Democrat with spine leading in Montana

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Wow. Jon Tester never ceases to amaze me. Simply put he makes me proud to be a Democrat and proud to be an American.

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Well, as Democrat, he has my full support even though I'd doubt very much that I'd oppose the Patriot Act

Dave

No offense Dave but why are you a Democrat exactly? Economic issuses? Family tradition? Just wondering. You don't have to answer if you don't want to.

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Well, as Democrat, he has my full support even though I'd doubt very much that I'd oppose the Patriot Act

Dave

No offense Dave but why are you a Democrat exactly? Economic issuses? Family tradition? Just wondering. You don't have to answer if you don't want to.

Well, I'm not actually American but, being a member of the UK Labour Party, I identify with the Democratic Party more than I ever could the GOP. So, for the most part, it is economic issues. It's part family tradition, too, my family has roots in Georgia - though I suspect my kin were very different Democrats from what I am. This partially explains my general interest in American politics

I'm closer to the GOP on defense and national security; indeed, I'm probably the most 'hawkish' member within the ranks of my local Constituency Labour Party

On 'hot-button' issues, I'm fairly mixed (on some issues, like the death penalty, I'm left and on others, like abortion, I lean right) but these carry little to no saliency in the UK, which is, thankfully, a good thing

Dazzleman has defined me as a 1940s Democrat , which I'd say is reasonably accurate

Dave

Cool. Thanks for the info.

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Jon Tester has been saying what everyone should have always been saying. He has got to be the best candidate this cycle. He will be the coolest person in the Senate.

To be nonpartisan, Harold Ford Jr. and Michael Steele are definetly better challengers, when you can't fire back on Conrad Burn's mouth, you are a bad challenger.

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The Patriot Act is a complete and utter abomination. Can we say 1984?

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Are they making that into a movie now again?

I hope not.

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The Patriot Act is a complete and utter abomination. Can we say 1984?

Do you have any idea what the sections of the bill not pertaining to the increased police and surveillence powers do?

In my opinion the agenda of the Democrats should be introduce a bill that would repeal the provisions that were supposed to "sunset," while keeping the bill as a whole intact.

Thats your opinion. I want the whole thing erased (pun intended).

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Well, as Democrat, he has my full support even though I'd doubt very much that I'd oppose the Patriot Act

Dave

Of course you wouldn't.  Nor the Iraq war.  Nor just about everything that makes someone a Democrat.  Why you still think you are a Democrat and not a Bush-Republican is beyond me.

Economic issues and family tradition. I actually asked him why once.