We all make mistakes.
Agreed, Gator - and a good response to a completely unhelpful, snarky, holier-than-thou comment.
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Yes, true, and I admire anybody who looks their mistakes in the eye and admits them. That takes character and guts, excellent values that if one doesn't exhibit all the time (me), one can at least strive to! Kudos to you.
The thing to do with mistakes is to learn from them, and then apply what you've learned. That's what I try to do with them, and it's kinda one of the things I like about Gingrich, having perused his election website. On Education alone, compared it to Santorum, Gingrich's position is one to inspire real optimism.
Godspeed Newt Gingrich.
That’s true. We all do make mistakes. The question is, why do some choose to believe the worst about a person as their first reflex? And don’t misunderstand. This isn’t personally directed at you. It’s just a curiosity to me. I’ve done it too. There arises a situation, and two or more ways of understanding it are on the table. Some people will always pick the one that is most disparaging of another’s character. Some will err on the other side, never questioning whether a person has done right. Both responses are defective. But the left (and others) relies on those responses. They are why negative campaigns work. So is it just human nature? Will it always be this way? Or is there a way for us to get better at this? I don’t know.