[Torie]

Being anti drug legalization is evidence of being a Neo-con? Keyes is a Neo-Con? Resisting giving slave states a free exit to succor their peculiar institution is being Neo-Con? Is there anyone from this rag who isn't a kook?

[Ohioan]

Keyes is a genuine Conservative. The term "Neo-Con" is one that should be dropped. It is often used to refer to those who do not seek to conserve, but would moderate the attack upon some of our traditions. It is a philosophically confusing term.

I wish that some of the posters here would pursue the historical debates with less venom. I agree that they are important; that they have implications for the present. But we are more allied on present issues than these debates often suggest. We need to work together, where possible, to recapture the common aspects of our heritages.

Having said all of that, I feel that Keyes is seriously wrong in supporting Federal attempts to intervene in Oregon on questions that are clearly within the traditional State Police Powers. If Oregon wants to allow physician assisted suicide, what possible business is that of anyone outside of Oregon? This sort of interventionist approach embarrasses Conservatives in academic debates, and loses us the potential support of those who have not yet made real commitments.

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