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Zonie63 -> RE: GOP presidential hopefuls court New Hampshire voters (5/1/2011 11:14:11 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Hillwilliam
I'm just hoping that the Republicans find some fiscally conservative dark horse that wont sell the party's soul to the religious right.
I know, Impossible dream huh?
Not entirely impossible, but improbable. I think they're going to have some difficulty selling their economic principles, which will force them to appease the religious right. I don't see that they have any real practical choice at this point, since the fiscal conservatives have largely adhered to the Chicago School.
Someone else in this thread mentioned Nixon and Reagan, but the one difference between them was that Nixon was a Keynesian, while Reagan was not. I seem to recall that Reagan was somewhat critical of Keynes. I'm more of a Keynesian myself, although everyone tells me that it was discredited decades ago. Of course, I don't think the Chicago School has much to crow about these days either. Their ideas haven't been working out too well lately.
I had mixed feelings about Ross Perot. I agreed with his stance against NAFTA and his warnings about the dangers of deficit spending. I don't even see that as a liberal/conservative issue, as Jerry Brown and Ralph Nader were saying much the same thing. Both the mainstream Democrats and mainstream Republicans dismissed them as "kooks," which is when I realized that both parties were working in concert to lead America in the wrong direction.
I was a lifelong Democrat until Clinton signed NAFTA, at which point I gave up on both parties. Now, the Democrats are a joke, the Republicans are a joke, and America is going to hell in a handbasket.
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