TB, you are absolutely correct. Couldn't be more correct.
Conservatives SAY all those things. Talk about them a lot. Everywhere they go.
What Conservatives DO, however, is exactly the opposite. So you're living in a world of verbiage, an imaginary world you describe over and over, where words are as good as deeds, and whatever you can get someone to believe is true..
While in the real world, Conservatives act entirely differently, not caring about deficits as long as the deficit lines their pockets, where they can direct the government to preserve, protect and enrich the already wealthy. And deficits be damned.
Don't listen to the words, watch the actions.