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Re: This Californian Has Voted. Have You?
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Thu, 9 Oct 2003 17:26:52 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:

Once again, you’re forgetting my prohibition against posting except when you agree with me. I just don’t understand you sometimes.

   In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:

   You dismissed a range of other candidates just because you didn’t know their names. This suggests that your vote is based on celebrity or notoriety in preference to substance; that’s hardly unique to you, but it’s hardly a commendable trait in a would-be informed citizen.

Honestly, I dismissed most of them for pretty much the same reason - I didn’t know their name simply because they were not seriously running for governor. And let’s add to that I dismissed the names that were similiar to better known people but that I knew were not them. One other name got into the press occasionally, Mary Carey, but let’s not go into her (OooooOOOOooo, can I say that on Lugnet?). :-)

There’s a difference, I think, between ignoring anonymous also-rans and voting for someone just because he blows things up onscreen, which largely appears to be the case re: Arnold. The anonymous also-rans could easily be dismissed for their failure to put forth a credible plan of government, but then we’d have to dismiss Arnold on those grounds, too. And no one else aside from Arnold had the money or the free ride given by the press corps.

  
  
   If you’re talking that Hitler crap just drop it. My own view is those who brought up this are thinking they can pull off another David Duke incident. It won’t work. I sure haven’t seen neo-nazi videos or photos with Arnold.

Let me get this straight--rather than discuss an issue with real relevance to Arnold’s character, you’d prefer simply to drop it? That hardly seems consistent with the mentality of an informed electorate.

I’d say simply drop it, too. Even my ultra-liberal friends dismissed that issue instantly because it was so obvious that the quotes were taken out of context, as did I. Events proved that assumption to be right.

Well, that being the case, I withdraw that objection, except to add that, had Clinton even acknowleged ever hearing a taped speech by Hitler, The Liberal Media would have ravaged him for years.

  
   “My friends don’t want me to mention Kurt’s name, because of all the recent Nazi stuff and the U.N. controversy, but I love him and Maria does too, and so thank you. Kurt.”

   Guilt by association? Or expression of ideas?

Maybe I’d just like to hear what Arnold and Maria “love” about Kurt.

Anyway, “guilt by association” is more than ample cause for Ashcroft to detain people incommunicado indefinitely; maybe he should lock Arnold away for a few months...

Dave!



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(...) We are the chorus, and we agree, we agree, we agree, we agree - Bored of the Rings (...) No, we dismiss the anonymous simply because they are anonymous. I don't have a clue as to who they are. I at least knew beforehand who Arnold was, I could (...) (21 years ago, 9-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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(...) Honestly, I dismissed most of them for pretty much the same reason - I didn't know their name simply because they were not seriously running for governor. And let's add to that I dismissed the names that were similiar to better known people (...) (21 years ago, 9-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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