Reply #40: hmmm [View All]

[4themind]

As disturbing as it may seem, the arguments should be judged based on their own merits, rather than who makes them. That being said, I have not seen sufficient criteria presented either on this thread or otherwise to indicate that obama has "gone back" on his word, at least depending upon how that word was "interpreted" let alone intended by the speaker ( I highly doubt anyone has a reproducible metric for, or has outlined and proven the sufficient critera for). So in that light I question the Clinton campaign's interpretation of the statement in that light, and it certainly has not added positively to my regard for them, even independent of past behavior.While other candidates may be said to engage in the same behavior, individual perceptions as to the number and values placed upon the "severity" of these cases of behavior may shape attitudes towards a candidate, and not be simply believed to be in equivalence, in respect to values that a person may hold. Ultimately, in the absence of justification and proof of the sufficient criteria necessary to judge between these two candidates attacks in number and severity, we're left with an incomplete picture in terms of perception and persuasion.