[Finny]

Hit a nerve of consciousness, did I? It's revealing that you are only able to perceive my anger as "talking points" and hate. I guess you think I'm supposed to be understanding and tolerant towards so-called "conservatives" who in the name of "principle" ruin chances for making real if small inroads against Liberals in a state that doesnt have much room to get worse.

Their actions don't reflect principle, they reflect pride -- the thing that goeth before a fall, remember?

[calcowgirl]

I guess you think I'm supposed to be understanding and tolerant towards so-called "conservatives" who in the name of "principle" ruin chances for making real if small inroads against Liberals in a state that doesnt have much room to get worse.

What is telling is absense of "anger" toward those taking real actions to advance liberalism--more spending; more borrowing; more gun bans; more pro-homosexual legislation; 25 million acre land grabs; more environmental regulation; minimum wage hikes; government subsidies for stem-cell research, solar roofs, hydrogen highways; government babysitting; more leftist judges; a Sacramento executive suite packed with lifelong democrat activists.

The "principles" that you mock happen to be those outlined in the platform of the Republican party. I would certainly be tolerant, and supportive, of a Governor who supported just 75% of that platform. Unfortunately, the record shows that we are getting much, much, less.