But it might as well. It's preaching (literally) to the choir, by a rock ribbed conservative with god/state overtones. i don't think the absence of a solicitation makes it any less valid. If I said "Republicans are theocratic psychopaths" instead of saying "Democrats are weak kneed commy loving p*****s" like this guy, and I didn't ask for money, that doesn't make it any less stupid. yes, and you enjoyed the character assassination of Kerry for his decorated service record in Vietnam. Why you even mentioned this is beyond me as it seems to have no bearing whatsoever on the message or underlying debate. Fine, then mention Phil Gramm or Zell Miller. The fact remains that he appears to have retroactively cut his allegiance off in the 60's when he begins to denouce LBJ as a commy sissy (inherently ludicrous, of course) -- as did countless other southern whites. see above. The fact remains that he appears to retroactively cut his allegiance off in the 60's when he begins to denouce LBJ as a commy sissy (inherently ludicrous, of course) -- as did countless other Southern whites. If you think that this historical phenomenon is worthy of introspection, then go for it. I'm not sure you'll like what you'll find. Otherwise, it's nothing to see here. This is r****ded, it's like a rich 5th Avenue heiress to the Rockefeller clan pointing to bible toting jackasses like Judge Roy Moore (with whom Mr. Denton, I'm going to take a wild guess, sympathizes) and wonders why she's no longer a republican. Who f-cking cares? I highly doubt that would give anybody pause; Hey, she could even quote Lincoln when she does it; Think the "Southern Strategy", of which Denton was a part, mixes with Lincoln? Times change, political parties change, things happen, partisans write partisan pieces through partisan eyes, blah blah blah. Time to moveon.org, nothing to see here.
It's entirely possible that a man that was held captive for 7 years didn't like LBJ's bungling of the war in Vietnam, and that is why he switched parties.
Sam, do you have any evidence whatsoever that he switched parties for the reasons you keep wanting to imply but likewise keep denying that you are implying? Here's the only mention of LBJ: "It was not Johnson and Carter and the Democrats; it was Nixon, Reagan, George Bush and the Republicans who led us to victory in the Cold War." I don't find the word sissy in there. Do you? I also missed the word "p***y." I'll go look in the Lohan thread and see if I can find it over there...
G-man, I stated facts, based on common knowledge and based on what was written; deal with whatever insinuations, implications, innuendo you take from it however you wish, as I am about to get out of the office finally and it is not my concern any longer. Again, I said it before, and I'll say it again, while this guy may have been brave, he also appears to be a hardline conservative jackass who likes to inject a heaping helping of (fundamentalist) christianity into our government, in spite of the establishment clause. As such, his credentials as an observer of partisan politics are conflicted, more than mine even if that is possible, and I am glad that he feels he is out of touch with the democratic party, and would not have it any other way as his poltical beliefs are out of synch with mine, as well as reality.
A Republican Senator condemns John Kerry's record. I'd have to say that that is about as suprising and startling as Terry Mcauliffe or Tom Daschle bashing George W. Bush's record.
Is that really what the establishment clause is about? Isn't his point well-founded that the founding of our government was saturated with Judeo-Christian values but just that no formal institution of the church is created or recognized?
