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2005-05-18 Home Front: Culture Wars

So Who's Nuttier -- Democrats or Republicans?

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Posted by phil_b 2005-05-18 07:07|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I think anyone with any true logic and knowledge of history *has* to be an optimist. The quality of life in the western world has steadily improved for centuries. It started out very ugly; it has had to overcome some huge obstacles; but the quality of life today is at its historical best with no end in sight of improvement.

Posted by Dar">Dar 2005-05-18 09:03|| 2005-05-18 09:03|| Front Page Top

#2 good comments...but I have a problem with this whole premise. What I see going on here is that all conservatives are being painted with the same brush as Michael Savage .. who in my opinion is a nut bag himself.

Expect more of this type of branding.

Posted by 2b 2005-05-18 09:54|| 2005-05-18 09:54|| Front Page Top

#3 I think both sides have extreamest, crazy, nuts. The republicans just have less of 'em and the party isn't run by 'em.

Homer Simpson for president!

Posted by mmurray821 2005-05-18 10:23|| 2005-05-18 10:23|| Front Page Top

#4 +Are there Right wint NUTS and Left Wing NUTS? Yes there NUTS on each side. The difference is that Senator Frist is unlikely to use a Michael Savage quote on the floor of the senate. On the flip side NARAL, Move On, NOW, and NAACP seem to WRITE the speaches of the Democrats. The difference is called independant thought.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2005-05-18 10:28|| 2005-05-18 10:28|| Front Page Top

#5 The answer to the question is "both". And I can prove it. According to the Standard Distribution Curve (the "Bell Curve"), half of the population of the United States has below average "sanity" (less than average mental health of all varieties). So are these people who are less mentally healthy more attracted to politics than the more stable? Not necessarily, but at the same time, more normal people are less likely to advance within the political parties as fast as the highly motivated, enthusiatic and driven persons. People who are either so attracted to what their party does, or so strongly opposed to what the opposition party does, that they will put in a lot of extra time, personal and financial committment into winning. So, over time, the mentally less stable gravitate to leadership positions in both parties.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-05-18 10:29|| 2005-05-18 10:29|| Front Page Top

#6 I think Right Wing Nuts and Left Wing Nuts must be social diseases.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2005-05-18 12:26|| 2005-05-18 12:26|| Front Page Top

#7 Glad you spoke up when you did, Deacon.

I was hungry and looking for a snack. Nuts would have hit the spot (though I'm not sure which side of the plate - the left or the right - has the better-tasing nuts).

Thank goodness you told me in time that they're diseased. ;-p

Guess I'll have to settle for a Diet Coke.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2005-05-18 15:06|| 2005-05-18 15:06|| Front Page Top

#8 I don't mean to be crude but that wasn't the kind of "nuts" I was refering to.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2005-05-18 15:15|| 2005-05-18 15:15|| Front Page Top

#9 (Pssssttt - Deacon, I know. Just making a little joke. ;-p)

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2005-05-18 15:36|| 2005-05-18 15:36|| Front Page Top

#10 Dopey me. I didn't get much sleep last night, my dogs and the coyotes had a sing in all night so I'm a little slow this afternoon.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2005-05-18 16:36|| 2005-05-18 16:36|| Front Page Top

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