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Re: High gas...To Shelby...I agree, but....
Posted by The Prince on 3/14/04

    On 3/14/04, shelby wrote:
    > Sue- honestly I wasn't looking at the details. I just think its ridiculous to
    > say that you get a tax break solely based on the vehicle you drive. Or that
    > only the rich may drive a large vehicle or drive a gas guzzler. Do you also
    > believe that SUV drivers are terrorists?
    > Democrats will twist ANYTHING to make it sound good for them.
    ================================
    Shelby,

    Good Point to Sue. I am voting democratic in this election and I have seen Sue's
    posts before. They are usually quite antagonizing and embarrassing to those of
    us who support J. Kerry. Some make sense but this one didn't. I agree with you
    on this point and consider Sue's point irrelevant. However, your last sentence
    could have been eliminated unless you are talking about extremists in BOTH
    predominant parties.

    Sue's personal attack on you was totally unfounded and hopefully her students
    (if she's a teacher) aren't subjected to that same kind of behavior. If so,
    shame on her. However, you have been guilty of that yourself in a personal
    attack on me when I disagreed with your position on an issue on the Middle
    School Chatboard awhile back. As I recall, you had made a statement based on
    your assessment that teachers seem to be predominantly in favor of Bush. I
    disagreed with you and suggested that you explore conversations on the Politics
    chatboard and the Retired Teachers chatboard to see if you would still support
    that position.

    I then went on to express my positions about Bush, which proved to be
    unfavorable in your eyes. I thought I did it in good taste but I apparently
    rattled the Republican ideal in you. I still extended support to him because I'm
    an American citizen and he's my elected president but you couldn't see how
    anyone could disagree so much and still support him. As a result, I was roasted
    by you. I had decided to just let it go and not respond because (a) it evolved
    into a political issue on the Middle School Chatboard, (b) my response to your
    roasting of me as some kind of hypocrite would not have been pleasant and (c)
    you don't define my anyway so why even worry about it.

    In closing, Shelby, I think you make some very valid arguments. You express
    yourself very well and I enjoy reading your posts whether I agree or not. But
    your last sentence was very partisan as well. I think that Sue deserved that
    statement and not the entire Democratic party. When former President Clinton was
    in office, the Republicans did the SAME thing. Whoever is in that powerful
    position will be subjected to intense scrutiny by the other party(ies). And the
    SWING voters will have to separate the wheat from the chaff and see who is the
    most credible. By the way, I'm a swing voter who happen to voting with the
    Democrats this time and Sue's behavior does not define most Democrats that I
    know. God Bless.

    The Prince


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