He signed up here today and got the shock of his life.
Who? Omaha Steve?
However, let's just remember that the Democratic Underground people could do the same thing to many of us.
I think anything I've said here on Free Republic would be viewed as middle-of-the-road moderate conservative positions in my circles, but out-of-context stuff can always be twisted.
I can respect an honest liberal. I've got a big problem with a union official who was “told (he) need(s) a more neutral car to win the election to city council next year. Last look” and then took off a lot of left-wing bumper stickers.
If you believe something, have the courage of your convictions to say it if you're going to ask people to vote for you.
We now have a president who managed to make Hillary Clinton and John Edwards look moderate. Obviously open-and-out liberalism can win elections — motivating the base can open checkbooks and energize volunteers.
Too bad it's the Democrats and not the Republicans who learned that lesson the best.