I Am A Conservative Republican Because...

[PedroX]

Curtins,

not a very funny joke. This is exactly what drives me so crazy. Why do Catholics profess such an unswerving loyalty to a political party?

peace...

[curtins]

because I stand for what I beleive in, and what I beleive in can be found in the first post in this thread.

Along with the CCC

and im sorry you didnt find my joke funny

[curtins]

does anyone know of a website where i could see all of the candidates and their parties running for president this year

and what other parties are out there other than green republican and democrat??

besisdes communist and nazi

[mmmerf]

I'm a canadian, so I'll be voting conservative. I think they'll hurt the country economically, but their social policies are the only ones I can abide. So while they're certainly pests and parasites, they're the lesser of two weevils.

:haha:

If I were in the states I would vote Republican for Ironmonk's reasons stated above, and because I am convinced that the foremost american democrats (Kerry, Billary, et al) [color=red][Edited by IcePrincess: unnecessary comment.][/color]

Seriously. How could a human being veto the partial-birth abortion ban? Not once, not twice, but thrice? Yeeeeeeeeesh. Don't want to sit in on that conversation with St. Peter...

Bill Clinton? Lemme get your file....

hmmhmmm.. lewinsky... ahmmm... cigar... yesmmm... nothing new... partial bi-YOU DID [i]WHAT? [b]THREE TIMES?[/b][/i].

Not that I know anything about that and maybe he didn't know it was wrong and yadda yadda various disclaimer text here.

Cheers,

Dave

Edited June 27, 2004 by IcePrincessKRS

[IcePrincessKRS]

haha Making havoc in the board I'm supposed to moderate... I know this is already in a different thread but I still want people to go to these links (since Dem. vs Rep. seems to be a big issue these days) and read up.

Originally posted by Anna:

[quote]Before registering with a political party, one should read its platform, not just believe that it stands for what you think it might stand for!
The Democrat Party Platform should be reviewed, as well as the Republican Party Platform.
You might be surprised to learn what principles the parties really stand for.

I am neither Democrat nor Republican.

In New York State, we have a Right to Life political party. I'm a member, and former acting county chairman.  It is a single-issue party, 100% anti-abortion, anti-euthanasia. Respect for the Sanctity of innocent Human Life is the cornerstone of American civilization (or lack thereof).
Sorry, but its website ~
[url="http://www.nysrighttolifeparty.org"]http://www.nysrighttolifeparty.org[/url] ~ is under construction.

Pax Christi. <>< [/quote]

Edited June 27, 2004 by IcePrincessKRS

[IcePrincessKRS]

Oops, the links don't work when you quote. Here they aer.

Dem party:

[url="http://www.democrats.org/about/2000platform.html"]http://www.democrats.org/about/2000platform.html[/url]

Rep. party:

[url="http://www.rnc.org/About/PartyPlatform/Default.aspx"]http://www.rnc.org/About/PartyPlatform/Default.aspx[/url]

[Aloysius]

boy, i'm definitely not voting for Al Gore!

is that their current platform? it says 2000 and talks about how they're rallying behind Gore

[IcePrincessKRS]

I noticed that, too, the website says the 2004 platform won't be released until July, but I think that not much will change on alot of major issues.

[crusader1234]

[quote]I'm a canadian, so I'll be voting conservative. I think they'll hurt the country economically, but their social policies are the only ones I can abide. So while they're certainly pests and parasites, they're the lesser of two weevils.
[/quote]

While I'm not sure how well you have been following the Canadian election, the conservatives (Stephen Harper in particular) have repeatedly stated they will not vote in favour of revoking a woman's right to chose or anything pro-life or against moral issues like gay marriage. Their only redeeming quality was their stance on social issues, and they dropped that. To vote for them now owuld be like supporting their choice to drop the pro-life platforms and like you said, voting for pests and parasites.

[Crusader_4]

However the Conservatives are the only party who said they will not get in the way of an abortion bill and we all know that they will not approve of Same-Sex marriage. Harper was avoiding the abortion topic because he knew he would have got massacred if he brought it up. Although, he didnt deny his members the ability to introduce a bil outlawing abortion and personally he is a staunch envagelistic Christian and they have other strong Christians like Steven Fletcher, and Stockwell DAy in their party.

[Chrysologus]

[quote]If someone votes for someone that is anti-life when someone is running against them is pro-life, then if they claim to be Catholic, they understand very little of what it means to be Catholic.[/quote]
Disagree, disagree, disagree. And since no argument was given to back this up, and I already posted something about this in another thread, I won't bother giving an argument either.

That said, I think ironmonk cited some good reasons for being a Republican (for the record, I am neither a Republican nor Democrat). Obviously being pro-life is at the top, even though the GOP is not a pro-life as the Catholic Church is. But saying you're Republican because you believe in God--what's that about? Democrats are atheists now? I think not.