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DomKen -> RE: Do you agree with the President? "As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice........ (1/25/2009 9:11:36 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Sanity
The principle is, protect your home and family. Many on the left can't or won't understand that!
Take Michael Dukakis:
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They stood behind their lecterns. By agreement, Dukakis got to stand on a small sloping platform that was hidden behind his. This hid the fact he was much shorter than Bush.
Shaw, looking commanding and stern, began: "By agreement between the candidates, the first question goes to Gov. Dukakis. You have two minutes to respond: "Governor, if Kitty Dukakis were raped and murdered, would you favor an irrevocable death penalty for the killer?"
In the press room, there were gasps from the reporters. "Whaaaa?" "Did he really say that?" "Un-BELIEVE-able."
Any TV director worth his headphones would have immediately ordered a camera to get a reaction shot from Kitty, who was sitting in the audience. After all, it was her rape and murder being talked about.
But reaction shots of the candidate's families were expressly forbidden by the debate agreement. So the camera stayed locked on Dukakis.
And Dukakis answered instantly and smoothly. "No, I don't, Bernard," he said. "And I think you know that I've opposed the death penalty during all of my life."
He had been on the record for years and years on that subject. Massachusetts had no death penalty and also had one of the lowest crime rates of any industrialized state in the country. Dukakis didn't believe in capital punishment. He had seen all the studies and he didn't believe it deterred crime.
So should he throw out that principle because the hypothetical victim was now his wife? Is that what principles were all about? They were good when others' loved ones were involved but not good when your own were involved?
In the press room, the murmurs over Shaw's question now turned to mutters over Dukakis' answer. "He's through." "That's all she wrote." "Get the hook!"
The reporters sensed it instantly. Even though the 90-minute debate was only seconds old, they felt it was already over for Dukakis. He had not been warm. He had not been likable. He had not shown emotion. He had merely shown principle.
Maybe you should try actually reading the things you cut and paste. This one doesn't say what you think it does.
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