Bush's latest claim

Originally Posted by slang

The fact is though that there are so few Reps here because they are run out. They dont have days on end to prepare the replies to a continuous string of accusations, half truths and outright lies. They are gone. I think lookout does a good job at presenting our perspective in a friendly manner and have told him that. But we are outnumbered here. UT does a good job at being fair and has the capacity to make a case well too. Half the time I cant read his posts and the other half I cheer.

The fact is though, that the Cellar is not a cross section of America. Just as in other communities, feel good about the dominance of your philosophy, but realize this isnt reality. It's not balaned.

The people who replied to the poll asking what descripters mostly closely matched their political leanings have given us the following results so far (rounded off to the next largest number):

"Left" leaning 47%
"Right" leaning 19%
Libertarian 22%
Anarchist 12%

The board does have a preponderance of those favoring liberal adjectives, but if you add together "right" plus libertarian, it comes out to 41%. While Republicans and Libertarians may bristle at the thought, the Libertarian philosophy is far closer to the Republican one than it is the Democrat one, so you guys are not so wildly out-numbered as you seem to believe.

Frankly, I don't think that its because we "Liberals" have so much endless time to write posts (Lookout posted here more frequently than I do up until a few days ago); it's that Bush's actions have become increasingly difficult to defend. The people who post here are a pretty bright bunch for the most part, and I don't think anyone is so deluded as to think that the cellar is a representative cross section of American (or international) political thought. One need only look at the latest public opinion surveys to see that this is not so. IMO, the country has not been so deeply divided since the Vietnam era, and I lay the blame for this squarely upon George Bush's doorstep.

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Originally Posted by marichiko

The board does have a preponderance of those favoring liberal adjectives, but if you add together "right" plus libertarian, it comes out to 41%. While Republicans and Libertarians may bristle at the thought, the Libertarian philosophy is far closer to the Republican one than it is the Democrat one, so you guys are not so wildly out-numbered as you seem to believe.

It's convenient for you to say that, but it isn't true. It was closer to true during the Reagan years, but both parties have gotten further away since then, the Republicans faster than the Democrats. And 9/11 brought out all the Republicans traditional law-n-order opposition to liberty too.