Originally Posted by irateplatypus

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.