There's nothing like a Lyon Super Liberal
Aug. 22nd, 2004 08:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
greybetaI've heard once that you can only make enemies by talking politics and religion. I had some good times yesterday, chatting with Jeremy Lyon. I remember him mostly from drama, since he took a few lead roles (specifically, Will in Oklahoma! and Count Van Trapp in The Sound of Music). These days he's studying European history at the liberal arts school of Carleton, the college in Minnesota that puts the liberal in liberal arts. They managed to brainwash him to work for the Kerry campaign in any case.
He's sort of an interesting character, and perhaps we would have become good friends if we hadn't chosen different spheres of influence. It's always nice to hear him spout his socialist ideals. Being dutiful to his campaign, he wondered how an intelligent person like me could vote for Bush. I mean, I couldn't be supporting him for his economic, foreign, or domestic policies. That's true, but I'm a social conservative and I know Bush is more likely to agree with me on those issues than Kerry. I know not everyone is going to agree with this, but I support a man who is willing to show his faith rather than hide it.
I was planning to write about my political views nearer to election time, but it seems to be hot enough of a topic now. I'm a moderate Republican, which means I understand both liberals and conservatives. Also, I'm not blinded to the flaws of either party. Yep, this seems to be yet another election in which America must decide between the lesser of two evils.
Despite the fact that I reason as a moderate, I pretty much vote a straight ticket. A Republican candidate would have to murder the Democratic candidate for me to switch votes (this actually happened in another state). I suspect this is due in large part to my parents voting straight Republican tickets because of their hatred of the Kennedys.
One thing about my fellow National Merit Finalist, Jeremy is the type to tell a lot of jokes so no one can know when he's telling the truth. In contrast, I'm the type to state a lot of truths so no one can know when I'm telling a joke.
He's sort of an interesting character, and perhaps we would have become good friends if we hadn't chosen different spheres of influence. It's always nice to hear him spout his socialist ideals. Being dutiful to his campaign, he wondered how an intelligent person like me could vote for Bush. I mean, I couldn't be supporting him for his economic, foreign, or domestic policies. That's true, but I'm a social conservative and I know Bush is more likely to agree with me on those issues than Kerry. I know not everyone is going to agree with this, but I support a man who is willing to show his faith rather than hide it.
I was planning to write about my political views nearer to election time, but it seems to be hot enough of a topic now. I'm a moderate Republican, which means I understand both liberals and conservatives. Also, I'm not blinded to the flaws of either party. Yep, this seems to be yet another election in which America must decide between the lesser of two evils.
Despite the fact that I reason as a moderate, I pretty much vote a straight ticket. A Republican candidate would have to murder the Democratic candidate for me to switch votes (this actually happened in another state). I suspect this is due in large part to my parents voting straight Republican tickets because of their hatred of the Kennedys.
One thing about my fellow National Merit Finalist, Jeremy is the type to tell a lot of jokes so no one can know when he's telling the truth. In contrast, I'm the type to state a lot of truths so no one can know when I'm telling a joke.
