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I didn't accuse anyone specifically of being a Democrat, although you squealed when I charged that some here are Democrats (whose goal is to turn the fringe element further against the Republican Party).

If you don't think Democrats are posting here, pretending to be anti-Bush by posing as conservative purists, you haven't been paying attention.

I didn't accuse anyone specifically of being a Democrat,

You made some rather sweeping assertions about your opponents. Too many folks will make such generalizations about the other side - using "they" and "them" - but when confronted, they'll plead that they didn't target anyone in particular. Sorry, but that is no defense.

If you don't think Democrats are posting here, pretending to be anti-Bush by posing as conservative purists, you haven't been paying attention.

I've been here a long, long time and have smoked out more trolls than you'll ever know. The actual closet democrats usually lose it soon enough and out themselves with a little prodding.

But it's wrong to make claims that posters on the other side in a debate must be closet Democrats, especially when many of them have been here for years and have made many solid conservative postings. It just adds to incivility when people do that - would YOU like having your opinion on a subject being critiqued as that of a closet Democrat?