Oldtimer said:
Big Muddy rancher said:
If you notice that after two pages of post most of which was me bringing to the top he is conspicuous by his absence. :?
And here I thought it was only your wife that had a stalking infatuation with me :???: I'm starting to wonder about you Big Fella- bad enough alone you ain't taking care of your wife :wink:
I don't know what I am- I'm ME...Hell with the labels, I go the direction I feel-and the direction I think is heading right for the time and circumstances - not what the cultist (R) or (D) folks tell me or whats PC for the day....
I know when I take those on line political stance tests they usually come back centrist/moderate- libertarian- altho I lean fiscally conservative...
I also know that when the University did a study of Montana voters- the majority were Libertarian as they are more socially Liberal- very open to minority's (probably because of our not that long ago settled population that came from every part of the globe-voluntarily), do not want political parties interfering in or telling them the religion/belief(s) they should worship- or that we all have to be "born again" Bible Thumpers , or despise and hate monger to anyone that isn't- don't think government should be sticking their noses into bedrooms- and who they associate with or want to spend their lives with (altho the state has rejected same sex marriages), should not have old grey haired men in D.C. legislating decisions that should be left to the person after consultation with their doctor and their God....Most folks in this state also believe the Gospel words that "we are all brothers" and don't go automatically judging someone because of the color of their skin- and judge them by who they are, and what they do- not on whether their folks came over on the Mayflower- or met it....
If I don't fit in with the current neocon Republicanism that believes in stifling all that- so be it...These current batch of Republicans/right wingnuts wouldn't make a pimple on the arse of the oldtimers that really respected liberty, law and order, the Constitution and individual privacy rights...
Basically you believe in all the right things, Oldtimer. It is just your ideas of how to get to that point that are skewed. You are always condemning us "right wingnuts," but if you would look in the mirror, your deep down thoughts are more in line with us than with the far left leaning Liberals. Believe it or not, you and most of us "right wingnuts" were not happy with Bush because he spent money like a drunken sailor. Why then would you support Obama who plans to spend money like a whole drunken battalion? Bush's spending will look like a drop in a bucket to what Obama will spend before he is done. We, as private citizens or as a nation, can't spend money we don't have on things we don't need and ever hope to get out of debt. It is purely impossible by all laws of logic.
You don't like government interference. Why then have you supported Obama, who will completely screw up private property rights if he is given half a chance? By your own set of values (and by my values), Bush was too liberal. Why then do you support the Democrats who are far more liberal?
The Republicans completely dropped the ball in the last few years. We don't need "neocons," we need good straight shootin' conservatives with honesty and integrity. They are hard to come by, because most of the good people with those kind of values prefer to stay in private businesses rather than become politicians. I don't know what the answer is, but I do know that in the case of two duds running for office, we should still try our best to elect the one that has the best values, with the best interests of our nation in mind. This did not happen with the past presidential election.