please, imperialism, to me, refers to countries, such as, Great Brittan of the past and japan of the WWII period, who built empires of foreign lands they ruled over

There is NO bigger conservative then Ron Paul! That is when looking at the facts. This ENTIRE list is a joke!

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I'm with those who call this list GARBAGE. Ron Paul IS conservatism - at least the only brand in which I'm interested. The question is "What neo-con devised the parameters for conservatism in foreign affairs?" That war-mongers name themselves conservative is a big part of the problem.

I don't agree with your list. There are some that should be on top and are not.

Imperialism per se may be slightly harsh . . .( and not what I wrote)
yes compared to the classical imperial forces of Japan, Hitler, and the Imperial Navys
of Great Britain and Portugal sailing the world for riches.

But with $1 trillion spent for overseas operations -
and with Secretary of State Clinton acknowledging Ron Paul
in an April Congressional hearing about the new $1 billion London embassy to be built
and what the Madame Secretary called "post-conflict responsibilities" . . .
these overseas wars/"nation-building"/Wilson interventionism are . . .
to use a fair adjective . . . "imperialistic"
Nation building reeks of being "imperialistic"
and the long-term national financial burden and "responsibilities"
make taxpayers and the economy feel that weight of being "imperialistic".

No wonder Maryland is such a mess, Cardin and Mikulski giving up the state.

Eric, you are so right about Ron Paul.
Why are folks so blind--or misinformed? We must stop believing what politicians say about themselves, and start looking at their voting record. Ron Paul is a Libertarian...not a died-in-the-wool conservative. Good grief!

Prhean, you are correct, Tom Coburn and James Inhoffe are two of our best, i.e. most conservative, pols in the country!

What happened to PAUL RYAN

The anti-Wilsonian conservatives like Senator Robert Taft in the 1950's, Senator Barry Goldwater, President Reagan, and Congressman Ron Paul have always been the true core of the conservative wing of the GOP.

The neoconservatives and the church conservatives just don't display fiscal responsibility in regards to foreign policy - or moral responsibility to other views - both "fanatical" really.
A limited government with Wilsonian interventionism "nation-building" is an ideological dichotomy promoted by the likes of the Rush/Hannity/Bush/Cheney/Guiliani/Romney neocons.
They are the new, novel but bankcrupt "neo"-conservatives as parrotted by the media to the masses maybe - but that is all,
NOT the conservative core. They never have been.

Hey guys, you forgot to throw in the most liberal Republicans: Lindsey Graham.SC and his buddy John McLame.Arizona! Oh dont forget it's election year for McLame, so he will now change hats and become a Conservative in 2010!
Anybody heard about Lindsey Graham.SC joining the flaming lefty John Kerry on a new global warming issue? Check it out South Carolina, this rino has to go, along with McLame! Help the real conservative J.D Hayworth kick his butt out of Arizona! Go J.D.Hayworth! J.D has the soppport of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a great patriot and hero in my opinion!
God Bless America and God Bless our troops.

" Thank you for your addendum on Paul. A lot of people are fooled into thinking he is Conservative but his voting record is more moderate libertarian. "

At least one here knows the difference between Conservative and Libertarian!

What about the rantings of the ignorant- typical attitude of the people, who once behind the curtain, pull the switch for the recognizable name or the guy who brings MY state the most money from my fellow taxpayers. Most comments here fit in the category of " IF my 'guesses' are not on the list, it has to be crap- because I am omnipotent and prescient! " Adios, stupid whiners.

Ron Paul is THE MOST CONSERVATIVE MEMBER IN ALL OF WASHINGTON DC. HES A CONSTITUTIONAL CONSERVATIVE! RON PAUL FOR FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDOM!!!!!!!! YOUTUBE RON PAUL IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE 4EVER!!

Dr. Ron Paul is actually more Libertarian than Republican!
Now, lets get down to the nitty gritty about Sarah Palin, I supported her when she first came on the scene! Now she is campaigning for John McLame over the real conservative in Arizona, JD Hayworth! Give me a break! How could a so-called conservative campaign for McCain? I guess she has shown her true colors now! Palin is toast as far as I'm concerned! So many wimps and phony's out there on both sides!

