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To: Dale Baker who wrote (21624)	6/21/2006 3:09:59 AM
From: RMF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541485

Dale...I think MAJOR changes in our political spectrum only happen in the face of MAJOR changes in our everyday lives. It may take some catastrophic circumstance before the "average" American starts to actually pay attention to the substance and message of the political candidates that are vying for their vote. Everybody loved Hoover in 1928, but 3 years later he couldn't even move around "inside" the whitehouse without bodyguards.

To: Dale Baker who wrote (21624)	6/21/2006 6:33:42 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541485

The problem is that the hyperbole is a very deliberate effort to demonize the other side as a political strategy. I have in the past used both terms for emphasis. I really can't abide statism, either the nanny version or the authoritarian version. So when individuals or parties come up with something particularly egregious and irksome in that regard my immediate reaction is "damn bunch of socialists (or fascists)," as the case may be. I was not saying it to demonize but to express my displeasure about a particular proposal, pointing out the slippery slope in it. letting off some steam. But since political expression has gotten worse, I don't want to be part of that problem or give aid and comfort to the partisans and the demonizers in any way. So I've learned to leave it out of my posts. Still think it sometimes, though.