cicerone imposter wrote:okie, Once you get an idea into your brains, it sticks like glue doesn't it? I'm not a "liberal." I'm an independent who votes for the candidate who best meets my ideal in terms of what they say and advocate for. I'm a liberal when it comes to universal health care, but a conservative when it comes to government spending - especially on our war in Iraq at 12 billioin every month. That money is needed at home. Got that? Not really that difficult.
Sorry ci, my apologies only to a point because I have gotten the impression that you align most of the time with Democrat or liberal positions on most issues, and I think that is a fairly accurate assessment of your politics. If you can point out more than being fiscally conservative, I might tend to believe your claim a little more.
The war is not really a clearcut case of liberal / conservative, as many conservatives also oppose the war, but almost all liberals oppose it I think, based on their dislike of Bush.
Universal health care is a better measurement of your politics than the war I would think. If you oppose federal intervention in education, why would you favor federal intervention of health care? The congressional restaurants are going broke and have to be propped up with millions, so what makes you think that Congress can run health care if they can't even manage their own restaurants profitably?
Citing statistics about the failing education system is fine, but the fact is Republicans are calling for big reforms, while Democrats favor throwing more money at the current system. We already spend 10 grand per student or more. Would 20 grand fix it? 30 grand? I would like it if you gave me 15 students and 10 grand each, I think we could build a one room school buy a computer for every student every year, and have plenty of money left over, and pay the teacher handsomely.
