https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2010/08/04/the-epithet-and-the-redistricting-knives/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 12:06:29 -0400<![CDATA[If you do political blogging or reporting for a while, you end up hearing this question a lot: Why should I bother to come out and vote for the [insert epithet here meaning &#8216;not as ideologically sound as I am&#8217;]? This would be normally responded to with a polite &#8220;That&#8217;s a good question&#8221; and a variable-length stream of blather before the question is actually answered, but let&#8217;s cut to the chase.  You bother to go out and vote for the [epithet] because:]]>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:30:13 -0400<![CDATA[Moe Lane]]>https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2010/08/04/the-epithet-and-the-redistricting-knives-n35743