Law School Discussion

Now that's f*ckin' interesting, man...
So, did you call their office, or vice versa?

Actually she called me on Monday but I couldn't get to the phone in time.  I called her back that afternoon and she, then, called me back Tuesday.

i think thats one symptom.

Yeah, I have heard that too.  I have never had a cold sore, but my wife gets them all the time.  So does my best friend...  Hey wait a minute!!!

Under the guidance of Commissar Karl Rove,

   Ok, that is enough to make me stop reading Ireland's article.

Thank you for pointing out that SOME republicans are racist and that SOME are homophobic.  I will agree that you are correct on both accounts.  Now will you agree that the majority of republicans are decent folk who have no ill will toward any particular group?

Were you not just talking about painting with a broad brush?

Fair enough.  How about...that is usually the charge used by democratic/liberal/leftsist talking heads?

Yeah, it's the democrats who are painting republicans this way, just like its the news media that is painting the war in Iraq..yadaydada.  God forbid we find out that the republicans are getting painted that way because they provide the paint!

If you say it often enough you will believe it BP.  Painting with broad storkes is always a bad policy.  How many votes did Bush get last election?  50 Million plus?  Are all of those people racist, bigoted, homophobic?  Half?  Ten percent?  Anytime a republicna does something stupid or says something stupid it is because he is a racist or some such nonesense.  And do not try to tell me that the commonly held perception of republicans does not influence the political dialogue of democrats like Kerry, Dean, Kennedy, etc.

Nice study but does it really mean or prove anything? 

You should spend some time with Pat Robertson and Jerry Farwell if you honestly cannot believe that. The 700 Club is on at 10:00 every weekday on the ABC Family Channel.

Really it is not hard to believe. Kerry stood for Gay rights, Abortion rights, and keeping prayer out of school. Bush stood for the opposite. If you vote by the Book you vote for GW Bush.

I am not saying that nobody allows demagoguery to influence their vote, because many people, in all political parties, do.  I am simply saying that a lot of people did not vote for bush thinking that a vote for kerry was a vote against god.  Sure some did but it was not the majority of republicans by any stretch of the imagination.  Certainly not enough to swing the 2004 election in favor of Bush. 

I find it laughable how republicans are cast as largely a party of religious zealots because the Christian religion has heavily influenced whatever system of morals that many of them may be trying to live by.  Besides, many people who voted for Kerry will claim to be Christians and will claim to be voting by the Book, as democrats are seen as looking out for the poor and oppressed.  Casting your vote based on a moral system influenced by Judeo-Christian beliefs does not equal voting for god.  It is but one part of the decision making process, which for many people can be very complex.

But let us continue to paint republicans as religious nuts, who hate homosexuals, who are bigots, and who are racists.  That way those who disagree with the republican voters, the bush administration, and the republican party in general can continue to smear them as people who vote for the republicans simply because they have been told that a vote for a democrat is a vote against god.  Continue to refer to the "red states" as Jesus Land and continue to disparage Christianity in general if it makes you feel any better.  But consider that perhaps a major reason why republicans have been rising in power the last decade may be the current manner in which democrats/liberals/leftists approach political discourse in this country.