Now that American Centrists are coming out of the closet. Are NeoCons claiming Short Bus privileges for their?
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Nice post. English is your good
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and don't forget the man/boy sex relationshiops that is sitting in the wings.  They already have a large lobby group within the democratic party also.  \n\nOnce we say that gay is born that way, and we have to respect them because they are born that way,  then the pedophone or "child lover"  merely comes next since they are born that way, can't help theirself,  and can't be discriminated against either..\n\nAnd they will laugh at me today, I said this same thing in the early 70's about gays and everyone laughed and said no, no one would ever allow and accept gay marriage\n\nThe democrats at heart, which too many southern democrats just can't understand want to do away with anything religiouis and adapt a open society with no morality based on any religion ( esp Christian)
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It's apparently taking a break until the 2008 presidential election... :-)\n\nI really wish I knew.  I'd like to blame the partisan climate in the US for it, but that would be too easy.  So much fear and uncertainty breeds the kind of behavior your question suggests.  Maybe THAT I can blame on those that make policy.
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of course it was. That pyrrhic victory (or however the hell you spell it) was evident in the current election that just took place. The republicans use to dominate the senate and house. now the democrats have swooped in and taken it back because the american people has seen how inefficient the country has become under a republican regime. a new "counterculture" has emerged that is probably going to pull this country out ofa rut and bring it into the 21st century.
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It's bigots like you that forget to look at yourself in the mirror in the morning, and say I really do suck. Ted Kennedy is a Saint compared to George Bush. Stabbing th Kennedy's isn't going to get you anywhere NEO_CON because your party is going down. The Latinos will have a stronger party than you will in America.
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Boise here has a point. In the Bush administration, the Republican party was overtaken by the neo-conservative movement. The Neo-cons are for big government, military aggression, nation-building, and a huge army. Regular conservatives like a big miliary budget, but are more fiscally responsible and less aggressive. \n\nI'm hoping that Bush has seen, though this election, that the nation will not support the Neo-Con agenda. It is anethema to both Democrats and real Conservatives. He's going to have to marginalize Cheney now and look for help in unlikely places: the Democratic party.
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I think BOTH parties should move to the center. This would put them in line with the beliefs of most Americans.
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agreed... when someone stands up for any conservative speech or view.. it will be out of the ordinary... and screw political correctness.. i could care less!
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I would say this depends on what you are conservative about.  The issues that conservatives used to identify with the GOP are no longer fundamental to that party especially as concerns fiscal responsibility.  Civil liberty protection, refrain from nation-building, separation of church and state and a well-defined balance of power within the branches of government all USED to be core conservative positions.  Conservatism above all used to be about CIVIL BEHAVIOR (Rush!) HONESTY (W!) and COMMON SENSE (Rummy!)  Neo-conservatives have surrendered moderates to the RELIGIOUS conservatives and THEY now define YOU.  Even Nixon was more honest than this bunch.
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Remy-there are very FEW conservatives in power now. Neocons yes, not real conservatives. But your question does not address whether you mean government conservatives or the populace. Really the answer is no to both. Conservatives (real ones) are now considered divisive, intolerant and xenophobes. They (like for example conspiracy theorists, ring a bell?) are against globalism and loss of national identity.  They could be contributing to the destruction of America by backing down, giving up and capitulating to the powers that be. Your thoughts?
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"AH HA HA HA" I almost peed-me-pants! I love this "GUY". You know the NEO-CON'S running their mouths and abusing Americans thinking they have the right to act as if they are the elite (SS) is getting real old. The NEO-CON'S have played the Liberal card too many times. I am not even a Liberal and for some reason if you oppose them which 90% of the World does, you must be a Liberal. The U.K. has a liberal government right now and they are our allies, and the only ones we really have at the present. G."DUMBYA" said he stood alone, but he insists on crying about asking for our support while starving people. The Deep South Neo-con's have made it pretty clear that they hate anyone that isn't from the South (Confederates), We are sick of you and your crap (RUSH NEO-CON LIMBAUGH) I can't wait until November; because the Neo-con's are jumping ship everyday as we speak in their own party.
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Welcome to the "Big Tent" party!! We Democrats are proud to say that we have no membership quotas of any kind. Black, Brown, Yellow, Red, Young, Old, Female, Gay, Lesbian, whatever.\n\nWhy, they even have room for middle-aged, fat, bald, straight, white guys, like me.\n\nWelcome, my brother, welcome!
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You people of the great UK are right on target with what you are thinking. We have alot of the blind leading the blind in the Conservative party. It's a brainwashing for about 33% of them that still support the actions of this Administration. We have right winged Conservatives on Yahoo right now as we speak that are policing this site for their own benefits. Nevertheless it matters none. America is sick of their abuse and will vote them out of office starting in November of this year. The Republicans are really working hard to maintain their position in office of the Senate and House of Representatives. The President doesn't have any hope, for what he has done to America in the last 6 years.
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Eventually?  I believe this has already occurred.  Those who think Americans live in a democracy are sorely mistaken.  There are two main forces that currently control America: The conservative corporations and the liberal media.  (Neither of those statements are intended to be a negative judgment on either group).  Those two groups are the ones with the money, and the power.\n\nI'm not sour about that.  But I do think that anyone who thinks that every person has a say is fooling themselves.  Both of these groups, over time, have gotten very good at positioning their message so that the majority of people will vote for their candidate.
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Yes\n\nLiberals represent a 1.4% minority according tho the Census bureau\n\nRecent polls show a majority of Americans want some change to the Stay the Path model that we have been living with.\n\nGo big Red Go
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well, REAL Republicans will seek to work with their fellow Americans for the betterment of our country.  the neoCONNED, on the other hand, will never ever give up their venomous attacks, projecting the failures of their ideologies onto others.  if they did they'd have to take responsibility for their failures and they simply can not do that.  too uncomfortable.
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Starting shortly after Bush, Sr. was booted from office by vote, the Republican party underwent a very quiet split.  Old school conservatives gave up the reigns to what have become known as neo-conservatives (neo-cons) with a very different agenda than your regular Republican joe.  To ensure the votes though, the party is still the same "Republicans", but with all neo-con leadership.  Old school Republicans (Reaganites) still in politics didn't wish to lose their backing so publically support the party line while providing unquestioning backing to the neo-con agenda.\n\nThe list of Neo-Cons can be found at their public website along with an outline of their very scary agenda that little resembles classical conservatism.  Through control of corporate media firms, the neo-cons have managed to make politics into an emotional issue where facts are no longer an issue.\n\nLabeling women's rights advocates as "baby-killers" and propogating gay rights movements as "threats to the family", as well as focusing attention away from domestic issues with a wholly manufactured "war on terrorism", they have duped part of the population into becoming something akin to the good folks in 1930's Germany.\n\nI see kids come on here with hate speech straight from emotional neo-con propoganda and I get reminded of that scene in Schindler's List where the little girl is screaming "Goodbye Jews!" as her neighbors are marched away.  Neo-con values are NOT patriotic American values by any stretch of the imagination.  If you change your thinking to the ideal of an American Empire, then the neo-cons are for you...I guess you could say the neo-cons are "conserving American power" at the expense of "American values".