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MartiniMan
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Generalizations
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10/22/2007 3:57:18 PM
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You know the old saying, all generalizations are false, including this one. :-)
I get your point about not pigeonholing based on party affiliation. The real differentiation is between liberal, conservative, libertarian, etc. Some Democrats are fiscally conservative and some Republicans are not. Likewise, some Democrats are socially conservative and some Reblicans are not. It is always dangerous to ascribe a body of beliefs to someone based only on their party affiliation.
I would argue though that if you look at the current leadership in Congress it is composed almost entirely of liberals. I also believe that all the top-tier Democratic presidential candidates are likewise liberal. They believe in big government (which I define as the belief that government should redistribute wealth at the point of gun to solve almost any economic or social ill), they have all advocated raising taxes and they all ascribe to the "realist" view of international relations (which I define as seeking stability over promoting democracy).
Likewise, ascribing "big government" to Republicans because of the cost of wars ignores the fact that Wilson (WW1), Roosevelt (WW2), Truman (Korean conflict) and Kennedy (Vietnam) were all Democrats and all brought us into very expensive wars. I am not criticizing their decisions, just pointing out that if you want to add up all the costs of wars in today's dollars Republicans will look cheap by comparison.
Its all interesting points to discuss over a martini on my deck looking out at beautiful Lake Martin but unfortunately I can't even see water from my house right now. :-(
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