[CS-FSLUG] Am I Democrat or Republican?

[Ed Hurst]

David M. wrote:
> He then says: your a Republican.
> 
> Now I am again confused with my political stance. And want to really find out 
> the truth for myself.
> 
> So does anyone know how I can answer these questions for myself?

Let me stir the pot: If you honestly evaluate what the R-party is 
actually doing, the leadership appear to have left behind their original 
identity. I would say you are "conservative" on certain social and 
economic questions, but I would be hesitant to call you Republican. Will 
Rogers once said, referring to actual policies enacted by Congress and 
by Executive decisions, that there's not a dime's worth of difference 
between R and D. The D broke with their old base, rather dramatically, 
in the mid-60s. The R is now facing a very ugly fight, though for now it 
is more in the background, and ignoring the original "core constituency".

Caveat: I am a member and supporter of major neither party. In general, 
I am deeply cynical about government, and specifically distrust our 
current government. To me, partisan politics is the ultimate in noisy folly.

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Ed Hurst
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