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Political poison: Opposition to McCain shows how ideologues have distorted democracy in America
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| 2/10/08
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Posted on 02/10/2008 4:38:36 PM PST by pissant
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More scolding.....
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posted on
02/10/2008 4:38:40 PM PST
by
pissant
To: pissant
They prefer purity to practicality.
I absolutely prefer purity to practicality, principle to survival, and originality to imitation. Guess I'm pretty high on the ideologue scale.
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posted on
02/10/2008 4:41:35 PM PST
by
arderkrag
(Libertarian Nutcase (Political Compass Coordinates: 9.00, -2.62 - www.politicalcompass.org))
To: pissant
After Tuesdays primary and caucus results, McCain is virtually unstoppable
And his opponent is Shrillary or Barack Osama.
Who wants to come?
To: pissant
” They have convinced themselves that McCain is somehow not a conservative.”
He isn’t. Funny how the Republican party wants us to vote for whomever without any regard to their stand on the issues just because they are a Republican. I don’t vote for party over country.
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posted on
02/10/2008 4:42:23 PM PST
by
CodeToad
To: pissant
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posted on
02/10/2008 4:42:42 PM PST
by
FBD
("I am sure that Senator Clinton would make a good president," ~ John McCain on NBC's "Meet the Press)
To: pissant
It’s not democracy when only two or three states choose the Republican Presidential candidate. Money is determining the candidate...don’t know WHOSE money.
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posted on
02/10/2008 4:42:48 PM PST
by
madison10
To: pissant
I’m sure the dems would rally behind Zell Miller if he got nominated.
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posted on
02/10/2008 4:43:10 PM PST
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(Abortion is to family planning what bankruptcy is to financial planning.)
To: arderkrag
If we hadn’t insisted that every candidate be 100% pure, we might have a nominee who in the low 90s instead of the low 80s.
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posted on
02/10/2008 4:43:23 PM PST
by
Perdogg
(Vice President Richard B Cheney - A National Treasure)
To: pissant
Idiots, McCain’s current rating is in the low 60s.
At that rate, he’ll be more liberal than Hillary by the first year in office.
To: pissant
More proof that not all bloggers are thought-provoking or insightful.
To: G8 Diplomat
Who wants to come?How much are one-way tickets?
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posted on
02/10/2008 4:43:58 PM PST
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(Abortion is to family planning what bankruptcy is to financial planning.)
To: pissant
Republican donors support Giuliani
Somehow the word "purity" and McCain don't seem to belong in the same paragraph, let alone the same sentence. Something must be up, because the NeoCons sound very worried.
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posted on
02/10/2008 4:44:52 PM PST
by
farmer18th
(Conservatives who vote McCain are like abused dogs who keep licking their master's hand...)
To: pissant
Perhaps the American Conservative Union is not measuring conservatism correctly when they score Mr. McCain at 83%.
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posted on
02/10/2008 4:46:25 PM PST
by
Tymesup
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
$1099 and up. Better buy one now before McCain or Hillary take away your paycheck :)
To: Perdogg
No, if we had actually been insisting that, we would have got someone closer. Too many have signed onto this ridiculous loser rhetoric of “vote for someone who can beat X”, which is a losing strategy every time. ONLY positivity wins elections.
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posted on
02/10/2008 4:46:56 PM PST
by
arderkrag
(Libertarian Nutcase (Political Compass Coordinates: 9.00, -2.62 - www.politicalcompass.org))
To: pissant
Ivory tower critics condescending over conservatives because we consciously cannot support the GOP and their annoited MSM draftee.
Don’t be brainwashed into complying with their agenda. We can do better and we have the right to ask for better. I don’t care what McCain’s score is with some “rating by some alleged conservative pundit group.” That “score” does not reflect some seriously big issues. Big business is a traditional GOP supporter, and big business is also behind cheap immigrunt labor.
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posted on
02/10/2008 4:48:01 PM PST
by
o_zarkman44
(No Bull in 08!)
To: pissant
The left thinks conservatives should just eat the excrement sandwich served by John McCain and smile. I don't work that way. McCain isn't the nominee until the convention is over and he is selected. His nomination isn't cast in stone. In the interim, I'm going to be working to elect the most conservative Reps and Senators possible to hobble the likely leftist heading for the White House.
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posted on
02/10/2008 4:48:16 PM PST
by
Myrddin
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
Perfect , the dems would never stoop this low,as to try and force someone on you, you think cons are bad if this were happening on the other side, they would of destroyed them already
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posted on
02/10/2008 4:48:37 PM PST
by
Dano
To: pissant
It is all true, and I for one have said it all here...
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posted on
02/10/2008 4:48:52 PM PST
by
JasonC
To: pissant
When I saw the link “TimesOnLine”, I thought it was the UK paper.
Turns out this editorial is from the Beaver Newspapers in Pennsylvania!
I’m sure their editorials are very influential. *snicker*
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