This list is helpful, just not as helpful as it could be. It's a list of the most Neo-Conservative representatives in each group.

The number one most Conservative member of Congress is 140 on your list, what does that tell you about the validity of your list? Call it what it is a list of neo conservative members not truly conservative members. If you can't get conservative right pretty much everything you say is suspect...

To all the Ron Paul friends (I am one of you). The reason Dr Paul is not number one on the list of most conservative reps is simple. He isn't a conservative. He is a constitutionalist, and if we need to get one thing into our heads and hearts, it's the fact that they are not the same animal. Instead of calling politicians "conservative" or "liberal" let's try a rename. How about "constitutionalist" or "criminal?"

Followers of Leo Strauss are not true conservatives. The "conservative" that top this list are anything but. If Ron Paul is a libertarian, we need more libertarians in Congress.

Pure Bunk...
How about Clyburn and other members of the Black caucus as well as Sanders?
LIEBERMAN one of the MOST right wing pigs in US legislative offic.
BUNK BUNK BUNK...lies and more lies...
Besides they are all war makers makkin laws to benefit them not the people. They makes laws to benefit the ruling class and to adventure into war for profits and exploitation while increasing pain and suffering here at home...It is time we overthrow this capitalist exploitative system. We can not change the system within the system, just like Police and the courts cannot investigate their own criminal behavior... The inequities and disparities are growing more apparent each day...

The problem here is everyone THINKS their Rep. or Senator is the best or most conservative. Why not take the time to check their voting records for yourself and make up your own mind. My Rep. is in the top ten on this list and he's still not getting my vote because of some of the things he's voted for or against. Everyone speaks of term limits. We already HAVE term limits, the ballot box. Why do the IDIOTS stay in office so long? I refer you back to the first line of my comments.

Roy, Now there's an original thought! Sadly, they believe everything these individuals espouse during their campaigning and nobody wants to hold their feet to fire with the facts as they present! Do your homework America prior to entering the ballot box! How many times do we hear "oh they did a 180 when they sat in the seat of power and money!! Anyone notice how many lawyers occupy the positions of power in Congress....and we wonder why we cant get Tort reform past...We also need to monitor our Judges and have a volunteer citizen review board attending every high profile case coming before judges and then report the decisions come election time! Nobody knows who these judges are and most of the time go into the ballot box holding our noses as we vote!

What are the neokooks trying to conserve ?

Non-interventionist Ron Paul classic liberal foreign policy would conserve lives and money.

Ron Paul is the most conservative person in the entire federal government if not the only one.

"Update II: Many comments wonder where Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) is on our list of most conservative House members. Paul has conservative vote rankings in the economic category (85%) and the social category (73%), but his votes on foreign policy are much more centrist (53% conservative). That makes him the 140th-most conservative member in the House"

That doesn't make any sense - so because he didn't vote with his neocon buddies for their foreign adventures, he is a centrist? His voting record on foreign policy is conservative - just because all the other conservatives are sell outs - it doesn't make him a centrist!

Yeah, what's crazy is their suggestion that his foreign policy votes "are much more centrist". Nobody in the entire House of Representatives has a foreign policy voting record like Ron Paul. Far from being "centrist" it is actually the most radical and extremist (in the direction of liberty and non-interventionism) in all of Congress. No Congressman in history has logged as many lone votes of opposition in 434-1 votes as Ron Paul

Where is Ron Paul ?????

Ron Paul is #1 conservative to conserve our good value and constitution.

Ron Paul is #1 liberal to defend our liberty.

Ron Paul is #1 in conservative, #1 in liberal, and #1 in the heart of we the people.

To NOT even include Ron Paul totally invalidates this whole list. Mr.Paul is the only, I mean the ONLY member of the House that actually FOLLOWS the U.S. Constitution!!!

To the person who said legalizing marajuna is not a conservative position you might wish to verify your definition of the word "conservative". Conservatism means "A political philosophy or attitude emphasizing respect for traditional institutions, distrust of government activism, and opposition to sudden change in the established order.".

Our representatives all took an oath to respect and uphold the established rule of our law known as the Consitution of the United States of America.

Those whose voting records and atitudes can be proven to display strict adherance to the Constituion would be defined as conservatives. And those whose actions disregard or activly attempt to force policies to which they have not been granted authority over would be defined as liberals.

