"NOYB" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"DSK" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:

Whoa. Hold on a minute. I thought you claimed to be a lifelong
Republican
who just changed his stripes because you didn't like Bush? Your
true
colors
are showing here.

Your bad memory (or your penchant for telling outright lies) is
showing
here.

When did I ever claim to be a Republican at all, much less "lifelong?"
I
am a
conservative... an old fashioned ie *real* conservative. I have
occasionally
voted Republican though.

Oh no. Now you've gone and done it. You've pointed out that there are
conservatives who are not necessarily Republicans.

Only the uniformed ones. How else can you be conservative on the issues,
but support the party that promotes the exact opposite principles?

First of all, DSK was describing a political environment which many people
outside of the South don't understand: The South. That doesn't include most
of Florida. I don't fully understand it, but DSK's brief description sounds
accurate.

Second - Alien concept: Sometimes when choosing who to vote for, you may
have to choose the lesser of two evils. To many conservatives, Bush may have
seemed like the right choice during the last election. That's turning out to
be a problem for them now.

Maybe this will help:
Political party: A club with a mailing list for fund raising.
Conservatism: A way of thinking about certain things.

The key word is "thinking". Notice that the word "reacting" does not appear
here. Real people think. Others become trained over the years to react, like
laboratory rats.

There is a huge movement of conservatives who feel your leader is a dismal
failure, primarily in the areas of fiscal responsibility and the environment
(believe it or not). There are also quite a few who disagree with
imperialism.

You have no idea what a conservative is. It has little to do with abortion,
race issues (at this point in history), or any of the other issues which
candidates normally use to appeal to your baser instincts.