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Subject:Re: Liberal Trust Irony (you can't trust them...trust me)
Date:Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:23:09 -0500
From:Bob LeChevalier <lojbab@lojban.org>
Newsgroups:alt.education,alt.politics,alt.politics.usa,alt.politics.elections,alt.politics.election
Wide Eyed in Wonder <writingken@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Isn't it interesting that liberals will tell you that you cannot trust
>a politician or a business leader (needing to always check up on what
>their agenda is)

Actually, I hear that mostly from libertarians, most of whom are on
the right wing.

>but they require absolute loyalty to their own organizations?

They do?

>Distrust those Christians trying to influenced Education/ Absolute
>trust of the NEA / AFT
>Distrust those anti-abortion conservatives/ Absolute trust of Planned
>Parenthood
>Distrust those business leaders/ Absolute trust of social aid
>organizations (like the peace corps)
>Distrust those American politicians / Absolute trust for UN
>organizations (who include countries that seek our harm)

I'll await your proof of "absolute trust" by anyone.

>They need to make up their mind.

No.  They merely need to ignore your strawman.

>Either we elect or hire leader to trust,

You apparently never heard of "trust but verify" - a coinage of none
other than that great liberal Ronald Reagan.

lojbab