tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30340112.post115282337290118580..comments2023-10-04T05:42:58.799-05:00Comments on Half Empty: Dad's Right, But People Still Want to KnowHalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06691384412216558403noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30340112.post-1152838734589387762006-07-13T19:58:00.000-05:002006-07-13T19:58:00.000-05:00Well that's the problem, isn't it? We have modera...Well that's the problem, isn't it? We have moderate Democrats like Lampson who are cursed as the Devil Incarnate and a threat to Western Civilization while they are Democrats, but when they jump to the Republicans--like Phil Gramm and Ben Nighthorse Campbell--they become on the side of the angels with the exact same positions!<BR/><BR/>The only exception was Greg Laughlin, who was so far off the Reservation while a Democratic Congressman in Texas 14 that the Democrats kept making the excuse, "Well, after all, he's the best we can do in this conservative district." So come the Republican landslide and Laughlin jumps parties, saying that ALL ALONG he was really a Republican. Laughlin boasted that he'd handily be re-elected because he was the only Democrat that his predominantly Republican supporters voted for. Except that Ron Paul knocked him out by his Achilles Heel, the Republican Primary. I can't say I'm sorry, either! At least Ron Paul is a man with principle, who doesn't cut his clothes to fit the season.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com