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Subject:	Re: stuff (was: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?])
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Date:	Thu, 13 Jan 2000 13:37:28 GMT
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Christopher Weeks wrote: > Most people say the Republican party is for the rich. How so, when I am > considered poor / lower middle class? > > Probably for complex social reasons having more to do with what your > parents believed than what you have reasoned out about the way the world > works. This is, I believe, why most party afiliation exists. Bzzt. Wrong! No, both of my parents were registered Democrats. I looked at what the parties stood for, looked at my religious beliefs, and concluded the Republican party is more to what I believe in. Though I am definitely more to the Libertarian side than to the Rockefeller side. (For those of you in Rio Linda, that is the liberal side of the Republican party, which I feel is an oxymoron.) I have seen too many examples of socialism failing, and the Democratic party seems to be the place for leftists, socialists, etc. That is why. I could care less what my parents do, in terms of their voting record. Scott S. _________________________________________________________________________________________ Scott E. Sanburn-> ssanburn@cleanweb.net Systems Administrator/CAD Operator-Affiliated Engineers -> http://www.aeieng.com LEGO Page -> http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Station/3372/legoindex.html Home Page -> http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Station/3372/index.html

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		Re: stuff (was: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?])
(...) Exactly! So you chose the opposite party. (...) Sure. I'm not saying that those things have nothing to do with it. You obviously give these issues some thought, but I still say that people have more hidden baggage behind these kinds of (...) (27 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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(...) Using a country in the middle of ethnic cleansing as a comparison is hardly flattering. You can get shot in any country, but it's more likely to happen if you live in the US than say the UK. (...) I find it easy to believe, however I would (...) (27 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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