There's some truth to a lot of things.

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There's some truth to a lot of things.

Mary Anne — 4/18/2008 2:53:00 AM (archived)

The best outright lies contain enough truth to make them plausible.

Yet, I don't think he's a weasel. I think he hasn't thought out his message past the slogan. His attempt at compassion has stumbled into a big field of pity.

Dumb dumb dumb dumb box o' rocks dumb.

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Obama feels the pain of the Flyover People - TB - 4/12/2008 12:38:54 AM
- Well, *I* was insulted... - Mary Anne - 4/12/2008 10:08:52 PM
  - Well, you're dead wrong - azstrummer - 4/15/2008 3:44:53 AM
    - I'm with you on this one, Art - McFly - 4/17/2008 11:13:59 PM
      - re: I'm with you on this one, Art - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/18/2008 6:20:41 AM
        
        This from someone who just equated Roosevelt, Hitler & Stalin. - Mary Anne - 4/18/2008 2:59:16 PM
        
        Amazing what propaganda does. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/18/2008 10:31:33 PM
      - There's some truth to a lot of things. - Mary Anne - 4/18/2008 2:53:00 AM
    - It's too much to expect people running for office to make intelligent statements. - Mary Anne - 4/17/2008 6:06:06 PM
      - Intelligent statements - azstrummer - 4/17/2008 10:01:33 PM
        
        I was actually leaning toward Obama before, oh, 3 months ago. - Mary Anne - 4/18/2008 2:39:04 AM
        
        re: I was actually leaning toward Obama before, oh, 3 months ago. - TB - 4/18/2008 3:20:42 PM
        
        Ideas and principles v. ideology, my take. - Mary Anne - 4/18/2008 10:20:02 PM
        
        Interesting. - TB - 4/19/2008 12:53:56 AM
        
        Boy, you're fun to debate - azstrummer - 4/18/2008 2:48:46 PM
      - Now I'm insulted - Robert - 4/17/2008 8:50:07 PM
        
        Ah, but I'm not running for office. - Mary Anne - 4/18/2008 2:46:43 AM
        
        Lord love a duck, you should hear the people who DO run for local office in SF. - TB - 4/18/2008 4:20:45 AM
        
        You should see some of the people who have run for local office here. - Mary Anne - 4/18/2008 12:29:19 PM
        
        True, but you know what? - TB - 4/18/2008 3:29:00 PM
        
        re: True, but you know what? - Mary Anne - 4/18/2008 10:28:04 PM
        
        re: You should see some of the people who have run for local office here. - azstrummer - 4/18/2008 2:51:12 PM
  - re: Well, *I* was insulted... - Robert - 4/13/2008 2:43:01 AM
    - "Red state" attitudes? - TB - 4/13/2008 5:23:43 AM
    - I was watching MSNBC, and heard the tape played. - Mary Anne - 4/13/2008 4:04:04 AM
      - I believe you - Robert - 4/13/2008 4:17:33 PM
        
        I know. - Mary Anne - 4/13/2008 5:07:22 PM
        
        So when does the epiphany arrive? - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/13/2008 9:32:52 PM
        
        re: So when does the epiphany arrive? - gbaikie - 4/14/2008 4:15:24 AM
        
        Along with the Magi. - Mary Anne - 4/13/2008 11:41:02 PM
        
        It occurs to me... - TB - 4/14/2008 4:17:50 AM
        
        re: Along with the Magi. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/14/2008 1:45:48 AM
        
        "A government minimum wage increase generates NO wealth and simply depreciates the value of currency." (n/t) - And it's People - 4/14/2008 6:19:55 PM
        
        Boy, you really hate FDR. - Mary Anne - 4/14/2008 1:59:01 AM
        
        re: Boy, you really hate FDR. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/14/2008 7:38:12 PM
        
        Your reference to a so-called "real" education is duly noted and given the conscientious merit it warrants. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 4/14/2008 10:45:46 PM
        
