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Re: Reagan... not exactly libertarian, but close
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Tue, 4 Apr 2000 19:25:13 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:

Mostly agree, so snipped most of it... BUT...

Clinton and Gore are namby-pamby left-leaning moderates.  McCain is a
namby-pamby right-leaning moderate.  You have to be pretty far right-wing to
consider any of that lot as "left-liberals".

I really really don't think I'm right-wing....

But I consider Clinton to be quite socialist-leaning, when you dig through the
rhetoric and look at what actually got proposed and implemented.

++Lar



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  Re: Reagan... not exactly libertarian, but close
 
(...) Gosh, what will everyone think when a *real* liberal shows up? My wife thinks Clinton is a Republican. :-) Bruce (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Reagan... not exactly libertarian, but close
 
(...) "Compassionate conservative." When push came to shove, he ran as far right as he could and tried to declare McCain a liberal (I would hardly declare Clinton a liberal, much less McCain). (...) People are always trying to paint their opposition (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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