Posted on 04/12/2004 8:15:13 AM PDT by WinOne4TheGipper
If you thought there were some kooks on the right, you ain't seen nothing until you've visited this site. First, let me introduce myself. I am a conservative. What's more, I am a FReeper (screenname: WinOne4TheGipper). But I think conservatives, moderates and even sane liberals (if there are any left) can agree that this site is for the fringe leftists. These people claim compassion, yet they openly wished the worst on news of John Ashcroft's pancreatitis: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&a ddress=102x400872 Worse, WSJ's Best of the Web caught one thread on which an established DUer openly wished death upon our troops, just so Pres. Bush would get the blame (DU mods deserve credit for taking it down, but they waited way too long). The seething hatred for Pres. Bush becomes obvious from day one. It isn't reasonable. They hate his guts. They've never gotten over the 2000 elections, even after the Dem. party got it's rear handed to it in the 2002 midterms. DUers sometimes say that they would like to act more mature than FReepers. That is hard to do when, during quarterly fundraisers, they openly use graphics of Pres. Bush being punched in the face and Rush Limbaugh waiting for drugs to come his way. Reasonable people can have reasonable disagreements. I understand that. But these people are not reasonable. They are immature. These people need to grow up and act like reasonable adults, otherwhise they will lose their place at the political debate table. And that irks them to no end. That said, I highly reccommend DU, as it gives insight into the minds of the modern day liberal movement. Reviewer: William Metz
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