Posts by Neil Morrison
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...it deliberately misrepresents a direct quote. It's not even subtle
and Obama's response was to claim "Hillary Clinton will say anything to get elected." - hardly true but I would call it a typical flight of rhetoric for a politician. I wouldn't call it a lie exactly.
They have both tried to misrepresent the words and positions of the other. That's politics.
As for "entitlement", where does this come from exactly? Why is it that it is only HRC who comes in for this treatment? So she thinks she can win, she's probably got a very robust ego. Wouldn't that apply to any of the candidates? It would just be the necessary pre-requisite to survive such a process.
An ambitious Obama - no problem. An ambitious HRC - suddenly it's "ugly".
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I call lying by omission and/or distortion a lie and people who indulge in them liars.
but Obama has been comparing himself to Reagan. That is not a lie. It's a deliberate strategy on his part.
The thrust of Obama's line is "I'm like Reagan in certain ways". The thrust of Clinton's response is "OK, but maybe being ilke Reagan isn't so great". This is political rhetoric from both sides, to call it lying sort of misses the point.
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however you spin it the Clinton campaign got pinged for telling a big fat lie of ommission
it's basic poltics to make statements made by oppenents look bad. if you want to call that lying fair enough.
but Obama was comparing himself to Reagan to make the campaign point that he will also transform US politics. Fine, that's his message.
But Clinton's line of attack is - compare yourself to Reagan if you want but don't be surprised if there's elements of that comparison that aren't flattering.
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Hilary's came first and it's yer basic lying sleaze.
how so? Barak has indeed been comparing himself to Reagan (both are apparently Great Transformers)- it's one of the things Krugman has been crtical of him for. It's not a lie.
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You must be on drugs
They promised me insights into the human condition and all I get is dyslexia.
Bv)
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i'm sure you had "put"
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I haven't smoked "put" but I imagine the results might be "fairy" good.
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but The Standard has never taken the position that David is doing anything wrong on his blog.
That's not how kbb and The Standard have come across. You both have featured some very nasty personal attacks on DPF. That might just be one reason your comment threads aren't up to much.
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'Even Better than the Real Thing'
the story I heard was that Bono orginally had "better than the real thing" which Eno took exception to, too earnest, and suggested adding the "even" for the irony.
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someone used this situation...
Umberto Eco. Wasn't the term Pomo first used for the archetectural style of Las Vegas?
There's also The Death of The Author stuff.