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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Frank Griffin who wrote (41777)	10/2/2000 8:47:04 PM
From: puborectalis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

"the threat of ideology -- the danger of extreme conservatism in power. The Republican Party is now poised, for the first time in half a century, to control all three major branches of the federal government -- the executive, the legislative and the judicial. Even during the so-called Reagan Revolution of the 1980s, the Republicans never gained a majority in the House of Representatives.."

To: Frank Griffin who wrote (41777)	10/2/2000 9:03:39 PM
From: Patricia Trinchero	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 769667

Frank, If we all could be honest with ourselves and each other for a few minutes I think we'd all find out we want the same things. We just disagree about what path our country should take to get there. Many of the current talk shows like to describe Democrats as people like you have just written. However, I am a Democrat and that doesn't describe me so I have to dispute your words. I really think that both sides are guilty of the same but I vote Democrat cause they tend to support and uphold individual freedoms.....civil liberties....free speech...choice,etc. When I was first starting out in the working world I was caught up in Nelson Rockefeller's NYS and Nixon's wage freezes. Heck I even got a raise and took home 10/week less. I watched all of upper management just give themselves a new title and therefore legitimize their big raises. I have found just the opposite is true of Democrats as to wanting to get involved into controlling aspects of one's life. Pat Robertson and his CC seems to want to control moral questions and would institute laws that would govern religious matters. I heard Gore Vidal on C-span last night and thought he was pretty smart when he said that the political party that controls religion will quickly turn the populous into it's pawns. Scary..... JUst some thoughts..... If we all got together and stopped allowing our politicians to polarize us we would probably force ALL politicians to serve us better. Pat

To: Frank Griffin who wrote (41777)	10/2/2000 9:26:16 PM
From: phyxter	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

In my opinion, the Republican position is the opposite pole from the Libertarian position. Libertarian wants minimum government, provide the services that are needed by all, and allow people the freedom to pursue their dream and their own wishes in the bedroom, at the doctor's office, and in the legal process. The republicans want to insert themselves into just about every area of your private life. The opposite of Libertarian. This may not disturb you, you are promoting your agenda, but the Republican right's assault on the rights of citizens does bother and disturb many, including me. This tendency is reflected in some of the Democrat's loony left (what few are left), as well (which is why some seem to make the dizzying transition between the two without ever crossing the middle).