[rollei_list] Re: OT: Political Labels
- From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 02:04:58 -0700
Peter,
He paid his Poll Tax, so they let him vote. :-)
Jerry
"Peter K." wrote:
> They let you vote?
>
> On 4/21/05, Marc James Small <msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > At 08:47 PM 4/21/05 -0400, Eric Goldstein wrote:
> > >Marc James Small:
> > >
> > >> The Right now consists of a mixture of economic conservatives (tax cut=
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> > and
> > >> no government) (snipped)
> > >
> > >
> > >You'd be hard pressed to argue this definition in the US. We now have=3D
> > record
> > >big government (in terms of structural size/employees), record governmen=
> t
> > >spending (even backing out war costs), and record deficits in the 5th ye=
> ar
> > >or a solidly right wing administration...
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> > Eric
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> > Please read the REST of my post. The economic and philosophic
> > conservatives are most opposed to the current economic structure of the U=
> S
> > government (for example, tune in and listen to Neal Boortz tomorrow morni=
> ng
> > for a rather pro-active statement of the position that the current
> > administration is a threat to US economic success and personal liberty). =
> =3D20
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> > Note: I am personally about as right-wing as you can get, and I did NOT
> > vote for Geo. W. Bush for President either in 2000 or in 2004. I feel th=
> at
> > the war in Iraq is a huge mistake and felt so before we went there. I ha=
> ve
> > a military background and several units with which I served in the Reserv=
> es
> > have been activated and deployed, so, yes, I stand behind the troops. Bu=
> t
> > I feel that the entire Bush Administration is a disaster though, thank
> > heavens, it is not the disaster-with-constant-comedy which was the mark o=
> f
> > the previous regime.
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> > Bring back Calvin Coolidge, America's most outstanding President: this w=
> as
> > the man who did nothing when nothing needed to be done and did not genera=
> te
> > crises where none existed. And, when some twerp of a reporter asked him
> > why the Allies should repay their war debts, he didn't waffle: "they
> > borrowed the money, didn't they?" Wouldn't it be great to have a Chief
> > Executive who could be so frank today?
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> > Marc
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> > msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx=3D20
> > Cha robh b=3DE0s fir gun ghr=3DE0s fir!
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> Peter K
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