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Selective Indignation

Larry J — 3/5/2004 7:16:21 PM (archived)

Does this button upset Democrats, or is their whinning about a couple seconds in a Bush ad yet another case of selective indignation, AKA hypocricy?

Kerry and the Democrats are trying to frame the political discussion in such a way that any discussion of his dismal record is an attack on his patriotism. Sorry, but take away his record in the Senate (in almost 20 years, he only originated a tiny handful of pieces of legislation, less than 10, and most were fluff pieces) and what do you have?

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• The 9-11/flag/commercial flap - Davin L. - 3/5/2004 1:52:58 AM
  • A feeble bluff by democrats with a very hand (n/t) - ebnelson - 3/7/2004 1:53:01 AM
    • Was that intended to be a meaningful statement? Or did you just have your random noise generator turned on... (n/t) - Davin L. - 3/7/2004 3:54:38 AM
      • >sigh< 'very' weak hand. thanks for paying attention. (n/t) - ebnelson - 3/8/2004 5:19:57 AM
  • This is the same prez who won't permit news coverage of returning dead soldiers? - alcaray - 3/5/2004 7:10:51 PM
    • He's enforcing federal law. Imagine that! - Larry J - 3/5/2004 7:37:55 PM
      • If you've followed the story at all, - alcaray - 3/5/2004 8:31:26 PM
    • You're falling into the Strawman trap... - Scott Evil - 3/5/2004 7:25:50 PM
  • I think the comercial is excellent and pulls on the heart strings. - Scott Evil - 3/5/2004 7:02:56 PM
    • The best propaganda does just that. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 3/6/2004 1:21:31 PM
  • re: The 9-11/flag/commercial flap - Larry J - 3/5/2004 2:57:01 PM
    • Still having problems with that 'reading' thing? - Davin L. - 3/5/2004 6:07:07 PM
      • Selective Indignation - Larry J - 3/5/2004 7:16:21 PM
        • re: Selective Indignation - Davin L. - 3/5/2004 8:31:47 PM
        • Forgot to close the quotation mark - Larry J - 3/5/2004 8:06:16 PM
        • Trying again with the link - Larry J - 3/5/2004 8:05:22 PM
  • If Kerry hadn't betrayed the war by denying he supported it - ebnelson - 3/5/2004 6:43:26 AM
  • re: The 9-11/flag/commercial flap - Justin Kelly - 3/5/2004 5:19:19 AM
    • You're exactly right Justin. The ad was a strawman ad, and the Kerry folks unwhitingly walked right into the trap. - Scott Evil - 3/5/2004 7:12:55 PM
      • Exercise for student: Get a basic text on rhetoric or logic and look up Strawman, then look up red herring (n/t) - Davin L. - 3/5/2004 8:41:39 PM
        • Thanks for the lesson in logic! Actually I think we are both wrong: It's a "Bait and Switch" - Scott Evil - 3/8/2004 12:28:18 AM
    • Quickly now, more later - Davin L. - 3/5/2004 6:12:19 AM
      • Actually, it's "leftist psycho hose beast." - Tom Brosz - 3/5/2004 6:22:22 AM
  • re: The 9-11/flag/commercial flap - Justin - 3/5/2004 5:19:09 AM
  • P.S. - Tom Brosz - 3/5/2004 2:46:59 AM
    • Thats the most dense thing I have ever heard you say. - Davin L. - 3/5/2004 4:12:54 AM
      • re: Thats the most dense thing I have ever heard you say. - gbaikie - 3/5/2004 6:35:18 AM
        • re: Thats the most dense thing I have ever heard you say. - Davin L. - 3/5/2004 5:50:30 PM
        • hehe - ebnelson - 3/5/2004 1:49:53 PM
      • Name one. - Tom Brosz - 3/5/2004 4:31:14 AM
    • re: P.S. - Odin - 3/5/2004 4:03:54 AM
      • Especially focus on those steps the Bush Admin should have done from 1993 through 2000 (n/t) - ebnelson - 3/5/2004 2:48:57 PM
      • Come to the aid of your party - Tom Brosz - 3/5/2004 4:18:13 AM
        • Hey Tom, I'll chip in ;-) (n/t) - Justin Kelly - 3/5/2004 4:58:18 AM
        • As usual, nuance escapes you - Odin - 3/5/2004 4:56:49 AM
          • Thanks for admiting that Clinton was responsible for the Oklahoma City bombing. - Scott Evil - 3/8/2004 12:38:15 AM
            • And if you COULD follow my logic, you'd have even more fun! - Odin - 3/8/2004 2:32:36 AM
              • Odin, even people who agree with you can't follow your logic. - Scott Evil - 3/8/2004 6:01:36 PM
                • "Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish" -- Euripedes - Odin - 3/9/2004 12:01:33 AM
          • re: As usual, nuance escapes you - RobVG - 3/5/2004 6:14:13 PM
            • Responsibility - Odin - 3/8/2004 3:40:45 AM
              • re: Responsibility - RobVG - 3/9/2004 12:29:39 AM
                • re: Responsibility - Odin - 3/9/2004 3:04:56 AM
                  • re: Responsibility - RobVG - 3/9/2004 4:51:24 PM
                    • re: Responsibility - Odin - 3/9/2004 8:54:42 PM
    • Isn't watching GWB & Co. dodge the 9-11 commission is enough to make his use of it offensive. - Bowser - 3/5/2004 2:59:28 AM
      • Proving a negative - Tom Brosz - 3/5/2004 4:05:19 AM
        • Just like the ufoologists - ebnelson - 3/5/2004 1:51:10 PM
        • It's done all the time. - Bowser - 3/5/2004 11:59:56 AM
        • re: Proving a negative - Davin L. - 3/5/2004 4:21:00 AM
  • re: The 9-11/flag/commercial flap - Tom Brosz - 3/5/2004 2:30:21 AM
    • re: The 9-11/flag/commercial flap - Davin L. - 3/5/2004 4:18:43 AM