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To: Dominic Harr; wtc911
How can one be 'hopelessly liberal' on social issues (gun control, abortion, family integrity, open borders, personal responsibility are social issues) and still be a Conservative?

I acknowledge I am 'hopelessly liberal' on THAT ONE ISSUE of illegal immigration.

You are a liar when you call me a liberal...uber liberal, etc..

Regarding your list...gun control...I am definitely pro 2nd Amendment...and don't own a firearm.

On abortion...I am strictly Pro-Life. How could anyone have five beautiful children and not be? But I believe it should be a State issue.

Family integrity...meaning gay marriage? I have a minimalistic view of marriage per se. It's a revokable contract.

I put principle above politics and took a lot of flak for agreeing that Clinton should send Elian back to his blood father. A very ugly period in here.

Open borders ...I am totally against. But once a man runs the gauntlet and sets up a home...works...spends money...and raises a family...well, he's a helleva lot better than the cradle to grave welfare sect. Give them citizenship and get them on the tax rolls. Embrace them and STFU!

Personal responsibility to me means offering a helping hand, not a permanent shoulder.

It means rewarding excellence and risk and it means tough love for the opposite.

So...am I a Liberal or a Conservative?

Awaiting an apology. Hurry.

520 posted on 03/08/2007 1:13:15 PM PST by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
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To: DCPatriot
How could anyone have five beautiful children and not be?

5 kids!?

I'm overwhelmed with 2! You must be exhausted all the time!

That settles it. L or C, I don't know, but you're insane!

:-D

521 posted on 03/08/2007 1:24:29 PM PST by Dominic Harr (Conservative: The "ant", to a liberal's "grasshopper".)
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To: DCPatriot
I put principle above politics and took a lot of flak for agreeing that Clinton should send Elian back . . .

You are implying here that those who opposed it were not basing their opposition on principle.

I doubt this assumption would have led to a friendly debate.

593 posted on 03/11/2007 5:56:12 AM PDT by Tribune7 (A bleeding heart does nothing but ruin the carpet)
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