This may be my very limited perspective on all this:
When it comes to the need to be personally accountable for what an individual should be accountable for - namely acknowledging responsibility for one and one's children's proper social upbringing and to be a contributor, not a liability to society, you'll find no stronger supporter than I, and believe it or not, I would venture that you'll find at least as many liberals who agree as conservatives.
I find myself offering little sympathy for those who perpetuate reliance on gov handouts and use their ethnicity or social background as an excuse, or those who drink, snort, or gamble their way into poverty.
The problem I see is this. My parents and I immigrated from the PRC 22 years ago, when I was 4. They were already in their 40s, and were not able to learn English very well. To this day my semi-retired father is making 7-8$ an hour and my mom is making 4. I'm making a good salary now but during the first couple years we were in this country, we were on food stamps. I don't know that I would be here today if it weren't for government social programs.
If I had to pick, I'd say I was religiously(Christian) and morally conservative, and socially liberal. Republicans don't reflect that in my opinion - the party originates from a very questionable and borderline racist history and their brand of conservatism hints of that white Prostestant constituency.
The point is, due to those suspicions and a general mistrust of Republicans, - every now and then one of them flashes their true colors, ala Trent Lott - I fear that those deserving and those not deserving, would be grouped together and marginalized.
When it comes to the need to be personally accountable for what an individual should be accountable for - namely acknowledging responsibility for one and one's children's proper social upbringing and to be a contributor, not a liability to society, you'll find no stronger supporter than I, and believe it or not, I would venture that you'll find at least as many liberals who agree as conservatives.
I find myself offering little sympathy for those who perpetuate reliance on gov handouts and use their ethnicity or social background as an excuse, or those who drink, snort, or gamble their way into poverty.
The problem I see is this. My parents and I immigrated from the PRC 22 years ago, when I was 4. They were already in their 40s, and were not able to learn English very well. To this day my semi-retired father is making 7-8$ an hour and my mom is making 4. I'm making a good salary now but during the first couple years we were in this country, we were on food stamps. I don't know that I would be here today if it weren't for government social programs.
If I had to pick, I'd say I was religiously(Christian) and morally conservative, and socially liberal. Republicans don't reflect that in my opinion - the party originates from a very questionable and borderline racist history and their brand of conservatism hints of that white Prostestant constituency.
The point is, due to those suspicions and a general mistrust of Republicans, - every now and then one of them flashes their true colors, ala Trent Lott - I fear that those deserving and those not deserving, would be grouped together and marginalized.
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