Reply #87: I have to agree [View All]

[Blue_Roses]

livng in the south, does speak loud when it comes to the issues you mentioned and this is where we are losing Democrats to the GOP. The south is still stuck in many issues that have kept us in the trenches for years. I feel that I am a liberal in my thinking and how I have lived most of my adult life, however, I feel conservative in how I approach the way I raise my children.

For instance, I am pro-choice, worked as a counselor for women facing unplanned pregnancies, and yet I would want my children to practice abstinance at least until they are 30. Okay...seriously, though, I do want them to be "conservative" in how they choose to use their bodies. I personally would not want them to make some of the same mistakes I have made, which have caused me much grief, as well as to lose an innocence that cannot be returned. This is MY choice and MY children, and I will make the decision on how to approach this MY way.

The south, which is a huge supporting base (southern baptists) for bush has to be dealt with in a way that the message comes across--the message that Democrats have excellent ideas on how we can handle issues like this without sending us back to the puritan days!

The south is stuck. No doubt about it and it's time we get "unstuck" and we don't need the "unsticker." (you know what I'm talking about if you saw the press conference with bush yesterday)