tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14594994.post5041663308407202599..comments2024-01-09T04:20:39.453-05:00Comments on Around the Keg: The Impact of “Obamacons”Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345059376742159966noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14594994.post-82633193117002113562008-06-10T16:26:00.000-05:002008-06-10T16:26:00.000-05:00I am one of them, though I never considered myself...I am one of them, though I never considered myself a hardcore Republican. I am more of a pragmatist that sees some good (and bad) ideas from all the major and some minor parties. <BR/><BR/>I tend to vote based on some specific issues. I don't agree with Obama's abortion stance, but there is more to being pro-life than abortion. Not surprising, but I also don't agree with his stance on guns. I do agree with his stance on all sorts of other issues and I am willing to take a chance that he is sincere when he says he wants to unify. <BR/><BR/>I also don't like the direction the Republican party has gone in the last decade or so. I'd like to see them abandon the neocons and start respecting civil rights and having some semblence of an intelligent foreign policy.steveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08862590608695420004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14594994.post-75474268909652169062008-06-09T20:33:00.000-05:002008-06-09T20:33:00.000-05:00A lot of Cons I know in NY -- who tend to be of th...A lot of Cons I know in NY -- who tend to be of the fiscal conservative/fairly socially liberal variety are all planning to vote for Obama or not to vote/vote third party.<BR/><BR/>I don't know one (actually I do know one) who will vote for McCain.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15398931203483061703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14594994.post-63050640758743554892008-06-09T09:32:00.000-05:002008-06-09T09:32:00.000-05:00I think that some of these self-described hardcore...I think that some of these self-described hardcore Republicans are much more centrist (read: moderate) than not. What I mean is that they call themselves hard Rs because that fits and feels better than a Moderate or strong D, but when it comes right down to it, if someone appeals to their sensibilities, they will gladly go that way.<BR/><BR/>Case in point is Kmiec: "despite the candidate's position on abortion, not because of it, partly in the hope that Obama's emphasis on personal responsibility in sexual matters might change the nature of the nation's argument on life issues."<BR/><BR/>Kniec is, say, Pro-Life. But the way Obama approaches the issue, as Kmiec sees and says, is much closer to how he <I>actually</I> feels about the issue. If we just phrase it as "personal responsibility" rather than this with-us-or-against-us crap, maybe the goal some pro-lifes are after will actually be achieved.<BR/><BR/>ANd it's this with-us-or-against-us policy that comes directly from the Right To Life organization, straight from Rovian politics and right from the Bush Admin. Most people stuck with that, though, becaue in their minds it was better to be in the tent than out of it.<BR/><BR/>Obama gives them a whole new kind of tent. With music. And better food.Noahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345059376742159966noreply@blogger.com