Now that we have cleared up the confusion, please show me the Article and Section of the US Constitution that gives the federal government the power to tell people what thy can smoke & eat?

You may be a young person who might be confusing neo-con with the true definiton of American Conservatism. There are still a few shining conservative lights left...But the fact that Ron Paul is so low on this list only emphatizes my point that most do not even know what words means anymore. We can thak our Department of Education for this tradgedy as well (also not conservative BTW).

Freedom, Prosperity & Peace!

No Ron Paul? This list is as retarded as Sarah Palin's child.

Ha, those who think Ron Paul is one of the most conservative in Congress need the Poly Sci 101 lesson. As the host has noted, although Rep. Paul is dead-on when it comes to certain issues such as economics and certain Constitutional issues, he's a moderate at best when it comes to most of the rest of the issues.

No wonder the GOP is in trouble, with people defending Paul and dissing the baby of Gov. Palin!

It's sad that so many uninformed people out there think that Ron Paul is a nut. But then with all the Neo-conservative, greedy, self righteous punks out there trying to sway the opinions of those to lazy to do their own evalutaion of who best represents conservatism what would you expect. Makes you just wonder why before Ron Paul was a viable candidate for president he was always one of the most conservative members of congress. How many of the other congress critters gave back the balance of the money alloted for their congressional seat. With that said then I guess those that would consider Ron Paul a nut must have an alternate agenda or listen to the wrong people. I would suggest anyone that reads such garbage to evaluate what p[ossible motives could someone have to label someone as a nut. As a veteran I find it totally reprehensable that someone would lash out at a veteran of the military and call him a nut without reasonable documentation to back up those allegations. Yeah, Scott N Texas, Alex Knepper, Cobalt Agent, Greg Barton, Bill Jenkins, Dufungus. I served, What about you? I'm at least old enough to be your father and I'm sure you have been a big disappointment to him.

Ron Paul is THE MOST CONSERVATIVE politician in Washington, PERIOD. Those on your top conservatives list are all NEOCONSERVATIVES. There is a big difference.

Prolife = Ron Paul
Balanced Budgets = Ron Paul
Sound Money = Ron Paul
Follow the Constitution = Ron Paul
Mind Your Own Business!!!! = Ron Paul

Who is the most Conservative Member of Congress?

RON PAUL!!!!

No John Boehner in the top 10 conservatives ?

Are you kidding me ?

This list is a total sham !!!

Is this the official CFR list??? LOL

I want to be as liberal as I please.
I want the same for you.
The best formula for this: a very conservative, constitutional government.
As long as that government sticks to its enumerated duties, and allow us to live as we please without infringing on the rights of others- we might have the resources to do some good for our fellow man.
Maybe this time without waste, bureaucracy or mass corruption. Private or governmental, funds have the same source- our labor. Shouldn't we have more say in how it is allocated?

The problem here is with the Author's definition of CONSERVATIVE.
It seems he meant to say, "Neoconservative."

RON PAUL is most definitely the most conservative by its most pure definition - Advocates individual liberty, adherence to the Constitution, a foreign policy the founding fathers advocated as shown below.

"Indulging no passions which trespass on the rights or the repose of other nations, it has been the true glory of the United States to cultivate peace by observing justice, and to entitle themselves to the respect of the nations at war by fulfilling their neutral obligations with the most scrupulous impartiality." 
- James Madison 
March 4, 1809

"I have always given it as my decided opinion that no nation had a right to inter-meddle in the internal concerns of another; and that, if this country could, consistent with its engagements, maintain a strict neutrality and thereby preserve peace."
-George Washington 
August 25, 1796

"Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none should be our motto." 
-Thomas Jefferson 
March 4, 1801

"If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest." 
-Thomas Jefferson 
1791

Those who will give priority to security over LIBERTY, do not deserve their LIBERTY!

Our forefathers left the servatude of European elitism, to live as free men, serving no elitists and their wars! Those who support involvement of the Fabian Socialism of Europe and the European banking houses that support both sides of every war are traitors to LIBERTY. We cannot solve the insanity of Progressive Socialism/ Fascism. As an Sovereign Constitutionalist Republican we should be devoted our own heritage: not to what the world may think if us, as progressives that can only evolve into oligarchies and autocrat rule.

