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[umasenvy]

So I'm reading '100 people who are Screwing up America' and the book has fantastic points about our society and where its going and it has some pretty bad things to say about liberals, and thats fine because lefties have been attacking righties, and vice versa for ages and I'm considering converting to Republicanism because I believe the author

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[travelinjo]

You're thinking about switching parties not because of that parties beliefs, but because some people are stubborn? Your statement is just as true if you change a few of the words:

"...I believe the author when he talks about how close minded Republicans really are because according to them, anyone who is not a Republican is an idiot hick that doesn't know anything, which is a fair assessment of most of the really political Republicans I know.

I am glad you met a Republican that you can have a conversation with and I'm glad you're thinking about things but I think you need to keep reading on the differences in the parties and maybe you should look into other parties all together, I think you could align yourself with the Greens and the Libertarians much easier than the Republicans.

Our conversation:

[umasenvy]

Cinnamon Whaley: Lets see, is Melissa for shutting down abortion clinics? No. Against Stem Cell research? No. Are you for drilling in Alaska? I don't think so. Do you believev we should be spending more on the war? I don't think so. I'm not sure how you feel about the death penalty. I'd think you'd not be for spending billions to keep pot dealers in jail. How about mandatory prayers in school? How about school in general? Lots of education cuts in the last bunch of years. Actually, tell me a Republican trait you DO have, cause I can't think of any

Re: Our conversation:

[sylentbv]

Well, being opened minded just means listening to all sides of an argument, and then making your own decisions about that issue. Shutting out one or more sides of an argument because of a stereotype of preconception about what that means, or moving away from one side because of those same reasons is the main problem I see in politics today. There aren't enough people on either side that are willing to listen first and then come to their conclusions.

Re: Our conversation:

[umasenvy]

Excellent point! ("There aren't enough people on either side that are willing to listen first and then come to their conclusions.")

[rez_olution]

You should always vote the issues, not the people or party. I generally vote liberally because, well, they tend to vote as close to my values as anyone in government does. That doesn't mean I'd support any Democrat just because. I can't wait to see Joe Lieberman get trounced on his ass in the primaries and then unceremoniously dumped from Congress in November. There's others too, like Clinton and Feinstein, that I would rather see living on the street than in the Capitol. I can't really speak well of a single Republican though. I started to have hope for Arlen Spector when he got angry about the domestic surveillance program, but he dashed that by introducing a bill that would retroactively make the program legal and expand the surveillance powers entirely. McCain usually rises above the shit to cast a good vote against torture or some such, but he usually then loses that credibility by voting against flag burning