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Scooter Thomas (not verified) says:
re: R. Crider
Exactly right. The republicant freepers, these followers of Ann Coulter, Ted Nugent, Weiner-Savage, Joe McCarthy, Rove and the like have contempt for America's legacy. When real conservatives like Kevin Phillips, Pete Peterson, William Buckley, Goldwater, the former McCain, even Nancy Reagan on stem cells; when rational conservatives push back the crackpots go hysterical.
Witness their feeble attempts to co-opt my moniker here. Note the utter lack of cleverness and originality coupled with their abject cowardice. Feeble indeed. And dishonest. What do you wanna bet the person or people doing it are Christian?
The G.I. Bill, rural electrification, interstate highways, national parks, social security, USPS, CAP etc. Of course, just name everything after Reagan and we'll see their staunch support.
"My illness helped me to see that what was missing in society is what was missing in me: a little heart, a lot of brotherhood. The '80s were about acquiring -- acquiring wealth, power, prestige. I know. I acquired more wealth, power, and prestige than most. But you can acquire all you want and still feel empty. What power wouldn't I trade for a little more time with my family? What price wouldn't I pay for an evening with friends? It took a deadly illness to put me eye to eye with that truth, but it is a truth that the country, caught up in its ruthless ambitions and moral decay, can learn on my dime. I don't know who will lead us through the '90s, but they must be made to speak to this spiritual vacuum at the heart of American society, this tumor of the soul."
re: R. Crider
Exactly right. The republicant freepers, these followers of Ann Coulter, Ted Nugent, Weiner-Savage, Joe McCarthy, Rove and the like have contempt for America's legacy. When real conservatives like Kevin Phillips, Pete Peterson, William Buckley, Goldwater, the former McCain, even Nancy Reagan on stem cells; when rational conservatives push back the crackpots go hysterical.
Witness their feeble attempts to co-opt my moniker here. Note the utter lack of cleverness and originality coupled with their abject cowardice. Feeble indeed. And dishonest. What do you wanna bet the person or people doing it are Christian?
The G.I. Bill, rural electrification, interstate highways, national parks, social security, USPS, CAP etc. Of course, just name everything after Reagan and we'll see their staunch support.
"My illness helped me to see that what was missing in society is what was missing in me: a little heart, a lot of brotherhood. The '80s were about acquiring -- acquiring wealth, power, prestige. I know. I acquired more wealth, power, and prestige than most. But you can acquire all you want and still feel empty. What power wouldn't I trade for a little more time with my family? What price wouldn't I pay for an evening with friends? It took a deadly illness to put me eye to eye with that truth, but it is a truth that the country, caught up in its ruthless ambitions and moral decay, can learn on my dime. I don't know who will lead us through the '90s, but they must be made to speak to this spiritual vacuum at the heart of American society, this tumor of the soul."
Lee Atwater, February, 1991