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Originally Posted by goof2
I misunderstood your point in the post I was responding to. I thought you were adopting the logic that is was a lie because Obama never used the word "promise" rather than just responding to my post.
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Fair enough. As usual, I definitely could have worded my response better.
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Originally Posted by goof2
That is how campaigns have worked for the last 3 decades anyway.
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Granted. And as we've covered, both sides lie straight out of their asses at least as often as they defecate out of those same asses.
It just seems to me, lately, that the republicans have had a special brand of lying. I couldn't support Senator McCain in the last election because his would-be-heartbeat-away replacement is a vapid bimbo, but I respected the hell out of him for taking the microphone away from his supporters when they started bleating the
really stupid shit. I get the distinct impression that Romney would have taken the "Obama is an Arab" soundbite and made it a campaign platform. Then converted to Islam himself, just because he seems to revel in hypocrisy. But I digress...
I do think that sometimes I judge republican behavior more harshly because I
want to be able to support them. But their all-star lineups these days don't give me much to support. I mean, for shit's sake,
Michelle Bachmann was a front-runner for a short time.
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Originally Posted by goof2
They should hold an open discussion that lasts for hours and hours. They could have breaks every so often where each can fact check the other's stats/claims, check sources, and respond. Have open topics running concurrently for hours on end. Most people wouldn't watch it (they like their reality TV scripted and wouldn't be willing to fuck up a weekend) but I would watch the shit out of it.
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I could get behind that.