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> From: "mapanari" <mapanari.nospamm@austin.rr.com>
> Organization: Anzuatagui
> Reply-To: "mapanari" <mapanari.nospam@austin.rr.com>
> Newsgroups: 
> dfw.general,austin.general,houston.general,nyc.general,ca.general,dc.general
> Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 16:10:47 GMT
> Subject: Re: THe Difference Between Conservatives & Liberal
> 
> 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.

Can you provide proof for this statement?  Numbers, surveys, anything?  I
would really like to see it.
> 
> 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. . . .
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Keith A. Glass, MCP  Rogue Sysadmin / Engineer / TechnoJOAT
>> Assimilated by the Borg, Saved by the Code of the Penguin
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