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From: Savageduck on 28 Jun 2010 23:51 On 2010-06-28 20:17:23 -0700, tony cooper <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> said: > On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:06:35 -0400, Robert Coe <bob(a)1776.COM> wrote: > >> I have been a registered Republican since 1958. > > I'm just a newcomer to politics, then, I registered as a Republican in > May, 1959. For several years I even voted Republican. > > I am still a registered Republican, but it's been years since I've > voted for a Republican for national or state office. (I sometimes > vote for a Republican for local office) > > I remain registered as a Republican to be a "spoiler" in the > Republican primary. I believe that the biggest danger to this country > is the Christian Conservative, so I vote for the opponent of anyone > who is endorsed by the Christian Coalition. > > Remaining a registered Republican is also a bit fun at times. I get > telephone calls near the elections from campaign workers for > Republican candidates. They start out assuming, because I'm a > registered Republican, that I'm on their side. The conversation goes > downhill - for them - very quickly. Shamefully I confess, the last Republican I voted for was Nixon. ....and after discounting his criminal psychosis, compared to todays batch of GOP candidates, he wasn't half bad. Today I am decidedly anti-GOP. I prefer not to waste my time with those calls. During the election season my answering machine message goes something like this; "You have reached 123-4567. If you know my cell phone number give that a try. If not leave a message and I will get back to you as soon as possible." For the most part their robot chooses not to talk to my robot. I have avoided many "Meg Whitman for governor" calls doing that. -- Regards, Savageduck
From: tony cooper on 29 Jun 2010 00:13 On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:51:57 -0700, Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote: >On 2010-06-28 20:17:23 -0700, tony cooper <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> said: > >> On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:06:35 -0400, Robert Coe <bob(a)1776.COM> wrote: >> >>> I have been a registered Republican since 1958. >> >> I'm just a newcomer to politics, then, I registered as a Republican in >> May, 1959. For several years I even voted Republican. >> >> I am still a registered Republican, but it's been years since I've >> voted for a Republican for national or state office. (I sometimes >> vote for a Republican for local office) >> >> I remain registered as a Republican to be a "spoiler" in the >> Republican primary. I believe that the biggest danger to this country >> is the Christian Conservative, so I vote for the opponent of anyone >> who is endorsed by the Christian Coalition. >> >> Remaining a registered Republican is also a bit fun at times. I get >> telephone calls near the elections from campaign workers for >> Republican candidates. They start out assuming, because I'm a >> registered Republican, that I'm on their side. The conversation goes >> downhill - for them - very quickly. > > >Shamefully I confess, the last Republican I voted for was Nixon. >...and after discounting his criminal psychosis, compared to todays >batch of GOP candidates, he wasn't half bad. > >Today I am decidedly anti-GOP. > >I prefer not to waste my time with those calls. During the election >season my answering machine message goes something like this; >"You have reached 123-4567. If you know my cell phone number give that >a try. If not leave a message and I will get back to you as soon as >possible." >For the most part their robot chooses not to talk to my robot. I have >avoided many "Meg Whitman for governor" calls doing that. A candidate for Seminole (Florida) County Commission knocked on my door Sunday. He offered a broad (but smarmy) smile, a firm handshake, and a brochure. The front page of the brochure says he's a Republican. That's OK, the Democrats are mostly disorganized in this area, and the Republicans do offer some good local candidates. I let him pass on that. I read his brochure while he was standing there. The inside front cover starts out "As a conservative Republican...". I started shaking my head "no" at that point. The second page lists some organizations he's affiliated with. I told him that his participation in a "faith-based" leadership group was a mark against him in my book. Also the listing of where he's an active member of a particular church and a volunteer organizer of the National Day of Prayer Breakfast. He asked me what I had against religion. I told him that I had nothing against religion, but that I don't feel that religion should be a part of politics, and by making his religiousness bullet points he was telling me that he intended to bring his religious views with him into office. He seemed like a nice enough guy, but he'd never make it as a Mormon or a JW. He gave up too easily. He slunk away quietly. -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
From: Jane Galt on 29 Jun 2010 00:53 Robert Coe <bob(a)1776.COM> wrote : >: >: What would it have to do with demographics? > > Most people on Usenet are a good bit younger than I am. > >: Are you, or not? > > I have been a registered Republican since 1958. > >: And who cares? "Republicrat" is a meaningless term because it's not >: objectively defined. You could be a conservative or a leninist and >: still be under the "big tent" of that undefined party. > > I'm a Barry Goldwater Republican. (You've heard of him?) Which means I'm > to the left of virtually everybody in the party today. Of course, my grandma voted for him. But he was true libertarian leaning, not socialist leaning. "Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take away everything you have.� -Barry Goldwater This Cicero quote was what lost him the election, wasnt it?: "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice; moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue." - Marcus Tullius Cicero What an "extremist" think to say! And he liked the Constitution! Horrors! -- - Jane Galt
From: Paul Heslop on 29 Jun 2010 05:25 tony cooper wrote: > > On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:31:08 -0500, Jane Galt <Jane_G(a)gulch.xyz> > wrote: > > >Paul Heslop <paul.heslop(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote : > > > >> Jane Galt wrote: > >>> > >>> Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote : > >>> > >>> >> Glenn Beck? The presence of "Beck" and "thinks" in the same sentence > >>> >> is oxymoronic. > >>> > > >>> > I should have said, deluded into pontificating. > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > >>> http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2541446/posts > >>> > >>> THE ANATOMY OF A SMEAR: > >>> How the Left is fighting to silence Glenn Beck > >>> ... > >>> > >>> Fascinating article, describes these guys to a T. > >> > >> I bet you hate Michael Moore > > > >You win that bet. > > You don't have to be a right-winger to dislike Michael Moore. I think > he's a fraud. Like Beck, Hannity, Limbaugh, and the rest of the > radical fringe, Moore presents selected bits that support his > positions. Moore's a radical, but at the opposite end of the spectrum > from the others mentioned. oh yeah, I take much of what he says with a pinch of salt. I don't think he lies, as such, but has a very narrow field of view. But then he is in the entertainment business where fox 'news' is supposedly a news channel. -- Paul (we break easy) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/
From: DanP on 29 Jun 2010 07:38
On Jun 29, 2:30 am, Jane Galt <Jan...(a)gulch.xyz> wrote: > Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote : > > > Why would I profess any personal agenda in a photo newsgroup? I can > > shine a light on stupid rationalizing from time to time. Sometimes that > > light falls on me, sometimes someone else. > > PLONK too. > > -- > - Jane Galt Please plonk the whole group. DanP |