[MacDV] Will Bush win?

[Mark M. Florida]

I was thinking the same thing...  But even though the Republican party has
historically appealed to the religious right, what is so morally appealing
about waging a war based on LIES?  The only connection I can see is that the
people who are on the religious right have the same narrow-minded low
tolerance for differing opinions (religious, moral, or otherwise) that they
want to make every one in the world as "morally correct" as themselves by
imposing their own beliefs on them whether they like it or not.  And that's
no way to run a government...

More political "fun":

(definitions from Webster)
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republic 

\Re*pub"lic\ (r?-p?b"l?k), n. [F. r['e]publique, L. respublica commonwealth;
res a thing, an affair + publicus, publica, public. See Real, a., and
Public.] 1. Common weal. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

 2. A state in which the sovereign power resides in the whole body of the
people, and is exercised by representatives elected by them; a commonwealth.
Cf. Democracy, 2.

 Note: In some ancient states called republics the sovereign power was
exercised by an hereditary aristocracy or a privileged few, constituting a
government now distinctively called an aristocracy. In some there was a
division of authority between an aristocracy and the whole body of the
people except slaves. No existing republic recognizes an exclusive privilege
of any class to govern, or tolerates the institution of slavery.
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(are we getting back to the "old" version of the word as it applies to the
"Republican" party -- being the priveleged few?)

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democracy 

\De*moc"ra*cy\, n.; pl. Democracies. [F. d['e]mocratie, fr. Gr. dhmokrati`a;
dh^mos the people + kratei^n to be strong, to rule, kra`tos strength.] 1.
Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is
retained and directly exercised by the people.

 2. Government by popular representation; a form of government in which the
supreme power is retained by the people, but is indirectly exercised through
a system of representation and delegated authority periodically renewed; a
constitutional representative government; a republic.
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- Mark

On 11/3/04 2:24 PM, MA501Guy at aol.com at MA501Guy at aol.com wrote:

> We WORK so hard to fight the religious tyranny in Afghanastan & Iraq, run by
> religious fanatics who have no tolerance with those who differ in their
> spiritual convictions. The separations of church and state does NOT exist in
> those countries.  BUT somewhere along the line the religious RIGHT stomps FEAR
> in the hearts of decent Americans, and it is out of FEAR, not conviction, that
> one votes for religious fanatics such as BUSH and CHENEY.  We are on our way
> to becoming that exact same level of religious intolerance and fanaticism we
> witness and fight against in other countries! 
> I have always respected this news group as INFORMATIVE and unpolitical, but
> CLAIRE, your rant deserves a response!  You are wrong about the first settlers
> to come to this country.  If you're referring to the Puritans and Pilgrims,
> they escaped religious tyranny in England, to create a healthy freedom of
> religion HERE.  BUT since when does THAT become RULING the nation through
> religious dogma?  And your blatant reference to, and I quote here:  "It
> appears to some of "us" that
> those who want a handout usually vote Democrat and those who want to
> protect their hard-earned investments usually vote Republican" is laughable. 
> So many corporations do NOT pay taxes, the richer the company, the more
> loopholes they find.  And tell the republican farmers in the midwest that they
> can no longer wait in line for their farm subsidy checks from the government! 
> The ultimate "handout"!  So much for UNITING the country, eh?  Sounds like
> more devisiveness to ME!
> You stated at the conclusion of your personal ranting, that such personal
> opinion should NOT be included in this newsgroup, but you still offered one
> anyway.   It would have been best simply stating it this way: "this is not
> appropriate political banter!  there are political newsgroups that would
> welcome opinions of this nature, but this is NOT one of them."
> It's important to allow creativity to flourish, and that CANNOT happen when
> right wing religious bigots restrict what we see, what we hear, and what is
> "acceptable" creative subjects.  You cannot legislate morality, although the
> more you attempt it, the more our basic human rights are taken away from us. 
> Remember, "the only real evil, is the attempt to eliminate it!".
> 
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