        Ah...tit for tat. ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/15/2008 12:01:11 AM
        
        ah, MaryAnne - Tony - 4/14/2008 4:01:06 PM
      - Video of a similar statement from a few years ago. - alcaray - 4/13/2008 7:37:20 AM
        
        I don't like the implication that people necessarily do stuff he doesn't identify with because they're compensating for something else. - Mary Anne - 4/13/2008 2:52:58 PM
        
        re: Video of a similar statement from a few years ago. - gbaikie - 4/13/2008 9:15:32 AM
      - Fuuny how he plays along and uses that "bitterness". - Lee - 4/13/2008 5:19:18 AM
        
        You know why I'm not voting for John McCain? - Mary Anne - 4/13/2008 2:13:01 PM
        
        Bossyboots versus the Dark Side - Robert - 4/13/2008 5:34:36 PM
        
        How about this. - Lee - 4/13/2008 8:32:43 PM
        
        The opposite of wolf - Mary Anne - 4/13/2008 8:11:13 PM
        
        Thanks - Robert - 4/13/2008 9:50:21 PM
        
        I feel your pain. - Lee - 4/13/2008 5:11:57 PM
        
        A small but crucial difference - Robert - 4/13/2008 5:46:05 PM
        
        re: A small but crucial difference - gbaikie - 4/15/2008 8:17:49 AM
        
        I don't see them as THE problem. - Lee - 4/13/2008 8:16:48 PM
        
        Me neither (clarification) - Robert - 4/13/2008 11:06:12 PM
        
        Re: evangelical Conservatives - Yeti - 4/15/2008 3:13:33 AM
        
        Republican Jihad - Robert - 4/15/2008 4:02:13 PM
        
        Being a Conservative - REB - 4/16/2008 1:59:03 PM
        
        re: Being a Conservative - Robert - 4/16/2008 8:33:57 PM
      - re: I was watching MSNBC, and heard the tape played. - gbaikie - 4/13/2008 4:54:16 AM
  - Counterpoint. - Bowser - 4/12/2008 11:26:50 PM
    - I know some of the people you describe too. - Mary Anne - 4/13/2008 12:46:55 AM
    - re: Counterpoint. - TB - 4/13/2008 12:40:40 AM
      - The collective, conservative you really believes that. - Bowser - 4/13/2008 1:58:46 AM
        
        Like others, you keep retreating to that delusion. - TB - 4/13/2008 2:48:35 AM
        
        The Eagles said it best. - Lee - 4/13/2008 5:20:44 PM
        
        You've trained me well. (n/t) - Bowser - 4/13/2008 4:07:19 AM
  - Great post - TB - 4/12/2008 10:42:14 PM
- Sure does - Robert - 4/12/2008 4:45:30 PM
  - So - Lee - 4/12/2008 11:26:08 PM
    - What's really funny... - TB - 4/13/2008 12:57:48 AM
  - You realize that the fact that you feel the same way he does really doesn't change the basic issue. (n/t) - TB - 4/12/2008 8:34:13 PM
- And the point you are trying to get across by cut and pasting Yet Another Blog is....? - ARRELL - 4/12/2008 1:18:38 AM
  - Please use the internet or something and look up the word "transcript." - TB - 4/12/2008 1:59:14 AM
    - I read the transcript, please look up "making your point" - ARRELL - 4/12/2008 2:03:49 AM
      - Odd... - TB - 4/12/2008 4:16:32 AM
        
        And hey, you want to see something from a blog? - TB - 4/12/2008 4:25:57 AM
        
        Pretty much all your links were to blogs... - ARRELL - 4/12/2008 6:59:56 AM
        
        Right. - TB - 4/12/2008 8:32:48 PM
- I thought that was one of the more rational things a politician has said. - Bowser - 4/12/2008 1:17:12 AM
  - Unfortunately - azstrummer - 4/15/2008 1:02:27 AM

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