Throw in Hubert Humphrey, who was a strong supporter of gun rights.
There is no such thing.
Except that it isn’t.
Nothing you’d like to hear.
Brian Schweitzer is a strong supporter of gun rights yet also a progressive Democrat.
Such as…?
Vietnam? Cuban Missile Crisis? His non-action on civil rights? There is zero chance Kennedy would be a viable candidate for left wing Democrats today…he was way too much of a war hawk for them.
Both parties have shifted.
Later on, Barry Goldwater was a supporter of abortion rights and gay rights. (This was his libertarian side showing, not necessarily so much any liberal side. Where is Rand Paul these days?)
From his Wiki page:
Huh? JFK was relatively low key on Vietnam. And could you find me some mainstream liberals who oppose his actions in the Missile Crisis? The main objection was that he gave away missiles in Turkey (hardly an objection on the left.)
I’m not sure I’d call him more hawkish than Hillary.
BTW he did plenty of action on civil rights. Wallace, James Meredith, sending in the National Guard. He didn’t get civil rights passed, it took LBJ’s legislative genius to do that.
I don’t think too many Democrats even objected to his tax cuts.
Paul is a good example. In a less rigid Republican party, he’d be allowed to be more of a libertarian.
The question is, is Romney a more or less liberal Republican who lied about his position when running for president, or a conservative Republican who lied about his position when running for governor?
Dude, Bob Dole’s run for the presidency was twenty years ago. He’s not exactly a “these days” Republican.
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
"required employers to attest to their employees’ immigration status;
made it illegal to hire or recruit undocumented immigrants knowingly;
legalized certain seasonal agricultural undocumented immigrants, and;
legalized undocumented immigrants who entered the United States before January 1, 1982 and had resided there continuously with the penalty of a fine, back taxes due, and admission of guilt; candidates were required to prove that they were not guilty of crimes, that they were in the country before January 1, 1982, and that they possessed minimal knowledge about U.S. history, government, and the English language.
At the time, the Immigration and Naturalization Service estimated that about four million undocumented immigrants would apply for legal status through the act and that roughly half of them would be eligible.[2]"
Reagan was the most protectionist president since Hoover. I’d think this would be awkward for the free trade rhetoric. Then again, it didn’t seem to cause much of a problem at the time, so maybe not.
Pulled out after the Beirut barracks bombing. Or, to put it in modern chest beating rhetoric, he cut and run, emboldened our enemies, and dishonored the memory of hundreds of dead service members.
He didn’t always wear a flag pin.
Assuming that Reagan’s views moved roughly in tandem with the rest of the country, a lot of today’s Republicans would be quite disappointed with where he wound up on gay rights.
Reagan would be primar-ied by a Sarah Palin endorsed Teanut
Yes, this is one that immediately springs to mind. It sure worked out great, and kept us from having our illegal immigrant problem getting worse.
He is the only president in history to have ever been a union boss.
Fought the Second Amendment for Black Panthers with the Mulford Act.
Hollywood Elite…whatever the fuck that was ever supposed to mean.
:eek: Oh, no, you did NOT…
As Dole himself found out recently. I still remember that many republicans had told him that they were going to support legislation that he and many did support, but the politics of the extreme right got in the way.
As he said in a recent celebration of legislation that passed when a more reasonable congress was active then:
Or a crass opportunist willing to try to “brand his image” to fit whatever goal he wanted, in contempt of the intelligence of the people.
I don’t think anyone knows what Romney’s principles are, other than his massive sense of privilege. Or if he even comprehends the concept of standing for something bigger than oneself.