Someone else posted that there are only two types of Republicans
and I don't want to hijack his or her thread, so I will start this one.
Here's a third type: I have a long-time friend who's a Republican. We have a lot in common, have had some great times, and get along fine, as long as we don't talk politics. He almost got me going a couple of times, but we pulled the plug. Anyway, the other day he sent me a forwarded email about a member of Congress's alleged ties to the Communist Party and asked me if I could find out anything about it.
Given only the information in the email, I was able to get on three web sites and, five minutes later, discover that the email was baloney. It labelled the MoC as a Communist sympathizer, but it was obvious the writer was just focusing on the label instead of seeing the bigger picture. I wrote back and told my friend that anyone (including TV talking heads) can label someone else as anything, but it doesn't necessarily mean that the label fits. I remember this type of stuff from grammar school, and I was tired of it even then.
This has happened with my friend three or four times by now, and I find interesting that he sends me the forwarded material and asks me to check into it instead of doing it himself, when it's so easy. This guy is no dummy: far from it.
So yeah, I think a third type of Republican is the type that believes everything he or she hears from pundits and doesn't bother checking it.
On the other hand, I don't think you necessarily have to be a Republican to do that.
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