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To: Petronski

Obviously, that just proves that Ron Paul is a traitor who has been feeding info to Osama bin Laden.

Seriously, I would guess that Paul was trying to get at the concept of “loyal opposition”. I think he might have thought that the Democrats would be antagonistic to a Republican administration and more relevant information would be learned and released. Some people are so quick to scream “traitor” or “nutbag” that they just don’t stop to think.

I’ve even stated above why I think he’s wrong. It’s just that I don’t believe that having an opinion on foreign policy that differs with GWB makes one a traitor or a “nutcase”.

I also remember a time when conservatives said things like “I love my country, but I fear my government.” I guess now the “conservative” saying around here is “I believe the government completely when our guys have the presidency”.


139 posted on 08/05/2007 8:04:47 PM PDT by MichiganConservative (Step 1: Grind up baby. Step 2: smear on stretch marks. Step 3: two problems solved! Be happy!)
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To: MichiganConservative
I also remember a time when conservatives said things like “I love my country, but I fear my government.” I guess now the “conservative” saying around here is “I believe the government completely when our guys have the presidency”.

I'm guessing that Lon Horiuchi would have served either a Democrat or Republican president with equal dedication and efficiency. But then, that's just a guess.

148 posted on 08/05/2007 8:15:48 PM PDT by Oberon (What does it take to make government shrink?)
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To: MichiganConservative
I also remember a time when conservatives said things like “I love my country, but I fear my government.” I guess now the “conservative” saying around here is “I believe the government completely when our guys have the presidency”.

Many of them are the same ones who will wail if a Dim wins the White House and they realize that all that power they allowed the feds to accumulate under Bush-era big-government policy will become Hitlery's new arsenal against us and the country.

I wonder what they'll say when Hitlery, following Bill's lead, put our soldiers under the U.N.'s blue helmet and sends them off to die in some new nationbuilding quest that will be another Kosovo. Will they then be glad that they've set the stage for such abuses of our military?
152 posted on 08/05/2007 8:19:34 PM PDT by George W. Bush (Rudy: tough on terror, scared of Iowa, wets himself over YouTube)
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