🚀 go-pugleaf

And don't forget, a Republican governor of Arizona called for legalizing
Marijuana and decriminalizing other drugs, and a Republican of Illinois put
a moratorium on the death penalty.

I haven't seen anything near the bravery and far-sightedness in any Democrat
official except "Lets tax and spend and give away some more".

It's way past time that people start realizing that the right wing religious
wing of the Republican party is a very small minority with a very loud bark,
part of the infamous "moral majority" which was neither moral, nor a
majority.

People also forget that the snake handlers, pentacostals and other wierd and
silly branches of Christianity are all heavily democratic in populace.

Too long has the republican party let the nation smear it's image with the
religous conservative right wing.

Mapi
"Keith A. Glass" <salgak@earthling.net> wrote in message
news:39c3e8a5.32937475@news.erols.com...
> On 16 Sep 2000 20:22:48 GMT, Merlin Dorfman
> <dorfman@netcom14.netcom.com> wrote:
>
> >In ca.general Tracey-Levin <tracey12@hotbot.com> wrote:
> >
> >: The Liberal wants more government and taxation.
> >
> >: The Conservative wants less government, and taxes dramatically reduced.
> >
> >     Surprisingly enough, Tracey isn't too far off here.
> >     Liberals are generally in favor of a more activist government,
> >which costs more, hence higher taxes.
>
> >     We do need to mention that conservatives are also genreally
> >in favor of higher defense spending, which costs money also.
>
> True, but defense is a required portion of any nations' expenses....
>
> >     But I'm glad Tracey did not go on to the next statement that
> >conservatives usually make, which is that conservatives are in
> >favor of more individual freedom, hence they want restrictions on
> >individual activities only when those activities cause direct
> >harm to others.  This is clearly untrue, because most
> >conservatives are in favor of outlawing abortion, flag burning,
> >homosexual marriage, and narcotics.
>
> Depends on who you consider conservative. . .
>
> There are a lot of, for lack of a better term, Christian Nationalists
> who agree with many tenets of Conservatism, but not all.  And then
> there are people like William F. Buckley who have called for the
> abolition of drug laws. . .  In many ways, the Libertarians are the
> ultimate in true Conservative principles: limit the scope and actions
> of the Government across the board, and not only when it fits your
> particular ideological blinders. . . .
>
>
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