Oh yes, Ron Paul has more common sense and awareness about what it means to be a constitutionalist--life, LIBERTY and the persuit of happiness/the freedom to seek The Word of God and the right as a sovereign individual to protect our lifes and this Sovereign Constitutional Republic, with firearms!

Dr. No is centrist on what? It's called a conservative foreign policy and it is what got GW elected in 2000. Ron Paul is the definition of conservative. He may be radical, in today's environment, but he is the only one proposing to scale back the size of government.

National Journal has lost all credibility with their redefining a very common English word, conservative.

This list is a sham with some kind of hidden agenda for not listing Ron Paul as a top rated conservative.

Ron Paul isn't on the top because if you don't vote for wars then you aren't conservative. In reality conservative means LESS GOVERNMENT and LESS SPENDING. He is more conservative than all of them! What a joke this website doesn't even understand what a conservative is. If you vote for wars and more spending on foreign policy then you are a neocon not a conservative.

This is the most liberal and most loathed Congress in history. Calling any of these folks "most" liberal or conservative is a little like calling them valedictorians of summer school. Is there any real distinction here? After the "house" cleaning in November 2010 we will see a major recalibration when these rankings are run again in 2011.

Interesting side note on Ron Paul is that the one thing preventing me from supporting him as a Presidential nominee is his positions on foreign policy. His lack of pragmatism would create more issues than it would solve in that arena.

Ron Paul? The most conservative member in the house and he isn't even listed in the top 100? You do yourself an injustice and prove yourself ignorant of the facts in D.C. whether it be for your own "purposes" or through total incompetence. I don't read your rag and would urge others not to also.....

If Ron Paul isn't the #1 most "conservative" then your selection criteria is FUBAR!

They should expand beyond the largely meaningless left-right divide and rank our congress-critters on libertarianism vs authoritarianism instead.

Anyone who is against Ron Paul is against themselves. Ron Paul is the most HONEST man in Congress. He is the real thing when it comes to conservatism.

As mentioned by Ronald Reagan:

"I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism."

The Founding Fathers of America are basically libertarians.

Anyone who slams at libertarians are actually defending the war mongering/interventionist/pro-tax Neo-Cons and Liberals...and don't exactly know what libertarians really stand for.

I read alot of brainwashed folks fed here with false information by the rigged/scripted Mainstream Media(MSM) which is funded/owned by the same Neo-Conservative/liberal crowd (ex-Democrat) and manipulates the very same mainstream poseur RINO's politicians you adore blindly...fools!!

EDUCATE YOURSELVES AND WAKE UP!!!

Ron Paul #140 because of his foreign policy??? This was the most 'conservative', NOT the most NEOCONSERVATIVE! Ron Paul's foreign policy IS conservative in the true sense. This whole ranking thing is bogus, lame, and just plain wrong.

Ron Paul #140 because of his foreign policy??? This was supposed to be the most 'conservative' ranking, NOT the most NEOCONSERVATIVE! Ron Paul's foreign policy IS conservative in the true sense. This whole ranking thing is bogus, lame, and just plain wrong.

This list is pretty much useless when it ranks Ron Paul at 140th on the list.

The trouble is that the meaning of conservative has come to mean PRO WAR, PRO BIG GOVT, pro violation of civil rights, pro patriot act (ick!), pro cronyism, and so on.

Ron Paul is the truest conservative in the classical sense of the word.

Today "conservative" really is Neo Conservatism best displayed by Bush et al.

Ron Paul 2012!

We're taking back the Republican party from the current gang of neo con crony good old boys that have been running it for too long.

It's time to get back to original Republican Ideals. Limited Government, No Nation Building foreign Policy, Sound Money, Preserve/Conserve Bill of Rights and Constitution, Protect Individual rights from an overbearing government, restore true Free Markets (not the cronyism we have now that is being passed for capitalism).
Etc Etc.

Step aside old guard for the true patriots are coming!

