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. -- Dave Haynie | dhaynie@xxxxxxxxxx | High Definition EVERYTHING! Chief Toady | Frog Pond Media | Audio/Video/Hardware/Software Consulting "The Deathbed Vigil" on DVD, now!! http://www.frogpondmedia.com/dbv