tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post2822021652303776283..comments2024-03-04T05:55:35.225-05:00Comments on Vital Remnants: Separating the conservative men from the libertarian boys on the marriage issueMartin Cothranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16452612266051351726noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-56547280196531841642013-04-04T14:42:36.241-04:002013-04-04T14:42:36.241-04:00> Heck, even most young Republicans support mar...> Heck, even most young Republicans support marriage equality now.<br /><br />Even I support marriage equality. Everyone has an equal right to marry someone of the opposite sex.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12974887002402743628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-25703734895335533652013-04-04T14:41:37.525-04:002013-04-04T14:41:37.525-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12974887002402743628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-12072880176639294122013-04-04T14:40:48.563-04:002013-04-04T14:40:48.563-04:00> The problem is the GOP has to expand the univ...> The problem is the GOP has to expand the universe of people who might vote Republican. <br /><br />I agree. The question is how to do that. You and the GOP leadership seem to believe that will happen when the GOP moves even further left. They've been doing that since Reagan. How has that been working out?<br /><br />They might try an alternative approach -- actually engaging liberalsLeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12974887002402743628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-17512226953360274882013-04-01T20:05:36.713-04:002013-04-01T20:05:36.713-04:00Lee,
The problem is the GOP has to expand the uni...Lee,<br /><br />The problem is the GOP has to expand the universe of people who might vote Republican. GOP presidential candidates have gotten half or more of the vote only once in the last six presidential elections. Obama has done it twice in a row. I have yet to hear from anyone how the GOP is going to improve its standing by stridently opposing gay rights when over 80% of voters under thirtyKyCobbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-35218185683025568482013-04-01T15:45:24.108-04:002013-04-01T15:45:24.108-04:00Keep giving the advice, Ky, it's working. The...Keep giving the advice, Ky, it's working. The GOP takes seriously the advice of anyone who wishes it were dead, and not at all the advice of someone who might actually vote Republican.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12974887002402743628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-1653725581259969582013-04-01T15:26:47.985-04:002013-04-01T15:26:47.985-04:00Martin,
In parliaments with proportional represen...Martin,<br /><br />In parliaments with proportional representation, multiple parties slice up thin slivers of the electorate. They can represent very narrow minority interests and still get leverage during the coalition building process when the parties try to patch together enough votes in parliament to form a majority. In America there have historically only ever been two major political KyCobbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-47929283320582651712013-03-29T21:58:22.466-04:002013-03-29T21:58:22.466-04:00Despite William Buckley's best efforts, there ...Despite William Buckley's best efforts, there is no conservative movement. There are only a group of factions who are united only by the fact that they opposes some part of the liberal agenda.<br /><br />We have traditionalist conservatives, the heirs of Burke and Russell Kirk.<br /><br />We have the free market/libertarians such as the late Milton Friedman and to some lesser degree the Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12974887002402743628noreply@blogger.com