Conservative members of Brin-L

[Kevin B. O'Brien]

dsummersminet at comcast.net wrote:
> avid Land wrote:
>   
>> Some of the conservatives who once participated actively on this 
>> list`still pop up from time to time (consider this a shout-out to Gautam),
>> but are mostly quiet these days because Barack Obama hasn't been 
>> elected`yet.
>>     
>
> This reminded me that I'm both an Obama delegate and, probably, the one who
> has been the strongest advcocate of relatively conservative causues...well 
> conservative3 by Brin-L standards. :-)  
>   
You're a delegate? Sweet!

I think the labels can be a bit misleading. There was a time in my life 
when I could vote for a Republican if s/he were the better candidate, 
but since the gang of crooks, liars, and religious bigots took over the 
Republican party I have had to give that up. I suspect some of my 
positions (particularly on fiscal prudence and paying for what you get) 
would be called conservative by some folks, and yet I have become very 
enthusiastic about Obama. The signs I have seen so far suggest to me 
that he is more of technocrat/wonk than an ideologue, and that may 
surprise some people once he is elected.

Regards,

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Kevin B. O'Brien         TANSTAAFL
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A good politician, under democracy, is quite as unthinkable as an honest 
burglar. -- H.L. Mencken