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- From: crb2@Ra.MsState.Edu (Chad R. Berthelson)
- Subject: Re: The real Dan Quayle
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 15:34:14 GMT
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- erics@infoserv.com (Eric S. Smith) writes:
- { conservative..Quayle deleted}
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- >As for the conservative philosophy that's about to "surface" (as if
- >it's somehow been underground for the last 12 years), surveys taken
- >since the election have shown that the word "conservative" now creates
- >a negative image in people's minds. It's likely that the term is going
- >through the same transformation that happened to the perception of "liberal"
- >in the '70s. In the '60s, being labelled a conservative was just about
- >the kiss of death for a political candidate. At the 1964 Republic Convention
- >Barry Goldwater had to plead "conservatism in the defense of liberty
- >is no vice", but he went on to a crushing defeat in the election. We
- >are once again at the start of a period when voters want a more active
- >government, similar to the mood of the '60s, and conservatism is likely
- >to be identified with tired old trickle-down economics and government
- >gridlock.
-
- Oh yea, let's do go back to the '60's, they where such wonderful time.
- Dope was cheap, sex was safe, and vietnam wouldn't bother you if you
- knew the right loopholes...
-
- let's see what we accomplished in the '60 's government....
-
- "...in the 1960's...Seldom had society been so fraught with conflict;
- seldom had middle-class Americans found themselves under such
- unrelenting assault." (from textbook..A survey of American History,
- vol.II: since 1865 by Current, Williams, Freidel, Brinkley
-
- Chad
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- Chad R. Berthelson Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant
- crb2@ra.msstate.edu Biological Engineering
- cberth@abe.msstate.edu Mississippi State University
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