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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: hobo who wrote (1736)	1/19/2001 5:26:24 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

On the "inclusive" front, this amusing article just showed up on the AP wire. GOP Officials Push 'Uniter' Efforts nytimes.com Celebrating the inauguration of a self-described ``uniter,'' Republican officials, both gay and straight, launched a new effort Friday to help the party become more tolerant of homosexuals and others outside its traditional base. ``Politics is a game of addition, it's not a game of subtraction,'' said Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, the fund raising and recruitment apparatus for the House GOP. Charles Francis, chairman of the newly formed Republican Unity Council, said the organization will use its alliance of gay and heterosexual Republicans to help the party expand. Er. I don't recall anything from Ashcroft on that front, but the thumper crowd usually isn't much into that kind of inclusiveness. Something to do with Leviticus, I think, and our "Christian Nation". Cheers, Dan.

To: hobo who wrote (1736)	1/19/2001 5:59:11 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Toscano it was not merely a nit pick. "Godly" is not equivilent to "extremists". The two sets overlap perhaps but they are not the same thing. As I have said on this message base on another issue, words are of course open to intepretation, but they do have actual meanings. If language is going to be used in a Humpty Dumpty fashion (see geocities.com or read Alice in Wonderland if you don't know what I am talking about) it makes rational discussion quite difficult. Tim