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I'm a Republican with somewhat libertarian leanings. I still just don't think the best and brightest at leading the country or its states will necessarily be from celebrity. I don't think Arnold would be any better than Barbra Streisand. And she's a twit. Schwarzenegger also has this kind of milquetoast mindset. I think he's afraid to offend people. But to take a stand for anything, one has to be willing to.
Personally, as far as gays' rights are concerned, as long as no one group gets special preferential status, it's cool. But I do think Affirmative Action is a clever euphamism for Racism With A Social Conscience (TM). It's still racial and two wrongs don't make a right. What would be more effective would be to more vigorously prosecute cases of institutional racism where it still lingers in this country.
Sometimes I forget, living in New Mexico, that the rest of the country still has neighborhoods , though rare, that blacks and hispanics are not welcome in. Here's the only preference I advise: Total exemption of inheritance taxes for persons of underpriveleged minority status, and a 60% reduction of income taxes for the bottom 30% of ALL income earners. A total exemption of federal income taxes for members of minority groups who come from poverty status in return for a secondary graduate degree. Get a masters, get no income taxes during school and five years after. That ought to level it out.
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