To: Walkin Man
The problem is that the labels are all meaningless. The Democrat party has been taken over by the socialists and is no longer a comfortable home for the liberals. The liberals have moved over to the Republican party under the Neo-con label and the social conservatives who have been the mainstay of the Republicans for quite a while are being squeezed and pressured to shut up.
The wisest thing for the social conservatives to do would be to talk with the neo-con candidates and try to work out some kind of compromise on agenda. The neo-cons don't want to drive away the conservatives because they need their votes, and the social conservatives need the cross-over appeal of the neo-cons in heavily leftist territory. (I really like the cons part of that label, its so apropos)
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08/14/2003 7:41:49 AM PDT by
Eva
To: Eva
The wisest thing for the social conservatives to do would be to talk with the neo-con candidates and try to work out some kind of compromise on agenda. The neo-cons don't want to drive away the conservatives because they need their votes, and the social conservatives need the cross-over appeal of the neo-cons in heavily leftist territory. (I really like the cons part of that label, its so apropos)
If it keeps up and the Democrats are less than 33% of congress, then it might be a good idea if a third party spins out of the Republican party.
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