EvolveOrConvolve
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Tue Feb-19-08 04:59 PM
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I suggest a new rule. I'll call it the "Rove Card" |
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Anytime either side accuses the other of being "Rovian" or somehow attempting to link the opposition to rove, the argument is over and the accuser is automatically dubbed the loser.
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Cronus Protagonist
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Tue Feb-19-08 05:01 PM
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1. I think you want to expand Godwin's law to include not only Hitler, but Rove too? |
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Isn't that rather Rovian of you? (really)
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Tue Feb-19-08 05:02 PM
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EvolveOrConvolve
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Tue Feb-19-08 05:03 PM
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I'm just tired of seeing both sides accuse the other of being Rovian or somehow connected to Rove.
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Tue Feb-19-08 05:01 PM
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Ian David
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Tue Feb-19-08 05:01 PM
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2. That's the sort of thing Hitler would say. n/t |
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Tue Feb-19-08 05:03 PM
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From now on we'll call it the "Mark Penn card"
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Tue Feb-19-08 05:04 PM
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Lerkfish
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Tue Feb-19-08 05:04 PM
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7. um, no. There are times when the allusion is apropos. |
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just like Godwin's law is bullcrap.
Godwin's law ASSUMES that all references to Nazi Germany are inherently invalid, when such is not the case.
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Tue Feb-19-08 05:07 PM
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8. Often the allusion is not apropos |
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It's a simple smear that adds nothing to the discourse and creates a "crying wolf" syndrome where legitimate references to Rove or Rovian tactics are seen as insubstantial.
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Tue Feb-19-08 05:28 PM
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Rove made the unfounded viscerally disgusting attack commonplace in american politics...His strategic philosophy is not only vile, but is patently transparent. When similar strategies are used, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to make the obvious comparison.
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