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Jeff Wrangler:
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loneleeb3:
well, I'm pretty conservative on most issues.
My Grandpa told me once when I was younger and asked what a republican was and what a democrat was he answerd "If you want to control your own money, if you think you can do things for yourself better than the government can do it for you,if you want to take responsibility for your own life and day to day doings you are a republican. If you think the government knows better what to do with your money, if you think the government should have more control over you life and day to day doing then you are a democrat.
It was an easy decision for me. Thats a very simplified explanation and the republicans as of late sure haven't held to those stadards.
but all in all i guess I'm still conservative on most issues and less so on others. I guess I am more fiscally conservative and not as much on the social side of things.  I'm for less taxes more personal responsibility and less federal government and more personal freedoms as long as they don't infringe on the rights of others and disrupt society. So whatever that makes me, thats what I am.

Jeff Wrangler:

--- Quote from: loneleeb3 on March 04, 2009, 11:21:12 am ---But all in all i guess I'm still conservative on most issues and less so on others. I guess I am more fiscally conservative and not as much on the social side of things.  I'm for less taxes more personal responsibility and less federal government and more personal freedoms as long as they don't infringe on the rights of others and disrupt society. So whatever that makes me, thats what I am.

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I think you have plenty of company there, Rich. The trouble is that of late Republicans have gone social conservative as well as fiscal conservative, and it seems to me have emphasized the social conservative program. They claim to be against big government, except they don't seem to have trouble letting the government intrude into bedrooms and gynecologists' offices.

My view, FWIW.  :-\

Brown Eyes:


I take Jeff's comment to mean that the social conservatives in the Republican party feel no hesitation at having government control/restrict/meddle with the rights of gay people and the rights of women to make their own medical decisions, along with their doctors of course. 


karen1129:
Why do you think it is over the top?

For a great many conservatives, that is truly how they view gay rights and abortion issues.



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