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To: lewisglad
2. Show that you are sympathetic to the liberal's goals.

What if I'm not?

2 posted on 05/26/2009 10:35:50 AM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (Spock didn't need a teleprompter)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

My thoughts exactly


5 posted on 05/26/2009 10:38:00 AM PDT by clamper1797 (FUBO ... protege of the unholy union of Karl Marx and affirmative action)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

Sincerity is most important.

Once you can fake that, you’ve got it made.


6 posted on 05/26/2009 10:38:09 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

When all else fails...revert to Mark Levin approach.


7 posted on 05/26/2009 10:38:21 AM PDT by Paratrooper
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

Me either. I don’t toss in any of my beliefs or principals to want them to like me. Too hell with them.


9 posted on 05/26/2009 10:39:12 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (Right wing military retiree. Proudly on DHLS hit list!!!!!)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
What if I'm not?

The gist I got from that point was that the lead-in is a straw dog. Like the example about universal health care. We know it's not wonderful or a cure for all ills. But using a starter like "Universal care might be great" is open to a variety of finishes that can define why it isn't. At least that's how I took this point.

For example, "Universal health care might be great, but it hasn't worked very well in Canada or England"...

12 posted on 05/26/2009 10:41:18 AM PDT by bcsco (I'm a Constitution defender!)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

I’m waiting for the government to socialize the court system and make all lawyers part of a state-run (state-paid) system. That should make them take a gasp at the thought of nationalizing anything ever again.


15 posted on 05/26/2009 10:43:23 AM PDT by Snapping Turtle (Slow down and get a grip!)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
What if I'm not?

But you are. The goals are generally good, the method is poison.

Do you want children to have a good education?

Of course you do, who doesn't want children to have a good education?

But the liberal method of ensuring children have a good education will simply ensure that no child has a good education.

31 posted on 05/26/2009 10:50:19 AM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
What if I'm not?

I had the same thought, but this is simply used as a ruse, an icebreaker to soften up the subject to further conversation.

40 posted on 05/26/2009 10:56:32 AM PDT by RepublitarianRoger2
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus; All

Use the islamicly approved “taghiyeh” or lying as an art to promote and protect your mindsets (theirs, religious, yours whatever you choose)


83 posted on 05/26/2009 1:28:01 PM PDT by FARS
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

Sympathetic doesn’t mean agreement with. We want to change their minds. We also have to keep in mind that we get farther with politeness rather than buying into their stereotype of what they think a conservative is. Think “big picture”.


86 posted on 05/26/2009 2:08:32 PM PDT by oneamericanvoice (Support freedom! Support the troops! Surrender is not an option!)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

[2. Show that you are sympathetic to the liberal’s goals.
What if I’m not? ]

It is actually a great way to devastate a liberal. You say something like: I hate global warming, THOUGH it is kind of scary that most of Earth history is glacial.

Agree while disagreeing.
It throws them off guard.


90 posted on 05/26/2009 4:20:06 PM PDT by FastCoyote (I am intolerant of the intolerable.)
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