Hard questions are not 'Gotcha' questions

Human_Paraquat · Oct 14, 2008

Twoback said:

DemoChristian said:

VPILF and dominatrix dolls are not being done by mainstream media. That's my point. Just like the mainstream media is not dressing monkeys in Obama gear to make a racist point.
There will always be racism, sexism, religious bigotry, etc., associated with political candidates. It's a shame, but it's one of the costs of freedom of speech.
I just take umbrage with the assertion I've seen others make that the media is trying to destroy Palin because she's a woman. No, she's ignorant and it shows. That has nothing to do with her sex.
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No, they're trying to destroy her because she's a conservative woman.
They didn't try to "destroy" Clinton. They just picked at her enough to make it harder than it was for her opponent.
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If everything about this campaign were exactly the same, except the GOP VP candidate was the MALE governor of Alaska, that candidate would have been savaged much worse for all the gaffes, inadequacies, etc. Being a mother, etc. does allow Palin some sympathies a male would not enjoy, and punches have been pulled.

The intense scrutiny directed at her has nothing to do with her gender. If Obama had picked a running mate who was unknown to 99 percent of the electorate before the introductory news conference, similar scrutiny would be warranted. However, he made a better political decision than that.

Beaker · Oct 14, 2008

Dickens Cider said:

I love it when Republicans get indignant. It's cute, in a completely oblivious, hypocritical way.
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Especially when they play the victim. It's amusing, to say the least.

MacDaddy · Oct 14, 2008

trench said:

Double Down said:

There is no point in even having these arguments because conservatives don't want real balance, they want to hear that Hillary Clinton is a lesbian and she killed Vince Foster. On CNN. That, trench, would be balanced right?

As we always do in these situations we're going to ask for specifics instead of generalities. Other than the clown show on MSNBC, how are the other networks biased? And don't say "well just look at them! If you can't see it I can't help you." That doesn't play. Show your work please. Also, while you're at it, who are the liberal equivalents of Pat Buchanan and Joe Scarborough on Fox?
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Fox is on the right. I stipulate that. Are you really saying you can't stipulate that the media (TV, print, all of it), on the whole, leans the other way? Your own condemnation of MSNBC should be more than enough of an indictment of NBC itself to satisfy you on that network. CBS dropped 60 million into Katie Couric's lap to sit in their anchor seat (and don't tell me that was about ratings not politics, because where ethics in coverage are concerned, its motivations don't matter). I'm only scratching the surface here in hopes that you'll at least concede the basic point without a full dissertation. Oh and thanks for the fine character labeling about lesbianism, Foster, etc. -- too bad those labels don't fit me (funny how outlandish attacks that reduce intelligent political discussion into name calling always seem to come from the blue corner). If you'd like to make your display of ignorance complete, go ahead and call me a war monger and any other convenient labels you can summon while you're at it.
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Why would someone concede a point when no evidence to the contrary has been presented?

jojoblack · Oct 16, 2008

I am so sick of hearing how Palin's being picked on. She basically said that Hillary was whining and was setting women back with her charges of sexism. Sen. McCain, the officer and a gentleman who stands vigilant now against sexism, couldn't hold back his laughter when a supporter referred to Hillary as a bitch during the primaries.
Palin burst onto the scene promoting herself as a pitbull. She fires at the opposition knowing full well that they'll be hit with the sexist/bully tag as soon as they strike back at her. If she were a man, she'd be shredded. Non-Kool-Aid drinkers in her own party consider her an embarrassment. (Please don't tell me it's because she's such a maverick and others are just displaying petty jealousy, either.)
She's got so much baggage and the typical political audacity to say that we don't know about Obama and his association with terrorists.
I am disgusted that MSM keeps spouting the nonsense about how she's going to be such a Republican star in the future. The truth is it ain't gonna happen. She is down to about 45 seconds in her 15 minutes of relevance on the national political scene.

txsportsscribe · Oct 16, 2008

cranberry said:

Edit: To include the fact that she got an 841 on her SAT and had a 2.2 GPA in high school. I'm thinking it's a good thing she's been vetted by the media.
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maybe you should edit your edit to include that you're presenting misinformation from a fake document.

waterytart · Oct 16, 2008

jojoblack said:

She fires at the opposition knowing full well that they'll be hit with the sexist/bully tag as soon as they strike back at her.
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So when the biopic comes out, is it going to be Sarah Palin starring as Danica Patrick, or Danica Patrick as Sarah Palin?

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