I just spent a week in Ventnor, NJ (which is to Philadelphians what the Cape is to Bostonians). I really do wish I lived in a swing state. Anyway, I was reading "The Nine" this week. One of the friends of my in-laws predicted that by the end of the book, I would have the fear of God in me and I would change my mind about voting for McCain. Here we go again.
Well, I really am a democrat, I swear. Well, mostly. I would categorize myself as a fiscal conservative, and in favor of smaller government, so, in that sense, I guess I am a republican. I am also strongly pro-Israel and that will sometimes cause me to vote one way rather than the other. On social issues, I lean way more to the left:
- marriage is whatever two adults want it to mean -- the government should not care one way or the other
- a woman must have the right to choose what is in her own best interest with respect to her own body (even if I or someone else thinks that it's icky)
- we need to save the earth for future generations
- (the list goes on...)
What I really want is a new party -- one for like minded liberals. I don't want higher taxes and I want the government to leave me alone as much as possible. I should be prevented by law from harming other people, but what I do privately should be my own business. It seems to me that the conservative movement is right on in some of that theory -- at least the way it is manifested in the state of New Hampshire (from what I can see). Why is it that the same party that wants smaller government also is in favor of wire taps? That it hates abortion (as murder) at the same time that it endorses capital punishment? I just don't get it.
Somebody help me!
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