"These days faggot means homosexual."
You are wrong. It *can* mean that you are saying that a man suffers from same-sex attraction disorder, or it can mean that he is effiminate and resembles a SSAD victim.
"I am happy to agree to disagree, but I refuse to argue with someone who makes unfounded, libelous accusations. Lies don't belong in debates."
You are making unfounded, libelous accusations by calling Annie arrogant, and saying that she insults candidates only for the purpose of drawing attention to herself.
I won't accuse you of lying, because if a person believes what he says to be true he's not lying, even if what he says is not true.
"I simply don't think you win votes by"
And once again, you are wrong. Today's mainstream demonrats belong to what was called "the lunatic fringe" when JFK was elected. Over the ensuing decades, the lunatic fringe has grown in influence to the point that they can win about half the popular vote (less fraud, of course). They did that by employing the tactics that you think don't work--and worse.
The demonrats act the way they do because those are successful strategies over the long term. Republicans can prattle about "civility" all they want; demonrats are playing hardball, and playing to win.
William Ralph Inge D.D. (1860-1951) said, “It is useless for sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion.”
It can also be said that “It is useless for decent people to pass resolutions in favor of civility while demonrat scum remain of a different opinion.”
"I'm extremely conservative."
Still, you need to read the left's treatises on winning. You don't seem to understand the prosecution of the battle over vocabulary.
I also don't believe "we" have to make unfounded accusations with our "words." There's plenty of dirt on a guy like Edwards without having to stoop to that.
And you know, if I thought someone had a same sex attraction but wasn't acting on it, I might actually have compassion on that issue - I wouldn't call him a faggot. Your attempts to "explain" Ann's remark is pathetic. So tha's a good reason to call someone a faggot? geesh And since we don't know have one iota of proof that John Edwards is a practicing homosexual, it's just a damn lie! That kind of joke is sick, but Ann knew what she was doing. She's not a stupid fool, even if I do think she's arrogant.
Oh, and if you don't see the difference between calling someone arrogant and calling someone a faggot, you need to think about it.