On 5/16/05, Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nick Arnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 11:59 AM > Subject: Re: The American Political Landscape Today > > > On Mon, 16 May 2005 11:34:35 -0500, Dan Minette wrote > > > > Poll after poll shows that a vast gap between the popularity of > conservative > > politicians and the popularity of their politics. > > I don't see it that way. Let's take one contraversial subject: abortion. > The standard liberal Democratic position is to defend all abortions > without > question. Yet, if you look at
FALSE. That is setting up a straw man to knock it down. I have never heard any politician defend all abortions without question. That is not the liberal position or the Democratic position. http://www.pollingreport.com/abortion.htm > > you will see, in the 1st poll, that unlimited abortions are favored by > less > than a quarter of the population. Those who consider themselves pro-choice > and pro-life are close to equal. There is one other poll that has the > majority of the people saying the Democrats are closer to their position, > and there is one other poll that has less than 20% identify with the > liberal position. Because it isn't the liberal position but a straw man argument. >What will it take to debunk the myth that conservative politics and > policies are popular? > > It isn't a myth because you don't want to believe it. I try to read > numbers straight. I consider myself liberal and I've felt, as such, that > I've been in the minority since I left Madison Wisconsin....even when I > lived in Conn. > > >What will it take for people to care more about their politics? > > A lot of people do care in Texas....many of them disagree with me, and, > probably, even more disagree with you. > > Dan M. > > -- Gary "working in local Texas politics" Denton Easter Lemming Blogs http://elemming.blogspot.com http://elemming2.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
