I Miss Republicans

[Shogun Gunner]

Originally posted by Agathon
It used to be that you could reason with a Republican. That is less and less the case.

Being a republican most of my life, I absolutely agree with you about this.

@ Ned, yes Guiliani, Arnold, McCain, Lugar, even McConnell and other Republican leaders are still what I think of as "old school Republicans"

[Agathon]

Being a republican most of my life, I absolutely agree with you about this.

Both sides used to be committed to the same basic principles of liberalism (not "liberal" in the sense it is used now). They mainly disagreed over particulars and implementation.

McCain and co. still are, but the others seem to have abandoned the Enlightenment values the US was founded on.

[Agathon]

The new conservative ideology seems to be made up of these three principles:

1) might is right.
2) might is truth
3) unless the masters say it isn't

[Q Classic]

1) might is right.
2) might is truth
3) unless the masters say it isn't

er, you mean:
1. the right is truth, justice, and the american way.

?

[Ned]

No, there are Americans and anti-Americans. There is no middle ground.

[Q Classic]

No, there are Americans and anti-Americans. There is no middle ground.

1. the right is truth, justice, and the american way.

i don't see a difference, except in my line, i don't define those who aren't on the right.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Agathon
The Missile Defence program isn't about defence. It is an attempt to give the United States the ability to wage nuclear war against moderately armed nuke states without suffering any reprisals.

It's not even that. It's a subsidy to Raytheon, pure and simple.

[Admiral]

Originally posted by Ned
No, there are Americans and anti-Americans. There is no middle ground.

This probably proves the how much of a "liberal" I am, but I have trouble believing that this isn't a joke.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Ned
No, there are Americans and anti-Americans. There is no middle ground.

But I'm both.

[Last Conformist]

Wouldn't it be easier to give them the money for stealth tanks? When Congress asks to see the tanks, they could just say "sorry, they're stealth tanks, you can't see them"?

I'll invoke Carling's Bigger Cheney Theory of Foreign Policy on this one. They feel they need to show that the US is still the best - afterall, 3rd rate hellholes like NK make mere nukes these days. It's part of Reagan's legacy, too.

[Q Classic]

No, there are Americans and anti-Americans. There is no middle ground.

I'm just curious, what if you support America, by and large, but have issues with how the current administration is behaving? Or, if you support America in everything except, say, its policies in space, or science, or food preparation?

[Jaguar]

to OP

[alva]

Wouldn't it be easier to give them the money for stealth tanks? When Congress asks to see the tanks, they could just say "sorry, they're stealth tanks, you can't see them"?

According to CIA, the Russians have subs like this.

[Sava]

Originally posted by Ned
No, there are Americans and anti-Americans. There is no middle ground.

wrong, there are morons that think this way, then there's the rest of the country who is reasonable and sane.

[Ted Striker]

Great article, echoes my thoughts exactly