No one ever proved who did the anti-McCain push-polling back in 2000 either, but everybody knows, you know?
Remember, the court of public opinion is not a court of law. Proof beyond reasonable doubt is not a necessary standard.
Well, yeah, but that doesn’t mean that it shouldn’t be held to any standards. John Mace is asking why we should believe that the McCain campaign is behind this, and not just some rabid McCainines?
You’re right. I would expect nothing less than for McCain to publicly and passionately campaign these efforts unconditionally. Looking forward to it…
:dubious:
:smack:
:smack::smack::smack: That should be condemn, not “campaign”. Obviously, you can tell who I think is giving tacit approval (if not outright support) for such efforts… 
So in a thread about people making unsupported accusations about someone, the OP makes an unsupported accusation about someone. Isn’t that special.
The OP made a supported accusation. Perhaps you’re special.
No. The OP is about people making false accusations about someone.
That does make more sense. 
There’s a fine line between “backing” and “condoning”. Either would be pretty low, but the latter at least has plausible deniability.
I didn’t see any support. Care to point it out?
It’s the quoted segment of an article published in The Guardian. Pretty much everything between “Quote:” and “Rove”. If that’s too complicated, it’s the part in the square box.
Oh. Ok. Never mind then. No since in arguing with an idiot.
No, but I keep arguing with you anyway. What can I say? I like a challenge.
Your name really is true then? 
Yep. It’s a reference to English weather. 
What could possibly make the people called by the pollsters “victims”? Victims of what? Someone calls you on the phone and asks you questions, even if you think they are unfair or deceiving, and now you’re a victim? :dubious:
Do you believe it is appropriate for campaigns to perform such actions?
No, but unless they can show actual loss (ie., they voted for the other guy, then discovered that whatever they were told wasn’t true) they aren’t victims, per se.
No, but that’s irrelevant. How were these people harmed, to the level of being “victims” of anything?
According to the standards set by the Jeremiah Wright biz, McCain must renounce, denounce, and roundly condemn each and every instance. Otherwise, its the same as if he did it himself.
Might as well relax, McCain is sliding in the polls, and the Forces of Darkness are likely to panic. You’ll look back on these as the Golden Days of cordial fair play.