<p>I consider myself very liberal, and it surprises me how often I agree with nahrafsfa's posts, since he(?) says he's conservative. I think we should help people who need help. I hate the religious argument that this is a personal responsibility that the government should stay out of, because these same religious people A. probably won't actually spend their money helping the poor and B. try to enact legislations based on their religion, like banning gay marriage and abortion, prayer in schools, etc.
I love my trees and support environmental protection. I support national health care. I am against the war in Iraq, support the UN, am against the death penalty, support gay marriage, don't support the NCLB, hate the PATRIOT Act. As far as abortion goes-I suppose I am basically pro-choice, but I really don't like the idea. I just don't think it would work to outlaw it. I support comprehensive sex education and free and readily available birth control, which I think would do more to end abortion than anything else.
I'm one of the few liberals I know who doesn't dislike Bush. I think he is probably a good person, and very sincere. I certainly wouldn't vote for the man, I think his policies are misguided and horrible--but I don't make politics personal, and I hear his ranch is very environmentally friendly.
Economically-I think it would be a good idea to balance the budget, but I wouldn't want to cut most social programs, and I'd want to expand some. I think we could cut the military spending and raise taxes. National health care would very likely save us money as a nation, and social security is worth the money.</p>
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<p>You aren't a conservative. Its the conservatives in Congress who ran up a nearly half-trillion dollar deficit ( and it's not because of the war; the CBO said in 2002 that the number 1 cause of the deficits were the tax breaks offered to rich Americans). The conservatives in Congress took a real big overreach into the live of Terri Schiavo; not exactly a small role in the lives of Americans. And the conservatives in Congress are the ones who just yesterday denied military health-care benefits to our National Guardsmen and Reservist, who make up 50% of the forces fighting in Iraq and Afganistan. </p>
<p>Perhaps another look at the Democratic Party would be good for you so called conservatives</p>
<p>On abortion, I promise you that no Democratic officeholder in this country likes abortion; however we do not believe it is the right of government to interfere or dictate to the women of this country. As an illegitimate child, I can tell you that I'd rather lie dead in an abortion clinic than live in a country where my mother didn't have the choice.</p>
<p>On spending; the last time this country had a balanced budget, a Democrat who was willing to use the veto was in the White House; the President, who cares so much about fiscal responsiblilty, has yet to veto one spending bill. Ever. No President in mondern history has such a record. However, the President is willing to veto a bill (sponsered by liberal Republicans) that would allow further stem-cell research. Fancy that!</p>
<p>Finally, the military. If there is any republican voter driging around out there with that yellow bumper sticker on thier car, they should hang their heads in shame. Just yesterday, 218 Republicans in the House shot down a proposal to extend health-care benefits to Guardsmen and Reservists; to pay for it, they would have had to sacrifice .94% in this year's new tax cuts.</p>
<p>Personally, I'm not that liberal, but I'd rather be a conservative in the party of unity, hope, and promise than a liberal in the party of two-faced, backstabbing cynicism.</p>
<p>I fly the black and red flag</p>
<p>I'm radically liberal, both economically and socially, in philosophy, but actual politics disgust me, so I don't have a real stand on it.</p>