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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Jeff--show me any 5 page article and I'll fine the "gotcha" error.  Please, you're smarter than that--there were some very good points in the story.

As a fiscally-conservative Dem I dunno for whom I'm voting.   Our party fell in love with a good looking smart and inspirational rookie.  Silly then and silly now.

While I loathe 1 issue voters (s/o to you, vagina lady) on balance I figure if we're broke there's no money for anything else on anyone's agenda, so I tilt to there.  I also figure both sides play to the wingnuts in each party (plenty of them around here) and look for who, behind closed doors, will cut a deal and get some movement..and play some hardball to do so.

Reading this board helps.  It's like taking the NEA endorsement flyer into the voting booth and voting down the line--the other way.

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Anonymous, since we are on a first name basis and all, you can show me any 5 page article you want. However, if you introduce that by saying "He's correct on all points, don't complain when I point out a major error. Obviously, this author was not correct on all points. Moreover, far from that being a "gotcha", this is a pretty major issue. The author was dishonest and displayed an amazing lack of integrity. If he did that relative to Obamacare, what else was he similarly wrong about?

Also, both sides don't play to the fringes of their parties. Obama's spokesman once said progressives needed to be drug tested. Rahm said we were "fucking retards". Obama never even allowed single-payer supporters a seat at the table of his famous healthcare summit. When MoveOn.org held a contest an an unknown individual submitted an entry that compared Bush to Hitler, the Congress passed a resolution condemning MoveOn.org. Hillary Clinton voted in favor of it.  This is not playing to the left. This is treating them with disdain. On the Republican side, the lunatics set the agenda. Sure, Akin is getting a lot of condemnation for his remarks about "legitimate rape". But, the Republican's VP choice co-sponsored a bill with Akin attempting to redefine rape as "forcible rape". Coincidentally, Akin said today that he meant to say "forcible rape" instead of "legitimate rape". Where is the criticism of Ryan from Republicans for co-sponsoring such a bill? Do any Republicans think Ryan needs to be drug tested?

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hmm..either I have an instantly-recognizable writing style or you're using admin privileges to identify my messages.  I hope the former.

in order:

"introduce that by saying "He's correct on all points,"  please re-read my post.  I did not say that.  You should know, by now, that I'm able to see both sides of an argument, albeit I weight them differently.  apology accepted!

"amazing lack of integrity...dishonest"  my, you DO live in a binary world.  I simply think he made some good points..no more no less.

on dems and hc---I largely agree and think our current situation is not a function of bad policy work but of horrible politics and since politics is a full-contact sport and you know the other side tackles hard and plays dirty in the huddle, I sure wish dems had done a better job here.  single pay?  no point in hand wringing here..was it napoleon who said something like "I need to see where my troops are going so I can lead them?"

re: akin and some ryan co-sponsored bill--c'mon you know better.  I don't know akin, whether he's a newbie tea party 1 termer, but with 535 of these characters in town you get some putz's..both sides.  and we can find embarrassing co-sponsorships a'plenty all around.

maybe our chief difference is that my favorite political writer was Mencken.  i think both sides are 40% hot air, 40% panderers hustling for the next vote, and maybe 20% (generously) statesmen and leaders looking ahead and not at polls.

oh..and I do think that you should be posting in this forum anonymously, not as administrator.  that's a separate thread and I'm surely not the first to so propose but you've decided otherwise. your site. your prerogative.

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