Up and Coming Republicans

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Up and Coming Republicans
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Sat, 11-29-2008 - 5:24pm

Does anyone know which, if any, of the new Republican politicians hold more libertarian values?

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Registered: 04-04-2003
Sun, 11-30-2008 - 4:45pm

I wouldn't call him Libertarian by any stretch of the imagination....But this guy is getting a lot of buzz as one of the next Republican "up and comers".



Some in GOP see their Obama in Jindal
Young Louisiana governor is being talked up as key player in party's future
By MICHAEL LEAHY
Washington Post
Nov. 29, 2008, 10:37PM





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Registered: 04-19-2008
Sun, 11-30-2008 - 5:10pm
I was hoping they'd come off the religious bent a bit and he doesn't cut it. At least he seems bright...
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Registered: 10-24-2008
Sun, 11-30-2008 - 5:50pm
He is obviously a very intelligent man. He sounded promising, until I read how rigid he is. His rigid stance on never supporting an abortion, or stem cell research, completely turned me off. The Republican party really needs someone new. Palin certainly doesn't fit the bill.
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Registered: 11-20-2008
Sun, 11-30-2008 - 9:16pm
He's too dark for old style Republicans to support him.
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Registered: 04-04-2003
Mon, 12-01-2008 - 9:38am

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....and of course....there's Sarah Palin....

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Mon, 12-01-2008 - 9:39am

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Rigid? Oh no....That's "strength of character" dontcha know.

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Registered: 11-23-2008
Mon, 12-01-2008 - 9:47am
Actually, I think that holding to one's convictions is an admirable quality, whether I agree with them or not. I have a much harder time with people that say one thing, do another; or just their position for the sake of appeasing or worst of all garnering votes to an elected office.
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Registered: 04-04-2003
Mon, 12-01-2008 - 9:55am

Well....I agree with you to a point. Bush was considered a man of convictions (at least that's how his supporters saw him)....However, there's a line between staying true to ones convictions and stubbornness (and/or expecting/enforcing others to embrace YOUR convictions).

I don't know if this person is like that (possibly not)....but I'm always more comfortable with a politician who is more centrist in their approach (regardless of what ideologies they happen to personally hold). One can always stay true to one's own principles on a personal/familial level.....It gets dicey when a politician departs from that and starts governing from an ideological standpoint, regardless of its practicality and/or acceptance by the general population.

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Registered: 11-23-2008
Mon, 12-01-2008 - 4:10pm
Where you a McCain supporter then? While I don't think all his views are centrist, he clearly rides the middle of the road more than any other politician holding views from both sides of the isle.
**** **** **** **** **** **** "A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have." Gerald R. Ford
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Registered: 04-19-2008
Mon, 12-01-2008 - 10:14pm
Actually, I think there is a lot to be said for an opinion poll President. It can keep them from going too far in one direction.

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