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To: My2Cents
Ditto. Here's my opinion, for what it's worth. Criticize Bush if you like, but if you claim you aren't going to vote for him, then turn in your FR card and go home.
601 posted on 01/22/2004 9:59:58 AM PST by zook
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To: zook
...turn in your FR card and go home.

Bull. This a forum to discuss, among other things, ideas. Just because Dubya is the lesser of 2 evils doesn't mean a FReeper should quit the forum for not voting for him.
709 posted on 01/22/2004 10:37:12 AM PST by BJClinton (Vote Democrat, it's easier than thinking.)
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To: zook
Criticize Bush if you like, but if you claim you aren't going to vote for him, then turn in your FR card and go home.

Precisely. This needs to be pounded home on every naysaying thread that pops its head up on FR. Frankly, considering the pragmatic conservatism of Jim Rob and the folks who oversee this site, I wouldn't be surprised if they start banning some of the more obstreperous Bush-bashers, or at least start pulling posts. I mean, how many times a day does a post need to go up criticizing Bush's immigration proposal, for example. It's the same old arguments, the same old posters, the same old stridency, the same old negativity, the same old venom. Why is it allowed? Nothing new has been said by the Bashers in weeks. At some point (and I think we've passed the point), all of the objections to Bush have been said, and it simply becomes counterproductive to allow them to continue to spew on this site.

On the other hand, a post like this one highlights Bush's conservative values for all to see. In the face of this information, for the bashers to continue to argue that "Bush isn't conservative," rather than the more reasonable position that "he isn't as conservative as I'd like him to be," is frankly, idiotic, or worse. I question their motives.

712 posted on 01/22/2004 10:39:08 AM PST by My2Cents ("Failure is not an option.")
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