Reason why I am not a Neo-Republican

[ShapeShifter]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/uclicktext/20040408/cm_ucac/deliverusfromdemocrats

Stuff like this makes me want to throw up.

I have again and again asked that what this country needs is Unity and not partisan rhetoric B.S. We have to find a middle ground.

[ShapeShifter]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/uclicktext/20040408/cm_ucac/deliverusfromdemocrats

Stuff like this makes me want to throw up.

I have again and again asked that what this country needs is Unity and not partisan rhetoric B.S. We have to find a middle ground.

You call that partisan rhetoric? You obviously haven't been in the United States since the primaries started.

Both party play partisan rhetoric is what you are trying to say. Stop speaking in double speak.

The extreme Neo-Conservatives agenda and way of tactic is obvious, in your face.

You want to keep play politics with people's life, go ahead. I just know, again and again, Unity is greatly needed. This country is split 50-50

[ShapeShifter]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/uclicktext/20040408/cm_ucac/deliverusfromdemocrats

Stuff like this makes me want to throw up.

I have again and again asked that what this country needs is Unity and not partisan rhetoric B.S. We have to find a middle ground.

You call that partisan rhetoric? You obviously haven't been in the United States since the primaries started.

Both party play partisan rhetoric is what you are trying to say. Stop speaking in double speak.

The extreme Neo-Conservatives agenda and way of tactic is obvious, in your face.

You want to keep play politics with people's life, go ahead. I just know, again and again, Unity is greatly needed. This country is split 50-50

Double speak? What the  are you talking about? The Democrats have done a lot more to divide this country than the Republicans

The blame game only makes this country more divided.

[ShapeShifter]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/uclicktext/20040408/cm_ucac/deliverusfromdemocrats

Stuff like this makes me want to throw up.

I have again and again asked that what this country needs is Unity and not partisan rhetoric B.S. We have to find a middle ground.

You call that partisan rhetoric? You obviously haven't been in the United States since the primaries started.

Both party play partisan rhetoric is what you are trying to say. Stop speaking in double speak.

The extreme Neo-Conservatives agenda and way of tactic is obvious, in your face.

You want to keep play politics with people's life, go ahead. I just know, again and again, Unity is greatly needed. This country is split 50-50

Double speak? What the  are you talking about? The Democrats have done a lot more to divide this country than the Republicans

The blame game only makes this country more divided.

Who is blaming whom in the political arena at the moment?

Both!

And also, it is called AN ELECTION

I am sure you heard about those right?

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I'm sorry that in your insignifigant world the Democrats do no wrong. It's both, as long as it's not the Dems right? The vile sh*t coming out of the liberal spin machine is a lot worse than what the Republicans are dishing out. Nobody on the conservative side is saying they hate John Kerry. We don't make personal attacks against him. We don't call him evil. The Republicans have surprisingly kept it to the issues in this election, I just wish the Democrats would do the same.

your partisan is so wired into your mind, you don't even notice it.

[ShapeShifter]

Ann Coulter seems to say a lot of things for effect.  She is half comedian and half political commentator.  I can see the way she half-smiles when she says things that she finds them amusing.

She is definitely preaching to the converted.  I find that she oversimplifies things and sometimes overstates her case, but some of what she says is true and needs to be said.

Elections are not about unity, and a democracy will never have true unity.  There will always be issues that divide people.  I wish we had better unity on the foreign threats that we face, but disunity on domestic issues is unavoidable and even healthy.

I sometimes think about how close our elections are, even the "landslides."  A vote of 60% is considered a landslide, but that still leaves a sizeable number of people voting for the other side, and presumably unhappy with the elected leader.  Only in dictatorships with fake elections will the results so heavily favor one side.

Dazzleman, Thanks for your insight. I really enjoyed it.

[ShapeShifter]

Dazzleman, Thanks for your insight. I really enjoyed it.

I'm glad to help.

I actually find Ann Coulter pretty funny, even if some of what she says goes too far.  Sometimes, I laugh out loud when I read her columns.  I love her line about how there hasn't been a documented rabbit attack against a US citizen since Carter left office.

I remember the infamous "rabbit attack" on Carter, and how he was ridiculed for it.  He was already considered a weak president, and now he couldn't even fight off a rabbit, and animal not known for attacking humans!  It was a defining moment for Carter, if unfairly so.  Of course his problems as president had nothing to do with the rabbit attack, but it was symbolic for a lot of people.  If he couldn't defend himself against a usually docile animal, how could he protect us from the Russians and against Iranian terrorism.  The answer is that he couldn't.

I don't take Ann Coulter too seriously though.  As I said, she is at least half an entertainer as opposed to a serious commentator, and she is looking for attention.

Rabbit attack. That was before my days but I never heard of it. It surely sounds strange.

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They hate Bush but are usually unable to really explain why.  In some ways, it's like the Republican hatred for Clinton.

This is a prime example that BOTH parties do the same nasty rhetoric partisan crap.

I do not hate Bush. Hate is such a strong word. I just disagree with his policy.

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Last November I was looking at an online article on the Gallup website and it said that the vast majority of Americans (80% I think) don't know who Ann Coulter is. She had a favorable rating of about 12% and her unfavorable rating was slightly lower. I am trying to get the article but they won't let me see it unless I sign up for a membership...Well, I'll just go by the article description. Rush had a 51% disapproval rating compared to 34% approval and Al Franken numbers were almost as bad and probably would have been worse if more people would have known who he was. I did buy Al Franken's book attacking Rush when it first came out (which wasn't that funny) and then Al turned into the left version of Rush...not what this country needs right now and I will never again give one cent of my money to anyone who gets rich by exploiting political differences. Certainly they have their choir that they preach to but I will not be one of them. I can make up my own mind.

Exactly. The exploitation of political differences has been down right nasty on BOTH side.