Younger members split with GOP on social issues http://news.yahoo.com/younger-members-split-gop-social-issues-150151163.html At a recent meeting, the Tampa Bay Young Republicans recited the Pledge of Allegiance, prayed and then tackled the night's topic: marijuana. Their guest? Personal injury lawyer John Morgan, a huge Democratic Party donor campaigning to legalize medical marijuana in Florida. Months earlier, the same group supported a Supreme Court opinion that was a victory for gay marriage advocates even as Republican leaders insisted marriage should be between only a man and a woman. The group illustrates a growing generational divide in the GOP as younger Republicans increasingly break rank from the establishment on social issues. In Alabama, a college Republican group leader was nearly kicked out of the party for supporting gay marriage. The successful push to legalize gay marriage in Minnesota was backed by several prominent younger Republicans. And in Colorado, the spokesman for a group that pushed to legalize marijuana was a Republican activist. Perhaps only in opposing abortion are most young Republicans nationally as conservative socially as older members. "We've grown up in a time where everything's much more open. We want to talk about more things," Tampa Bay Young Republicans president Anibal Cabrera said. "We're willing to listen to the other point of view. We're willing to have an opposite opinion." Whether the split on social issues forces the GOP to change its platform or risk alienating younger voters probably won't be answered until after the 2016 presidential election, said Matthew Corrigan, a University of North Florida political science professor. He said one thing to watch is support for Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, the son of former Texas Rep. Ron Paul, who is mixing a libertarian message with a more moderate outreach to Republicans. "It's unsettled," Corrigan said. "If the nominee of the Republican Party signals less of an emphasis on social issues than in years past, that leaves an opening for these young Republicans who may have more libertarian leanings, but there's a lot of seniors within the party that I don't think are ready to give up on those positions." (More at above url)
What a load of crap, there isnt a single issue where you arent cheer leading for obama and the liberals, the left has gone just as far to their side of the aisle as the right has in recent years, that is why there is no agreement. You are a left wing schill, who gets his liberal ideas straight from the party, right down to your talking points.
I would also note the "extreme right" wants smaller govt. Classic liberals are libertarian and are now considered extreme right. (ronald reagan spoke of the democrat party changing not him.) The democrats / progressives went pre fascist. now who is more dangerous.. a classical liberal (todays extreme right) or someone progressing towards fascism (today's democrat drone) .
It's pretty funny that in jem's fevered mind that the extreme right are classical liberals and that the extreme left are fascists. Only in jem's mind is this possible. LOL
It is possible that your voting reflects that you are an independent. All I have to go on is how you behave on this board. So there are only two possibilities from what I can gather based on your board commentary: 1. You are a moderate liberal, no where near the center and you are lying about your voting record. 2. You are telling the truth about your voting record, and you are on this forum to troll for negative responses. Fiscally, I am far right. Socially, I am moderately left. I am a Libertarian. Your persona on this board is left on both fronts. Whether that accurate reflects how you are in real life or whether you're just trolling here, only you know for sure.