"Ray O'Hara" < @ > wrote in message
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>> "Mike Griffith" < @ > wrote in message
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>> >I think it would be interesting to survey the political leanings
>> >of
>> > the frequent posters in this newsgroup. How about each of us
>> > post a
>> > little about our politcal leanings, for whom we've voted, etc.,
>> > etc.
>> >
>> > I'll start: I'm an independent, traditional conservative, on
>> > most
>> > issues. On a few issues, I'm somewhat left of center: I favor
>> > some
>> > forms of affirmative action and minority set-asides. I support
>> > reasonable safeguards for unions against union-busting and wage
>> > undercutting. I support strong federal enforcement of
>> > environmental
>> > laws. But on most issues, abortion, taxes, spending, gay
>> > marriage,
>> > tort reform, education, gun control, etc., I'm conservative. I
>> > initially supported the Iraq War, but I'm becoming increasingly
>> > skeptical about it.
>> >
>> > In presidential elections, I voted for Reagan in '84, Bush Sr. in
>> > '88,
>> > Perot in '92, Dole in '96, Buchanan in '00, and Peroutka in '04.
>> >
>> > This time around, I'm quite comfortable with several of the GOP
>> > candidates. I'm supporting Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) in the GOP
>> > primary. I would feel comfortable in voting for any of the GOP
>> > candidates in the general election, given that the leading
>> > Democratic
>> > candidates are all socialists who are on the wrong side of every
>> > major
>> > moral issue of our day.
>> >
>> > Mike Griffith
>> >
>>
>>
>> It has been said that politics and religion do not make polite
>> conversation and neither should be discussed publicly.
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>>
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> the usenet is not polite conversation.
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Obviously!