Re: Howard Dean: The Wolf in Sheeps Clothes

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> >   I'll save that for another debate (the seperation part). I'll say this
> > though: the reason Keyes really impressed me had a lot to do with the way
> > he responded to questioning. I remember seeing a debate or two (or maybe
> > three) between him, Bush, and McCain in the 2000 election. Keyes was the
> > only one that would answer the question and not just give the PR
> > dept.-approved soundbyte.
>
> That's true.  Intelligence-wise Keyes is leagues beyond Bush or McCain. 
> OTOH, LaRouche, whatever you may think of his politics and his conviction,
> is extremely intelligent, and Buchanan would also put any of Bush, Cheney,
> Ashcroft, Dean, Kerry, etc. to shame.

  I'm not terribly familar with LaRouche, so I did some googling. Oddly enough 
his official campaign web site's platform gives me a long economic summary 
the best I can tell and not a political platform. Also disturbingly he waives 
the term Nazism as the ideal mud slinging tool and dedicates much of his news 
section to impeaching Cheney (why not Dubya, btw?).

At any rate, is this summary fairly correct that I have below? It mentions him 
founding a neo-facist party and being arrested for fraud:

http://selectsmart.com/president/LaRouche.html

What are his position on big issues like government size, abortion, taxes, 
etc.?

Moving on, Buchanan is a smart cookie... I'll agree with that. I like Pat for 
the most part, indeed, there are only a few issues I disagree with him on 
(for instance, Israel).  Although I wonder why you would support him, other 
than for his stance on Israel? Afterall, he's a very conservative fellow and 
that doesn't strike me as your ideal candidate. :-)

For me, I really don't see Buchanan winning, although I don't see Keyes 
winning either. Frankly, both of them have many similar views, and 
conservatives just don't have a chance anymore. :-\

I'd have to agree with you that most candidates are the same on both sides. 
There are some differences, but the ones that actually can pull in the votes 
are very centrist. Most candidates in national elections are lukewarm 
moderates since anyone moving towards the left or the right too far will have 
a hard time winning.

> Since we are all quoting Nietzsche now ;-), "[w]hoever thinks much is not
> suitable as a party member: he soon thinks himself right out of the party."

  Sounds good to me.

  -Tim

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