Why would you think conservatives are against any of that? .
On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > When I was a kid, we had some pretty excellent Republican leaders in > Oregon, past and present. They weren't without their faults, mind you. > Bob Packwood ended up being taken down by a sexual harassment charge. > We had some principled leaders, however, in the 60s and 70s and even > into the 80s. Things started to change, though, in the Reagan sweep. > We still had some good Republican leaders but we saw a lot of hate > creep in. By the early 90s, it was all anti-abortion, > anti-homosexual, mandatory minimum sentences, etc. > > Where once we had a Republican party that championed urban growth > boundaries, bottle recycling bill, establishment of national parks, > that voted against the Vietnam War... we lost it to Grover Norquist > and his anti-tax at all costs "drown government in a bathtub" credo; > we lost it to the so-called Moral Majority. > > I'm a Conservative. I want to conserve. The land, the environment, the > people, our history, and our possibility. I want to set up rules that > protect those with the least and encourage those who have a vision of > growth and prosperity for all, not just for a few. I believe in a > strong recognition of individual rights while understanding that we > live in and will only thrive in communities that require a sense of > the common good. > > My daughter is the 6th generation born in our valley. I probably > wouldn't agree with every view held by my ancestors here but I value > what they have built and passed down, I acknowledge the struggles they > faced and the ways in which they came through them. They wanted better > lives for their children and that is the same thing I want for my > daughter. I want her to have equal opportunity and equal pay. I want > her to have a fertile land and vast forests, clean water and fresh > air. I want her to grow up knowing that her ancestors worked their > asses off to make an Oregon that she would want to be born in and she > has the duty to do the same. > > And if that makes me a flaming liberal in Sam's mind and the mind of > today's Republican Party, well, that might be why I'm not voting for > them now. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:354369 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
