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Originally Posted by jriley1349
"Besides, aren't there obviously just as many: "Angry (Left-Wing) Bubbas" anyway?"
You are right, reconeil!
I never said that there weren't a lot of angry left-wing loony's (aka:bubbas) out there that also spew hate. Bush/Cheney/Iraq blew a lot of lefty fuses and Gallop polls indicate that a lot of Repub's associate themselves now as Independent. I am saying that this Political Debate forum has been dominated by a couple of angry hard-right-wingers with a definite agenda - using it as their personal blog. Until David turned it off, those rants were being scrolled constantly on the home page of a website that is partnered with Library of Congress. If it were left-wing, looney, hate, bubba commentary, I'd be making the same point. If this were a website sponsored by Fox, MSNBC or a political blog, I'd have no reason to bitch because it's expected there.
Whale made the comment early in this thread "Military personal tend to be conservative by nature." Until a few years ago, I would have agreed. Before the last presidential election, the below article in American Conservative (no liberal bias there!) caught my attention:
"For one, as of August, Barack Obama was clobbering John McCain in donations from active duty military — in fact, men and women serving abroad gave Obama nearly six times more than his opponent, according to the Center for Responsive Politics."
(website wouldn't let me post a full url until I've made 15 posts? Copy and remove spaces below)
www . amconmag . com/blog/2008/11/04/the-shifting-military-vote/
McCain still carried the military vote but the margins where much tighter than the past. It seems that the political views of the military are getting just as mixed as the general population. Maybe backlash from Bush/Cheney policies, burnout of an overburdened military or just the fact that it's less-white than in the past. Whether we're talking about the political beliefs of long-dead veterans whose stories are archived here or the present day military, I don't think either party can claim a lock on the ideology of individual service men/women. Because of that, the homepage of THIS site should be neutral. Perhaps rudely articulated, but that was my original point.
My grandfather once told me "Republicans and Democrats are equally skilled at wasting your taxes or wasting your life, they just spin it different."
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We still have choices don't we? If you don't like the Political Debate section of this forum - why are you going there? No-one says that you HAVE to read it and no-one is saying you have to post a thread on it - again, it you don't like it, just don't visit it. It's that simple.
With that said, you should NOT try and censor someone else's right to post their comments after-all, I believe most members of this forum have EARNED the right to say what they feel.
Jim