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[Claymore]

{I'm not responding with hostility}

My bad. It's difficult to gage "emotion" via an internet post sometimes.



{First, you took the poster to task for responding }

No, I took her to task for provoking an argument with a friend who she knew would object to getting what they were certain to view as "left wing propaganda". I know that I don't appreciate people trying to "teach" me about what I should believe, so I refuse to do it myself.



{BTW..to claim I played into their hands is triangulating a bit, no?}

I'm not sure what you mean by that.




{What sources do you prefer to cite?}

It depends on the topic. I like to cite government sponsored findings when possible and appropriate. I also try to use NPR and PBS, but they think those sources are biased. I avoid some of the more obvious outlets (again, they don't trust most foreign news outlets or any from the major urban centers), and on occasion I try to use their own sources against them. Surprisingly, the more conservative of my friends have no love for Bu$h. They cite his rampant spending and his stand on illegal immigration as reasons for their disdain. They don't even bother to make excuses for him anymore. They also think he's a sell-out when it comes to dealing with Democrats. With their party firmly in control of all branches of government, they expected a more robust and emboldened 2nd term. This hasn't materialized. I submitted to them that he suckered them. This revelation didn't set well, as you can imagine. Their support for the cowboy now stems solely from his "war on terrah". When asked who they intend on supporting for president in the next election, at least one of them has said he's jumping ship for the Constitution Party (good luck with that). Another one said he wants the 'pubes to become more like the Libertarians (great...Neal Boortz and loonies who think Area 51 is eat up with aliens). And yet the other two say they're likely to vote for whoever is the nominee for the GOP. They use the oft heard "lesser of two evils" gambit, to which I replied, "the lesser of two evils is still evil". I actually got some applause for that one once when we were in line buying beer.