17th April 2003, 11:59 AM
We (or George Washington, more precisely) decided to be "officially neutral" about the French Revolution... probably because at heart the conservatives who had most of the power just didn't trust popular opinion, here or elsewhere... why do you think they made the only directly elected part of the government (the House of Representatives) only half of one of three branches of the government (remember, for a long time Senators were appointed by state legislatures)... and then we were glad we'd done that when it got violent and turned into a reign of terror...
That is just false, by any definition of the statement.
There is a big difference between not liking the actions of one group (radical rightwing republicans) in the US and disliking the US... why you can't see that makes no sense...
I don't hate all republicans, either... the moderates aren't so bad. Such as Maine's two Republican senators... both are moderates and one of them (Olympia Snowe) was instrumental in stopping the 500+ billion tax cut...
Quote:Well, if you're liberal and blindly opposed to everything America does
That is just false, by any definition of the statement.
There is a big difference between not liking the actions of one group (radical rightwing republicans) in the US and disliking the US... why you can't see that makes no sense...
I don't hate all republicans, either... the moderates aren't so bad. Such as Maine's two Republican senators... both are moderates and one of them (Olympia Snowe) was instrumental in stopping the 500+ billion tax cut...