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Originally Posted by PaulS
Was the gist of the quote correct or not ).
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No, the gist of your quote wasn't anywhere near correct. A small number of idiots do not speak for the majority of conservatives.
Paul, conservatives care deeply about the following...
- life (the unborn are precious and irreplaceable)
- fiscal responsibility (we are currently > $40 trillion in the hole, counting entitlement programs
- limited federal govt
- promoting individual liberty
- strong national defense
- charity for those in need
- support of free market capitalism
Rather than debate the merits of any of these, you seem content to find one or two idiots in our midst (which is easy in any large group), paint all of us with the same brush, and dismiss us as racists, homophobes, sexists, anti-poor, or some other insulting hate-monger.
To get back to the original intent of this thread, Bachman appears to have really stepped in it. I'm glad to see huge numbers of influential Republicans call her out on it. Maybe the liberals can try to do the same the next time some Democratic idiot declares that conservatives are waging war on women, or war against the middle class, or calling us all a bunch of Islamophobes. Maybe that'll happen. But I'm not holding my breath...