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Todd Akin vs. Elizabeth Warren

smayo Wrote: Nov 15, 2012 1:26 AM

Great point, finely delivered. Another possible tactic when your "well-meaning" liberal buddy offers helpful advice about winning elections with "moderate" Republicans: ask the gift-bearing Greek: "Please distinguish a moderate Republican from a standard-issue Democrat. Is there any difference? If so, then why counsel moderation to Republicans only to (as is customary, qua the Brown example above) opt for the Democrat in the end?" Thus revealing him an intellectually dishonest poseur. If the Democrat admits that there actually is no difference, then at least you will have led him to the honest recognition of the putatively charitable "moderation-lust" for what it is; perfidious jibber-jabber - fatuous nonsense.

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Todd Akin vs. Elizabeth Warren

Many conservatives are still licking their wounds from election night, and understandably so. It was ugly almost any way you slice it. As we move beyond the initial stages of political mourning, an intense round of Righty fratricide is on the way. There will be nasty battles over the causes of Tuesday's mess, and vehement disagreements about where the Republican Party should go from here. One of the suggested paths will be to moderate on a host of issues. This approach may be wise on certain fronts, but wrong-headed on others. That's a separate discussion for another day. What...

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