Posted on 03/22/2010 9:20:02 AM PDT by AlanD
Meg Whitman's Republican rival calls her a liberal. He's not even close.
Political writers often describe her as moderate. That misses the mark too.
Supporting abortion rights -- even state funding of abortions for the poor -- doesn't automatically make her a moderate. Not when she's prepared to whack benefits for welfare moms -- slash almost any program -- to avoid raising taxes.
She opposes same-sex marriage but supports recognizing those unions allowed before Proposition 8 passed. That doesn't make her a moderate either. Not when she insists on eliminating 40,000 state jobs.
Whitman unquestionably is a fiscal conservative, despite the rhetoric of opponent Steve Poizner, who keeps moving right in a failed attempt to outflank her in the fight for the GOP gubernatorial nomination. The Field Poll last week found Whitman leading Poizner by an astounding 62% to 15% among Republican strong conservatives.
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That is the dumbest statement I've ever read on FR. Conservatives don't try to 'appear' moderate or liberal. It's not in our genes. We're conservative to the core and have no need or desire to appear as something we're not.
The fact you'd make such an ignorant statement is all we need to know about you. Get lost!
A sign-up date of 2/13/2010 yet you're telling TheOldLady she recommended voting for GWB who last ran for election in 2004? Methinks 'retread' is right. And I suspect a multiple one at that.
Let's start a contest. We'll all pick a former FReeper's screen name, then at 5:00 PM Central time today you'll tell us your last screen name. The one who guesses it gets a PJ-Comix Kewpie doll.
Excellent catch!
I believe it was you and wagglebee who first brought up the retread idea. That was in the back of my mind while reading his posts. You get the credit, not me.
Okay troll, let's just get this out in the open right now.
WHO did you support for the GOP nomination in 2000? Give us a name.
Nope, I think ansel12 had the troll pegged a couple weeks ago. This troll didn’t even show up on my radar until Sunday afternoon.
Still, well done. Especially this early in the morning.
It’s all good.
It’s amazing, isn’t it, how giving a little negative encouragement gets these trolls to out themselves. They think they’re more clever than we are and won’t stumble. HA! I can think of one other time, around early fall or so, when this happened to one of my favorite ZOTs. Perhaps...
Which one was that? Do you have a link?
Ah, the good old days... :)
Then kudos to ansel12. I was simply thinking of this thread...
It’s that first cup of Italian Roast that does it...
Coffee. Mmmmmmmmmmm.
There's another from around that time, but I didn't bookmark the thread.
Unfortunately I listened to you guys and voted for GWB, but I am not proud of it!, and will not trust another so-called conservative that you foist on us.
So, you were here as far back as 2000 (which is the year questioned) yet your sign-up date is 2/13/2010. Don't tell me you've lurked all that time. That won't fly. It's time to out yourself, or perhaps the Ad Mods can do it for us. Hmmmmmmmmm?
Commencing countdown to the claim of "I'm a long-time lurker" 10, 9, 8 ....
Good catch, bcsco.
My pick for latest retread name is Cedric.
Now try to answer the question that I actually asked and not the one you want to answer:
Who did you support for the GOP nomination in 2000?
and will not trust another so-called conservative that you foist on us.
Who WILL you trust? Feel free to search my posting history, you will find very little that would lead you to believe that I consider ANY of the Bushes to be conservatives and NOTHING to indicate it after 2005.
Interesting.
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