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MrFun
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of Iowa
Nov 2000
time: 23:18
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Originally posted by Ned
Liberal Democrats today stand for socialism, environmental extremism, libertinism and open hatred and mockery of religion. When Democrats speak of "moral values," what they mean is sex, drugs and rock 'n roll. When they speak of "family values," what they mean is that a woman should be able to have children outside of marriage because placing any value on the man as a father in a family environment is sexist. When they speak of fiscal conservatism what they mean is high taxes in the context of a class warfare attack on the rich, corporations and business in general. And when they speak of environmentalism, what they mean is completely shutting down polluting industries, not building power plants in their backyards, ending drilling for oil anywhere United States, protecting owls over jobs and in general trying to return the United States to the golden age of yesteryear when there were no factories, no cars and no pollution. And when it comes to religion, they favor freedom "from" religion not freedom "of" religion. They opening attack Christianity in all its forms and all its places. Yesterday it was removing prayer from a classroom. Today it is removing Christ from Christmas.
Is there any wonder why the Liberal Democrat finds no home in America outside of the centers of hedonism and socialism, namely Hollywood, San Francisco, New York and Chicago? |
nice troll 
I'm a Democrat, and I can list some of my values:
1) Helping the impoverished pull themselves up by the bootstraps by giving them bootstraps to pull up with, when they don't have bootstraps already.
2) Granting women autonomy over their own bodies.
3) Subjecting all citizens to the same marriage laws and privileges out of democratic fairness and principle of equality, regardless of sexual orientation.
4) Allowing everyone the freedom of religious expression without official government sanctioning of any one, particular religion.
5) Promoting more responsible government spending by having the wealthy pay their fair share in taxes (as of right now, they do not pay their fair share in proportion to their wealth).
6) Closing loopholes that rewards American companies for exporting jobs overseas to foreigners that should be kept for American workers.
7) Taking more active steps to utilize alternative energy sources, because drilling more holes to get at a limited resource is a short-sighted, half-ass solution.
But please, carry on with your pathetic trolls if it gives you a hot climax.
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Ned
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of Aptos, CA
Oct 1999
time: 21:18
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And, BTW, the article linked in the first post states that Nixon made opposition to desegregation and busing a central theme of his campaign. I don't recall it that way. I know that Wallace made opposition to bussin' "his" major theme, though. And it was Wallace, not Nixon, who took the deep South states, with most of the rest going to Humphrey.
Nixon's position on civil rights was clear. He opposed welfare as a "solution" and advocated instead affirmative action in order to integrate minorities into mainstream life in America. Here is the critical portion of his acceptance speech:
"But for those who are able to help themselves -- what we need are not more millions on welfare rolls -- but more millions on payrolls in the United States of America.
Instead of government jobs, and government housing, and government welfare, let government use its tax and credit policies to enlist in this battle the greatest engine of progress ever developed in the history of man -- American private enterprise.
Let us enlist in this great cause the millions of Americans in volunteer organizations who will bring a dedication to this task that no amount of money could ever buy.
And let us build bridges, my friends, build bridges to human dignity across that gulf that separates black America from white America.
Black Americans, no more than white Americans, they do not want more government programs which perpetuate dependency.
They don't want to be a colony in a nation.
They want the pride, and the self-respect, and the dignity that can only come if they have an equal chance to own their own homes, to own their own businesses, to be managers and executives as well as workers, to have apiece of the action in the exciting ventures of private enterprise.
I pledge to you tonight that we shall have new programs which will provide that equal chance."
Nixon's solution to black segregation was to oppose the Democrat solution of creating new "reservations" for the blacks. He wanted to actively integrate blacks into society through affirmative action.
And he did.
IMO, affirmative action remains the centerpiece of the war on racisim in America. This is Nixon's idea. And he should be given credit for it by liberals who embrace affirmative action, but who would otherwise like to discredit Nixon.
Also, the linked article cleverly skips over the '76 campaign of Carter. Carter swept the South because he made tons of rascist and segregationist remarks during the campaign. And, of course, Carter is exactly one of those Democrats the NE liberals do not want in their country, let alone in their party. Carter was a Southern governor.
And so was Clinton.
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