I don’t know if you actually read that before using it, or if you just use a different snippet from the GOP’s anti-Kerry pages every week or something, but it doesn’t say what you think it says. It doesn’t say what the GOP seem to think it says either.
By voting againsteliminating marriage penalty relief, Kerry is, in essence, supporting marriage penalty relief. In other words, HE DID EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO DO, at least according to the Republicans.
By the way, you didn’t think too much about your Emerson quote.
Not only does it have the word “totomorrow” in it, it actually favours speaking strongly about the issues of the day, then speaking just as strongly about what you believe tomorrow, even if this means you are being contradictory. That is, it is actually in support of changing positions, even if this causes contradictions!
Are you trying to fuck with our minds here, or are you just stupid?
Emerson was known for understanding the wisdom of changing one’s mind:
Athelas apparently doesn’t see the wisdom in it even when he (she?) does it. But maybe things will be different tomorrow. :dubious:
Athelas, differing opinions are respected here only when they reflect some thinking. Almost everyone makes mistakes here, but put some thought into what you are actually saying – especially when you are criticizing the stance of others.
About that Emerson quote - I wrote it as a sort of wry aside, a “heh-heh” kind of kicker. It is meant to be read with a sarcastic voice. I actually disagree with much of what Emerson said. As a matter of fact, I mentioned to a friend when I was talking about my sig (yes, I’m that self-centered ) that most people would misunderstand it and think that I was contradicting myself. But…“to be great is to be misunderstood”, eh?
That summary of the vote is badly written, I admit. In fact, that last relief should be dropped. (It can easily be seen that Kerry’s actions either increased taxes or prevented a decrease of taxes, as the link also says that he saved taxpay
Look [here for a better description of the vote: “In 1998, Sen. Kerry voted against eliminating the marriage penalty for married taxpayers with combined incomes of less than $50,000 per year, saving [I assume it means that the measure which he rejected would have saved - again bad wording] taxpayers $46 billion over 10 years”
[url=http://www.georgewbush.com/kerrymediacenter/read.aspx?id=2398]Here](http://www.gopteamleader.com/myissues/view_issue.asp?id=1777) is an even more damning list of his votes against mariage penalty relief. So…I can understand your confusion and will change my sig accordingly, but the facts themselves are correct.
About that Emerson quote - I wrote it as a sort of wry aside, a “heh-heh” kind of kicker. It is meant to be read with a sarcastic voice. I actually disagree with much of what Emerson said. As a matter of fact, I mentioned to a friend when I was talking about my sig (yes, I’m that self-centered ) that most people would misunderstand it and think that I was contradicting myself. But…“to be great is to be misunderstood”, eh?
>Athelas apparently doesn’t see the wisdom in it even when he (she?) does it
Regardless of your sig’s content, it’s still too big. The max allowed is 4 lines and even on my giganto screen yours is taking up 6 lines.
Just a heads up.
Let me see if I understand the issue - to change one’s mind is a bad thing, even if it occurs over a span of years, eh?
So, for example, when Bush opposed the Commission looking into 9/11 then praised it a short time later, is that a ‘flip flop’?
Or when he wasn’t going to let Condi appear on camera under oath, but then agreed?
Or when he was only going to allocate a specific amount of time for himself to appear there?
Or even more basic, invading Iraq 'cause of the danger SH posed w/his weapons of Mass Destruction- I mean Programs for Weapons of Mass Destruction - I mean desire for a program for weapons of Mass Destruction - I mean to ‘free the Iraqi people from tyranny and torture’ -um ‘free some of the Iraqi people from as much torture and tyranny and besides we’ll prosecute some of the torturers’???
) that most people would misunderstand it and think that I was contradicting myself. But…“to be great is to be misunderstood”, eh?