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What I have come to understand from this exchange is that I believe that convictions matter, you don't.

I don't have a college degree, only a HS GED diploma. I try to express my ideas and beliefs as best I can, w/o attempting to use trite expressions to express myself. Moreover, English is not my mother language. You have aright to express yourself as you wish and that does not make you a bad person.

I acknowledge that my remarks may have been insulting and I, hereby, apologize.

What I have come to understand from this exchange is that I believe that convictions matter, you don't.

Don't be such a dolt. "Dog Gone" has convictions. What he is expressing is that convictions are NOT ENOUGH.

Say for example the folks who fought the American Revolution had no guns, and instead attempted to engage in hand-to-hand combat against the heavily armed British troops. Would we be praising them today for their convictions? Of course not. We would be cursing them for being so damn stupid---while we were busy singing "God Save The Queen."

Convictions HAVE to be backed up by reasonably sound STRATEGY for achieving them. This is something the Constitution party most certainly does NOT have. And without sound strategy, convictions are WORTHLESS.

Wake up and smell the coffee... and help us move the Republicans to the right.

Where in the heck did I say that convictions don't matter? It's just flat out weird that you would level that accusation in a post where you apologize for insulting me.

I will try to explain my position one last time without using analogies or any fancy or trite expressions.

The Constitution Party is certainly free to express political opinions. I happen to agree with many of them. Some I do not. Many of the opinions they speak about are shared by other conservative parties, including the Republicans.

If the Constitution Party wants to be heard, they must do something other than running one candidate for President every four years. If they really have important ideas that other parties will not adopt, then they need to field candidates at all levels, especially for state legislative slots.

If all the Constitution Party has to offer is great ideas, then they are no different than conservative columnists. If they want to be a political party that makes a difference with great ideas, they have to do something entirely different than they are doing now.

But thank you for your apology, and I assure you it wasn't really necessary. It's nothing in comparison to what I've received over the years. Once I was accused of being an al-Qaida terrorist, and I have to admit that one really raised my blood pressure.