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To: tejek who wrote (207296)	10/18/2004 5:25:27 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573433

In the last twenty years, the GOP has made liberal a dirty word. They have falsely accused liberals of certain behaviors and unfortunately, those accusations have stuck with public perception. Its a rather disgusting vendetta that I was unaware of until I started posting on this thread. The GOP has not made liberal a dirty word. The democrat party has made it a dirty word. If you recall under your definition of liberal, I am one too. The problem is that liberal is the facade, the Democrat party supports government taking private property. Kerry who has the most liberal voting record of any Senator year in and year out denies he is a liberal. He misrepresents his positions to give the impression that he is a moderate. You and other GOPers keep saying that but the survey I saw showed him ranking mostly in the 80s with an occasional foray into the 90s.........100 being the most liberal. Even if Kerry is only 89th or 95th most liberal Senator, that is a vast swath away from moderate. In those polls how often, does Kerry rate less liberal than the liberal icon Ted Kennedy? Having said that, I think he might also be pulling a GW Bush. You remember in 2000 Bush's mantra.........the compassionate conservative. That made Bush look like a moderate. However, his administration has proven to be anything but moderate. Why is Bush unwilling to portray himself as coming from the radical right? Why did he present mostly moderate GOPers to America at the GOP convention? The answer to those questions probably will provide you with the reason for Kerry's positioning. George W. Bush positions himself as a moderate because that is what he is. Most of the Republican base is much more conservative than President Bush. Kerry and Bush are alike in that regard. Most of the Democrat base is more conservative than Kerry. Republicans' fear of Kerry will move those whose dislike for Bush's big government appeasement will get them to the polls. Al Gore by all accounts is as Socialist as Hillary Clinton at the core. He ran in 2000 as a moderate candidate. Neither of which are terribly socialist. Too many people misuse these terms.......liberal, socialism, communism etc. My understanding of Socialist is that they support government taking over the private sector. Have you heard of Hillary Care? It would have made accepting payment for medical services from anyone other than the federal government illegal and a felony. Reports have been floated that Gore and Hillary are quite simpatico on their vision of Socialism in America. The one piece of Hillary care that was passed is responsible for the current shortages of all vaccines, including the flu vaccine. *Hillary Clinton is most likely much more liberal than even John Kerry. She appears to be grooming herself for a run at the Whitehouse in 2008 ... That's the theory. What happens if Kerry gets elected? ted Do you wonder what October Surprise the Clinton's have up their sleeve to lose it for Kerry? How many people do you know that have had over 50 associates die in suspicious manors? The Clintons fit that description.