# Wanda Baucus, hypocrite! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 22, 2004, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanda-baucus-hypocrite/241433 "2004-04-22T14:54:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanda-baucus-hypocrite/241433/61 "2004-04-23T16:31:32Z")
P. S.: **“Doggy Knees”**. (snicker, chortle) ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanda-baucus-hypocrite/241433/62 "2004-04-23T16:57:31Z")
As a childhood resident of Montana, with a year long stay after High School… Her actions strike me as right along the lines of most Montana residents. Not a lot of highly convoluted forelobes up there, **Chronos** and other Dope-tana residents excepted, of course… ---
**Author:** ![Balle\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Balle\_M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balle_M)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanda-baucus-hypocrite/241433/63 "2004-04-23T17:19:42Z")
> [@whistlepig](#): > > Link? > > Link to the Link? Sigh… > **[The Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News and Analysis](https://www.washingtonpost.com/?language=printer)** > > Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world national news, entertainment more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanda-baucus-hypocrite/241433/64 "2004-04-23T18:24:35Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Are you so blind that you don’t see the hypocrasy of your own statements? And before you accuse me of constructing a strawman, please note that I’m using your own words here. And all from one post. Nice try, but you aren’t nearly as clever as you think you are. Taking various segments from my posts, posts answering specific questions or scenarios or mistatements, and running them all together as though they were all in response to a single issue does not negate in the slightest their original intent. As I’ve seen so often in this forum, once my opponents discover they can’t argue effectively against my position they begin to twist my meanings as I said before, in a blatantly obvious effort to deflect attention away from the crux of the matter and attempt to win the argument with false statements and deliberate misinterpretations. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanda-baucus-hypocrite/241433/65 "2004-04-23T19:59:57Z")
> [@Starving Artist](#): > > Nice try, but you aren’t nearly as clever as you think you are. Taking various segments from my posts, posts answering specific questions or scenarios or mistatements, and running them all together as though they were all in response to a single issue does not negate in the slightest their original intent. > > As I’ve seen so often in this forum, once my opponents discover they can’t argue effectively against my position they begin to twist my meanings as I said before, in a blatantly obvious effort to deflect attention away from the crux of the matter and attempt to win the argument with false statements and deliberate misinterpretations. First of all, it’s not like I had some magical revelation about how I’m losing the argument. Your OP was shite from the get go. You may think you’re winning the argument, but you’re not. Except maybe in you tiny mind. Second, I never twisted a single thing you said. I never had to. In fact, I quoted you verbatim. Third, what false statements and misinterpretations did I make? I’m honestly trying to understand your meaning, but all you spout is gobbledygook. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanda-baucus-hypocrite/241433/66 "2004-04-23T20:33:35Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I’m honestly trying to understand your meaning, but all you spout is gobbledygook. Well, if you don’t know by now I guess you never will. I’ve explained it to you ad infinitum. You know, I believed this crap the first few times you feigned confusion and asked for additional explanations, but now I know you’re just looking for snippets you can pounce on and try to critisize. I’m sure most of the other posters, and most of the lurkers, know what I’m talking about. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanda-baucus-hypocrite/241433/67 "2004-04-23T21:09:18Z")
> [@Starving Artist](#): > > Well, if you don’t know by now I guess you never will. I’ve explained it to you ad infinitum. > > You know, I believed this crap the first few times you feigned confusion and asked for additional explanations, but now I know you’re just looking for snippets you can pounce on and try to critisize. I’m sure most of the other posters, and most of the lurkers, know what I’m talking about. Would those be the other posters who also say that you are wrong? And no, you didn’t explain it. You contradicted yourself several times, you backpedalled, and you lied about what you said in a post in the very same post. But I still have no idea what you are trying to say. Please clarify some things for me: Are all liberals hypocrites, or just some? If just some, what percentage would you estimate? Are all conservatives hypocrites, or just some? If just some, what percentage would you estimate? If the percentages are the same (as you have implied previously), are conservatives and liberals just as bad as each other? If liberals are worse, then how come? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanda-baucus-hypocrite/241433.md?page=3)