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Hit it on the head!

A lot of the liberal influence has been beneficial, and it is a corrolary to personal freedom. Now if we could get the liberals to add "personal responsibility" to that.

You alleged conservatives sound awfully liberal to me. So one political ideology is 'bad' for standards and one is 'good'. . .quite possibly the weakest, dumbest argument here. Blaming a political ideology for the 'denegration' of morals and standards is beyond stupidity. It runs against the conservative ideology of dependence-on-self. . .the reason why things are so bad it's because of someone else smacks of liberal whining to me. . .Look in the mirror, take control of your lives, and stop blaming others. Americans ought to look in the mirror and deal with their own repression and problems before looking to blame the 'other' for their real or imagined problems. . .something that alleged 'liberals' and 'conservatives' do have in common. . .You people believe that your political ideologies are so different when zealotry is one of your biggest common denominators.

First off, just in case anyone doesn't know who Frank Lautenberg is (as if anyone couldn't, the man has a mouth bigger than than train station named after him), he is the junior senator from New Jersey who interestingly is in his mid-hundreds and knew George Washington personally. I mention Lautenberg also because of what he represents to me, particularly as a New Jersey citizen. Jersey has become what seems to be the epicenter for corruption and chaos that is led by none other than our one-party state government. Oh, and that one party happens to be the Democratic party. Though I can't say I'm surprised.

The only real way to measure a degradation of morals is by measuring crime, because unlike two people of the same sex exchanging marriage vows or a pop-star's errant breast, it actually harms people in a tangible way. Conservatives waste precious time criticizing the corrupting influence of violent video games, when poverty and desperation are the true causes of crime. When poor inner city kids that haven't been given a chance see criminals making more money than law-abiding citizens, crime will obviously seem like a tempting option. However, any attempt to alleviate this with anti-poverty programs would generate howls of indignation from Conservative politicians. Conservatives are just as bad on punishing crime as they are on preventing it. Even though cigarettes kill hundreds of thousands of people a year, Conservatives insist on wasting vast amounts of time and money on cracking down on marijuana, a drug with no proven deaths. They're creating artificial crime! Also, Conservatives tend to favor jail time to rehabilitation for illegal drug users, even though the former costs about $25,000 a year and doesn't get to the root of the problem, and the latter costs around $3,000 a year and actually focuses on the addiction itself. Conservatism is an ideology big on condemnation and punishment, but often lacking in understanding and empathy.

Oh most definitely, and I will continue to do everything in my power to counter liberalism and everything it stands for.

During a hearing on partial birth abortion Frank Lautenberg was asked the question that if during the partial birth abortion process the unborn child accidentally slipped out of the birth canal (which happens somewhat frequently) is it permissible to still kill the child. His reply was yes.

Free love + free sex = free clinic.

I think this is a large contributing factor for many Republicans/Libertarians in the 21st century. It is not that so many people love George Bush or are enamored of the Patriot Act or interfering with Terry Schiavo's medical situation. In fact, a lot of people in the GOP (myself included) are more unhappy with the party now than at any time previously during our membership. But when you look at the other side, that is what unifies us. Howard Dean, Al Sharpton, Maxine Waters, Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, Cynthia McKinney and her anti-Semitic father ... The Democrats simply don't provide a reasonable alternative. These people are disgusting. They are further out of the American mainstream than even a pack of evangelical Christians who want to teach Creationism in high schools ... that's really the bottom line. MODERN liberalism has come to mean pacifism at nearly all costs, double standards for minority groups, disrespect for the Federal Constitution, deceit, situational ethics, and a desire to add significant Marxist components to our government. This reason/section could have easily been named Revulsion Caused by the Alternative. The bottom line is, no matter how bad my party may be now, I'd die before I'd give my vote to a Democrat. In view of the lack of integrity that the left displayed during the Clinton administration, the liberals are simply unfit to be entrusted with any leadership roles.