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“Oh sure, you’re a genius. That’s why you fail to understand Sowell’s main point, and thusly throw out a LIFETIME of the man’s record based on your interpretation. I don’t necessarily agree with his main point, but he does have one. The difference between you and me is that, for all my possible mental deficiencies, I’m still not dumb enough to throw around silly accusations of Thomas freaking Sowell being a RINO.”
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Mama always said “pay attention to detail”. I DID NOT ACCUSE Sowell of “being a RINO”—he frequently has opinions that are based on a conservative political principles.

What I DID SAY, in effect, is that Sowell has (in the linked article and for God knows what reasons) begun to carry the GOPe’s water for them as he unleashed HIS attacks and accusations against Ted Cruz. And he is using what have been, in essense, GOPe and “mainstream media” talking points in their war on the Tea Party and on Ted Cruz. Those who cannot recognize that MAY be mentally deficient-—or at least deluding themselves.

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What I DID SAY, in effect, is that Sowell has (in the linked article and for God knows what reasons) begun to carry the GOPe’s water for them as he unleashed HIS attacks and accusations against Ted Cruz. And he is using what have been, in essense, GOPe and “mainstream media” talking points in their war on the Tea Party and on Ted Cruz.

OK, I am corrected - you did not call Sowell a RINO, you merely accused him of using RINO talking points. However, there are a couple of things here:

1) I'll be damned if I've ever seen any RINO compare the current government or the rise ofthe Democrats to the rise of Naziism in Germany. In fact, if anything, that is the MOST un-RINO thing anyone can do. The McCains of the world are busy telling everybody that Obama is a wonderful guy. Additionally, Sowell is AGREEING with everything that the most hardcore of us conservatives INCLUDING Cruz, have been saying, to include that Obamacare is a huge threat to our freedom. Once again, ANTI-RINO

2) Sowell's ENTIRE point, that, as I said before, I don't necessarily agree with, is that Cruz's scorched earth policy could have exactly the opposite effect of his stated goals. While Sowell doesn't disagree with what Cruz is out there saying, Sowell is worried that Cruz's actions will actually help the Democrats (aka communist totalitarians) consolidate power before we can reform the Republicans to do anything about it. He says this explicitly. NOWHERE, at NO TIME, does Sowell defend RINOs, or defend the status quo. He is simply being a pragmatist. He wants the Dems out, he wantsthe Constitution restored, and he thinks Cruz's way might get in the way of that. The RINOs don't give two s***s about restoring Constitutional government.

The ONLY reason that I don't agree with Sowell here is because he is discounting one thing that Americans have that the pre-Nazi Germans didn't - a s***load of guns and (for many) the will to use them, and I WELCOME a civil war, if that's what it takes. Sowell appears to be thinking that if the communist Dems consolidate their power, it's over, whereas I think it is just beginning. But then again, I'm probably nuts.

Sowell may not have actually done much, in a physical sense, to direct this country, but in terms of his loyalty to American ideals and conservative principles, if you disparage Thomas Sowell, then as far as I'm concerned you might as well bbe taking a dump on George Washington.

Hopefully, that clears it up for you.