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i disagree with you mr. mephisto, i think nearly everyone on this board accepts stories from the "other side" on a regular basis. the problem is that when a weak point in a candidate is identified, some posters expect that any and all support of that candidate should be dropped because of this one issue. that somehow if they can manufacture a "gotcha" from posting a few news articles or a sketchy editorial that a person's political orientation should change. this is unrealistic and a bit dangerous. anyone who has followed politics for a meaningful amount of time has their opinions based on years of experience and reinforcement. it's rare that a debatable viewpoint is held on little enough ground for one article to remove. there are very well-educated and thoughtful people of all political persuasions on this board... i think posters are sometimes too vain to think that convictions in their opposition's platform (that, as witnessed by the quality/intelligence of their holder, are based on sound reasoning) can be destroyed by a post or two.
I would expound on this, but i don't want to hijack... just had to add my peaceful dissent to the mix.
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If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.
~ Winston Churchill
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