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For those of us not from the US, which [conservative groups] are you talking about? Republicans in general? Or some other group?
by willvarfar 12y ago
For those of us not from the US, which [conservative groups] are you talking about? Republicans in general? Or some other group?
- analog31 12y ago"I hope I live to see the day when, as in the early days of our country, we won't have any public schools. The churches will have taken them over again and Christians will be running them." -- Jerry Falwell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Falwell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Falwell
- jdoenejdk 12y agoAnd how many US elected Republicans in Congress share those views?
- scentoni 12y agoDepends on whether you're talking about party primaries or general elections. An example of this phenomenon wrt a different topic http://www.vox.com/2015/1/5/7494179/immigration-republican-president http://www.vox.com/2015/1/5/7494179/immigration-republican-p...
- hueving 12y agoAnti-government conservatives. Republicans in general fall into this category.
- javert 12y agoMost Republicans are in favor of public schools and, in general, of having a much larger government that a night watchman state, including a pretty robust social safety net. You cannot call these people "anti-government." Look at George W. Bush. A good example of a Republican. He certainly expanded the US government, which (in my opinion) was already massively oversized.
- seehafer 12y agoDon't make the mistake of confusing rhetoric with action. Republicans haven't meaningfully shrunk the size of government since Eisenhower. Nixon grew the government substantially (EPA, HHS, Dept of Education), Reagan talked small-government and acted differently, HW stayed the course and W was a "compassionate conservative" who added what was biggest healthcare entitlement in the last twenty years (Medicare Part D).