Perhaps your message was lost in the fact that this was a thread about Bush winning and also so many GC'ers were just on a rampage against anything Bush/Republicans. I don't know.
And yes, a lot of politics is staged, and it's not about right and wrong. If Lyndon Larouche was as big a name as Moore and Sharpton, his bigoted ass would also be embraced by the DNC.
-Rudey
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Originally posted by AGDee
If you read my post dated 11-04-2004 11:59 PM, you'll see that I said "other Americans" and didn't refer to a specific party, although I did reference Bush on one issue also. I am more concerned with a broad philosophical difference than any one particular issue.
Sometimes, there are public figures whose points I agree with, but whose methods are questionable. Jack Kervorkian is a good example of this. I am for physician assisted suicide, but his methods were so radical that his ideas got lost in the drama of HOW he did things. That's how I feel about people like Sharpton and Moore. The original idea or intention is good, but the methods of getting out the message turn too many people off.
The DNC is a politically staged event, not your average Joe Democrat on the street. After a vicious primary cycle, they try to bring anybody who ran earlier, to be on board with them, in hopes of getting their supporters to support the presidential candidate. In fact, the whole DNC was a big pep rally (at least the things they showed on TV). Everything at a Convention is orchestrated.
Dee
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