Posted on 01/31/2004 8:27:03 PM PST by Hillary's Lovely Legs
Edited on 01/31/2004 8:35:55 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
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Has Held Elected Office | Yes | Yes | ||||
Served in the Military | Yes |
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Abortion | ||||||
Appoint Judges Who Will Outlaw Abortions | Strongly Opposes |
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Strongly Favor |
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Outlaw "Partial Birth" Abortions | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor |
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Outlaw Abortions Except for Rape/Incest |
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Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor |
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Parental Notification for Minors Under 18 | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor |
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Gay Rights | ||||||
Constitutional Gay Marriage Ban | Somewhat Opposes | Strongly Favor |
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Equal Rights for Civil Unions |
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Strongly Favor | Somewhat Opposes |
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Allow Gays to Openly Serve in the Military | Strongly Favor | Strongly Opposes |
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Religion in Government | ||||||
Organized Prayer in Public Schools | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor |
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Commandments Displayed in Federal Buildings |
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Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor |
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Federal Funding of Religious Charities | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor |
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Gun Control | ||||||
Safety Devices on All New Guns | Strongly Favor | Strongly Opposes |
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Background Checks on Gun Show Purchases |
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Strongly Favor | Somewhat Opposes |
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Require Safety Course, License Before Gun Purchase | Somewhat Favor | Strongly Opposes |
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Allow Lawsuits Against Gun Manufacturers | Somewhat Favor | Strongly Opposes |
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Death Penalty | ||||||
Abolish the Death Penalty |
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Strongly Opposes | Strongly Opposes |
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National Review of Death Penalty Fairness | Strongly Favor | Strongly Opposes |
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Education | ||||||
No Child Left Behind Act | Somewhat Favor | Strongly Favor |
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Vouchers for Public, Private or Religious Schools |
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Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor |
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Increase Federal Funding for Higher Education | Somewhat Favor | Somewhat Opposes |
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Homeland Security | ||||||
The Patriot Act | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor |
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Tighter Immigration Controls |
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Strongly Favor | Strongly Favor |
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Iraq | ||||||
The War in Iraq | Somewhat Opposes |
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Strongly Favor |
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Turning Over More Political Authority to U.N. | Somewhat Favor | Strongly Opposes |
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Immediate Withdrawal of U.S. Troops |
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Strongly Opposes | Strongly Opposes |
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Foreign Trade | ||||||
Embargo on Cuba | Somewhat Favor |
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Strongly Favor |
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U.S. Involvement in NAFTA | Strongly Favor | Strongly Favor |
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Mandatory Labor/Environment Standards in Trade Agreements |
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Somewhat Favor | Strongly Opposes |
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Health Care | ||||||
Universal Government-Supervised Health Care | Somewhat Opposes |
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Strongly Opposes |
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Medicare Prescription Drugs Coverage By Private Insurers | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor |
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Expand Medicaid to Cover More Uninsured Americans |
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Strongly Favor | No Opinion |
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Limit Malpractice Suits Against Doctors, Insurers | Somewhat Favor | Strongly Favor |
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Welfare Reform | ||||||
Hiring Welfare Workers Tax Incentive | No Opinion | Somewhat Opposes |
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Welfare Benefits for Legal Immigrants |
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Strongly Favor | Somewhat Opposes |
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Child Care Services for Getting Off Welfare | No Opinion | Somewhat Opposes |
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Social Security | ||||||
Raise Retirement Age | Strongly Opposes | No Opinion |
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Privatize Social Security |
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Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor |
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Cap Payments to Wealthy | Somewhat Favor | Strongly Opposes |
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Tax Cuts | ||||||
Roll Back the Bush Administration Tax Cuts | Somewhat Opposes | Strongly Opposes |
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Roll Back Cuts for People Making Over $100,000 |
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Strongly Favor | Strongly Opposes |
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Additional Tax Cuts for Businesses | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor |
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Jobs | ||||||
Raise the Minimum Wage | Strongly Favor | Strongly Opposes |
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Extend Unemployment Benefits |
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Strongly Favor | Strongly Opposes |
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Environment | ||||||
Oil Drilling in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge | Strongly Opposes |
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Strongly Favor |
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Mandatory Clean Air Emissions Standards | Strongly Favor | Somewhat Opposes |
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Tougher Fuel Efficiency Standards |
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Strongly Favor | Strongly Opposes |
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Better check your figures pal.
I read the entire paragraph following the above beginning. You could have simply posted the first sentence, as above.
The gov't raises the taxes on the rich, the business owners, because they take less hits for it, than if they raised taxes on the actual masses of voters. Each person has only one vote. So, why raise the taxes on 100 "average income" schmoes, when they can generate the same amount of tax revenue by raising the taxes on ONE rich dude (or dudette).
The rich person does not dig into their own pockets to make up the extra tax, no, they simply raise their prices accordingly. So, in essence, the average shmoe does get the tax hit, only in a circumspect way, and they then feel happy that the rich guy's tax is raised, and not their own. Stupidity or blissful ignorance, you decide.
I voted for someone who told me that he stood for responsible, minimal governmentt. What I got was irresponsible, expanding government.
Since the blessed Reagan era, I have been betrayed twice. The first time was by Bush #1. But his betrayal wasnt nearly as painful as his sons. He wasnt entrusted with cleaning up the stench created by eight years of the most traitorous, inept, immoral, socialist administration in our history. Bush #2 was entrusted with the job of leading us back toward, if not back onto, the path our Founders laid out.
He lost his way, and is dragging us kicking and screaming -- further into the wilderness.
This president has supported virtually every left-wing socialist program that has come across his desk. And hes even invented some himself.
This administration has spent more on entitlement/social programs (both existing and newly-created) than its free-spending, card-carrying admitted socialist predecessor.
This administration has capitulated to the anti-education teachers unions and stolen significant constitutional power from local school districts enhancing the already abusive power of the Department of Indoctrination.
This administration has attempted to buy the votes and approval of its ideological enemies (fat chance!) by introducing amnesty for illegal aliens and increased funding for the National Endowment of the (more often than not degenerate, anti-Western civilization) Arts.
This administration has allowed the mass overseas migration of our manufacturing sector to be labeled progress towards a more cerebral economy and has smugly sat back, nodding its head in apathetic agreement.
This administration has betrayed Taiwan in order to maintain the status quo with our most deadly ideological enemy.
This administration has allowed unelected, unaccountable monetary policymakers to manipulate free markets, to declare the laws of economics no longer valid, and to use magic tricks and semantics to redefine the dollar as nothing more than a promissory note backed by nothing more than the good faith of a government that has lost all integrity.
etc....
All of the above (and the dozens, if not hundreds, of other similar atrocities that have received the Bush administrations stamp of approval) are either unconstitutional, or liberty/sovereignty/national security destructive. And there is one thing they all have in common: they are the enemy of conservative convictions.
All of these things are true and none of them are explained on this simplistic chart. What's your opinion of them?
Before I comment, are you really RiflemanSharp with a new handle? The posting and comment style seem eerily familiar.
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