That sort of thing goes on your permanent record, you know.
The [del]Energizer[/del] Wrongness Bunny. Still going!
Handwaving away any evidence that contradicts your position…gosh, that’s vaguely familiar…
Or, to translate, “If they’d said last year what I claim they secretly believed instead of later saying something publicly that proves me wrong, I’d win this argument!”. Can’t argue with that logic.
Can’t tell if serious.
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There was some “logic” in there? Could you point it out for me? I seem to have missed it.
The logic is “If things were the way I said they were rather than the way they actually are, I’d be right.”
Maybe adaher’s trying to make a meta-argument along the lines of “So even though Obama lies about some things, you don’t assume he’s always lying. I’ve been wrong about some things, and you assume I’m always wrong. Why are you so inconsistent?” If he is trying for that, someone needs to tell him he’s as bad at playing “gotcha ya” as he is at predicting elections.
Fuck off, BPC. Stop trying to make your lack of intelligence or comprehension skills be my problem. Or Adaher’s, for that matter.
Telling that this criticism, like most, comes from the camp of lying liars who lied the country into a war over non existent WMD’s and the ever memorable ‘Mission Accomplished’ moment.
I think your pants might ignite, tread carefully.
Rhetorical laziness. I doubt adaher believes that’s really a sound argument, but I think he believes he can convince other people it’s a sound argument.
No. We don’t want The Decider back in office. EVER.
I initially misread this as “Obama will declare martial law and name himself King Kong before that.” That would be pretty cool in an Idi Amin, batshit crazy kinda way.
Actually, I’m using the high standard set by the Doper community. As I said, if a poster came by and said the things Obama says about his health care law, he’d be pegged in a hurry as an idiot.
Of course, we hold politicians to lower standards.
But still, that health care speech he gave a couple of weeks ago? Man, that was filled with so much BS I can’t believe anyone would take the guy seriously anymore. ACA has nothing to do with the budget? Insurance costs are “lower than expected”? The bill isn’t costing jobs? Health care is an American right?
The man wouldn’t make it on this board.
I assume you meant to type “I’m using and I’m high.” That would be an almost-acceptable explanation for your postings, which combine total arrogance with zero knowledge and a very low opinion of everyone you’re talking to.
The GOP is making ACA about the budget.That shouldn’t be the case. The fact the GOP feels the only way to defeat it is through extortion should tell you all you need to know about how scared they are that it will work. And if they truly felt it would fail, they should let it do so and reap the political rewards.
Healthcare may not be a right but it’s a worthy goal. Except to assholes like the GOP and you.
I only have a low opinion of people who get so emotionally invested in a leader that they react angrily to criticism of him. I’ve transferred most of my posting to debatepolitics.com and haven’t had a nasty thing said to me since. People respect each other there. And I reciprocate. Likewise, if people act like jerks, I’ll be a jerk right back.
Since many Dopers see disagreement with the party line to be tantamount to “shitting on a thread”, I made my own rather than messing up theirs.
Then you’d better hope nobody over there ever sees the dumb crap you post here. I imagine their opinion of you will change the next time you proclaim something like this:
A week before an election that shows you’re not merely wrong, but have no idea what’s going on. And I bet your tactic of disappearing after failure and then hoping everybody forgets your mistakes will work over there either.
And thus you demonstrate the point I made, that saying dumb things makes people take you less seriously. Unless you are the President. Although I doubt Bush got the benefit of the doubt on this board that the current guy gets.
As for the other board, people are less uptight. A dumb post is an opportunity to make an easy rebuttal, not a reason for anger or attacking the poster making the dumb post.
I don’t mind the high standard, I just wish it came with a little consistency, rather than as an opportunistic way to make a board dedicated to fighting ignorance more ideologically homogenous.
You guys could start by holding your President to a higher standard. The guy really is a troll.
You are the living embodiment of that point. No one takes you seriously because almost everything you say is dumb - and delivered with serious arrogance. And now you’re getting whiny about people not being respectful of you even though your opinions don’t deserve respect.
No shit, Sherlock.
And we do hold the President to a higher standard, we elected him over the other guy.