[quote=White Fox;520316]Thank you, and I agree. But this does not mean that you can claim that the leaders of the right in America are the definition of rightism.
The right stands for less taxes, and if you want to say disproportionately for the wealthy, then I won't argue. I think we went through that on
Why Obama's Policies Will Ruin the Economy
Because of Iraq and Bush's big government policies many people now think this is what the right stands for, but this is not the case. Conservatives look to the traditions of the founding fathers, who wanted government to be as small as possible and included devices in the structure of government to prevent its expansion. Many of these mechanisms were lost during the Civil War, and then the two world wars, and now that the right wing has come back into power, they have inhereted this big government tradition. Unfortunately, few of the right wing politicians are doing anything to change this. Do you know why? Because they are the ones who run the government, and therefore, they like their government to be big.
Iraq is a matter of national security, or at least it was at first when we thought they had WMD. Now it is a peace keeping mission in its essence, because its our fault they no longer have a government and it is therefore our responsibility to protect them from our previous actions.
After Bush, I think its probably a good thing for him, and that he's going to win.
[quote]Supposedly the Republicans. The problem is, when they have power, they expand the government, and take on tasks of building other, arbitrary nations, while at the same time claiming the government should not, or can't, do this at home.
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See what I said on Iraq 
Many Republicans are at fault. I agree.
That will still cost a lot of money, and it may cause more troops having to be sent costing more money than it would have been to just stay there.
I really don't think you understand the principles behind a Federalist, democratic-republic. While compromise and pragmatism are necessary to take any action, the goal is to limit the action of the government. People are not supposed to compromise their principles.
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Id first like to send some kudos’ in your direction! You have made several statements that I never thought would ever come out of your mouth. You did go hard on your own people (Republicans). I personally do not blame the Republican Party for Iraq! It was the
leader of our nation that furnished the false information that mis-lead the entire body politic.
Someone as intelligent as you appear to be can discern between Right and wrong? Let me pose this question to you. If you knew someone who said. "I will kill my wife" and then a week later you go home and see police cars in front of that guys house. Days later you find out that some intruder came in and killed his wife. What would your first thought be? This goes hand and hand with the Iraq war. Bush said he would not waste the opportunity to go into Iraq and low and behold where are we now. Mind you this was before 911.
You did contradict your earlier statements in other threads that the right and republicans stand for small government. The first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem!