DemocratSinceBirth
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Tue Dec-04-07 09:14 AM
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Poll question: Illegitimate Attack Or Appropriate Criticism |
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If Candidate X criticizes Candidate Y for ducking controversial votes is that appropriate criticism or an illegitimate attack.
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Tue Dec-04-07 09:18 AM
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1. If talking about the candidates voting record |
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isn't appropriate,what is?
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Tue Dec-04-07 09:20 AM
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"The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral crises maintain their neutrality."
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Tue Dec-04-07 09:28 AM
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Why did Hillary duck voting on her buddy Brownback's bill that would prevent contributions to organizations that perform or promote abortion as a method of family planning? http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/110/senate/1/votes/320/
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Tue Dec-04-07 09:34 AM
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5. I Was Asking A General Question |
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I notice Obama didn't vote on that either. I suspect they were campaigning. That being said, there is a suggestion that a "pattern and practice" exists among a certain candidate missing key votes throughout his state senate and United States senate career.
Doesn't that trouble you?
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Tue Dec-04-07 09:46 AM
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8. Yep..bothers me....a lot. |
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Tue Dec-04-07 09:58 AM
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9. I look at all things in context. |
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Voting records are important, of course.
However, we also need to be critical of candidates who seek to misconstrue legislative records for the "red herring-like" purpose of their own political advantage. Should we have also gobbled up the "I voted for it before I voted against it" bs peddled against Kerry in 2004?
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Tue Dec-04-07 10:02 AM
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Edited on Tue Dec-04-07 10:04 AM by DemocratSinceBirth
Lots of games are played in the passing of legislation; poison pills and all...
The claim, here, is that a certain candidate has a "pattern and practice" of avoiding the tough votes...
If the charge is true it's troubling...If the charge isn't true it's troubling that somebody is falsely making it...
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Tue Dec-04-07 09:32 AM
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4. Doesn't it depend on if it's true or not? |
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A lot of people say a lot of things in politics. Sometimes the criticism isn't true.
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Tue Dec-04-07 09:35 AM
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Tue Dec-04-07 09:44 AM
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7. Absolutely appropriate, despite the whining from candidate Y's camp. |
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Tue Dec-04-07 10:52 AM
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11. 100% and Obama supporters are still claiming it's a BS issue |
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Several posters have tried to portray his present votes as courageous, but none of them are posting in this thread
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