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Jonathan Kirwan
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On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 01:37:31 +0000 (UTC), toor@iquest.net (John S. Dyson) wrote:
Name Only, for those who haven't heard the term) now and run out of the party on
a rail, years ago. I personally knew and respected several such folks here in
Oregon (names some of you may have heard of) and they have personally lamented
the fact that they have no place or voice in the GOP, today. The religious nuts
and extremists dominate the party.
children and volunteering at local schools as an aide. While I do meet some
great Republicans (one of them happens to be my dentist, for example, who just
recently went to northern Iraq for two weeks as a volunteer there and for whom I
have great respect), they are rather rarer by proportion to Democrats who put in
similar levels of personal effort. My experience these last 20 years of active
participation is quite different than your implications -- and I live in a state
that is about 50/50 split Republican/Democrat. I meet far more Democratic
activists in providing substantial personal time in helping those who are "less"
well off and need support. And among the active Republicans I do get a chance
to talk with and otherwise grow to know, those providing substantial personal
time, they are rather uniformly against Bush this time around.
(In terms of registration, there are 39% Democrat, 35% Republican, and 22%
independent in Oregon, as of last August this year.)
I don't know where you hail from, but out here my actual experiences remain at
continuing odds with your comment. Which makes me wonder if you are speaking
from substantial personal experience in your area or simply citing some pap from
a right wing brochure or web page. My opinion comes from substantial, direct
experience in the field doing the work shoulder to shoulder, but is of course
limited by the range of that experience.
Jon
Do they still exist? I thought they were all being called RINOs (Republican inTo find a liberal, one needs to find someone who is an open minded,
intelligent and tolerant individual truly participating in society,
but oddly enough, that is most likely to be a middle-of-the-road GOPer
Name Only, for those who haven't heard the term) now and run out of the party on
a rail, years ago. I personally knew and respected several such folks here in
Oregon (names some of you may have heard of) and they have personally lamented
the fact that they have no place or voice in the GOP, today. The religious nuts
and extremists dominate the party.
I personally spend 300-500 hours a year in volunteer activities helping disabledand much less likely a Democrat
children and volunteering at local schools as an aide. While I do meet some
great Republicans (one of them happens to be my dentist, for example, who just
recently went to northern Iraq for two weeks as a volunteer there and for whom I
have great respect), they are rather rarer by proportion to Democrats who put in
similar levels of personal effort. My experience these last 20 years of active
participation is quite different than your implications -- and I live in a state
that is about 50/50 split Republican/Democrat. I meet far more Democratic
activists in providing substantial personal time in helping those who are "less"
well off and need support. And among the active Republicans I do get a chance
to talk with and otherwise grow to know, those providing substantial personal
time, they are rather uniformly against Bush this time around.
(In terms of registration, there are 39% Democrat, 35% Republican, and 22%
independent in Oregon, as of last August this year.)
I don't know where you hail from, but out here my actual experiences remain at
continuing odds with your comment. Which makes me wonder if you are speaking
from substantial personal experience in your area or simply citing some pap from
a right wing brochure or web page. My opinion comes from substantial, direct
experience in the field doing the work shoulder to shoulder, but is of course
limited by the range of that experience.
Jon