Posted on 06/22/2008 7:31:20 AM PDT by Josh Painter
Thanks for the list, I’ll have to check and see if they are conservatives.
No, I am not sarcastic. I started posting here because I saw how many people think the same way as me. Even JimRob: Never vote for a liberal means never never never vote for a liberal.
I am responsible for sticking to my principles, which means never vote for liberal. I am not responsible for what happens to the country. That is not my problem. You will see many people who feel the same way.
On free trade, I’d say he’s conservative - he supports free trade.
Legalization of drugs, more of the social conservative (which I am more like you - it should be treated more like alcohol).
Now, you’ll find a lot of self-described conservatives here and elsewhere claiming that free trade is wrong, and is not a conservative value. And likewise, you’ll find a good chunk opposed to any legalization - even with regulation - of drugs.
I just wanted to point out that conservatism is quite a broad tent, and that no one would be ideologically “pure” in terms of conservatism if judged by others. So I take the stance that you look at a person’s stance in multiple areas, and if they tend mainly towards the conservative (or what I would consider conservative) stance, then in general the person is conservative.
If the scale of conservatism ran from 0 to 100, and we use Ronald Reagan as a “100” and Karl Marx as a 0, we’d find McCain probably in the 75-85 range, and Obama in the 2-5 range. Big difference in approaches!
A lot of people get paid to write a lot of things. That doesn’t mean it was money well spent or that they are ideas worth reading. But, I’m glad it puts a dollar in your pocket and helps the economy along. All the best
We call all say who we want in his cabinet. So what. Wouldn’t it be better to write McCain directly and tell him who we think would be good and why? How about FR agreeing on an ALL STAR conservative lineup and posting that?
The operative words are "self-described".
I just wanted to point out that conservatism is quite a broad tent, and that no one would be ideologically “pure” in terms of conservatism if judged by others.
That's true. Not all conservatives see things the same way.
But I would hazard a guess that ALL conservatives -- covering a broad array of petty differences -- would see McCain-Feingold as an infringement on free speech.
Hence, it would not be accurate to label McCain as A Conservative. Instead, he is a politician who holds some conservative views. We think. Or we hope...
We all know this is exactly what we will get! The conservative republicans are going to be losers for decades to come unless there is a drastic change!
We will not have a chance to vote under Muslim rule.
Dude, I’m with you. I was apologizing for my first reply to you.
Yummmm, eye candy :-)
ICE - Juan Hernandez
Agriculture - Tom Harkin
Defense - Wes Clark
HHS - John Edwards
HUD - Shelia Jackson Lee
Interior - Al Gore
Peace - Dennis Kucinich
State - Joe Biden
Treasury - Chuck Hagel
Veterans Affairs - John Murtha
Attorney General - Artur Davis
Vice President - Hillary Clinton
Nat’l Security Advisor - Susan Rice
UN Ambassador - Bill Clinton
Nice job. Except it's sickening! Truly, I do think these are exactly the types of people who would be appointed in an Obambi administration. Al Gore is likely to be in there somewhere, too, if he's not VP. Murtha at any position is a nightmare---well, actually just one of these individuals, much less a whole cadre of them with a Rat Congress could do permanent damage to the nation.
The more I study your list, the more I see how likely and awful something like this is if Obambi is not stopped.
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