Kathleen Parker claims to be an "independent"

[Cocoa]

Ok, I know that readers that take this woman seriously have to be stupid, but can they possibly be stupid enough to believe this?

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/kathleenparker/kp20040721.shtml

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I'm one of those registered Independents, who may or may not vote for Bush despite a written record that would suggest I'm all about George.

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More to the immediate point, I may vote for John Kerry come November. Then again, I may not. Am I indecisive? Wishy-washy? Disengaged?

No, I'm merely undecided and suspect that I'm not atypical of other voters who are neither Republican nor Democrat, but first and foremost American. I am a consummate post-9/11 American who, despite interest in other issues, will vote for the individual who I believe - based on what transpires between now and November - will best ensure that I'm around to vote again in 2008.

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[bemildred]

1. Spin.

Trying to keep the publics mind "open" about who to vote for.
In other contexts she will blather on about staying the course and
how decisive and masterly Shrub is and so on. Ms Parker will do
whatever she is told to do by her handlers.

[MrBenchley]

2. Yeah, and the NRA is torn as to whether to endorse him...

Really, who DO these people think they're fooling?

[StClone]

3. A general Comment about Kathleen

She is independent...independent of fact and reason (though being dependent as a shill for Right money).

[struggle4progress]

4. Ha! "Line up the democratic candidates and shoot them" Kathleen is ...

... an independent?

No, Kathleen is a rapid little right-winger pretending to be the girl-next-door.

[blindpig]

5. a page from o'really's playbook n/t

[geek tragedy]

6. Yeah, an independent who hasn't voted for a Dem presidential candidate

since Jimmy Carter in 1976. Puh-leaze.

[cybildisobedience]

7. This independent claptrap cracks me up

I work with a girl who prefaces every political statement she makes with, "I'm an independent, but......(bash Dems, praise Repukes).
She also said that her parents were independents, and they taught her to vote for the man, not the party.
For example, she said, "They hated Carter and Clinton, but loved Reagan and Bush, so they really concentrate on the individual and make up their own minds....."
How do you deal with people like that?