Arlos wrote:I don't have to agree with someone to identify them.
As I've said before, while I may disagree with real conservatives on some issues (there were several things that Goldwater advocated that I disagree with, for example), I can respect them far more than I can the current crop of neocons and theocraticons that are currently making up most of the right wing in this country. (ie, people in the Cheney/Wolfowitz camp and those who are in Robertson's, Dobson's, etc. pockets)
Goldwater particularly I respect. For example, during Watergate he was pro-Nixon, especially at first, because he just didn't believe the accusations. As soon as he heard the tapes, however, he became one of the leading voices calling for Nixon to resign. Personal integrity was absolute, but he came from a different era in Washington, one where people on both sides of the political divide could actually COMPROMISE on issues, rather than just draw ideological lines in the sand and then engaging in pissing and shouting contests. We need more of that, not less. I'm sorry, Mindia, but I just can't even begin to imagine Weiner ever engaging in the great American art of compromise for the good of all, rather than being an ideologue. That, among other reasons, is why I cannot and will not consider him to be a "real" conservative.
-Arlos
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