At 04:22 PM 4/17/2006, Rich Blinne wrote:
>On 4/17/06, Janice Matchett
><<mailto:janmatch@earthlink.net>janmatch@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>Then there's this little item I posted this morning -- See if you
>can find the "take home quote" within the article:
>Barone: Will Democrats Win Control of the House in November?
>Creator's Syndicate ^ | April 17, 2006 | Michael Barone
>Posted on 04/17/2006 6:44:17 AM EDT by RWR8189
>68 posted on 04/17/2006 9:21:10 AM EDT by Matchett-PI
><http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1616342/posts?page=68#68>http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1616342/posts?page=68#68
>
>~ Janice
>I take it that you like Ike. :-)
@ My focus isn't on personalities. I merely quoted a statement he
made which expresses a philosophical position with which I agree.
>To quote Michael Barone:
>We have a highly polarized politics that divides us along cultural
>lines. Those cultural divisions tend to be more important to voters
>than their ratings of presidents' and parties' performance. The
>polarization is exacerbated by the fact that Bill Clinton and George
>W. Bush both happen to have personal characteristics -- I don't have
>to spell them out, do I? -- that people on the other side of the
>cultural divide absolutely loathe.
@ I see you found the "take home quote" and were able to recognize
the bottom line. :)
>".. does history entrust freedom to the obnoxious? Did Jesus teach
>us to hate our enemy?
@ Do you think I answer fools according to their folly, or do you
think I answer fools according to their folly? :)
>. Barone is a much better political scientist than Morris so oh
>goody we will win the next election. ... Nevertheless, it is small
>comfort to me when my neighbors are perishing.
@ Here's something to make you "feel"
better: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1616988/posts?page=10#10
Since you did so well the first time around, see if you can find the
"take home quote" in this article,
too: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1616976/posts
~ Janice
Received on Tue Apr 18 10:47:09 2006
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