Disagree with your political party?
Written by admin on March 4, 2010 – 12:27 am -Lets us know what political party you belong to or relate to the closest, and then list some things you actually DON’T agree with the general view of your party on.
My example:
Liberal/Centrist. (non radical liberal)
Things I don’t agree with most liberal on:
Even though I think there should be qualifications and certain limits to gun ownership, I still believe that Americans should have the right to bear arms. The few restrictions i believe in are very loose, only limiting guns to people who aren’t violent ex-cons, people under the age of 18, and the severely mentally retarded.
I’m not a big advocate of the welfare system. I feel far too many people take advantage of it and use it merely as a reimbursment for their laziness — which is curable.
Not a big fan of Affirmative action. Most liberals see it as a counter to social racism, whereas I see it AS racism. Nobody should be hired or turned down according to their skin color… only according to whether or not they are qualified for the job.
Socialism (not what right-wingers think it is, but what it actually is). I believe in a mixed economy. Socialization only works for very few programs. I think as far as medical coverage, it should be an option for the individual to decide. Mixed. This way people who oppose can pay for premium private insurance, and those who opt in, get socialized goverment coverage at a low cost. This opinion of mine is very unpopular because conservatives disagree with it as well, despite it splitting the issue right down the middle. lol
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Can a new political party be built solely on the rejection of both liberal and conservative ideology?
Written by admin on February 28, 2010 – 6:00 pm -There would be a lot of competing views, but there are already a lot of those in the existing parties anyway…at least this way there would be no “party line,” the candidates would represent a “wide range of centrist views”…or am I being too utopian?
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Victor Gold Invasion of the Party Snatchers~The Modern GOP
Written by admin on February 28, 2010 – 6:00 pm -
BOOK FORUM Thursday, May 10, 2007 Victor Gold was deputy press secretary for Barry Goldwater’s 1964 presidential campaign, which launched the conservative revolution in the Republican Party. He went on to collaborate with President George HW Bush on his autobiography and to coauthor a satirical novel with Lynne Cheney. But today, he says, the Republican Party is run by people Barry Goldwater wouldn’t recognize-some of whom are identified in his polemical subtitle. His new book is a lively jeremiad against “a fiscally irresponsible, ever-expanding federal government,” a messianic foreign policy, a theocratic view of church and state, and a Republican Party that has accepted all those unconservative ideas. Join us to hear Vic Gold discuss the war for the soul of the GOP and the prospects for restoring its commitment to limited government and a constrained role for politics. www.cato.org
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