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To: Hoverbug
Well dear, your supposition was a pretty silly one. If we had to choose between an ULTRA-ULTRA-ULTRA Socialist and an ULTRA-ULTRA Socialist, then that would mean that the bulk of the electorate resides around those two extremes.... no matter how poor the ideology, they should win. Do you honestly feel that a teeny percentage of the voter pool should be able to overrule the rest of it and pull a coup?

Educate the voter pool, oh-confrontational-one, and then you can put forward candidates that will appeal to them. If we believe there are SHEEPLE who don't believe in our values, then it is our own fault they remain that way. Putting your efforts instead to attacking fellow right-wingers is tiresome and counterproductive.

77 posted on 12/07/2003 2:41:52 PM PST by Tamzee (Pennsylvanians for Bush! Join http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PA4BushCheney/)
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To: Tamsey
Well dear, your supposition was a pretty silly one. If we had to choose between an ULTRA-ULTRA-ULTRA Socialist and an ULTRA-ULTRA Socialist, then that would mean that the bulk of the electorate resides around those two extremes

Well dear, no it wasn't. Not if the electorate (such as yourself)who wants a conservative can be convinced that "a conservative just can't win" and therefore votes for the ULTRA ULTRA socialist in order to beat the 3xULTRA socialist.

But then, you've just pointed out another flaw in voting for the lesser of 2 evils. Whomever received the beneifit of being the lesser evil can point to his vote totals and say "I'm what the majority wants, and nobody wants conservatism" just as you did when you said it would mean the majority resides around those two extremes.

Do you believe for a minute that you were the first one to come up with the idea of voting for the lesser of two evils and that it's never been tried before? Those who have done it before you know it doesn't work.

Educate the voter pool, oh-confrontational-one, and then you can put forward candidates that will appeal to them.

Oh really? Do you know of any election in recent history where people voted for a different candidate other then the one that appealed to them because, instead of voting their convictions, they voted for someone other than their first choice because "a conservative just can't win" and their second choice was "the one most to the right who could win" over the guy they didn't want?

If you really are conservative, one day you'll realize that I am not your enemy.

Hb

79 posted on 12/07/2003 4:15:50 PM PST by Hoverbug
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