140th...hmmm...So it is now Conservative to support an unconstitutional warfare state???? Your ranking is WHACKED! Its now Conservative to go to war without a declaration? Its now Conservative to for Congress to pass off it's responsibility to declare war to the executive branch? Its now Conservative to support a Patriot Act that suppresses civil liberties? Its now Conservative and morally correct to support torture and detention without charges (of even American citizens) in the name of some twisted idea of "security?" Its now Conservative to support limitless expenditures on an out of control foreign policy driving our country deeper and deeper in debt? Its now Conservative to prop up dictators then have to go in and clean up after them, at the expense of our nations fighting men and women plus our nations treasure, when they go rogue on us? Its now Conservative to support an unconstitutional Federal Reserve Bank? Its now Conservative to laugh at the US Constitution, States Rights, Property Rights, and the enforcement of our immigration laws, and our Country's Sovereignty?

We can protect this country, act responsible in our role over seas (which is NOT policing the world), and bring true free markets back to this nation and make us prosperous! We just need to throw your so called Conservatives out of office!

YOU CAN HAVE YOUR PERVERTED VERSION OF CONSERVATISM - I'll side with Ron Paul...

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I'm not surprised to see Linda Sanchez on the list...her district has so many dumpy towns in it, such as Hawaiian Gardens California (which is a mecca for illegal Mexican gang bangers), Long Beach California (that is a haven for moes and drive by shooters), Bellflower, Carson, Dominguez Hills...talk about a bunch of dumpy cities full of Mexican illegal gang bangers! I'm surprised that Grace Napolitano didn't make the top 10 along with Linda's sister Loretta Sanchez.

Seems the national journal needs to look up the definition of the word conservative or take a history class. Their "ranking" of Ron Paul at 140th place considering how strictly he votes based on the Constitutional guidelines just boggles the mind.

1+1 does NOT equal 11 you fools.

non-intervention is the most conservative view on foreign policy.

your ranking of ron paul so low on the list is simply propaganda

The problem is the idiocy of assuming that advocating a vast military empire and endless war is somehow a "conservative" position. That's why Ron Paul only ranked 140.

Here's the whole quote from Reagan (make sure you read the SECOND paragraph):

"REAGAN: If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals–if we were back in the days of the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and the liberals would be the Tories. The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is.

Now, I can’t say that I will agree with all the things that the present group who call themselves Libertarians in the sense of a party say, because I think that like in any political movement there are shades, and there are libertarians who are almost over at the point of wanting no government at all or anarchy. I believe there are legitimate government functions. There is a legitimate need in an orderly society for some government to maintain freedom or we will have tyranny by individuals. The strongest man on the block will run the neighborhood. We have government to insure that we don’t each one of us have to carry a club to defend ourselves. But again, I stand on my statement that I think that libertarianism and conservatism are traveling the same path."

Ron Paul ranked at 140? This list is worthless. Less than worthless. This list is a drain on society and should be destroyed for the good of humanity.

Just remember now, the guys bashing Ron Paul here were the same "conservatives" that backed GW Bush and his 0 vetos on record deficits spending. Lets face it, if it was GW "stimulating" the economy instead of Obama they would have backed it.

The only thing you have in common with the word conservative is CONNED

THis is a complete joke

Take it for what it is worth people... Criteria on these kinds of ranking systems are, like most debates and polls out there kind of to be taken with a grain of salt... The criteria set up is often somewhat abritrary and within every experiment there is a margin of error, a margin of error I find to be more somewhat more significant when we are discussing opinion/political polls... A place where opinions can be swayed to and fro based on the simple wording of a question, where concensus flaps backa and forth like the upside down, tattered and torn American flag atop the flag pole. Hang this banner upside down, this country's is in distress.

It's amusing that most of the Ron Paul supporters think that Paul is the most libertarian member of Congress when in fact he has supported many statist laws such as DOMA, DADT, the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, the ban on gay adoption in Washington DC, more border control, etc.

Not to mention that he has endorsed anti-freedom politcians such as Ronald Reagan, Pat Buchanan, Chuck Baldwin, etc.

Too bad we'll have to wait until 2016 probably for the National Journal to call the Democratic candidate for president, whoever that is, "the most liberal memeber of the Senate" (or House, etc.)

It's really weird Sanders wouldn't even be in the top 10 on the liberal side, he's pretty straight-forward about his views on the banks and on health care. He'd probably take it in stride.

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