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In reply to the discussion: I'm an Obama supporter because the alternative is not an option.... [View all]cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)18. There are two ways to view "warts and all"
I might love my friend despite his having warts, and the warts might not bother me so much because my overall feeling is friendship, but I would not go to the extreme of rationalizing that warts are good in and of themselves.
In political terms, I would be friend supporter, not a wart supporter.
(My analogy breaks down in that I would not feel a basic responsibility as a citizen to always be yelling at him that warts suck. That would be mean. But my conception of democracy does not requiring shielding the feelings of the world's most powerful person, and my friend's warts wouldn't affect millions of people.)
I don't understand anyone who wouldn't vote for him. I also don't understand people who think he has done an excellent job.
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...and we'd cease to live, meaning that breathing is the only option we have.
Tiggeroshii
Jan 2012
#24
He had large appetites and also was craving for feelings of wanting to be loved...
WCGreen
Jan 2012
#10
The four alternatives we saw debating in SC tonight definitely aren't acceptable options.
highplainsdem
Jan 2012
#28
Clinton's actual biggest problem was embracing absurd economic policy. Ironically, the source
TheKentuckian
Jan 2012
#40