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msmcghee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-17-04 12:18 PM
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19. The problem is . .
. . that it probably will be. Just as it has in the past.

That's the problem with adopting the position that your side is right - therefore whatever you do to make sure your side wins is OK.

Once you take the first step down that road, the other side has to adopt a similar view or lose. Which is what the left has been, and still is, so reluctant to do.

That's what Bartcop rages about every day - the Dems inability to take off the gloves.

It's like a fight on the playground. You gotta do everything you can to avoid it. But once that line is crossed, you better not pull any punches.

Punches shouldn't be part of a democratic process. But once they start flying, you better make them count - or get used to being a permanently marginalized, abused and despised minority.
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