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Originally posted by bilmore
"Did Kerry crudely mention that Dick Cheney’s daughter was a lesbian for purely political reasons? Yes, of course, but I don’t care.
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No, but you Republicans should feel happy for having diverted attention from Bush's feat of losing three straight debates.
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Is Dick Cheney’s daughter a lesbian?
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And a GOP activist.
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Did GW let Osama Bin Laden escape at Toro Bora?
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Yes, but Bush isn't concerned about this.
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Does John Kerry change his positions on issues a lot?
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No more so than President Flip-Flop.
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Did George Bush get preferential treatment to get into the National Guard, and then not show up sometimes? Undoubtedly.
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You said it.
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Did John Kerry exaggerate and lie about his military record?
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Not in any material way, but if a large number of Republicans spend a large sum of money to convince you otherwise, who knows?
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Is the doomed Federal Marriage Amendment a stupid, bigoted, paranoid idea? Yup, it sure is.
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Exactly, but the real point is to win an election by demonizing gays and lesbians (like Cheney's daughter), not to change the Constitution.
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Did the Bush tax cut save the economy? No, it probably had only a marginal effect.
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Yes, and very, very marginal. As in, less marginal than lots of other ways the same money could have been used.
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Has the Bush tax cut and big spending doomed us by letting the deficit get out of control?
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No, there's still time for a Democratic president to try to right things.
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Has there been a net job loss during the Bush administration? Yeah.
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See, e.g., Calvin Coolidge.
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Is there a social security crisis? No, but it could use some improvement.
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But if Bush wins, you'll be hearing about the "crisis" in support of a privatization plan.
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Is there a health care crisis? No, but it could use some improvement.
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Unless you get sick, in which case things look less rosy.
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Is it a mistake for Bush to have cut off federal funding for certain kinds of stem cell research? Yeah, maybe, but it’s not a big deal.
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Unless you get sick, in which case things look less rosy.
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Is the flu vaccine debacle a big mess? Yes, it’s kinda dumb, but the only time I got a flu shot, I got the flu two days later, so I don’t care.
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Unless you get sick, in which case things look less rosy.
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Are the Republicans destroying the environment?
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No, they're greasing the wheels so that industry can do it.
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Are George Bush and John Ashcroft taking away our civil liberties? No, we have more civil liberties than we know what to do with. I have yet to meet or even hear of anyone who has been impacted by the Patriot Act.
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[insert obvious rejoinder here]
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Is John Kerry a glib, phony liberal? Well yeah, but what’s your point?
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No, but Republicans spending $$$ on ads can invent their own reality.
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Is George Bush a dyslexic, inarticulate, simpleton?
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No.
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Did John Kerry give aid and comfort to the enemy during the Vietnam war?
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No, but morons will always confuse dissent in a democracy with such things.
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Will George Bush fight the war against the jihadists with everything he’s got, without wavering, without backing down, no matter what?
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No. See, e.g., Fallujah.
We'll find out come January.
