Thank you. I know you already know this, but it's not your opinion (or anyone else's here on FR) of whether I am "fringe" or not that matters in the long run. I thought I made that evident when I said, "Respectfully, it will be a very big mistake for those in the GWB reelection inner circle to fall for the line that it's "just a bunch of loud-mouthed fringers who are doing their usual whining" about GWB's performance on domestic issues," that started this whole line of discussion.
I am suggesting that you believe you are speaking for all conservatives... but unless you are tapped into what all conservatives are feeling, you can't possibly speak for them.
You can speak for yourself...but not for them.
Exactly. And I thought I made that clear in my earlier comment when I said, "What is most important, in my insignificant opinion, is that the values of the conservatives within the Republican party are not dismissed as "fringe," because that is not so.
I wonder how I might have made that more clear.
The surest way is by answering the posts in order instead of reposting from old posts that have nothing to do my post 269.
My post 269 was in answer to your post 266. In 266 you reposted your post 244, which contains the following paragraph:
What matters is that conservatives are increasingly disillusioned with Bush's performance on the domestic issues that we care about, and he may well lose the conservative vote in large enough numbers to bring a Democrat back into the White House. And we probably all agree that that would be a bad thing.
Hence my answer in post 269 which says…
I am suggesting that you believe you are speaking for all conservatives... but unless you are tapped into what all conservatives are feeling, you can't possibly speak for them. You can speak for yourself...but not for them.
Now, you bring in your red comment, which states…."What is most important, in my insignificant opinion, is that the values of the conservatives within the Republican party are not dismissed as "fringe," because that is not so.
Since I have not dismissed you as fringe and you have acknowledge that I have not dismissed you as fringe… Thank you. I know you already know this… (post 266) the rest of your post #277 has nothing to do with my answer…
To recap: In post 269, I said that you cannot speak for conservatives. In post 277, you correct me by stating: Exactly. And I thought I made that clear in my earlier comment when I said, "What is most important, in my insignificant opinion, is that the values of the conservatives within the Republican party are not dismissed as "fringe," because that is not so. Your insignificant opinion has to do with whether or not the Republican party dismisses the values of conservatives as fringe, which is not the topic of my post in 269.
There… I hope that cleared up the matter.