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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Carolyn who wrote (6477)	12/18/2000 6:58:05 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6710

Oh, I didn't mean to imply that all conservatives talk that way. It just came to mind because we were at a Christmas party last night and everyone there was conservative, and we were having fun talking about the election and the topic of Barbra Streisand came up, and then one guy started on that rap about how the Jews control the world and they control the media and all that old stuff. He was going on about how we shouldn't have fought against Hitler because Hitler was anti-Communist. My husband got him to back down by pointing out that Fascism was really similar to Communism, it was state control of property, they just let the property stay in private hands. Anyway the other people didn't agree with him. But there's just that element, and you never know who thinks like that because they won't say it unless they think you won't object. I was friends with someone I admired for a long time, and then one day he let down his hair and started on that type of rap and it just made me feel like I couldn't trust anyone.

To: Carolyn who wrote (6477)	12/18/2000 7:02:50 PM
From: chomolungma	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6710

Who, pray tell, is the modern day, Mary Queen of Scots?

To: Carolyn who wrote (6477)	12/18/2000 7:07:33 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6710

I guess I kind of went off on a tangent about conservatives but it just came to me while I was washing dishes - I get my best ideas in the shower or washing dishes - that what was really bothering me was reading the League of Women Voters website, and realizing how bad things had become while I wasn't looking. Maybe you're right that we should just people by their behavior rather than their hearts but I don't see how they can be different unless they are lying and then I don't want them around. Edit: or maybe what she meant was that it doesn't matter how well-intentioned they are if their actions aren't consistent with their intentions.