Posting Towards Gomorrah

[SlaveNoMore]

Tyrone Slothrop
At any rate, this White House has show us that smearing people for political reasons is not necessary a crime. And if that's where you stand your ground, God bless you.

In your world, a "smear" is calling someone to the carpet on their repeated lies, exposing someone's conflict of interests, and showing why someone has a vested interest to lie.

No sir, god bless you!!!

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
That's like saying that the fact that the Houston Texans drafted Mario Williams shows that they're not planning to try to play offense this year. It makes no sense.

You may want to change this analogy.

[ltl/fb]

I like the thread title.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
In your world, a "smear" is calling someone to the carpet on their repeated lies, exposing someone's conflict of interests, and showing why someone has a vested interest to lie.

No sir, god bless you!!!

You don't seem to understand what it means to call someone to the carpet. It doesn't involve ruining his wife's career, or jeopardizing national security to do it.

And you've never been able to explain this conceit of a conflict of interest. It's downright loopy. You wingers have become convinced that Niger is the African equivalent of Maui, a place where anyone would love to go to hang out on the sand and soak up some sun.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
You may want to change this analogy.

I was hoping RT would come along.

[SlaveNoMore]

Tyrone Slothrop
You don't seem to understand what it means to call someone to the carpet. It doesn't involve ruining his wife's career, or jeopardizing national security to do it.

This assumes that (i) her career was ruined and (ii) national security was jeopardized. Since both of these assumptions are patently false, let's move on...

And you've never been able to explain this conceit of a conflict of interest. It's downright loopy. You wingers have become convinced that Niger is the African equivalent of Maui, a place where anyone would love to go to hang out on the sand and soak up some sun.

Which conceit? Oh you mean this one : that some non covert desk jockey at CIA sends her out-of-work husband, an anti-Administration guy, on a "fact-finding mission", which facts, when not in line with his own personal politics, are conveniently distorted and omitted upon his return.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
At any rate, this White House has show us that smearing people for political reasons is not necessary a crime. And if that's where you stand your ground, God bless you.

an earlier White House would give them a 1 way drive out Hain's Point.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
This assumes that (i) her career was ruined and (ii) national security was jeopardized. Since both of these assumptions are patently false, let's move on...

The CIA was upset for no good reason. Happens all the time. Hey, CIA personnel are exposed by GOP-leaning columnists all the time.

Which conceit? Oh you mean this one : that some non covert desk jockey at CIA sends her out-of-work husband, an anti-Administration guy, on a "fact-finding mission" . . . .

Niger is not Maui. Repeat after me: Niger is not Maui.

. . . which facts, when not in line with his own personal politics, are conveniently distorted and omitted upon his return.

I don't know what you're talking about but it doesn't have anything to do with conflict of interest. This is like Whack-A-Mole -- try to pin you guys down on some absurd detail, and you drop it and move to another one.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
an anti-Administration guy

Apart from what happened after he went to Niger, is there any reason to think that Wilson was an "anti-Administration guy"? Or is this the Spanky tricky of discrediting someone as biased because they come to a conclusion you disagree with?

And don't tell me he was a Democrat. As Joe Lieberman and Victor Davis Hanson are my witnesses, not all Democrats are "anti-Administration guys".

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
This assumes that (i) her career was ruined and (ii) national security was jeopardized. Since both of these assumptions are patently false, let's move on...

National security was strengthened after the Plame/Wilson duo left government service.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Or is this the Spanky tricky of discrediting someone as biased because they come to a conclusion you disagree with?

i thought the point was that Slave posted a story from someon we all agree is biased, the WP, and yet we agree with its conclusion.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Remember when the Mexicans boycotted for a day to show how important they are to the country, and to try to gain some respect? I think we should boycott this board next week- let Ty post with the numbskulls that take his side for a week- then maybe he won't be so hateful to us. On board?

I second the motion.

Should we vote? Do we have a quorum?

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
i thought the point was that Slave posted a story from someon we all agree is biased, the WP, and yet we agree with its conclusion.

You don't read very well, do you?

[sgtclub]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Let's suppose that they were for a moment. Don't you think that's an odd thing for them to be doing, given that they had no nuclear facilities?

No.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by sgtclub
No.

Are there other people who like to buy yellowcake even though they don't have nuclear facilities?