Recently, former First Lady, Laura Bush, came out with a touching memoir about her childhood, her life as a mom and her political experiences. During her interview rounds to promote the book, Laura Bush mentioned on Larry King Live that she was pro-choice and agreed in the rights for homosexuals to marry. This revelation created a firestorm (for about 24 hrs) as pundits, feminists, and the ladies of “The View” discussed what this could mean. Was she mad at her husband for his beliefs? Would she do a “No H8” photo session like Cindy McCain? Does this mean the GOP is changing its stance on these issues? I believe the answer to those questions is NO!
Mary Matalin and James Carville have been happily married for years. Mary is a staunch conservative who worked in the Bush White House and James is a well known Democratic strategist and CNN contributor. They have agreed to not talk about politics in front of their children and never appear on radio or TV together in debate form.
Barbara Bush famously disagreed with her husband on political issues and they’re still happily married.
During the 2008 presidential campaign, most of the population became aware of the different political views between the GOP Candidate and his daughter. We also knew (at least anyone who reads blogs and newspapers) that his wife did not agree with him on every single issue. Senator McCain himself was not the most conservative candidate either when it came to his views on immigration, campaign finance reform, and his inability to address the radical ties President Obama had to domestic terrorists.
All in all, these people do not represent the GOP. Read the party platform. Sure, there are many within the party who have differing points of view and that’s totally fine. We should dialogue, debate and accept those people. But, that does not mean that we need to accept what they stand for.
Often, the Republican Party tends to ostracize those who do not talk like us, look like us, or act like us. In order to move beyond our stereotype, we must accept each others’ view, culture, religion, and life issues. To accept them does not mean we are endorsing their views.
In many metropolitan cities there are voters who are “socially liberal and fiscally conservative.” I work with many of them. They don’t care about the right to life like we do, but they care about national security like we do. Let’s all work together on national security and strongly disagree on life issues then.
As long as the Republican Party stands strong on its principles, we can have level headed constituents who might agree with Megan McCain, but who overall care about the direction of this country.
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Why when Republicans differ, there is problem in the party? But when Democrats don’t agree, they are “tolerant” or “normal” or have a “big tent”. So glad you addressed this maturely! It needs to be repeated often, esp this year
Why when Republicans differ, there is problem in the party? But when Democrats don’t agree, they are “tolerant” or “normal” or have a “big tent”. So glad you addressed this maturely! It needs to be repeated often, esp this year
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Why when Republicans differ, there is problem in the party? But when Democrats don’t agree, they are “tolerant” or “normal” or have a “big tent”. So glad you addressed this maturely! It needs to be repeated often, esp this year +1
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