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Thread #53325   Message #820167
Posted By: NicoleC
06-Nov-02 - 02:46 PM
Thread Name: BS: Dems Beaten by the Better Man
Subject: RE: BS: Dems Beaten by the Better Man
Well, Jimmy, I was raised to respect the office, but that doesn't mean the individual. A snake is a snake, whether they get elected or not. I'm not going to kiss a snakes butt and mindlessly repect them just because they managed to buy themselves a job.

But I respect the office, and that means I'm not likely to lead an armed revolt to oust a legitimately elected official anytime soon.

I agree that words like "enemies" when referring to your political opponents are inappropriate. So is "winning."

GUEST -- I wonder how many of those folks actually read the book "Compassionate Conservativism." (That Dubya says he agrees 100% with.) It's proposes that poor people are poor because they don't pray enough, sick people are sick because God is punishing them, and that the solution to society's ills is to go to church more. If a man is hungry, you don't give him food OR teach him to fish -- you teach him to pray.

The last time western society have that attitude, they were still drowning women for the sin of murdering their babies when they miscarried.