On Wednesday 04 August 2004 08:09, Ron Johnson wrote:
> Hmmm, but why be a political loudmouth unless you are an ideo-
> logue?
What does that have to do with it? One can be very political and yet not
ideological; ideology is the realm of those who have "figured out the way the
universe works" - politics is for everyone.
> > The democratic party in the US is not very ideologically unified either -
> > which is most likely why they are not as successful as the (very
> > ideologically focused) republican party.
>
> Idunno 'bout that. While you won't see too many Republicans
> (except maybe in the northeast) being a volunteer abortion rights
> activist, there is a spectrum of beliefs on that issue, fetal
> stem cell research, gay rights, etc. Nancy Reagan, Rudy Giuliani
> & The Governator are some examples.
Phhpt. One of the goals of ideologues is to reduce the parameters of debate
to absurd levels. I consider most of the "issues" in US politics to be
non-issues.
> Any "conservative" national Democrats? (Except Zel Miller?)
Plenty. Almost all of them. Clinton, for example, was very conservative.
Lieberman is practically a fascist. See "parameters of debate" above.
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