Comments | kaelin42: From Rush Limbaugh yesterday

kaelin42

From Rush Limbaugh yesterday

Oct 12, 2004 17:30

The most common phrase that Kerry used in the debate on Friday night was "I have a plan." "I have a plan! I have a plan! I have plan! I have a plan!" But the most common word Kerry used was "but." Everything he said had a "but" in it or a qualifier. "I believe we should have gotten Saddam but..." "I believe in tax cuts, but..." So what I instructed ( Read more... )

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how about gump9000 October 12 2004, 22:32:17 UTC

I'm going to invade Iraq but for retarded reasons and without an exit plan.
or
I'm going to federalize the education system but I don't indend to spend any money on it.
or
I'm going to balance the budget in 4 years but I'm going to lower taxes and increase government spending.
or
I want to simplify the tax code but I've added more loopholes and credits into it than anybody in recent history

I mean come on, I could go on. This is the easy stuff. Everyone uses qualifiers, if Bush doesn't then it just goes to show how simple minded he is. Obviously it's easier to get your message out by using simple terms, but there are simple things and there are complicated things, and being the president (and policy issues in general) is one of the complicated things.

Re: how about qualario October 13 2004, 02:00:00 UTC

Thanks, Gump9000, for taking most of the words right out of my mouth. I wouldn't have used the word "retarded," but I don't think you meant to compare Bush's reasoning to a person with developmental difficulties ( ... )

Re: how about kaelin42 October 13 2004, 02:29:18 UTC

At what point during all that was Limbaugh wrong? The UN is mostly full of thugs. A good part of the world is not democratic, and the governments of the poorer countries of the world would be well classified as dictators ( ... )

Re: how about qualario October 13 2004, 04:42:00 UTC

The UN is not mostly thugs. And calling them thugs is not, as they say, the brightest foreign policy move. If some of the member nations of the United Nations can be characterized as "thuggish," that is no reason to blindly label the rest of them as such. It's gross exaggeration, and therefore wrong ( ... )

woah. zephyrkel October 13 2004, 17:16:56 UTC

..i'm kinda in awe that a forum exists whereby my little brother can argue politics with my friends from high school and college. ...welcome to the east coast debates....