----- Original Message -----
From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 8:25 PM
Subject: Re: US Political Spectrum (was: Re: UK vs US: Serfdom vs Freedom?)
> At 04:30 PM 7/4/01 -0500 Dan Minette wrote:
> >Right now, the libertarians are one of two wings of the Republican
> >coalition. On some issues, I guess, they can be called left leaning.
They
> >are not interested in prayer in school, and tend to favor legalizing all
> >drugs.
>
> Errr........ I would count at least three wings of the Republican
> coalition, namely the near-libertarians (true Libertarians vote for Harry
> Browne), social conservatives, and the Rockefeller Republicans. Unless
> you define "near-libertarians" as "fiscal conservatives," then the
> near-libertarians are probably the smallest of the three.
>
Oh, one of the two Rockefeller Republicans just officially became an
independant about two months ago. The other one went into hiding.
I don't know a single Rockefeller Republican, but I know scores of the other
two groups.
Dan M.
