#34
Rune,
I appreciate your bravery for wading into the fray as you have here.
Part of the problem is, those we may wish to reason with about it may sincerely believe that:
- Republican is synonymous with conservative, &
- Democrat is synonymous with liberal.
Reality is a bit more complicated than that.
I deduce that you understand this Rune. But for those that don't:
on some issues, the democrats may have a more conservative record than the Republicans.
Fiscal conservatism is an obvious example.
The most recent U.S. president to run consecutive "balanced"* budgets was William Jefferson Clinton, a Democrat.
And the Republican demigod, Reagan, not only ran up more U.S. federal debt than the president he criticized for it.
Reagan ran up more debt than all the other U.S. presidents before him, COMBINED!!
So much for Republican conservatism.
* I acknowledge the Social Security trust fund plunder.