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...thing five conservatives will be willing to do alone, it's hand it all over to the politicians, in Florida and in Washington (though most of Congress, especially Democrats from Bush states and Republicans from Gore states, cringe at the thought). It's federalist. It's non-interventionist. And it would give the Supreme Court - and possibly judiciaries everywhere - a very low profile indeed...
...advised attempts at "nation building" and says the bombing campaigns over Kosovo and Iraq were halfhearted. Though Bush does not advocate isolation from the world's conflicts - and stresses America's commitments to its European and Asian allies - his philosophy suggests he would be, at best, a reluctant interventionist. "We can't be all things to all people in the world," he said in the second debate. "I'm worried about overcommitting our military...
...seem to understand that Russia's reluctance to endorse Serbian President Vojislav Kostunica had encouraged former president Slobodan Milosevic to stay in power. In general, however, the candidates did use some choice phrases to reveal different philosophies of foreign affairs. In rough terms, Gore has supported the broader, more interventionist policy of the Clinton Administration, while Bush has favored a far narrower, almost isolationist approach...
...This way were the Buchananites, in the center's main hall, led by the former Nixon crony who rails against illegal immigrants, gays, affirmative action, free trade, abortion rights, interventionist foreign policy and the "judicial dictatorship in America." Buchanan's running mate: Ezola Foster, a former typing teacher and current John Birch Society member who may be the only African-American living in L.A. who supported LAPD officers Stacy Koons and Larry Powell when they were charged with violating Rodney King's civil rights by beating him to a pulp. And if that weren't disturbing enough, she looks like...
...realize that whenever someone mentions the words "equal distribution of wealth," communism inevitably comes to mind. There are many ways, however, that the country could seek to level the playing field without resorting to heavy-handed, interventionist behavior. Capitalism does not imply an unregulated economy. A simple raise of the federal income-tax on the highest tax bracket would take money from those who can spare it and funnel it into public programs that desperately need money. Instead, both Republicans and Democrats are advocating spending much of the budget surplus on tax cuts that largely benefit the country's wealthier...