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Originally Posted by ratbastid
Honest, at least. I appreciate it.
We can have an honest disagreement. There's integrity to that. But to say "no, my opinion is the majority and we're Right and we're the Real Americans"--especially when the data AND the election results say the opposite--is just dishonest.
In the spirit of honest disagreement, my question for you, based on what you said above is: where were your tea parties when government was spending too much on military adventurism in Iraq? Is it only spending too much to restart the economy that is a problem for you?
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I don't believe anyone ever said the majority of americans were participating in these protests, nor did a majority have those ideological mindsets. To imply otherwise could be just as dishonest.
As to what did I do about the overspending in Iraq? I wrote and emailed both my us senators and my us congressman about every other month and when Bush made more calls for more money. I'm in TX though, so we can figure out how far that got me.
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Originally Posted by Willravel
Conservative politicians don't believe in small government at all, just their constituents, and I'm pretty sure it's only a few of those constituents that really, honestly understand what smaller government would mean.
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ok will, since rb posited the point that it's dishonest to speak for majorities and their viewpoints, i'll have to ask you to more specifically address the statement of how few of those constituents and what is their understanding about what a smaller government would mean.