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  •  If I were a right-winger I'd support Moore (0+ / 0-)

    wholeheartedly. He turns more people against the left than he attracts.

    by jiacinto on Wed Feb 21, 2007 at 04:09:05 PM PDT

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    •  Poll results here would indicate otherwise n/t (1+ / 0-)

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      "The extinction of the human race will come from its inability to EMOTIONALLY comprehend the exponential function." -- Edward Teller

      by lgmcp on Wed Feb 21, 2007 at 04:12:30 PM PDT

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      •  "Here" isn't the demographic (0+ / 0-)

        that matters. "There"--right-wing sites--also isn't the demographic that matters. Moore works well with the already converted, but turns away moderates and swing voters. So what if Moore is "popular" on a left-leaning site?

        by jiacinto on Wed Feb 21, 2007 at 04:15:44 PM PDT

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        •  There may be something to this (0+ / 0-)

          but in your zeal you are shifting your ground.  

          Arguing about the effect of a frank leftie propagandist on undecided swing voters is one thing.

          Claiming as you did in parent posts above that the Right does not fear him and in fact loves him is a whole other thing.  

          Your former claim is worth further thought, but the latter is patently absurd.  

          "The extinction of the human race will come from its inability to EMOTIONALLY comprehend the exponential function." -- Edward Teller

          by lgmcp on Wed Feb 21, 2007 at 04:19:16 PM PDT

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          •  I woud love every 2000 Naderite (0+ / 0-)

            if I were a right-winger. Moore helped Bush at the most important time--during the election campaign. Again, if Moore honestly didn't want Bush to win, he would have supported Gore. It bothers me that, to this day, he has yet to admit that he was wrong in supporting Nader.

            by jiacinto on Wed Feb 21, 2007 at 04:21:45 PM PDT

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            •  Yeah, I get that Naderism bugs you (1+ / 0-)

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              and in fact it bugs me too.  

              But it's not like I'm fond of, oh, say, Ted Strickland and his fundie megachurch, just because his deeds might end up hurting turnout for the evangelical vote. I'll be glad if he has that effect, sure, but I still dislike and fear him and everything he stands for.  Which is exactly how the Right feels about Moore, whether you will believe it or not.

              The "enemy of my enemy" kind of friendship just doesn't go that far.  It may work operationally, for brief periods, but it doesn't trump actual loathing. It just doesn't. Sorry.

              "The extinction of the human race will come from its inability to EMOTIONALLY comprehend the exponential function." -- Edward Teller

              by lgmcp on Wed Feb 21, 2007 at 04:29:06 PM PDT

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              •  Well (0+ / 0-)

                If I were a far right-winger I'd love to make Moore the face of the Democratic Party. I'd love to make him and Cynthia McKinney the "poster boys" of the "mainstream Democratic Party". I'd support them indirectly.

                by jiacinto on Wed Feb 21, 2007 at 04:40:34 PM PDT

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