Author: Cotton Mr Jerry P
Posted: 2004-08-31 at 13:18:00
I'm sorry you only 'think' you're a Republican.
Just based on what you said below, you certainly ain't no Democrat.
Jerry Cotton, MCP
2nd Marine Aircraft Wing
Management Training and Assistance Team
Cherry Point, NC 28533
(252)466-4854
mailto:cottonjp.ctr@2mawcp.usmc.mil
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Virgil Bierschwale [mailto:vbiersch@ktc.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 1:58 PM
> To: 'ProFox Email List'
> Subject: RE: [OT] Issues
>
>
> Andy,
>
> I guess I would consider myself a republican especially in
> considering the
> things I have been learning about the democrat side lately.
>
> However I do not believe any government has the right to govern what a
> person does to her/his body as long as they don't force their
> belief's on
> others.
> I do not agree with abortion or being gay, but I also don't
> believe I have
> the right to tell you what you can/can't do UNLESS you try to
> force your
> belief's on me.
>
>
>
> Virgil Bierschwale
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: profox-bounces@leafe.com
> [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf
> Of Andy's mail
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 11:12 AM
> To: ProFox Email List
> Subject: RE: [OT] Issues
>
> So now that the republicans have announced their position,
> they would seem
> to be powerfully allied with the christian right's agenda.
> As a result, the
> platform calls for an end to all abortions and for a
> constitutional ban on
> gay marriage.
>
> For those of you old enough to remember the horrible circumstances for
> young, particularly poor, pregnant women in america before legalized
> abortion, I wonder what your attitude is considering the
> republican's call
> to roll back the clock to the 1960s. Do you find this
> position defensible?
>
> As far as the gay marriage issue, what the hell does it matter to the
> republicans? This is one of those emotional issues that is
> more flash than
> substance considering the issue affects society very little
> in the long run.
> The question is, why is this on the platform if not to pander to the
> exaggerated fears of middle, christian america?
>
> I, for one, were I a republican, would be somewhat embarassed to see a
> basically moderate guy like Bush endorsing a platform that is
> crafted so
> cravenly to gain the support of the lowest common denominator of the
> republican constituency. That's not the 'courageous fighter'
> leitmotif that
> Bush wants to portray. I wonder what he says to his daughters.
>
> Andy
>
>
>
>
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