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cnredd said:Reagan...
Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting.
My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes.
Said during a radio microphone test, 1984
They say hard work never hurt anybody, but I figure why take the chance?
Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his.
What does an actor know about politics? –criticizing Ed Asner for opposing American foreign policy
Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.
I've never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a 'fat cat' and a Democratic contributor of the same amount of money is a 'public-spirited philanthropist'.
And the best one...rings true moreso today...
“They call their policy "accommodation." And they say if we only avoid any direct confrontation with the enemy, he will forget his evil ways and learn to love us. All who oppose them are indicted as warmongers. They say we offer simple answers to complex problems. Well, perhaps there is a simple answer - not an easy answer - but simple... [The spectre] our well-meaning liberal friends refuse to face is that their policy of accommodation is appeasement, and appeasement does not give you a choice between peace and war, only between fight or surrender. We are told that the problem is too complex for a simple answer. They are wrong. There is no easy answer, but there is a simple answer: We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right. And this policy of accommodation asks us to accept the greatest possible immorality.”
Nope...It is EXACTLY how I "realize"...SouthernDemocrat said:That last quote from Reagan rings true in a different way than you might have realized. Notice how he says:
"our well-meaning liberal friends"
Back then, before Coulter, Limbaugh, Hannity, and Moore, people on both sides believed that even though someone held a different viewpoint, that still did not mean they were not well intentioned. Reagan would refer to those who disagreed with him as "well meaning" or "missinformed". He didnt try to make Liberalism a derogatory term or make it out to be evil.
Limbaugh and his clones could definately take an ethics and morality lesson from Reagan.
cnredd said:Nope...It is EXACTLY how I "realize"...
As per a previous post of mine...the generalizations were done on purpose for the sake of the thread...
Conservatives believe that Liberals, while good intentioned, are ill informed and don't realize the hatred and lack of logic they portray...
Liberals believe that Conservatives are VERY informed and know EXACTLY what they're doing BECAUSE of evil intentions...
Conservatives believe Liberals have no plan and are working purely on emotional platforms...
Liberals believe that Conservatives have an all-encompassing plan and are working with no heart...
Nobody accuses Kennedy or Dean of being evil....just warped and clueless...
Nobody accuses Bush or Rove of being warped and clueless...just evil...
http://www.debatepolitics.com/showthread.php?t=2953&highlight=evil
What I've posted is in direct contention with the trite Conservative mouthpieces you've mentioned...
But your groupthink mentality has you believing that they speak for all...or even a majority and anyone who says they are Conservative MUST adhere to some sort of strict standards that they publicly spew....
I am a Conservative...I am a Republican...
I hate Limbaugh, Coulter, Hannity & Savage...They do not represent the Conservative voice...just the extremist version of it...and I am not alone...
To use them as a fair representation of all is shallow...keep the blinders on and continue to think what you want...
If you are going to reply that that is what some Conservatives do to the Liberals like Al Franken and Howard Dean, don't bother...it is equally shallow.
SKILMATIC said:3 LETTERS
JFK
I think we all know what his best quote is. cnredd put the whole thing up
t125eagle said:I voted for JFK. I really like the way that he speaks. I am suprised, however, that FDR didnt get more votes!
Trajan Octavian Titus said:you forgot the options of Bush Jr., Bush Sen., Carter, Hoover, and unbelievably one of the best orators of all time Woodrow Wilson.
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