CISPA Passes in the House - Full Roll Call

Re:CISPA Passes in the House - Full Roll Call by rory096 on Thursday April 18, 2013 @04:27PM (#5572872)

I disagree with this. Closer to Democrats than what? Republicans view their party as an amalgamation of a number of distinct ideologies. To say that any given one is "closer to Democrats" means nothing except in respect to your own vantage point within the coalition. When your average Republican hears "libertarian" he's much more likely to think "Ron Paul," with all the connotations that includes, than "Democrat."

(Source: Until recently I served on the State Central Committee of a major swing state's GOP.)

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Re:CISPA Passes in the House - Full Roll Call by TallGuyShort on Thursday April 18, 2013 @05:06PM (#5573097)

Fair point. My statement was based on the typical experience I have where my republican friends see me (a libertarian) as the pro-marijuana, anti-war, pro-gay-marriage guy, and my democrat friends see me as the anti-tax, anti-welfare guy. They tend to (quite naturally) see the philosophical differences between themselves and equate me with their primary opposition.

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Re:CISPA Passes in the House - Full Roll Call by homosaur on Thursday April 18, 2013 @04:46PM (#5572973)

Closer to Democrats than your average "modern" Republican who believes in morals-based law, huge military, aggressive military actions, continuation of victimless crime, etc. It's the mouth breathing idiot Republicans that only listen to Rush Limbaugh and such. They view anyone who is their enemy as affiliated with "liberals," whatever that means, not the ones that actually have a clue about government.

That might not be the majority but it's certainly the loudest group.

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