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I am currently in the military and I am a moderate democrat. That means that I am pro-military, but I am also for gay marriage. I am for tax increases for the top 5% of income earners, and I am for raising the FICA tax limit from 90,000 dollars to one million dollars. I am against privatizing social security, and I am for increased spending on education. I am also for increasing the minimum requirements on the gas mileage of cars, and for federal spending to help build the infrastructure for hydrogen cars. But, I am also for temporarily drilling in Alaska and buying oil that is made of coal that is mined from Canada so that we aren't buying oil from Arab countries who want to sponsor terrorists. I am also for raising the minumum wage.

My e-mail is jpwhite@okstatealumni.org and I have a myspace at www.myspace.com/jamespwhite. A friend of mine challenged me to come on this web page because he said that the democratic party as a whole was too liberal and that I don't really fit in with the dems. Is this true? Would you disagree with me so much that you would actually tell me to switch to being a republican? I believe that the Democratic party is more tolerant and that there is room for me, but I wanted to see the response to this post and see what happens.

Be fair and be honest on how you really feel. It won't hurt my feelings. I just want to see if I am right or if my conservative friend is right.

James
jpwhite@okstatealumni.org