Libs & Cons: Can you name one issue where you disagree with your own party, or agree with the other party?

Question

You can go back in time if needed, but not too far, plz.

I'll start it off. I'm liberal, and supported Reagan's "Peace through Strength" arms race escalation to bust the Soviet economy.

Answer 1

I am a Democrat and I do not support any bans on guns.

Answer 2

Um, libs and cons aren't parties, reps and dems are.

Radical lefty here (libs are way too right wing for me on the most crucial things).

I have long had doubts about whether affirmative action was the wisest way to combat racial inequality.

I think both parties have been selling us down the river.

That's why I don't like the Clintons (though Bill has been looking pretty good in comparison).

Very cool question, though.

One of the best I've seen next to one in the Religion section, asking people what is the one big common misunderstanding of their view that they'd like to clear up.

Both that one and this are getting some really nice responses, on the whole.

It's nice to see some balance and reason intrude on the usual spewing and hatred one sees in these categories.

Answer 3

Under Bill "the BJ King" Clinton, I agreed with several things he did. I chose to support many things he did even though I never voted for him. But since Obama came into office, the only thing I can support him on was the way he handled Bin Laden. As for the rest of the things he has done, I have been lied to so many times by the jerk that I will no longer believe anything he has to say. He deliberately and repeatedly made choices to lie to me, so now I will never be able to support him.

Answer 4

I disagree with the runaway spending wagon that has run amok over the last several years. We badly need fiscal responsibility, and I get a bunch of political hacks selling this country's future down the river. Any semblance of fiscal responsibility in D.C. died long ago. (Gingrich's drive to limit spending may have been the last gasp)

Answer 5

I will name not just one, but two.

I am a Republican, however I strongly disagree with the official position of the Republican Party on Embryonic Stem Cell research and the abortion issue.

With respect to embryonic stem cell research, the embryos that would be used in this research are surplus embryos from fertility clinics that were not needed. These embryos are routinely thrown away.

The religious right sees the embryos as livng human beings. They argue that embryonic stem cell research is essentially the equivalent of murder.

However these embroys are routinely thrown away and killed. Why not permit them to be used in embryonic stem cell research which has the potential to save lives.

Currently those embryos go to waste. This does not benefit anyone.

With respect to the abortion issue I would refer you to a famous book on Medical Jurisprudence by professors Wharton and Stills published in 1905. This book is available at some used book stores, and copies of it turn up on ebay from time to time.

In the book there is a very detailed description of what happened to young women who became pregnant out of wedlock. Back then it was considered extremely shameful for a young woman to become pregnant out of wedlock.

The young women were often so despondent they committed suicide. In the towns with steel mills, sulfuric acid was readily available because it was used in the steel industry.

Drinking sulfuric acid was a common way for young women to commit suicide because sulfuric acid was readily available.

Wharton and Stills show the hideous nature of a suicide by drinking sulfuric acid. The death is a long slow one and is excruciatingly painful.

The death is hideous.

That young women would even commit suicide by this method shows the extreme pain that they felt from the shame of getting pregnant outside of wedlock.

Although pregnancy outside of wedlock is often seen as a badge of honor today, there are still parts of our society where pregnancy ourside of wedlock is shameful and will result in the suicide of the young woman.

Many of my Republican colleagues are very sanctimonious about the right to the life of the fetus, however they are oblivious to the pain of the young woman and the possible loss of her life by suicide.

That is the reason that I do not agree with my Republican colleagues on the abortion issue.

Answer 6

I supported George W. Bush when, during his 2000 election campaign, he vowed never to use American troops in a nation building campaign. This was consistent with the Republican position on nation building throughout the Clinton administration.

Unfortunately, he's flip-flopped since then.

I'm also disgusted with the bill fully funding the Iraq war the Democrats just passed.

Answer 7

I'm a right leaning independent - and all parties involved have lost their senses with this amnesty bill for the illegal aliens. Hardworking and honest immigrants who have followed the correct steps in entering this country legally were essentially penalized by multiple forms and documents, not to mention the countless fees, while the people who illegally entered are essentially given a pass. Makes absolutely no sense to me.

Answer 8

I'm a liberal, but I believe that globalization is a good thing. We need to embrace it and learn to compete in a global economy rather than cry about how our jobs are moving overseas.

It's funny, because the goal of globalization is to raise the standard of living for the rest of the developing world . . . you would think that most liberals would support that goal . . .

Answer 9

I am Republican..I do not support amnesty.

Although I do not support the idea of human caused global warming I do agree that we need to treat our planet better.

Answer 10

I am a Liberal but I part ways on most gun laws but then again I don`t care what you are doing as long as you are not hurting anyone.

Answer 11

I am no fan of global warming and think it is alarmist, but I do support the environment and think more should be devoted to reversing the effects of polution. Yes, I admit it, I have hugged a tree or two in my day. I do like Al Gores environmental stance.