"Tinkerntom" wrote in message
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Michael Daly wrote:
On 3-Mar-2005, "BCITORGB" wrote:

Let's not talk about liberal vs conservative.

Just to confuse the issue further, there is such a thing
as a liberal conservative. The Economist states that its
political position is such. Unfortunately, the use of
the terminology in the present US political environment
makes the term a contradiction and most Americans would
have trouble with it.

Mike

In the last political cycle, there was talk here of being liberal on
social issues, and conservative on economic issues. I am not sure if
that is just a smoke screen for not knowing what you believe, and
wanting to sound on the cutting edge of neuvo-politics! There would
have to be an imbalance in the political power, or else the
conservative part would not spring the money loose to pay the liberal
programs, and the liberal programs would be opposed to the economic
spending of the conservative. A real schizophrenic political animal! TnT

Where I come from being a "liberal on social issues and a conservative on
economic issues" means you are an all around good person. Too bad there are
so few of them! The worst case is what the US has now...a bunch of socially
conservative assholes who are at the same time blowing their economic wad
faster than a soviet dictator in the middle of the Cold War!