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Old 07-19-2005, 12:59 PM   #355
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somthing like that
OK...

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see your first quote........
"Some" Republicans being pedophiles means "no Republicans" can criticize Clinton? Why?

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2 or more huh ...... yeah somthing like that , is there a reason why you are avoiding the # of people on the list ?
No - but what percentage of all Republicans (over the period of time the list represents) are pedophiles? The list represents 45 Republicans (from the time Strom Thurmond's illegimate child was conceived) until recently; how many non-pedophile Republicans have existed over those decades?

I'm not trivializing pedophilia, as you would probably claim, but in any group that large over that long a period of time, you're going to find scumbags. What that says about the group as a whole depends on the nature of the claim, but that 45 Republicans, over many decades, were pedophiles doesn't mean much about Republicanism generally, or individual Republicans specifically.

I smoked pot in college - does that mean I can't criticize pot-smokers?
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