Ghw, aka Bush 1. I knew his kid was bad news from day one.

Quote from: SadieBlake on March 14, 2017, 11:27:23 AM
Ghw, aka Bush 1. I knew his kid was bad news from day one.

I always find it funny though. The more right wing and extreme a candiate is the more they seem to get a chance of winning. I mean like Trump and the 2016 GOP was without question the most openly hositle campaign agaisnt minorities and the most anti-lgbt ever. I mean, Mitt Romney may have not of been the best person for lgbt but I doubt he would have hosted this much hatred in his cabinet picks and he generalllya voided any heated rhrtoric. Same goes with Bob Dole too. In Canada, the one election we had a fundy who was anti-lgbt in like every regard was in 2000. Canadians back then punished him and his party. The Alliance only wom like 65 seats . They couldnt win Manitoba which is part of the Conservative west and a province any regular Conservative should win in a normal year, only got two seats in Ontario and absolutley no support east of Ontario.

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I'll go ahead. I may lean pretty right on issues sometimes, but let me get this out...

The GOP isn't even interested in the idea of Canadian or other conservatives!

The American GOP doesn't appreciate conservatism anywhere else, in fact.

I feel like my parents party preference has been embedded in me for so long that I can't "shake it"

I don't like talking to my dad, because sometimes It's Like talking about politics to an ogre.


Why are they so hard to change? I can't even believe the idea anymore that Democrats were the party of Jim Crow etc. I feel so good, I wish one day I can openly rebel against my parents view.

Quote from: redhot1 on March 15, 2017, 04:47:13 PM
I'll go ahead. I may lean pretty right on issues sometimes, but let me get this out...

The GOP isn't even interested in the idea of Canadian or other conservatives!

The American GOP doesn't appreciate conservatism anywhere else, in fact.

I feel like my parents party preference has been embedded in me for so long that I can't "shake it"

I don't like talking to my dad, because sometimes It's Like talking about politics to an ogre.


Why are they so hard to change? I can't even believe the idea anymore that Democrats were the party of Jim Crow etc. I feel so good, I wish one day I can openly rebel against my parents view.

It's called indoctrination ......every recovering Catholics lament.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indoctrination

I think it's the television.  It seems like few people on either side of the political divide think for themselves.  Most watch their one news program to be told what to think and then reinforce it with their one or two sole internet news sources.  They never critically verify or research any claim.


Conform and be dull. —James Frank Dobie, The Voice of the Coyote

Quote from: redhot1 on March 15, 2017, 04:47:13 PM
I'll go ahead. I may lean pretty right on issues sometimes, but let me get this out...

The GOP isn't even interested in the idea of Canadian or other conservatives!

The American GOP doesn't appreciate conservatism anywhere else, in fact.

I feel like my parents party preference has been embedded in me for so long that I can't "shake it"

I don't like talking to my dad, because sometimes It's Like talking about politics to an ogre.


Why are they so hard to change? I can't even believe the idea anymore that Democrats were the party of Jim Crow etc. I feel so good, I wish one day I can openly rebel against my parents view.

Well, Canadian conservatism is far friendler then Americans version, still, the issue is your moderates dont punish the GOP when they run extreme candiate. To be honest, I thought Hilary was going to win and win big. Like, almost as big as Lyndon Johnson in 1964. Not because people liked her, because very few seemed to have been fond of her. But rather, her opponent is one of the.. well going on I would either get smitted or have the thread locked but you get my point. Growing up I was a strong, wait let me back that up and re-say STRONG supporter of the Canadian Conservative party. Then I just somehow changed, and went to the other end and became a memeber of the New Democratic party. Now? Im not sure, I am just an independent with strong social progressive views, fairly conservative fiscal veiws and I still veiw a need for unions. It will take time, but try to sort out one issue at a time!

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