One's votes can be inconsistent with one's record

[Dan Goncharoff]

I would have thought his "position" is how he says he will vote, and his
"record" reflects how he actually voted.

DanG


On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 6:08 PM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> "He has a record of speaking out on women's issues" sounds perfectly
> natural to me. And "he" need not be a politician with a voting record or a
> politician at all.
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> VS-)
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> On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 5:45 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> > At 9/20/2012 02:13 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
> > >They mean the record of stated positions. For example, he claims to be
> > >pro-choice, but votes routinely with the opposite camp.
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> > Well, you can claim (or record) what they meant, but to me "record"
> > is not "claims".  Or even "statements".  Either of which would be
> > more on target and understandable.
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> > Joel
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