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Republican governors in Democratic statesRepublican governors in Democratic statesPosted Sep 3, 2004 19:20 UTC (Fri) by lordsutch (guest, #53)In reply to: Republican governors in Democratic states by proski Parent article: Linux in Government: Will Schwarzenegger Terminate Windows? (Linux Journal)
Yes, because of course Democratic politicians never go to bat for special interests like unions, abortion-rights advocates, gun-control advocates, environmentalists, peaceniks, trial lawyers, "public health" advocates (anti-tobacco, food police), or various and sundry racial interest groups.
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Republican governors in Democratic states Posted Sep 3, 2004 19:29 UTC (Fri) by ncm (subscriber, #165) [Link] When did environmentalism become a "special interest"? Or "abortion rights"? Both are overwhelming majorities, among eligible voters.
Republican governors in Democratic states Posted Sep 4, 2004 13:35 UTC (Sat) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] Given the original poster's username, I think we should expect him to hold some... unusual opinions.
Besides, given that username, he's too dead to contribute (and is in any case from the UK, where most of those `special interests' are opinions held not just the majority but the vastly overwhelming majority of the populace, as is true across the rest of the EU, with the possible exception for abortion rights of Eire.)
Republican governors in Democratic states Posted Sep 5, 2004 8:55 UTC (Sun) by paulj (subscriber, #341) [Link] (and is in any case from the UK, where most of those `special interests' are opinions held not just the majority but the vastly overwhelming majority of the populace, as is true across the rest of the EU, with the possible exception for abortion rights of Eire.) Hmm, the above isnt true. Ireland is not the only EU country which restricts abortion, Portugal and two new member states, Poland and Malta, do too (Malta also holding a get-out clause on any EU directives on abortion, as Ireland does, presumably Poland negotiated something similar too, not sure.).
Republican governors in Democratic states Posted Sep 7, 2004 15:32 UTC (Tue) by dbhost (guest, #3461) [Link] In what country are pro death advocates the majority? If so, why are abortionists forced to forward their agenda through activist courts instead of the legislative bodies?
The liberal, leftist agenda is most certainly NOT the majority consensus. While it is certainly NOT something to be trifled with, nor merely ignored as it IS a large voting segment, but the population in the United States at least is still majority conservative / traditionalist. Perhaps I am wrong here, but election results and polls seem to consistently pull this as a true statement. Away from the liberal Meccas of the East coast, and California, liberal ideaology is a waning fad. Thank God (Jehovah, Jaweh, Allah, whatever you call him) for that!
pro-death: majority or minority? Posted Sep 9, 2004 21:54 UTC (Thu) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954) [Link] >pro death advocates You know perfectly well there aren't many people who are in favor of death per se. In fact, there's a high correlation between being in favor of death of fetuses, but against death of criminals, stupid or poor people, and animals. When you're making a point about abortion advocates, you'd make it better if you'd say exactly what you mean: pro-abortion. You could even embellish it to emphasize the part of abortion you don't like (the death): pro-abortion-death. Also, I believe most of the people you would call pro-abortion aren't actually in favor of abortion per se, but only when the mother wants it. Hence pro-abortion-choice is more technically accurate. "pro-choice," of course, is as ridiculous as "pro-death." Liberals are almost by definition in the minority. Conservative mostly means you favor the status quo. People take their cues on what to believe from the existing laws, so the majority tends to favor whatever is the law now. Ever since the law in the US changed to pro-abortion, public opinion has been moving that way. When US law changed to pro-black-equality, pro-black-equality public opinion was a distinct minority; now it's an overwhelming majority. Some day, it may be the liberals trying to save the fetuses.
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