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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: chomolungma who wrote (4085)	11/30/2000 9:50:36 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6710

I don't know for a fact but I suspect that our viewpoints are more common than an anthropologist from Mars could divine by looking at any political party. My grandmother used to say that she didn't care whether someone was white, black, red, yellow, green, or purple, all she cared about was how they acted. She had a little house that she rented out to a homosexual couple, a man who was a hairdresser and a man who was in the air force. She didn't care that they were homosexual, they were nice people, took care of the house, always paid their rent on time, and she liked them. I would never have guessed that they were homosexual, but she made it a point to tell me. I guess I was 12 then. She ran her own small business but only had an eighth grade education. She told me I could grow up to be president some day. Her mother was a Chippewa Indian and one grandfather came over from Ireland during the Potato Famine. I've encountered many people like her in my life. They are remarkably tolerant of human differences, but intolerant of violating the rights of others. I think we are representative of America, and the political parties are not.

To: chomolungma who wrote (4085)	11/30/2000 9:55:48 PM
From: TraderGreg	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6710

Let's look at CB's positions: "Feminist, but against the Equal Rights Amendment" The most Feminist Republican women are probably Snowe, Collins, and Connie Morella and I am almost positive that all three of them supported the ERA. "I don't think abortion is a right protected by the Constitution but I am opposed to the ban on so-called "partial birth abortions" I think states should keep first trimester abortions legal, and I think some of them will, and some of them won't, if Roe v. Wade were reversed. I think RU-486 is a good idea, but I favor abstinence. I know it's unrealistic, but I wish we could teach young men and women to "just say no." " Now I still feel very very few people fit the above. There are pro-choice people who are in FAVOR of the Partial birth abortion ban. "I don't censor what they can look at on the Internet, but I don't take them to R-rated movies." "I don't think homosexuals should be banned from the military, and I don't have a problem with homosexual marriage, but I don't think they deserve special rights, either." There are liberals opposed to homosexual marriage. "I am opposed to affirmative action. I am opposed to any type of quota system, including attempts to reduce the number of Asians and Jews from attending state-funded colleges." Fairly mainstream there "I think that most recreational drugs should be legalized, including marijuana, LSD, Ecstacy, cocaine, and heroin." Honestly, other than WF Buckley, Milton Friedman and Libertarians, how many conservatives believe the above? "I think we need a strong military." "I think the federal government needs to butt out of issues that belong to the states, like education, health, and welfare." "I think school vouchers are a good idea." "I favor the death penalty." OK, the above fit the conservative profile, but then we add: "I oppose prayer in public schools and at football games held by public schools, but I favor allowing people of all religions to put up displays of religious symbolism in public" I just don't think that large of a percentage of people match CB on ALL of these issues. There are 13 positions listed above or 8,192 possible combinations. I am fairly certain that CB's is one of the rarer of those 8,192. TG