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rw · December 7th, 2006, 02:44 AM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly

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rw wrote:

I support the Democratic Party, so that makes me "extreme left."
Evidently, according to the recent midterm election, the majority of the
American voters are also "extreme left."

To be fair, it could have been this statement of yours....

"The world view and the policies of the liberal wing of the Democratic
Party suit me fine with only a few exceptions"

Get a grip, Janik. The liberal wing of the Democratic Party isn't
"extreme left," any more than, say, John McCain, a very conservative
Republican, is "extreme right." The liberal wing of the Democratic Party
is slightly left of center. That's where I stand.

You've been brainwashed. You've been trained to believe that left = bad,
and that anything even slightly left to the Republican position is
"extreme." Poor, deluded soul that you are.

If Barry Goldwater were alive and in politics today his positions would
be considered "extreme left" by the likes of you. He was pro-choice and
pro-gay-rights. One of his quotes: The main lesson I learned from my
grandfather: “Government needs to stay out of personal lives, and do the
job that we entrusted them with–to run and govern our country
efficiently and truthfully, according to the laws our forefathers crafted.”

That’s a message worth remembering today. That's how far down the rat
hole of political polarization and right-wing spin we've sunk.

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