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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Bearcatbob who wrote (54537)3/19/2008 9:45:18 PM
From: Cogito  Read Replies (1) of 542218
 
>>Let me ask if it would be ok for a Republican candidate to play golf regularly with David Duke - but not consider him a political mentor? If you say yes - then you are consistent. If you say no - you are inconsistent.

Perhaps this will help you see the issue.<<

Bob -

Well, that presumes that David Duke and Jeremiah Wright are equivalents. I don't accept that premise.

Do I need to go into my reasons, or can you see what I'm driving at?

But even given that I disagree with the premise, I'll respond.

I would see no reason to assume that just because a person has associated with David Duke, they must be getting their political ideas from him. It would be especially foolish to make such a leap of logic in the face of ample evidence to the contrary, such as if a Repulican candidate had written a book about his political views, which bore no resemblance to the views of David Duke.

Does that help you see the issue?

- Allen
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