There has been exactly zero in this thread to distinguish you from liberals. My mistake.

Quote:I'm pro life, anti stem cell research, against gay marriage of any form, against affirmative action, against ridiculous government programs... The list could go on.

Good for you. There is hope for you yet. However, you better be careful. If your signature is an indication that you will be attending the fine institution that is Duke university they will do their best to get those views as far from you as east is from the west.

Quote:It's a shame I had, until 10 minutes ago, thought you were a thoughtful poster. Please prove me wrong.

My apologies for labeling you liberal. I made an incorrect assumption based on your posts in this thread. I look forward to agreeing with you on things other than foreign policy.

Nate is the complete opposite of me...Social conservative/fiscal liberal. I know of no party that hosts those qualities.

RebelKev Wrote:Nate is the complete opposite of me...Social conservative/fiscal liberal. I know of no party that hosts those qualities.

Neither do I... If the GOP would field a true conservative candidate for president, I would vote for him. I'm sick of Bush's large spending, adventurism of foreign policy and diluted pro-life stance.

Open Secrets Wrote:

RebelKev Wrote:Nate is the complete opposite of me...Social conservative/fiscal liberal. I know of no party that hosts those qualities.

Neither do I... If the GOP would field a true conservative candidate for president, I would vote for him. I'm sick of Bush's large spending, adventurism of foreign policy and diluted pro-life stance.

What diluted pro-life stance?

Ninerfan1 Wrote:There has been exactly zero in this thread to distinguish you from liberals. My mistake.

Quote:I'm pro life, anti stem cell research, against gay marriage of any form, against affirmative action, against ridiculous government programs... The list could go on.

Good for you. There is hope for you yet. However, you better be careful. If your signature is an indication that you will be attending the fine institution that is Duke university they will do their best to get those views as far from you as east is from the west.

Quote:It's a shame I had, until 10 minutes ago, thought you were a thoughtful poster. Please prove me wrong.

My apologies for labeling you liberal. I made an incorrect assumption based on your posts in this thread. I look forward to agreeing with you on things other than foreign policy.

I'm impressed. Most (including probably myself) would have argued back until the other gave in. Thanks for the fair response.

Regarding Duke... My father is the Dean of Duke Divinity School, so needless to say I will be spending plenty of time there, which is the school that originally provoked my somewhat conservative views. I'm fairly familiar with the Marxist professors at Duke, but I don't know much else except for a few select public policy profs. I have a feeling that I will be more shaped by Duke Chapel than the classes I take (not to say I won't learn more in the classroom, it just won't shape like Duke Chapel/Divinity School will).

McCAIN [to Bush]: Do you believe in the exemption, in the case of abortion, for rape, incest, and life of the mother?
BUSH: Yeah, I do.
McCain: [But you] support the pro-life plank [in the Republican Party platform]?
BUSH: I do.
McCAIN: So, in other words, your position is that you believe there’s an exemption for rape, incest and the life of the mother, but you want the platform that you’re supposed to be leading to have no exemption. Help me out there, will you?
BUSH: I will. The platform doesn’t talk about what specifically should be in the constitutional amendment. The platform speaks about a constitutional amendment. It doesn’t refer to how that constitutional amendment ought to be defined.
McCAIN: If you read the platform, it has no exceptions.
BUSH: John, I think we need to keep the platform the way it is. This is a pro-life party.
McCAIN: Then you are contradicting your platform.

RebelKev Wrote:......and you take what I said to mean that is the extent of what I know of the Ba'ath party. .....man, you're a smart one. :rolleyes:

Relax... Take a joke! :laugh:

RebelKev Wrote:

Open Secrets Wrote:

RebelKev Wrote:Nate is the complete opposite of me...Social conservative/fiscal liberal. I know of no party that hosts those qualities.

Neither do I... If the GOP would field a true conservative candidate for president, I would vote for him. I'm sick of Bush's large spending, adventurism of foreign policy and diluted pro-life stance.

What diluted pro-life stance?

Now, let me preface this by saying that I'm pro-life, but Bush has done nothing to further the pro-life agenda. He actually said that it's not at the top of his agenda. If he appoints another pro-life supreme court justice, he might be able to change this, but he hasn't done much thus far except cut off funding to planned parenthood.