Reply #43: Liberal Republicans [View All]

[sandnsea]

Liberal in the enlightened sense of the word, progressive TR type Republicans. The north did used to vote Republican regularly, after all. I hear Christie Todd Whitman has a book coming out that's ought to be a real eye-opener. Or, they could be free market capitalist Republicans, socially intelligent if not completely progressive, but truly believe any government interference in the economy, particularly through social programs, is communist. I'd bet if you spent more time with them, you'd seriously part company on some core issue that would draw a clear line between Democrat and Republican. Still, if we could get these people to claim their more liberal inclinations, maybe we could stop some of the worst of what the Bushies want to do.