Re: [ZION] RE: Voting and parties

2002-10-22 Thread Marc A. Schindler
Stephen Beecroft wrote: -Val- And, for the record John ;-) I am a good Mormon Democrat (put the modifer where you will). Then I'm willing to bet you're not a liberal Democrat. Because of that, many other Democrats would certainly not consider you to be good. But I agree with you; it's

RE: [ZION] RE: Voting and parties

2002-10-22 Thread Stephen Beecroft
-Val- I am a good Mormon Democrat -Stephen- Then I'm willing to bet you're not a liberal Democrat. -Marc- Please don't define *our* language for us. Marc, I am talking to a fellow American here, not to an Aussie or a Brit. If your understanding of American politics too sparse to acquaint

Re: [ZION] RE: Voting and parties

2002-10-22 Thread Paul Osborne
Please don't define *our* language for us. You can demonize the word all you want, but please keep your etymological waste products to yourself. Liberal is still a perfectly fine word in the majority of the English-speaking world. I agree. The Republicans are trying to kill a perfectly good word

RE: [ZION] RE: Voting and parties

2002-10-22 Thread John W. Redelfs
At 09:09 PM, Tuesday, 10/22/02, Stephen Beecroft wrote: But in my judgment, you can't be a liberal Democrat, supporting the liberal Democrat party line, and still be a faithful, believing Latter-day Saint. Much as some, American and otherwise, might find that hard to understand, I think it's

RE: [ZION] RE: Voting and parties

2002-10-22 Thread Stephen Beecroft
Now, now, Marc. Giving you the last word doesn't mean giving you license to misquote and make stuff up. To wit: You used the phrase [here] and elsewhere. It was the elsewhere that I was taking objection to. This is untrue. I did not use the phrase and elsewhere, as you yourself go on to

Re: [ZION] RE: Voting and parties

2002-10-22 Thread Marc A. Schindler
Sorry, you're right -- you wrote otherwise. But I don't see that it makes any difference to my ultimate point. In any case, I've admitted that I should have asked you what you meant before I responded, so you still have a point. Stephen Beecroft wrote: Now, now, Marc. Giving you the last word