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The fallacy of false induction, based on too little information. A common error.

Then what a conservative believes is immaterial to your thesis? And the truth might actually prove inconvenient to your comfortable conspiracy theory?

Then you have proof that I vote Republican? Do you even have proof that I vote?

If I do not vote GOP, or if I do not vote at all, then your theory has a hole in it doesn't it?

My apologies, Philly Steve, you are correct and I was wrong.

That's very true, Philly Steve. Here's what you said:


But so far, the one and only person who has presented anything whatsoever to support your point is you. How about some examples of those knotted Conservatives, Philly Steve? Surely they've had plenty of opportunity to weigh in by now, it's been four, five days, has it not?

Lacking that, all we have left is your opinion that "Conservatives are motivated solely by hate." To me, and apparently to everyone else on this board, that is a position of partisan hackery. I can only offer you congratulations: you have narrowed the Hack Gap.

Correct that what Conservatives believe is immaterial. What they do is of importance. And what Conservatives do is proclaim whatever opinion will gather the votes of the Cuban-American community in Florida in order to gain electoral votes for the Republican candidate for president in 2008.

My prediction will confirm what I say about what Conservatives do. In 2009, of course, Conservatives will again become "independent", particularly if their pandering efforts are successful in 2008 and we have a Republican President to Stay the Course. However that will swiftly fade as 2010 rolls around and the need to retain Republican power asserts itself again.

That you might be part of that 1% of Conservatives who actually do not vote loyally Republican, every time? Perhaps.

But I will wager that you will vote loyally for a Republican president in 2008 so that you can honor George W. Bush by "Staying the Course" he has set for America.

Any takers?

Rafael Izquierdo’s daughter
Elian Gonzalez
Teri Schiavo

What more proof do I need?

A very, ver poor analogy.

During my i-net peregrinations, I found that many left-leaners were/are castigating her for a truly crass act of "economic and reproductive colonialism."

No it should not; however, the thread initiator seems to think it is about nothing else.

The fact that one is "pro-family" no more means a dogmatic devotion to the absolute preservation of the family unit than the term "pro-life" means that you cannot be in favor of capital punishment.

The thread initiator's point was not about the relative merits of the girl's future residence. It was entirely about the predictability of the opinions expressed by a certain segment of the political spectrum based solely on the Cuban-American vote in the 2008 Presidential elections.

This case actually reminds me of a similar case some years ago. I can't remember all the details clearly, but I do remember that the mother had signed adoption papers and the father was unaware of the adoption. The father sued for custody of his child, which was eventually granted, even though the child had lived with the adoptive parents since very shortly after his birth. If that case is any indication, then I believe the father in this particular case will eventually be awarded custody. I don't believe it should matter that the father in this case is Cuban, but, given the Elian Gonzales mess, it probably will.

I wouldn't say you need any proof at all, Philly Steve, but I would suggest that simply naming some names doesn't prove anything. I did not ask you to support a claim that some Conservatives are sometimes motivated by hate, I asked you to support your claim that Conservatives' sole motivation is hatred. At the same time, merely invoking the name Rafael Izquierdo does not fulfill your anticipation of Conservatives twisting themselves in knots over the affair.

Or, maybe it does. Maybe that silver hammer hovering over your knee is operated by your own hand.

Of which opinions you have presented . . . how many? None?