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To: Junior

The man attacked my base that is the Christian Right, what we stand for is far from 1984. But then those oppose Judeo Christian ethics, would not understand that.


228 posted on 09/27/2006 7:05:16 PM PDT by OPS4 (Ops4 God Bless America!)
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To: OPS4
No, what Armey decries is increasing government interference in peoples' lives. The Christian Right and the Socialist Left are united in increasing government interference in peoples' lives -- and for the same reason: to protect folks from their own actions.

Real conservatives want smaller government. Real conservatives don't want to use the government to push through legislation covering some pet peeve just because they can. For example, I hate smoking. However, it would never cross my mind to use the power of government to ban other people from smoking or allowing smoking in their businesses. "Social Conservatives" (really just Southern Democrats captured by Nixon's Southern Strategy) see nothing wrong with using law to force their beliefs on others. Those folks are not Real Conservatives any more than are Radical Environmentalists.

244 posted on 09/28/2006 3:15:45 AM PDT by Junior (I kn)
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