Where do you think Reagan got the idea of lowering marginal tax rates? (i.e. supply side economics?). The roots of it began with JFK who was arguably the last Democrat president to lower marginal tax rates AND who also believed (like Reagan) in the concept of peace through strength – an advocate of a strong military.
JFK today would’ve been in the conservative camp… on fiscal and military matters at least.

77. McCoy was a southerner, so he was most likely a conservative democrat.

I’m not a canon zealot but technically it was never made official that Saavik was half Romulan. Having said that, regardless of what species Kirstie Alley was attempting to portray, she was terrible!

However–with the exception of this thread–I have never seen a political discussion on TrekMovie.com that has not spun horribly out of control into rage, hatred, baseless insults, bans, protests, and all sorts of similar bad stuff. All it does is get people really, really angry–myself included. Political discussion, like all things, has its time and place, and my opinion is that its place is not TrekMovie.com.

Finally: happy birthday, Zach Quinto! You’re 31!

But, so far, no one’s beaten anyone else’s head in on this thread, so no complaints.

For the record, I thought the note in the article that Nimoy was an Obama supporter was perfectly legitimate, given the context. It’s just when politics get into threads that I get nervous.

I’ve read what people have said about how McCoy represents conservatism, Spock liberalism, and Kirk made a compromising (but wise decision). I am not sure if I agree. For one, I don’t think that liberalism or conservatism is logical or illogical. If anything, they can both be logical as an extension of core principles.

An example– if you think Big Government is inefficient, then conservatism can be very logical (working towards smaller government) but if as a conservative you spend more, then you are an illogical conservative (Big Spending GW Bush). And examples can be made of logical or illogical liberalism.

I think most people get all fired up because they don’t recognize that people are honestly following their principles and instead think that they are being evil for evils sake since they don’t agree. The evil ones are those who have principles but reject them for personal expediency. And we see those on the left and right.

I think at 77, Mr. Nimoy has certainly earned a right to speak his mind politically… heck, we all have… if you disgree with him, fine… as do I for anyone who feels they have the right to tell someone to keep quiet on any issue.

Polite informed public discourse is the only way we can solve issues… when people or governments get too secretive or comative, we have… um, well ,we have pretty much what we do in Washington, DC, these days.

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Kirk a conservative? I think not. He struck me as being modeled after John F. Kennedy. “Kirk-unit” was definitely a product of his time (and I mean the 1960s). but then that is just my opinion for what it’s worth.