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Conclamo Ludus · 01-27-2004, 03:58 PM

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Originally posted by Tomservo
The saddest part of this whole debate lies in several replies above- folks who disdain the battle, so they don't bother to inform themselves AT ALL. How's this idea- Read 'em ALL! In the midst of doing so, you'll be able to get some clue as to who the real pricks are, and fashion some theories about the real facts.

Additionally, you never know which facts will affect your opinion. I'd bet many right-wingers defended Newt Gingrich's issues (Asking his cancer-stricken first wife for a divorce, all that, old hat news) without caring about the "truth" just like many lefties defended Clinton all the same. Nevermind that Gingrich and Clinton maybe DID do the things they're accused of!

EVERY American should read Moore and Franken's latest books, if anything, just to inform themselves of the relationship the Bush family shares with the bin Laden family, Saudi Arabia, and oil overall. I truly believe that most Americans (Republican or no) would turn their back on the Bushes if they realized how much they're tied to the Middle East cash machine. I wouldn't expect them to suddenly become Democrats, hell, they're no angels either, but the idea of putting the entire country in the hands of a family that has THAT MUCH at stake in the Middle East is just asinine. If you've read the last paragraph and you don't know what I'm talking about, you may want to go find out. As much as we know about Clinton's sex life, we should know a little about where the Bush fortune comes from- really.

John McCain was alright. I think.

I wouldn't depend on these books for the "truth" any more than I would depend on reading the phone book for entertainment. There is far too much partisan rubbish in these books to sort through. I commend you if you have the patience to make it through them without just accepting them as "truth". They aren't really written to present their argument to anybody other than those who have already decided to agree with them. This is why they are too frustrating for me. Saying EVERY American should read Moore or Franken's books is as silly as saying every American should read Coulter's book so they know that liberals have been trying to distort the truth to promote their communist agenda. The premises of these books are absurd and divisive. If every American read these books we would still be split down the middle politically, maybe more so. It would perhaps just push people either further left or further right.