Posted on 03/18/2008 8:24:59 AM PDT by kc8ukw
Ron Pauls Missouri supporters arent giving up.
Despite his distant fourth-place finish in the states presidential primary, with just 4.5 percent of the vote, more than a thousand Paul supporters crowded into Republican county caucuses last weekend, electing hundreds of delegates to upcoming congressional district and state conventions.
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Like I said, it seems to have been used as a general term meant to encompass a broad range of political systems - kingdoms, republics, etc. He was writing on the appropriate separation of religious beliefs from civil law, regardless of the branch of government involved so I don't see the 14th Amendment as being an issue. The only thing that makes it a "negative against Story" is that you disagree with it, and implicitly assert that you cannot be wrong.
Please note that I was not arguing the merits of paleoconservatism, but only pointing out that it was a substantial portion of conservatism at one time.
Personally, I am somewhere in between the paleoconservatives and the neoconservatives. I cannot sign on with either faction, as they both hold some views which are distastful to me.
And yes, Coolidge was the Reagan of his time, in my opinion: a man who is closest to my views. He was not a complete isolationist like the paleoconservatives, but he was careful about intervening in foreign countries, and withdrew some troops from the Dominican Republic, while leaving some in Nicaragua and Haiti.
He was a small government conservative, who understood the constitutional limits of the federal government, and tried to follow those limits. My impression is that he did so not because of ideology, but because of his character.
LOL. Emperor Constantine would be amused. Is it "Sun"day yet?
Care to explain the historical relationship between "Easter" and "Ishtar", Bishop?
Good thing the Roman Catholic church has no goddesses... oh wait.
Is VISA ok for the indulgence?
I have to admit that your anti-Catholic bigotry goes well with your anti-Mexican bigotry. You display a certain symmetry of views. Are they shared by paleoPaulie???
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