Yes, an consciously so. While I think it's clear that Republicans generally push for much less government than Democrats do, I also think you're disinclined to accept what seems manifest to me, and since as you know I haven't slept much for the past 10 days, I don't have the energy to write a lengthy discourse full of evidence that might actually persuade you. :) Maybe if I ever manage to fall asleep again. :)
David In a message dated 9/5/03 3:49:52 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >That still avoids my distinction between rhetoric and policy. > >on 9/5/03 3:45 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> In a message dated 9/4/03 11:03:22 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> >> here I have to disagree with you Steve. :) The Republican party's ideology >> runs from classical liberal to national socialist, while the Democratic >> party's ideology runs from national socialist to international socialist. > The >> Republican party may not be very good at implementing the classical liberal >> ideology of some of it's members, but the Democratic party has no such >> ideology to >> implement. Most of the family values, incidently, don't involve government >> action so much as simply trying to turn back the tide of anti-Christian >> sentiment >> which rolls off the television night after night, consistently portraying >> serious Christians as evil oppressors. I was sitting next to Dan Quayle >one >> might >> back in Iowa when a social conservative who fits your profile tried to >get >> Quayle to support government censorship of the entertainment media and >Quayle >> very firmly opposed government censorship or content regulation of any >sort.
