Mathbud1
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Blatant deflection noted.
I'll assume you're admitting I'm right. Why so defensive then?
And oh, by the way, I think we should add two personal marginal tax rates at 44.9% and 49.9% (see, I'm not afraid to get specific), and I agree with the Tea Party on very few topics.
Did you think you "had" me there?
Do you think you could be more wrong?
Partisan ideologues are just too freakin' easy.
Speaking of "brainwashed".
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You are the biggest liar on this board. You feign non partisanship, then you ALWAYS side with the right, IMMEDIATELY, without hesitation.
I see.
What are my positions on foreign policy, war, personal income taxation (see above, maybe?), gay rights, abortion and health care, all of which I have discussed thoroughly on this board?
Your partisan ideology has blinded you. Absolutely blinded you.
Not my problem.
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It's getting old. You keep spouting the same BS, Yet on every thread you ALWAYS side with the right, IMMEDIATELY, without hesitation.
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It is a lot tougher being a liberal. We actually THINK. It would be so much easier to be a right wing pea brain.
ALL our problems are caused by government. There is nothing else to even consider. Our beloved captains of industry and Wall Street bankers are always the good guys. And all we have to do is get government off their backs and PRESTO...they will suddenly stop swindling the people, they will suddenly stop polluting our environment and they will suddenly offer health insurance that isn't garbage..
So now you're just completely making stuff up, tossing out straw men all over the place.
You're just another partisan ideologue, dime a dozen. You don't think for yourself. Everything is so simple and black & white for you people.
Always a good sign when others misrepresent my positions, and this one was a gem.
Stop lying.
And by the way, here's the post that has you so upset:
There are clearly many Americans who would be perfectly comfortable living under a significantly more authoritarian central bureaucracy.
Are you claiming that I'm wrong?
And, once again, please stop lying.
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NOTHING is black and white to me, except life and death, and right and wrong. The liberal mind is able to comprehend nuance, hold dissenting views at the same time and see all sides of issues. Liberals come up with pragmatic solutions.
Conservatism is driven by fear. Conservatives only see black and white. But where there is no grey matter, there can be no shades of grey.
I have no desire to live under any type of authoritarian bureaucracy. I do support social programs, especially for the citizens who are the most vulnerable; children and the elderly. We see every other industrialized nations run successful government health care programs. None of them slid down a 'slippery slope' to socialism. But that is where FEAR engulfs the conservative mind.
And I am VERY strongly against government intruding into our privacy. That is why liberals and most Democrats voted against the Patriot Act.
SO, let's address your premise Mac...
There are clearly many Americans who would be perfectly comfortable living under a significantly more authoritarian central bureaucracy.
YES, you are right Mac...they are called Republicans and tea partiers...
The tea party hates BIG government? The same tea party who voted 122 to 17 FOR renewal of the Patriot Act??
And the 'evil' left who would have ENDED the Patriot Act if it wasn't for the overwhelming YEA votes by the right???
House Vote Roll Call on 2006 Patriot Act Renewal on March 7, 2006
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FYI...
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And how did the 'Tea-party 'patriots' vote?
122 Tea Party Members of Congress who voted FOR final passage of H.R. 514, reauthorizing the Patriot Act without reform
17 Tea Party Members of Congress who voted AGAINST final passage of H.R. 514, reauthorizing the Patriot Act without reform
The arrogance on display here is truly astounding. You disagree with people and immediately assume that they are less intelligent than you.
The liberal mind is able to comprehend nuance...
It never occurs to you that other people may have thought things through as thoroughly as you and simply reached a different conclusion.
Get over yourself.