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Old 04-28-2011, 06:56 PM   #71
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To my way of thinking, the immaturity is in being so closed minded that one never finds out about the person's character. It would be pretty hard to know whether Ron Paul's politics are right or wrong if all you measured it by was Ron Paul's politics.
Why would I care about anything except Ron Paul's politics when I'm judging the rightness or wrongness of those politics? I don't care how nice a guy he is, or whether or not he goes to church on Sunday, or volunteers at the puppy shelter. When I'm judging his politics then I judge the politics, judging anything else makes no sense to me.

Edit: Adding, I wouldn't support someone whom I disagree with just because I think they're a nice guy, but I would oppose someone that I agree with if I thought they were a terrible person. That sounds kind of schizophrenic but it makes sense in my head.

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