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Smith_3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 08:02 AM
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My dad supports Ron Paul.
When I ask him why he says "because too much government control is bad news". Ok, so far so good, but for some reason he seems to think that Fred Thompson is a socialist. Can anyone explain this? Is he simply uninformed or is there something about Thompson's platform that could make him seem like a socialist to someone?
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SidDithers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 08:04 AM
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1. Well, Thompson is a member of the Screen Actors Guild...
(I assume)

Maybe, if your dad is a Ron Paul supporter, he thinks all union members are socialists?

Sid
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 08:43 AM
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11. That actually makes some twisted sense. Otherwise, I can't grasp the concept at all.
:shrug:
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SidDithers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 09:36 AM
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12. Did you just call me twisted?...
:evilgrin: :hi:

Sid
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DutchLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 08:15 AM
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2. I heard people say DLC-candidate Kerry was a communist.
So anything is possible...
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bryant69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 08:17 AM
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3. Yeah and people have been pretending the Hillary Clinton are further left than Mao for years
Delusions of the sort are common enough, unfortunately. Particularly when we all know Hillary Clinton is further right than Mussolini.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 08:23 AM
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5. The problem is - they're not pretending
A lot of them are so brainwashed that they think Hillary is really this radical left-wing monster and that the Democratic Party in general is way, way, way to the left of where it was in the 1960s.
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bryant69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 08:28 AM
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7. That's true - a lot of the base cleary believes that
I guess i think the leadership is the one doing the pretending.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 08:38 AM
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10. I agree
I think most of the leadership is phony through & through - led by Bush. I think the whole "born again" spiel with him was an act calculated to get the fundies in a fervor over him.

Huckabee, on the other hand, might actually be sincere in his belief that the world is 6,000 years old and that women should graciously submit to their hubby's leadership.
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 08:21 AM
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4. Is corporate control better?
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Blarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 08:27 AM
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6. Is he a bush supporter ?
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Smith_3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 08:30 AM
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8. He thinks bush is comical and that someone had to get it after 9/11. He's simple in this regard.
The Homer Simpson type :eyes:
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demnan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 08:32 AM
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9. Tell your dad Thompson doesn't have the energy
to be a socialist. I've seen socialists at anti-war marches. There's no way the old guy could ever keep up.
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 09:40 AM
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13. I suppose you could ask him about Thompson
Sort of a radical suggestion, I know. As for the Ron Paul thing, I'd advise looking into nice, quiet nursing homes where he can work on his mah jongg skills.
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tuckessee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 09:42 AM
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14. Fred is a national socialist.
Fascist is the operative word.
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Smith_3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 11:22 AM
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15. I just talked to my dad. I think his support of Ron Paul is an act of frustration.
When I asked him why he supports Ron Paul he said something like: "Well the rich people are going to do what they want any g**-damn way, so we might as well have no government control over anything."
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Occam Bandage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 11:25 AM
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17. Ron Paul is a walking protest vote. His support is only a demonstration of
Republican dissatisfaction with their choices, and nothing more.
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Occam Bandage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 11:25 AM
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16. Ron Paul is not in favor of unintrusive government. He opposed Lawrence v. Texas.
While he correctly believes that the Federal government does not have the right to intrude on your personal life, he also strongly believes that individual states do have the right to snoop between your sheets.
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