--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 8/10/05 1:42 PM, shempmcgurk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:> > > > > I would like to ask feste37 and anyone else that would like to weigh > > in on this: > > > > 1) Did you and do you now support Bill Clinton? > > yes > > > > 2) Do you consider yourself a liberal? > > yes
Thanks for responding. I asked the above two questions for a reason. If you are/were a supporter of Clinton then you must, by definition, be considered a conservative and NOT a liberal. Bill Clinton's presidency oversaw and supported not one but THREE major cornerstones of American conservatism: 1) Welfare reform; 2) balanced budget; and 3) Free trade and NAFTA. Had a president been responsible for just ONE of those policies that president would be considered a MAJOR conservative. But Clinton was responsible for three really, really BIG conservative issues. That's why I am so amused when liberals like Barbra Streisand went out of their way to support Clinton...were they doing it just 'cause they liked his charisma or don't policies mean anything to them? Clinton has even referred to himself as a conservative if I'm not mistaken and it certainly explains why Hillary is taking such a middle-of-the-road stance on things such as abortion. Contrast Clinton's record with that of GWB's: if I were to do a double blind test with the liberals here on FFL and lined up on one side of the page all of Clinton's accomplishments and, on the other, GWB's, there is NO doubt in my mind that 90% of you would identify Clinton as the conservative as Bush as the liberal. Except for income tax policy (which Clinton put up a bit and Bush brought down a bit) Bush resembles very much a tax and spend Democrat ( both the budget and the deficit are at record levels) and Bill I-support-the- death-penalty Clinton resembles the conservative Republican. Hell, I'll be first in the door to support a Hillary presidency if it will be anything like Bill's! There is nothing better for conservatism and libertarianism than a Democrat President and a Republican Congress. So, Rick, you're the only one who answered my queries but I must conclude that if you are a supporter of Clinton you are, whether you're aware of it or not, a conservative in good standing! ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hjgrmhg/M=364397.6958316.7892810.4764722/D=groups/S=1705171145:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123711755/A=2915264/R=0/SIG=11t7isiiv/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=34443/*http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs";>Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page</a></font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
