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Originally posted by James
How partisan are you? And how aware are you of your partisanship?
Here is a simlple test of whether you are being partisan or not:
If the other party candidiate did it, what would you think?
For example:
I don't care if a Democratic President or Republican President signed the patriot act, in my view its a bad law.
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I don't think thats a really good question to see whether or not how partisan you are. I think many many people on both sides think the patriot act was about as messed up as NAFTA was. I consider myself extremely partisan, you couldn't pay me to vote for a Clinton or Kerry or Daschle or Gephardt or Dean....I might give Joe Liebermann a thought but he's about it. Actually, I like Ole' Joe. That said, however moderate I may be in my political beliefs I still would not vote for a democrat. And the reason why I'm like that is because the underlining issue and fundemental belief of a democrat is that they have someone that can solve your problems for you. They believe, they being the politicians, that they have a plan for everyone and that they have all the answers. You'll never hear a democrat say " I don't know" and if you do, their party will reject them and pull them out of the spotlight. Why? Because thats how democrats get elected....they make people believe that they can help them and that they have the answers to your problems, and when you start buying in to the bullshit that somebody other than yourself has all the answers to your problems and that THEY rather than YOU know whats best for yourself....therein lies the problem. And thats the bottom line.
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