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Originally posted by Penske_Account
dissent. The far right will sit out or vote for Gary Bauer. The problem with you pragmatic moral relativists is you have no guiding principles and thus you can't understand how people with principle act. I voted for Perot in 92 on principle. Bush lied about tax increases. I voted against him knowing full well that this was part of trend that would put Clinton in office. the far right have far more principle than I do. If it was as easy as they have no one else to vote for, the party would not have had to pander to them for the last 25 years. Bush increased the dependency on these voting bloc and now has fucked the party. You win. You should be happy.
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I'm really sick of hearing the moral relativist charge. You do realize that if it wasn't for us relativists, nothing would ever get done, don't you? There is nothing morally deficient in compromising. But there is something intellectually - and from a common sense and logical perspective - quite lacking in refusing to compromise.
My guiding principle is trying to get somewhere - trying to overcome differences to reach consensus. Thats a quaint notion in the age of Rove, but I think its coming back. I think people are crying for centrism. And I think you'll find moral relativist will be a compliment in the next ten years. I'll be happy to say I was one all along.
