Conservative of the Year 2013

Main article: Conservative of the Year
Tentative Rank  | Name  | Achievements  | Comments

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1  | "Duck Dynasty" family | Gives up millions of dollars rather than cave into liberal censorship by the homosexual agenda, after the liberal media expelled a member of the family for speaking biblically.  | Hard to disagree with a high ranking for how this family stands on principle, and opposes liberal censorship of free speech  |
2  | Rick Perry | called TWO special sessions of the Texas legislature to overcome the pro-aborts and pass the 30-mile rule; ran radio ads in other states inviting people and businesses to move to more conservative Texas, which enraged liberals but has put Texas on a path to surpass California in population by 2050  | Perry's record of conservative achievement in 2013 makes him a leading contender for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.
3  | Tony Abbott |  Australia’s new conservative Prime Minister was called a climate criminal for saying global warming is “absolute crap” and abolished carbon taxes.  | Abbott's spectacular conservative triumph in Australia, with his outspoken insights, moves to #4 and should probably move even higher.
4  | George Rivera  | a Republican who won a landslide recall election against an entrenched liberal Colorado senator in a heavily Democrat district, Rivera "quoted the Bible in his short but emotional speech where he thanked volunteers, the Republican Party and 'all the voters' in Senate District 3."[1] | his achievement as a conservative Hispanic is what the liberal media desperately try to keep anyone from hearing about
5  | Louie Gohmert | courageously voted against RINO John Boehner for Speaker of the House in January, and continued to challenge Boehner's liberal leadership throughout 2013, thereby preventing Boehner from completely selling out  | moved from #2 to #4 because Boehner did eventually sell out, and there is only so much that one congressman out of 435 can achieve (unless he is Speaker of the House)
6  | Ted Cruz | his courageous stance against ObamaCare and runaway government spending, and his leadership as the liberals shut down the government  | his ranking would be even higher if his principled stance did not ultimately fall on deaf ears inside the Beltway
7  | Vladimir Putin | stood up against the homosexual agenda despite intense pressure by liberals; pardoned and released a capitalist being held for economic crimes, in contrast with liberal demands for the equivalent of lifetime prison sentences for capitalists like Bernie Ebbers; signed a ban against advertising for abortion; and Russia is now considering banning abortion altogether.  | Putin could move higher than #7 next year, if he builds on his socially conservative achievements of 2013
8  | Angela Merkel | Won landslide re-election as she moves Germany to the right, quickly erasing the remnants of communism in the former East Germany | rises in rank to #8 in light of the significance of her work in eradicating vestiges of communism (and its atheism) from the former East Germany
9  | Hobby Lobby (David Green)  | Standing up on principle against the pro-aborts who dominate the Obama Administration, and who tried unsuccessfully to force the company to pay for abortifacients  |
10  | Matt Birk  | Ranked as one of the most intelligent professional athletes, Matt Birk helped win the Super Bowl for the Baltimore Ravens and then pointedly declined a publicity event at the White House, due to Obama's pro-abortion stance.  | moved higher to #10 due to his overcoming peer pressure to attend
11  | The people of Croatia | 65% of them voted against "same-sex marriage," in a stunning setback for the homosexual agenda[2] | moved higher to #11 due to how it rejected pressure by the liberal media
12  | Rand Paul | Frequently defended freedom against the pro-Big government factions in the Democrat and Republican Parties.  |
12  | Scott Walker | Unfazed by the liberal cacophony around him, Wisconsin Governor signed numerous conservative bills into law in 2013, improving the state on almost a daily basis.  |
14  | James O'Keefe | Despite media exposure denouncing his tactics, James pushed back in 2013 with ground breaking video exposure of Obamacare Navigators,[3] college educators and voter fraud.  |
15  | Paul Broun | Running an outspokenly socially conservative campaign for the open U.S. Senate seat in Georgia, Rep. Broun has the entire liberal media nationwide trying unsuccessfully to stop him.  | By standing up to the national liberals in Georgia and attracting much of their attention, Broun enables conservatives to win without as much liberal interference elsewhere.
16  | Meat Loaf (Michael Lee Aday)  | went on a farewell tour in defiance of how the liberal media ostracized him for becoming a conservative and endorsing Republican Mitt Romney |

## See also[edit]

* Conservatives of the Decade, 2009
* Essay:Conservatives of the Decade

## References[edit]

1. ↑ http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_24231607/colorados-new-gop-lawmakers-sworn-packed-gallery
2. ↑ http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/international/europe/2013/12/croatians_vote_against_same_sex_marriage
3. ↑ Who are these Obamacare Navigators?