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uh oh! I think you just failed Republican 101 dude!
I'm just curious what Crimson means by an "engaged" foreign policy.
and you call yourself a Republican? Why doncha come go Independent with me?
I'm just curious what Crimson means by an "engaged" foreign policy.
An engaged foreign policy is just that. Talking to world leaders has never been a bad idea. The problem ss that Republican dictomy now dictates that we just talk and don't listen. Its a my way or the highway type of attitude that has damaged many of our relationships with foreign governments. Talks with North Korea for instance was not a bad idea. Kim Jong IL is a crazy bastard by he sat down with Secretary Albright and engaged in conversation. The Bush Administration cut off these conversations and now North Korea is more dangerous than ever. There is no liberal or conservative ideology on foreign policy, only right and wrong. Isolationism has never worked. It has instead gotten us into two world wars. We are a world power. We have to act in that capacity responsibly.
They are the polar opposite of proposed policies of President-Elect Obama. These conservative ideals are my ideals and the Republican that demonstrates these ideals wil get my support.
I have to ask, when did protecting the environment become a conservative idea? The tenets you profess, less environmentalism, sound more like libertarianism than conservatism. I think you are voting for the wrong party...
Thats what I want to get away from. The religous right can have a place in the party as long as they know that their issues are not going to be the center of the platform. Those five principles should be the platform. Small government, small platform.
The Republicans would do well to focus on "conserving" our economy and our personal freedoms and not pandering to bigotry disguised as religion.
I was getting scared for a minute there that we might be taking them off your hands.i think you sketched it out very well, crimson. if the evangelicals don't like it, they can go some place else.
I posted this in another thread, but I wanted to post it again so each and every Republican sees it.
The GOP needs to get back to its "core" values. True conservatism. Goldwater conservatism. This is what the GOP needs to focus on:
-Low taxes with balanced budgets
-Strong national defense
-Engaged foreign policy
-Protection of the environment
-Less government interference in individual lives
These tenets of true political conservatism have been missing from the GOP since the Reagan Revolution. These principles, these conservative principles are now viewed by the Rabid Religous Right as unimportant. Some refer to the Republicans that believe in these principles as RINO's or in some cases liberals. Instead the party is now more worried about homos getting hitched, forcing the Christian God into every crevice of the US Government, and abortion. I loved Ronald Reagan, I really did. He didn't rebuild a damaged Republican Party, he rebuilt a damaged United States. But he hijacked my party in the process and it is time to take it back. I thought McCain was the guy to do it. He preached these very things in 2000 and seemed to forget about them in 2008. These are the principles that matter in government. They are the polar opposite of the ideals of liberalism. They are the polar opposite of proposed policies of President-Elect Obama. These conservative ideals are my ideals and the Republican that demonstrates these ideals wil get my support.
I have to use an a word with evil conotation in certain right wing circles and say the Republican party needs to get a little progressive on some social issues. First being homosexuality. Honestly who gives a flying fart if a gay couple wants to marry. I certainly don't.
Have a sensible stance on abortion. No abortions for any reason at not time is pretty ridiculous. I have said before the real issue behind abortion is when does human life begin. That's real discussion that needs to take place. For me that's when we are dealing with a human capable of feeling pain. I think we can all agree that doesn't exist at the moment of conception. i think we can also agree it isn't only after the baby is expelled from the whom.
And if you're going to run on the platform of limited government and manage to get elected. DAMMIT, DO IT. Take a hard look at the books, make some tough choices and right a tax code that makes sense.
I know it's not my party. And far be it from me to want your guys back in power. But if you really want to know where your party should get back to, look at Richard Nixon. I know that sounds funny. But if you remove the paranoia and megalomania that resulted in watergate, he'd have been one of the greatest presidents we ever had.
I was getting scared for a minute there that we might be taking them off your hands.
He was quite good at foreign policy if you like Real Politik which I happen to, but his domestic policies were mostly atrocious. Wage and price controls should never be used.
An engaged foreign policy is just that. Talking to world leaders has never been a bad idea. The problem ss that Republican dictomy now dictates that we just talk and don't listen. Its a my way or the highway type of attitude that has damaged many of our relationships with foreign governments. Talks with North Korea for instance was not a bad idea. Kim Jong IL is a crazy bastard by he sat down with Secretary Albright and engaged in conversation. The Bush Administration cut off these conversations and now North Korea is more dangerous than ever. There is no liberal or conservative ideology on foreign policy, only right and wrong. Isolationism has never worked. It has instead gotten us into two world wars. We are a world power. We have to act in that capacity responsibly.
I disagree, obviously, in terms of wage and price controls. I think minimum wage should be a living wage since clearly, as has been proven over and over and over, unregulated capitalism fails.
And, yes, Kissinger ran a very good foreign policy. Nixon's domestic policy was ahead of his time, though, ... he started the EPA, and knew even then that the environment was an issue that needed to be addressed.