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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 12:02 AM Original message |
Obama Pulling A Fast One? Last night, he presented what logicians call a "False Dilemma" |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
1. I wonder why they have been distracting us with this crap, what has really |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
2. Thank you grahamhgreen! n/t |
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MyshkinCommaPrince (227 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
3. Cut the knot. |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 12:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Exactly! |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 05:29 AM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Also: SS doesn't add to the deficit! |
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blue neen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
4. No, it's more like Boehner (the World's Saddest Tangerine--John Stewart) is pulling the fast one. |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
5. Can you provide a quote from his speech illustrating that? nt |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 12:35 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. "the debate has centered around two different approaches. The first approach says, |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 01:23 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. But it has. nt |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 05:49 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. But it has what? |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
46. "centered around two different approaches" nt |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
7. Funny how some people always cast Pres. Obama as the conniving liar but never the Republicans |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 12:32 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. this is Democratic Undergound not Obama Underground after all. nt |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 01:03 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. How ironic you should say that. It's not as if Skinner is hawking Obama pillowcases, after all. |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 01:27 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. What the what? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 05:50 AM Response to Reply #11 |
27. + |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 12:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. That's because we all already know the Republicans are scum buckets. |
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hulka38 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
33. Maybe the poster you're responding to |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 12:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Republicans lying is a given like water is wet. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 03:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
43. +1 |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 12:58 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. I think 99% of the people who post here believe the republicans lie & connive regularly. |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 01:05 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. +1 |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 01:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
34. +1 |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 02:32 AM Response to Reply #7 |
21. It goes without saying that repugs are liars. EVERYONE here knows it |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 02:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
42. +1 |
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SusanaMontana41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
8. Thanks. Haven't heard/seen any commentator or journalist point that out. n/t |
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Shandris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
9. Well, to be fair the False Dilemma is a mainstay of political argument. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 05:26 AM Response to Reply #9 |
23. +1 |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
10. "either I must give republicans most of what they want...or all of what they want" n |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
36. And please call your representative and advocate for the first position. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
14. Yep but that is politics for you |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 04:55 AM Response to Original message |
22. The dilemma becomes less false |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 01:49 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. Since the Presidents proposals have already been firmly rejected by the other side, and many Dems, |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 05:29 AM Response to Original message |
25. He explained the two approaches that were being taken, he did not |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #25 |
48. Amen! As usual. n/t |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
28. They did it, and they did it well. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
29. The amount of stupid in that premise is mindblowing. Count on Reactionary Screamers to never account |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. Is the only way for us to solve the debt crisis by cutting SS, which added not one nicke to the debt |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 04:19 PM Response to Reply #29 |
49. Truth hurts. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
30. Nonsense |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. "The actual dilemma here is default or do not default." |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 01:47 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. + a big number |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
31. Mind numbing |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
35. It's like Mom |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. Your response is the smoke and mirrors. |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
39. Unfortunately at this point these ARE our choices |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Why is Clinton's 14th amendment option not an option? |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 03:07 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. They are not our choices. They are boehner and Obama's choices. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
47. The unmentioned option Rove's bosses don't want known is RAISE TAXES ON THE RICH. |
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