# A Hypothetical Duck in the White House **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 6, 2004, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-duck-in-the-white-house/238524 "2004-04-06T11:41:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-duck-in-the-white-house/238524/101 "2004-04-14T20:12:26Z")
Er… I meant **Shodan,** not **Scylla.** Guess lunch made me sleepier than I thought. Yeah, that’s it, that’s the ticket… Can a mod fix that for me? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-duck-in-the-white-house/238524/102 "2004-04-14T21:49:00Z")
I see that all the narrow-minded knee-jerks are lined up nicely along their rigid and unbending idealogical lines. It’s sort of like seeing the sun rise, the absurdly polarized mindless dribblings here – reassures you that the world is still turning as it has for pointless eons. How pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-duck-in-the-white-house/238524/103 "2004-04-15T13:03:43Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > Of course, **Scylla** (actually **Shodan** - our friend apparently cannot remember whose arguments he is misrepresenting from moment to moment) wouldn’t have a problem with the mental contortions needed for condemning Clinton for firing cruise missiles at Osama Bin Laden (“He’s trying to distract folks from Lewinsky!”) while simultaneously condemning Clinton for not killing Osama Bin Laden (“He’s not fighting the war on terror!”). > > The clinical term for someone who thinks like this is “a fucking idiot.” Don’t worry about the stupidity of getting the name wrong. Worry about the stupidity of simultaneously claiming that the war on Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11, and claiming that Clinton firing cruise missiles at Iraq was actually an attack on Osama bin Laden. I won’t bother giving you the clinical term for someone who thinks like this. That I bet you can figure out for yourself. 😉 Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-duck-in-the-white-house/238524/104 "2004-04-15T18:09:08Z")
Of course 9/11 had a lot to do with the war on Iraq. Its simply that the reverse isn’t true. (Saddam had nothing to do with 9/11. I feel the need to spell that out for you. Unless you have some proof otherwise? Beyond your bald assertion that it is so?) As to your Ms Cleo like prescience, your ability to peer directly into Bill Clinton’s mind and inventory the contents thereof, permit us to remain skeptical, unless you can attest to some special insight into the thinking of adulterous horndogs. As well, so far as I know, there is no special “clinical term” for one who does \*not \*suffer from Cognitive Dissonance (the number one threat to our Nation!) Permit me to remind you that we have yet to recieve the photo we requested for our “poster child” project. Dewey eyed and appealing, if you have such. Clutching a GeeDubya action figure to your breast, while amusing, is not required. We thank you in advance for your cooperation on behalf of our noble cause. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-duck-in-the-white-house/238524.md?page=5)