[TAML] Re: [TAML-WNT] Waterboard Dick
- From: Dave Haynie <dhaynie@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: teamamiga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 16:32:00 -0500
On Wed, 01 Nov 2006 12:53:03 -0600, Asha DeVelder <asha@xxxxxxxxxx> jammed all
night, and by sunrise was heard saying:
> David,
>
> On Wed, 01 Nov 2006 09:49:18 -0600, "David L. Stevens"
> <davestevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> was caught saying:
>
> >James McArthur wrote:
> >
> >> Asha DeVelder wrote:
> >>
> >>>> Guess that means, don't vote for me :-)
> >>>
> >>> Why not?
> >>
> >> Too extreme? You'd really want someone a bit more balanced, I s'pose. :)
> >We'd very happily settle for someone who wouldn't become a dictator and
> >would respect the opposition. Being a libertarian conservative would not
> >be a disqualifier, it's the authoritative neocons who are ruining the
> >country.
> I agree!
> There are some issues I do agree with true conservatives and
> libertarian conservatives as well. There is very little (can't think of
> anything off the top of my head but there must be something) I agree
> with the neocons.
Ditto here. If you look at my "political compass" numbers, I'm basically
as Libertarian as I'm Liberal. But what you don't see -- I'd easily vote
for a Libertarian Conservative over a Liberal Authoritarian... any day
of the week (well, assuming similar degrees of "what I don't like" in
the mix).
Years back, in arguments here with Gary and perhaps a few others, I
pointed out that I at last had respect for the Old-School Republican
platform. If not necessarily done in practice, they tended to be
fiscally Conservative and politically Libertarian. I was a big supporter
of Clinton, who was certainly at least a fiscal Centrist (certainly the
only guy to balance the budget in my voting life), and at least
effectively on the side of personal freedoms, if not necessarily going
as far as I'd go.
Of course, the problem today is that so many, both Democrats and
old-school Republicans, have soiled what good intentions they might have
had by losing all backbone against the Neocons. I could probably vote
for some of these guys, but only effectively as a vote against their
far-wore counterparts. I've been actively supporting a few locals who
had the balls to actually vote their mind, and will continue to do so,
as an Independent, Liberal, and Libertarian... terms I wear with pride.
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