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To: supercat
The only way Republicans will stand up for the U.S. is if they believe that failure to do so will get them unelected. Openly advocating for the removal of Republicans who fail to stand up for the U.S. seems the best way to instill such belief.

Sure--in the primaries.

If you're advocating this in the general election, you're way off. Sometimes people forget that the rest of the world has a way of not getting our personal interpretations of our actions.

Anyone here who thinks that the Democrats taking over in 2006 will be read as ANYTHING other than proof that the Dems and their non-agenda are supported by the American people is either delusional or on something.

51 posted on 05/07/2006 7:15:31 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 (If you flame me I'll ignore you. Assume that to mean I think you're an idiot not worth my time.)
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To: Darkwolf377
If you're advocating this in the general election, you're way off. Sometimes people forget that the rest of the world has a way of not getting our personal interpretations of our actions.

If Republicans know that nothing they do between the primaries and the general will cause them to lose votes from their base, they will have no reason not to stab their base in the back.

Your argument is somewhat analagous to a scene in The Maltese Falcon. Sam Spade informed some other characters that since he was the only one who knew where the Falcon was, they'd never find it if they killed him. One of them suggested that it would nonetheless be wise for him not to incite them too much, lest they kill him anyway.

If Republicans know that they'll lose if they betray their base, they won't betray their base. But the only way they can know that is if the base is willing to punish them for betrayal.

53 posted on 05/07/2006 7:47:22 PM PDT by supercat (Sony delenda est.)
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