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Author Topic:   What is a Political Moderate?
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Message 22 of 26 (158422)
11-11-2004 2:25 PM
Reply to: Message 10 by paisano
11-06-2004 12:01 PM


Re: in moderation
paisano writes:
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I agree, although with such criticism, especially by a Presidential candidate, comes the responsibility to offer credible alternatives, articulated in a fair amount of detail.
You seem to be saying that one is free to criticize the policy or policies or a president or candidate so long as one offers an alternative means to the same end. I disagree. For instance, although there was much I liked about Bill Clinton's presidency, I disagreed with his national health care proposal. I am NOT philosophically opposed to national health insurance, but I had problems with his plan. I was active on CompuServe at the time, and I can remember posting my criticisms on forums like this one.
I believe one should be specific in one's criticism, but I did not then nor do I now feel that I should have offered an alternative national health insurance plan in order to criticize the one Clinton offered.

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