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To: Celtjew Libertarian
More likely -- and better, in my opinion -- the GOP will find a way to hold all us bickerers and be a 55-60% party for the foreseeable future.

Ultimately, the GOP needs to gather up some testosterone and tell the Religious Right that it can have a certain amount of bully-pulput support for personal restraint, but no police compulsion in suport of its preferences.

They really can't get a better deal than that. The Democrats will enlist police compulsion against their preferences, the significant third parties (Libertarians and Greens) will offer the same two choices, and attempts to organize third parties more to the liking of the Religious Right have been pathetic failures even by third-party standards.

147 posted on 04/29/2003 6:32:05 AM PDT by steve-b
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To: steve-b
Ultimately, the GOP needs to gather up some testosterone and tell the Religious Right that it can have a certain amount of bully-pulput support for personal restraint, but no police compulsion in support of its preferences.

They really can't get a better deal than that. The Democrats will enlist police compulsion against their preferences, the significant third parties (Libertarians and Greens) will offer the same two choices, and attempts to organize third parties more to the liking of the Religious Right have been pathetic failures even by third-party standards.

That was the most insightful post I've seen on FR in a very long time. Thank you.

151 posted on 04/29/2003 7:22:47 AM PDT by Chancellor Palpatine
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