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Matthew, my apologies, sincerely. I was hungry, and perhaps precipitate in my remarks.
Let me try it again.
Roseanne Barr is a celebrity, and as such, receives "news" coverage outside her area of expertise. She, like all other citizens, has a right to her opinion, no matter how disagreeable. But her opinion represents her point of a view as a nominally "private" citizen.
Now, a member of a political party at a convention represents his/her constituents, or a candidate, or at the very least, their party.
So how can we compare the two? I don't see how.
There are a few other "Democratic" citizens I cannot stand, like Alec Baldwin and Michael Moore. I think they hurt, rather than help, positions that I myself hold dear. But they cannot be voted for, unfortunately. I would vote for many, many Republicans before either of those two.
The "liberal plants" issue. I imagine some must exist. Is this to descend into a debate over dirty political tactics? I would then like to review the records of Lee Atwater, Karl Rove, et al.
Then I'm sure you could come up with some examples of dirty democrats.
Just provide concrete examples, please. I would love to hear/see a youtube clip of a "liberal" being caught out trying to "pass" as a "conservative".
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