[Melinda]

“he and his daughter are useful idiots of the drive-by media, in so much as their continual bashing of conservatives is used by the media to attack and to discredit conservatism.”

Yes, and so are people who comment on this forum, as often seen during the last election cycle. That is my point. OUR words are used by them also, which is precisely why people should take care with how they express their thoughts.

[rabscuttle385]

Yes, and so are people who comment on this forum, as often seen during the last election cycle. That is my point. OUR words are used by them also, which is precisely why people should take care with how they express their thoughts.

As I understand things, most Freepers are your everyday, garden-variety citizen. I certainly am. And, as such, we are as much entitled to express ourselves, within the bounds of the law, as any of the ordinary, garden-variety citizens on the left.

McCain, on the other hand, is a public figure. (There is a major difference between a public figure and a garden-variety conservative.) As a result, either he should get in line or get the hell out. The same goes for his daughter too, since by virtue of her family name, she has gained public figure status.

[calcowgirl]

people should take care with how they express their thoughts

You mean like calling everyone children, or vituperative and emotional, and equating them to Democrats, whether responsive to those you post to or not?

Yeah... you take care now.