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To: JohnM who wrote (12696)	2/18/2006 10:43:59 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541967

And it's a bit hard to argue that "fair trade" is anti-free trade. Doesn't strain me a bit. If it has strings, it's not free. It might not be protectionism but neither is it free trade. Nor is there much doubt that conservatives have supported various forms of protectionism. Just because some misplace their principles sometimes doesn't make the principle void. Call it practitioner error. When a Christian sins, Christian dogma doesn't change. As for the steel industry stuff, as I recall, Bush reportedly did what he did on the advice of Rove, that he needed it to keep/win PA. Purely a political act. Not a left/right act. Ditto. There's often a conflict between ideology and political expediency. It doesn't change the basic tenets of the ideology. On the prescription drug stuff, I agree it's not conservative (right) but it's not liberal (left) either. I never said any of this was liberal. I just said it wasn't conservative. Moving to the left doesn't necessarily mean crossing the center line.