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gulliver

(13,142 posts)
6. I'm glad you're not offended, but...
Sat Mar 24, 2012, 10:03 AM
Mar 2012

I would certainly hope a Republican would not take my post as a compliment. They aren't all complete idiots. I think some are just normal people who stick with their party mainly because that is the party they and their friends have always been in. Couple that with the fact that most people don't have time in their lives to research issues and there you have it, perfectly good people associating themselves with a core philosophy that a monkey would be ashamed of.

I was almost offended by your calling my logic twisted and comparing it to the "work" of Karl Rove. I actually don't intentionally lie like the ethically damaged Mr. Rove and his many imitators on the right. I hope you will explain what it is about what I am saying that you find twisted or untrue. The great thing about attacking Republicanism is that the truth is so lopsidedly on the side of the attacker.

Rove is funny and emblematic of the Republican predicament I am trying to highlight. Republicans find themselves needing to resort to ever more serious and self-damning lies, and Mr. Rove is a key figure in that. When Republicans begin to see how low they have brought themselves, they are not going to be happy with Mr. Rove,

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