Replies

I can just imagine the kinds of political opinions a "soccermom" might have held when she was 21 like Karsten is. Actually, this soccermom was probably at her most conservative when she was 21. Well, I would say I'm just as conservative now -- just not gung-ho reactionary the way I was back then. I understand your point that people can change ---- but that many times in 3 years?

"And yet, he does articulate a good small-government, liberty, sound-economy agenda. He is, in fact, delightfully typical of our younger RP supporters, excited by a message that we once heard from Ronald Reagan and Newt Gingrich and from the great Austrian economists." First of all, I would disagree that RP has the same message as Reagan or Gingrich. Second, Karsten may be articulating those principles here. but that is not the message he was proposing to take to Moveon.org. The fact is, he advocated trolling for Moveon.org moonbats and he advised people to bring the anti-war material. (I didn't see him anxious to spread the small government principles over at the Moveon.org rally.) If he were the idealistic, enthusiastic kid you seem to think he is, he wouldn't be selective about his message and his audience. His are the actions of a cynical, manipulative Paul operative.

Just yesterday, you and EEE were whining that this thread was sooooooooo unfair because it was guilt-by-association. This guy doesn't represent Ron Paul etc. Then he comes on here, schmoozes a little with the conservative line, makes his Moveon.org stuff disappear and we're supposed to all buy into the RP is a conservative sales pitch? "But our message is a classic conservative Republican message of liberty and small-government. Exactly as Kirsten and his Meetup comrade, theoreticalgirl, have shown in their posts here." LOL! And is that the same "message" he trots out at the Moveon.org events? Not according to what he posted! Sorry, you can't have it both ways. If RP activists are going to recruit at moonbat events, you can't turn around and whine when we link RP to moonbats.

Actually, this soccermom was probably at her most conservative when she was 21. Well, I would say I'm just as conservative now -- just not gung-ho reactionary the way I was back then. I understand your point that people can change ---- but that many times in 3 years?

Sometimes creative folks with strong mental abilities have a certain impatience for results. And in 2004, Karsten was only 18. I would guess he switched parties a few times for special elections, etc. where party affiliation didn't mean much, especially in Kali. But that's his business. This website would be pretty empty if we demanded absolute lifetime conservative consistency from our members. In fact, since our forum's owner is a former Democrat, he's have to ban himself first. Now, that just wouldn't work, would it?

Well, I could type a bunch more but you know what follows that argument. So you may as well just agree with me and save us both some time and keystrokes. LOL.

Just yesterday, you and EEE were whining that this thread was sooooooooo unfair because it was guilt-by-association.

Maybe EEE. I don't think I used a guilt-by-association argument, not a favorite of mine generally.

"But our message is a classic conservative Republican message of liberty and small-government. Exactly as Kirsten and his Meetup comrade, theoreticalgirl, have shown in their posts here."

I just love quoting you quoting me. Call it a weakness.

If RP activists are going to recruit at moonbat events, you can't turn around and whine when we link RP to moonbats.

Why don't we wait and see their after-action report and photos? Isn't the proof in the pudding?

You know, our mods have let people on this board recently that actually advocate full-blown socialism. They're blatant about it, I kept suggesting they go to a liberal forum for people like them, not mean, just obviously they had no clue what a conservative or even a Republican is. EEE has seen some of this stuff too. Nothing about our two new RP supporters even comes close to some of the other stuff that has gone unchallenged here at the forum in recent months.