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Bluenorthwest

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17. No, that is your edited version, incomplete and thus inaccurate.

Tue Apr 9, 2013, 09:33 AM

Apr 2013

I said "It is not about personalities it is about principles, an alien concept to the 'moderate centrists'"
The concept that is alien to some is that it is about something other than 'two ways to look at a personality'. The OP is all about a person. I say the issues are not about the person, but about principles, which should not be subverted for the expedience or the sheer fun of personality oriented politics.
Again, you are rewriting and slicing and dicing what I said and then arguing with that rather than responding to what I actually said. You cut out the very heart of what I was saying, altered the meaning and groused about that which you yourself created.
It is alien to some that principles always override persons. Is that clear enough for you? They have principles, they simply seem to decide to ignore them in order to focus on petty personality politics.

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Two truths about Obama [View all] el_bryanto Apr 2013 OP

I think that's an excellent description alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #1

Obama is a lame duck, his personal neurosis is not the issue at hand. It is not about personalities Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #2

It's comforting to assume that people who's principles are different from yours have no principles. el_bryanto Apr 2013 #7

Yeah except I did not say that. One of my principles has to do with not rewording other people's Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #9

"it is about principles, an alien concept to the 'moderate centrists'" el_bryanto Apr 2013 #11

No, that is your edited version, incomplete and thus inaccurate. Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #17

OK - thank you for clarifying. Still seems like a pretty fine distinction el_bryanto Apr 2013 #21

Oh, a fine distinction is it? Because you say so? Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #25

I'm really sorry I hurt you feelings so badly - I'll be more careful in the future. nt el_bryanto Apr 2013 #33

Nonsense. 99Forever Apr 2013 #3

+1 woo me with science Apr 2013 #10

Actually, ProSense Apr 2013 #13

Blah blah blah 99Forever Apr 2013 #23

That response contains almost as much insight as your original point BeyondGeography Apr 2013 #27

You think... 99Forever Apr 2013 #29

He's also very, VERY wealthy, and will never need social security closeupready Apr 2013 #4

I think's non-ideological. I think he's a pragmatist who only cares about getting things done. Liberal_Stalwart71 Apr 2013 #5

OBAMA = BAD, BAD, BAD!!!!!! Liberal_Stalwart71 Apr 2013 #6

Obama is not even close to liberal. ananda Apr 2013 #8

Wait, ProSense Apr 2013 #12

While I agree that Obama is more liberal than the poster you are responding to gives him credit for el_bryanto Apr 2013 #14

Disagree ProSense Apr 2013 #18

Heh. progressoid Apr 2013 #31

Please help. How was Carter less liberal than Obama? HereSince1628 Apr 2013 #15

Carter as President - not as he has been since leaving the Presidency el_bryanto Apr 2013 #16

Yes, please, that is the question, how was he as president less liberal than Obama? HereSince1628 Apr 2013 #19

He is a born-again Christian and was (until 2000) a member of the Southern Baptist Convention. bigtree Apr 2013 #24

"might even be center-right" hobbit709 Apr 2013 #20

you're smart enough to know that thinking this way is just bull bigtree Apr 2013 #22

Another factor is that it's extremely unlikely that a President MineralMan Apr 2013 #26

The way you phrase it here I agree, but I know you do not intend that double negative.... Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #28

You are engaging in the nonsense of inaccurate labelling Armstead Apr 2013 #32

His instincts have never been to cater to the wealthy BeyondGeography Apr 2013 #30