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Originally Posted by CRad
Figure the odds on a woman or African-American being conservative.
While we are at it - what does being a conservative mean to you? Economic Conservative? Social, Cultural? What?
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Odds: While I can't be scientific about this...
There's me...
and a whole lot of my female friends. And I've got a couple close black and hispanic female friends too - who incidentally are voting for McCain.
But since I know you are talking more INFLUENTIAL people - I'll just name the ones that come to my head real quick -
Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Karen Hughes, Condolezza Rice (black and female), Margaret Thatcher, Sandra Day O'Conner (moderate, but I'll take her), Peggy Noonan, Elizabeth Dole, (I'll ignore all the talking heads named Laura), Lisa Murkowski.
I know there are more - but these are the ones that hit my head first. I realize it doesn't seem like there are more female conservatives... but I think it's more a matter of the circles you run in. In my circles - my friends are 85% conservative, but I love my liberal friends too.
I can't talk with as much education about the minority population as I am not part of that population, but one of my best friends is black - and I can assure you that she and her family are all voting Republican and have for as long as she can remember. She went to that high school in Mississippi that just had it's first integrated prom last year. She and her husband may be an anomoly simply because of their surroundings - he is an Army officer. I don't know for sure. But that's what and who they are and I can't speak for them except to say that she's a black conservative (who incidentially gets really ticked if you call her an African-American).
I also can't speak for JC Watts, Colin Powell (moderate, but we'll take him), Clarence Thomas, Alan Keyes - but they are all black and Republican. As far as other minorities are concerned (hispanic, asian, etc) I know there are a number of them also - in fact in any given southwest/west State (Texas, AZ, CA) you can probably find a few "minority" Republican members of Congress.
As for me and what I am as far as a conservative...
I'm just about an everything conservative. I'm a strict constructionalist (to the point where I think the feds should stay out of the schools COMPLETELY), I'm a social conservative, I'm a fiscal conservative (and I'm not happy AT ALL with the games we're playing right now in DC), I'm not totally sure what you mean in the cultural sense but I do believe that we should have one language in this country and while we should embrace our heritage and ancestry, I'm not a "Euro-American" - I'm just an American, and I'm a speak softy but carry a big-fat-sticker (and use it when necessary).