What you just said would be a seriously get you seriously banned not all that long ago. Amazing how this place changes with the wind.
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Saying anything good about Mitt Romney was a “sin”, before the nomination, any thing bad was a “sin.” After he lost, it was open season on him again. Almost the same with John McCain.
How about “Magnificent Bastard” Carl Rove, later to become just another regular bastard or Ann Coulter? George and George W.?
There is quite a list.
The worst is all the purges over them. Stuff that got TONS of people banned is basically de facto ok after a short time.