On Fri, 4 Aug 2000, Leo Caesius wrote:
> "the Republican Party - that's the more conservative of the two major
> parties, the other one being the Democratic Party."
Of course, that's like saying my right hand is more conservative than my
left hand. There is very little to distinguish one side of the
Republocrats from the other side of the Republocrats.
> Democrats, on the other hand, seem to think that the pathway to more
> freedom and liberty is through more legislation. By passing gun control
> laws and bills defining hate crimes and hate speech, they hope to eliminate
And by writing those laws in such a way as to make the very act of
breathing ultimately illegal, of course. Let's not forget that little
detail.
> in Diversity? A Compassionate Conservative? Sounds like newspeak to me.
Yeah, that's as absurd as "Intelligent Liberal".
> What an interesting Conlang idea! "Republicano: learn to talk for hours
> without saying anything meaningful!" A language composed entirely of empty
> slogans and idle threats!
I thought that the language was called "Democratish"--at least you've
just described Democratish.
> Republicans are always behind "English as Official Language" bills and
That makes them evil, of course, just like the French.
> the Republican convention! At least the Democrats pay lipservice to all the
> opinions represented in their party.
It is better to be a hypocrite and liar than outright say what you will
end up gutting? Nice to know what liberals consider to be "ethics".
> Both parties continually promote a certain class of individuals. These
> individuals are always of Anglo-American background, with a political
> pedigree that extends back to the Revolution. In short, these are the
> people who have been running this country since day one. They are all
> closely related to one another and often (as in the case of the Bushes) have
> links to the British Royal family as well. These are the only sort of
So do the Kennedys. The leadership of the Democrats is every bit as
patrician as is that of the Republicans.
> they've been out-doing them for a long time now. The GOP needs to convince
> minorities that it's not going to trample all over their liberties as it is
> wont to do.
And the crypto-fascists, I mean Democrats, need to convince intelligent
people they aren't going to trample all over all liberties in general, as
they are wont to do.