Actually, I believe that the current economy is mainly a product of the digital revolution. I do think that Reagan and Bush helped, as did the Republican Congress. Clinton gets credit for respectable appointments. As for gas prices, I blame OPEC, but it is true that Clinton slapped on a steeper federal tax for gasoline.
No one I know believes that the circumstances of birth are irrelevant to one's life chances.
Few Republicans are indiscriminately against government programs.
No one is stopping anyone from getting married, that is, making a solemn commitment in their church. The question is, should these be recognized on the same basis as heterosexual marriages in law? No one is stopping anyone from speaking any language they want. The question is, what should be in official use?
No one that I know is "for" pollution. There are debates on how to curtail it, and also cost/benefit analyses of compliance with particular standards.
Few Republicans want to refight the school prayer battle, they just favor moments of silence.
Most teenagers are still virgins until they are about 19, especially if one factors for race and income.
No one that I know, outside of some Libertarians, think that all regulation is bad, and even Libertarians believe in tort actions to hold corporations accountable for damages to consumers.
Plenty of Republicans are not Christian,and certainly not Evangelicals, and few hate victims of AIDS or even homosexuals.
Most Republicans acknowledge the persistence of prejudice. They believe that it not generally virulent, however, an that the remedies are often more toxic than the problem.
And most Republicans would vote for Colin Powell.
Infidelity was not the issue.
Republicans are divided over firearms issues.
It is wise to keep condoms out of schools to show he do not encourage promiscuity.
The ACLU does worthwhile things sometimes, but it has gone beyond its mandate and become another liberal lobby.
Europe is fundamentally capitalist, and currently experiencing economic sclerosis.
AIDS funding has to judged against funding for other diseases, like cancer.
Many Republicans are not fundamentalists, and there is good reason to wonder how age- appropriate sex education material is.
No one believes that Chinese communist missiles have killed more people than blah blah blah.
Actually, much art was commissioned by the Church. In any case, government commissioned art to be used in public spaces, not to subsidize the private market. No one objects to hiring a muralist to decorate a lobby.
Opinion on old growth forests is divided.
Again, he was not impeached for infidelity.
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