[Sabertooth]

Please post the rest of the sentence (the stuff that ellipsis takes the place of) then we will know who the they are and what has been said about them.

Are you saying that the ellipses distorted the meaning of the quote?

Do you have another version of it, without the ellipses?

[carton253]

Yes... exactly. The ellipsis do distort the quote because it leaves the they in the first part of the quote undefined. It allows the reader to determine who the they are... in your case it was 20-25% of the Republican party who are rightwing crazies.

That is spin.

I don't have the rest of the quote.

What I said to you is that you have good, strong reasons for not wanting to vote for Arnold. You have uncompromisingly presented them on other threads.

To use this half-quote with out context against Arnold is cheap... and it is spin.

Now, if you have the part of the quote the ellipsis hides... and it confirms your take on the quote... by all means print it.

By right now... you have reached a conclusion and have charged Arnold with insulting 20-25% of the Republican party (not just here, but on other threads too). When I read the quote... I don't find an insult but a defense of Republicans against the perception that we are all right-wing crazies.