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Before anyone else does it, I'll post it.

jimmccleod signed up 2002-07-20.

Now that we have that out of the way, I've got something to say about this. I know "newbies" are supposed to be far less intelligent than those who have been signed up for at least a couple of years, but bear with me.

This sort of "idea" that persons who are registered as Democrats are evil is a dangerous and foolish concept. And it is dangerous and foolish for the conservative movement. Just think of the conservatives who have wives, husbands, fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, friends, etc, who are Democrats. Are they really supposed to believe that their family members or friends are actually evil?

Evil is a word you use for Satan, or Hitler, or Osama Bin Laden. Evil is used to describe a vicious serial killer not someone who decided to register to vote, and decided to register their party affiliation as Democrat instead of Republican. And evil is not used to describe your mother because she decided to vote for Clinton.

Unless Jim has a completely different meaning for the word evil, this just doesn't make sense. All this does is drive conservatives away. Conservatives who live in the real world, and realize that we are all Americans, even if we have different viewpoints politically, cannot, and will not believe this. Jim has just done a disservice to the word evil, by trivializing it's meaning. And ends up hurting the Conservative movement in the process.

Would we be better off if there were only Republicans and no Democrats? Of course not. We need opposing viewpoints. It keeps everyone honest. Remember, absolute power corrupts absolutely. No one, and that includes conservatives or Republicans, could govern without the opposition to keep them honest.

I realize that expressing such a strong opinion against the owner of the site is tantamount to committing "posting suicide" but I feel really strongly about it.

Jim has just done a disservice to the word evil, by trivializing it's meaning. And ends up hurting the Conservative movement in the process.

Free Republic is becoming as much an extremist fringe group as is Democratic Underground, courtesy of the Hyper-Republicans on board.

And we're becoming worse than the Clintonistas ever were!! Those idiots worshipped Clinton as if he were God on earth. How the hell can we say we're any different than they when the Bush-bots fawn and swoon at the feet of King Dubya? We poked so much fun at the Clintonites, and less than two years later we've become just like them.

Restore freedom in America: vote out the Republi-Crats!!!

Would we be better off if there were only Republicans and no Democrats? Of course not.

I am not a mind reader, so bear with me. Personally, I think Jim is refering to those who vote straight democrat tickets, no matter what the candidate's views are on any issue.

However, today's democrat is opposed to anything remotely suggested by a Republican, no matter if they happened to support the very same suggestion when a democrat held the presidency. Case in point, the overwhelming support of an attack on Saddam only four short years ago.

Another is liberal judges. I don't know about you, but I'm a little sick and tired of liberal judges ruling from the bench. They ignore laws on the books and interpert the law to suit their needs and desires.

I'd like to see some well qualified judges appointed who follow the law and not dismiss them because they followed it!

Good post. I wholeheartedly agree. There is nuance to the majority of issues; evil is a word I believe should be reserved for those who intend to harm others. Sure, I think liberals are misguided. But the majority are not evil - they simply haven't thought their policies through to their logical conclusion.

Perhaps a case could be made for the Democrat Party leaders, who use their agenda solely for power, IMHO.