Now what do Iowa Republicans want?
90 A person with a strong moral compass
90 A person who will tell the truth, even if I don’t agree
87 Someone who will not raise the national debt
87 Someone who will unite the country
85 A person with experience cutting budgets
83 Someone who will restore relationships with longtime U.S. allies
83 Believer in small government
80 Someone who represents the future of the Republican Party
72 A person with deep knowledge of policy and politics
69 Christian conservative
64 Someone who respects decorum
http://cdn.cnn.com/cnn/2018/images/12/16...n.poll.pdf
There is some common ground and it is in boldface. Percentages may differ significantly, as on decorum. R tastes in politics are clearly different even on issues not of policy. Of course, polarized as America is, words (think of 'freedom') may mean different things on opposite sides of the partisan rift. This said, "decorum" to a conservative Republican who is also a fundamentalist protestant may require that someone show respect for such bunkum as young-earth creationism.
Republicans may believe in more things that Democrats consider impossible or irrelevant. Integrity, competence, and decency matter. Republicans may be more intent on achieving a specific agenda and endorsing their identity, but this said, I doubt that Democrats endorse waste and graft. Republicans put less significance on decorum, but they think on the whole that it is a good idea. (Even Republicans believe that the President would fare better if he did not leak his spur-of-the-moment, unedited, abrasive tweets, which I did not show).
Again, this is a 4T, and a 4T can compel people to acquiesce with things that they find distasteful and counerintuitive, but necessary. Survival can be at stake for much more than a specific agenda -- like the country, the legal and political heritage, any possibility of prosperity and progress, the culture, and civilization itself.
90 A person with a strong moral compass
90 A person who will tell the truth, even if I don’t agree
87 Someone who will not raise the national debt
87 Someone who will unite the country
85 A person with experience cutting budgets
83 Someone who will restore relationships with longtime U.S. allies
83 Believer in small government
80 Someone who represents the future of the Republican Party
72 A person with deep knowledge of policy and politics
69 Christian conservative
64 Someone who respects decorum
http://cdn.cnn.com/cnn/2018/images/12/16...n.poll.pdf
pbrower2a Wrote:What Democrats want:
90% -- someone who will restore good relations with longtime US allies
90% -- someone with a strong moral compass
87% -- someone who understands policy and politics
89% -- someone who will unite the country
90% -- someone who respects decorum
93% -- someone who will tell the truth even if I don't agree
81% -- someone who represents the future of the Democratic party
1% -- don't know
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/...312541002/
Iowa Democrats clearly want someone as different from Donald Trump on substantive issues and personal character as is possible.
There is some common ground and it is in boldface. Percentages may differ significantly, as on decorum. R tastes in politics are clearly different even on issues not of policy. Of course, polarized as America is, words (think of 'freedom') may mean different things on opposite sides of the partisan rift. This said, "decorum" to a conservative Republican who is also a fundamentalist protestant may require that someone show respect for such bunkum as young-earth creationism.
Republicans may believe in more things that Democrats consider impossible or irrelevant. Integrity, competence, and decency matter. Republicans may be more intent on achieving a specific agenda and endorsing their identity, but this said, I doubt that Democrats endorse waste and graft. Republicans put less significance on decorum, but they think on the whole that it is a good idea. (Even Republicans believe that the President would fare better if he did not leak his spur-of-the-moment, unedited, abrasive tweets, which I did not show).
Again, this is a 4T, and a 4T can compel people to acquiesce with things that they find distasteful and counerintuitive, but necessary. Survival can be at stake for much more than a specific agenda -- like the country, the legal and political heritage, any possibility of prosperity and progress, the culture, and civilization itself.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.