Kerry / Edwards looking "right" to get more votes. Any room over there?

[hansolsen]

I do think there is room to move to the "right" on certain cultural issues. Here are some "conservative" ideas I harbor, and still consdier myself a "liberal". I hope Kerry / Edwards does move to the right on these issues. It would be healthy for the Democratic Party, and would pay huge dividends in votes. I list a few in hopes of starting an argument with DUers, just for fun.

1. I think there is way too much violence in Hollywood movies, and I would stop it if I could. I refuse to accept the idea that nothing can be done about it. It is insufficent just to say people can turn it off if they want.

2. I think sex is the rightful provence of adults, and the celebration of child sexuality in Hollywood disturbs me. I don't want my young grandaughters to be giving their first blow job at age 13. I am angry about it.

3. Smokin a little pot is fine with me, but doing hard drugs isn't. And I don't think it's funny -- I am not amused. This doesn't mean I support the "war on drugs" as it is presently being fought, but it does mean I have no love lost or sympathy wasted for drug users. My motto: piss on 'em. (or tough love, if you insist).

4. I oppose "reparations" for being black. I might consider "reparations" for being a decendent of slaves, but that is not what I hear being proposed in "liberal" circles.

5. We need to embrace big, bold, dramatic environmental programs that you can see through a telescope or through a binoculars. You can tell these programs -- they all require a map.

6. We need to reject many (not all, but many) well meaning, candy ass environmental regulations, that are mostly a pain in the ass and not much help to the environment. You need a microscope to see these programs. You can tell them by the fact they come with a rule book.

7. We need to throw out 90% of the hogwash that "liberals" have been shoveling on gun control. This has been a disater for the Dempocratic Party, and all the gun control laws passed in the last 20 years have ended up selling more guns and killing more people. Kerry is right on to support hunting and gun ownership. The worm turns.

I could go on -- get the drift?