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Originally posted by lurkette
Ustwo, it is common courtesy to provide links or at least reference to your sources. You yourself would likely scoff at someone who backed up an argument with "I read it somewhere." If you're "too lazy" to provide your sources, don't gripe at those who are "too lazy" to go hunting for them.
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I suppose what angers me is the lack of intellectual effort of some of our board members on these topics. If you are going to support someone in writing I expect you would have at least done a little reading on them beyond the press release.
As a personal example, in the primaries for the 2000 election, I thought McCain was the right choice. He seemed dynamic, at ease with the media, a vet, all good things. Then I started to learn about him and it became apparent he was not a great senator, but a great self promoter. He sponsored bills not on their merit but on their publicity. He was a camera hound who would switch party lines at times not out of personal belief, but just for the cameras that always follow a republican who does so. We just got over an Ego president, the country didn't need another one.
If you like John Kerry I'd expect you to learn about him, how he married a rich girl, left her when she had depression, and even tried to have the marriage annulled despite having 2 children with her while he moved on the next even richer widow. I'd expect you to know about his war protests, but also know that there were allegations of him setting up fake testimony with phony vets, or his medal tossing flip flop. I would expect you to know he has voted his entire career to cut the military and limit the CIA. If you still like him fine, but you should at least be aware of it if you did even a basic look at the man.
Maybe I expect to much from the crowd but I always have hope.