Those Republicans are called RINOS(Republican in name only). A good example is Arnold Schwarzenegger. He's reintroducing the illegal alien drivers license bill..."with safeguards". Damn him. I'm starting to wonder about President Bush letting more people overrun our country. Jobs that Americans won't take? Which would those be? Who will pick our produce? Two words-prison labor. For the most part, I like President Bush, but this whole "guest worker" program scares the hell out of me.
The other thing is that I've been campaigning for a more enlightened use of the word "liberal." We misuse it constantly in the US to mean Democrat Party member or anyone or any idea of the far leftist persuasion. Our country, our constitution, is based on liberalism. Real American political conservatives therefore, must be liberals (in the classic sense).
That's a good point about the misuse of the word "liberal". If you look at the difference between liberal leftists and libertarians, you'll see that the people we call leftists are really socialists and totalitarians. They believe in a one world government, and total control over the populace. Hill and Bill ring a bell? Bill just won't go away. He still thinks he's the president, or something. They're frightening to watch. People like those two, Dominique De Villapaininmyass, who wants to sell arms to China(nuke France!), Koffi Annan and the UN, are undermining America in the international sense. Our judges, elected officials, and government agencies are undermining every one of our guaranteed Constitutional rights!
I cover events and politics in Europe sometimes, and have been in many discussions where I've learned how confused Europeans are about US politics (and how the reverse can also be true) -- and I think a big part of the reason is that they think liberals are one thing, and we keep using the term to mean something completely different. I also think that this misuse of terms confusions Americans (without even considering foreigners).
I don't know what the heck is going on with Israel, Palestinians, and the blasted UN. There is a discussion going on between Nix 2 and I, about some very interesting parallels between the Amalekites of the old testament, and the Palestinian suicide culture. I think this is an important point and unless you're an Atheist, people should check this out. Evil does walk the earth. I have yet to read the bible passages she mentioned (Super Bowl chili time), but some of it is very familiar from when I read the old testament. I think it starts in Exodus 8. I have a Catholic bible, and I've been stumped when others offer biblical quotes because I can't find them, at least the ones from the new testament. From what I've read from web pages that I Googled, it could explain why some people are pure evil. You know the kind I'm talking about. Divorce and custody cases. Saddam, Stalin, Hitler, Hillary, Ceausescu, Pol Pot, Kim Il Jong II, Castro, and of course I'm forgetting lots of them. The French are the worst. Bunch of backstabbing, rotten little hypocrites. That's my take on Europe.
Lol, of course my rant has nothing to do with what you were talking about differences in European and American politics :-)