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the original post mentioned a republican posing with troops as a "lie". It is not. then another poster gave me an example of Republican "lies" where she imputed evil motives to the Republicans, and said that these were lies. OK, I just showed that this works both ways. I specifically did not agree with the sentiments expressed, nevertheless, I have seen them elsewhere. So this makes me a Freeper troll, does it? Beleive me here, Republicans actually do believe the things that I said. I was just demonstrating the fact.

This level of thinking is the reason that we are not getting our message across to the general public, the 'center', if you will. If we debase the meaning of 'lie, then what words will we use we we have hard proof that would convince people if we hadn't cried wolf so often? RAther than putting together lists of 100s of things that 'Bush lied' about, concentrate on the ones that really matter, and that are not subject to interpretation. Keep it simple and direct.

But, OK, I was wrong. The republicans don't really believe the sentiments they put on their bumper stickers. 50% of the population is totally evil or so stupid they don't actually know what they believe. I can't believe that, although I am willing to admit that they may be ignorant enough to be fooled.

But again, I am not against progressive policies, or the Democratic Party. I just don't like politicians. Career politicians are, by definition, careerists, and will put their careers above principle. There may be some exceptions, for instance I think Dean has been pretty consistent, but Kerry is a waffler. So is Claark