On Nov 10, 10:22 pm, Joe Bruno <
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> On Nov 10, 3:56 pm, Just Wondering <
fmh...@comcast.net> wrote:
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> > On 11/10/2011 4:07 PM, sully wrote:
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> > > On Nov 10, 3:05 pm, Dakota<ma...@NOSPAMmail.com> wrote:
> > >> On 11/10/2011 2:43 PM, sully wrote:
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> > >>> On Nov 9, 12:55 pm, Just Wondering<
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> > >>>> On 11/9/2011 1:16 PM, Davej wrote:
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> > >>>>> On Nov 9, 10:48 am, Joe Bruno<
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> > >>>>>> On Nov 9, 8:37 am, Davej<
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> > >>>>>>> On Nov 9, 9:48 am, Joe Bruno<
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> > >>>>>>>>> Apparently it's *not* too late. Even rank-and-file Republican
> > >>>>>>>>> voters have rejected some of the most extreme Republican laws
> > >>>>>>>>> in yesterday's elections.
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> > >>>>>>>> I don't agree with everything on the GOP agenda, but as a whole, it
> > >>>>>>>> beats the Dem agenda.
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> > >>>>>>> Yeah, we'll just take your word for it.
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> > >>>>>> I'm not asking anyone to agree with me.
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> > >>>>> Oh yes, the hypothetical evil Dem agenda. Just what is that?
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> > >>>> Would someone please provide a side-by-side, factual, objective
> > >>>> (stripped of partisan rhetoric and opinions) comparison of the Demo and
> > >>>> Repub agendas? Not the parties' political platforms, but provable facts
> > >>>> about things elected officials from the two parties have actually done
> > >>>> (or tried to do) in office during the last four years?
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> > >>> how would you decide what is factual, JW?
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> > >>> For example, if one of my list of the Democtratic Agenda was
> > >>> to try to fix the Health Care system, and listed the bill
> > >>> passed, how they got some Repubs to vote for it, etc,
> > >>> a typical right wing response to that FACT is the following:
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> > >>> "The Health Care Bill's goal was not about trying to fix a broken
> > >>> health care system, it's goal was to have government take over
> > >>> all of our lives".
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> > >>> This, of course, is a lie, but it prompts my question.
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> > >>> When I try to get facts, I try to go to journalistic sources,
> > >>> read science, economic reports from gov't agencies, etc.
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> > >>> I look at things differently. I look at what solutions are best
> > >>> for our country (in my opinion) and vote for who would
> > >>> be more likely to accomplish those things.
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> > >> That's your problem, then. Trusted sources include only Rush Limbaugh,
> > >> Glenn Beck, Fox News Channel, World Net Daily, and the Holy Bible. :)
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> > > boss tells me I got to get my mind right....
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> > > I think that's the answer, soak it in stupid.
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> > These responses to my post are a microcosm of the problem. Dems,
> > Repubs, left wingers, right wingers, liberals, conservatives, it makes
> > no difference. Each side castigates the other based on their own biased
> > viewpoints. It becomes impossible to shovel all the bullshit aside to
> > discover the actual facts.
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> The only way to find out what a candidate stands for is to look up his
> voting record.
> He will vote for what he believes in.
Money.