interesting how this thread has accumlated so many thoughts so quickly ... all I can say for sure is; ISSUES DON"T DEFINE US!

DougR defines himself as a conservative, and seems to believe very much as I do on the issues he listed (but I am not a member of the Republican party)... BillD defines himself as a Liberal, and seems to believe very much as I do on the issues he listed (but we may differ on gun control. If the labels we apply to ourselves and others are appropriate; how is this so?