Conservatives vs. Judiciary

[Bosh]

Originally posted by Ned
And, BTW, I, as a social liberal, or better, libertarian, would like to see some moderation in the Republican Party in this regard. It is a problem, though, as social conservatives are a critical part of what makes the Republican Party the majority party today.

I'm having a harder and harder time understanding why libertarian types put up with the Republicans. The Republicans are increasingly rallying around Social Conservatism and have trumped the Democrats in regards to reckless government spending.

[Seeker]

"And, BTW, I, as a social liberal, "



What is this, comedy hour?

And KH, would you be in favour of a 'Pure Parliamentary' system, with no parties just independants who rep their ridings?

Heaven forfend, people would actually have to research very slightly some of the candidates positions.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by mindseye
Yet another chilling development. Sometimes I wonder if can ever live in my home country again.

So sound and fury signifying basically nothing scares you but living in a dictatorship in East Asia doesn't terrify you at all?

[Drake Tungsten]

I'm having a harder and harder time understanding why libertarian types put up with the Republicans. The Republicans are increasingly rallying around Social Conservatism and have trumped the Democrats in regards to reckless government spending.

It's not that hard to understand. The Republicans are viewed as trustworthy on national security issues while the Democrats are not...

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

I wouldn't consider Lieberman a social conservative. I would put him down as a moderate.

I would have voted for Lieberman.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by Ned
And, BTW, I, as a social liberal, or better, libertarian,

[Drake Tungsten]

I would have voted for Lieberman.

Me too.

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by Seeker
"And, BTW, I, as a social liberal, "



What is this, comedy hour?

And KH, would you be in favour of a 'Pure Parliamentary' system, with no parties just independants who rep their ridings?

Heaven forfend, people would actually have to research very slightly some of the candidates positions.

I hate political parties...


JM

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Ogie Oglethorpe
I would have voted for Lieberman.

As a proud gamer, I wouldn't have even been able to hold my nose long enough to do so.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
As a proud gamer, I wouldn't have even been able to hold my nose long enough to do so.

Same here. Could you imagine him as President when Doom IV comes out?

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Ned
Well, Imran, what do you make of Hillary's move to the center? She is making many socially conservative noises these days.

I'm not Imran, but I'd say she's off and running for 2008. Hillary's about as social conservative as Bush was the "environmental President."

[Bosh]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten

I'm having a harder and harder time understanding why libertarian types put up with the Republicans. The Republicans are increasingly rallying around Social Conservatism and have trumped the Democrats in regards to reckless government spending.

It's not that hard to understand. The Republicans are viewed as trustworthy on national security issues while the Democrats are not...

Since when were libertarians in favour of an interventionist foreign policy

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Seeker
"And, BTW, I, as a social liberal, "



What is this, comedy hour?

And KH, would you be in favour of a 'Pure Parliamentary' system, with no parties just independants who rep their ridings?

Heaven forfend, people would actually have to research very slightly some of the candidates positions.

Party affiliation is, for me, a question of right to assembly.

If people want to form a party and run on a party platform using shared resources then I have no problem with that. I wish more people would give independents a chance, though.

[Drake Tungsten]

Since when were libertarians in favour of an interventionist foreign policy

I was talking about "libertarians", not "Libertarians". The former are much more sensible about foreign policy than the latter...

[Toby Rowe]

Proportional Representation?

The UK and the US are now alone in the world to have not adopted it.

If you look at the Italian system, it would never logically be adopted by anyone.
If you look at Germany, after WWII the UK set up their system, (and the Danish system is similar to it). If it was good enough for Germans in 1949, why is it still not good enough for Britain in 2005?

I speculate that once a party gets into power, they like it too much. The current system ignores 20% of the population that always votes Liberal (since WWII), they will never be represented. That is wrong.

Within PR, the list system does allow for a local MP, so that connection to your area is unbroken.

It also means that each vote really counts.

Toby