| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Abortion
Gary Bauer: Would counsel raped family members against abortion.
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Civil Rights
Alan Keyes: Signed pledge to reinstitute ban on gays in military.
George W. Bush: Leave decisions on flying Confederate flag to the states.
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Crime
Gary Bauer: Miranda rights not as important as victim rights.
Orrin Hatch: Appointing conservative judges is more critical than Miranda.
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Foreign Policy
Gary Bauer: Panama Canal: Keep US in; keep China Out.
George W. Bush: Honor Panama Canal treaty, but keep canal open.
John McCain: Concern over Chechnya spreads to Caucasus oil reserves.
Steve Forbes: Chechnya war & Yeltsin’s resignation are election ploys.
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Free Trade
Alan Keyes: Banks and American clout should help farmers.
Gary Bauer: Revoke China’s MFN & help US farmers.
George W. Bush: Sow free trade and farmers will reap.
John McCain: Substitute trade treaties for protectionism.
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Government Reform
John McCain: Campaign reform that’s best for country, not for GOP.
Orrin Hatch: McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform is unconstitutional.
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Health Care
Steve Forbes: Solve health care affordability with choice.
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Homeland Security
John McCain: Accepts gays in military under current policy.
John McCain: Military’s political leaders need military backgrounds.
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Jobs
Steve Forbes: Farmers need policy reform.
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Tax Reform
George W. Bush: Put surplus into people’s pockets, not Washington’s pockets.
John McCain: Don’t promise tax cuts from future surpluses we may not have.
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Technology
Alan Keyes: Abolish the income tax and eventually tax the Internet.
Gary Bauer: Keep Internet tax-free; lower taxes for Main Street too.
George W. Bush: Internet may or may not help mom & pop - wait & see.
John McCain: Internet tax ban saved consumers $600M this Xmas.
Orrin Hatch: Internet will not replace touching in stores.
Steve Forbes: Internet tax ban fosters growth.
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