[Scrooge McSam]

Originally Posted by The Shadoe

Again, the terrorists WANT Civil War to break out, and they are going to egg it on as much as possible. It needn't happen.

You're right there. It needn't. That's why I was opposed to breaking the power structure before we could combat that sort of thing.

Originally Posted by The Shadoe

I beg you to find one place where I said that the situations are exactly alike. Of course they aren't exactly alike. But they share fundamental similarities.

You didn't. It's called "overstatement" and it was used for effect. You were the one making the argument that there are fundamental similarities. I don't see them. But I am willing to let you and your poli sci professor try to convince me otherwise. Have at it!

Originally Posted by The Shadoe

What's done is done. Time to make lemonade out of lemons.

Well, we are in total agreement there too. We just disagree on the lemonade recipe. The lemonade I'm sipping calls for the removal of the men and women that lied us into this war, NOT letting them continue along in the same fashion.

Originally Posted by The Shadoe

I haven't heard anyone being shut up when speaking about the war, unless they were breaking laws in the process, like Cindy Sheehan has repeatedly done.

Ever heard of Valerie Plame and Joseph Wilson. How about General Shinsecki, ever heard of him? We could go on all day, but I'm beginning to smell a lost cause.

Originally Posted by The Shadoe

Apparently you don't know about Saddam's secret tapes... and thousands of documents that haven't yet been declassified. Saddam's connection to Al Qaeda? Take a look.

What makes you think I haven't seen that? We already knew that officials from each organization had met to discuss collaboration, but that no collaborative relationship resulted from those meetings. This is old news.

Originally Posted by The Shadoe

Saddam allowed Al Qaeda operatives in his country.

Al Queda was in America too.

Originally Posted by The Shadoe

He knew they were there.

We knew they were here, too.

Originally Posted by The Shadoe

He didn't do anything about it.

Neither did we... well, nothing substantive.
Does that mean we're going to attack America now?

Originally Posted by The Shadoe

Do you think that you are above a refresher course?

Hardly. I just laugh at the hubris of a college student offering me a refresher course on ideas I covered YEARS ago and continue to discuss on a daily basis. How about you finish going through it the FIRST time, and then get back to me. Chances are I'll still be here.

Originally Posted by The Shadoe

Bomb-throwers like Franken and Randi Rhodes? Puh-lease.

What's your point? I don't need to pull up some bomb thrower to solidify my argument. We can't say the same thing for you though, can we? Remember, YOU brought Ingraham and Malkin into your argument. I mentioned Malkin's lies about Franken because you brought them up.

Originally Posted by The Shadoe

Interesting that Franken finds himself in these situations all the time.

Uh... is that overstatement or do you mean literally "all the time"?

Originally Posted by The Shadoe

Do you have an explanation as to why Franken went and stuck his finger in Laura Ingraham's producer's face?

Nope! Don't need one as I'm not using Franken to back up my arguments.

Originally Posted by The Shadoe

It's suspicious when Franken finds himself in these situations all the time.

Again... overstatement or "all the time"?

Originally Posted by The Shadoe

Granted, I think that it was stupid for the the Deankey to be at a Kerry Rally, but Franken's behavior is not justifiable.

Franken helps diffuse a volatile situation and he's out of line. Malkin lies about Franken's actions and she's justified?
Riiiiiiiiiiiight!

Originally Posted by The Shadoe

I brought up Malkin. I didn't bring up Coulter. If you look back, soemone mentioned Coulter earlier and I responded to that post.

You're right. You did not bring up Coulter. She's Leo's babe.

Originally Posted by The Shadoe

Provide some evidence of this please. That's a ludicrious accusation, one that can't be baked up.

You'll be covering the "Fairness Doctrine" soon if you haven't already. There's also plenty of info on the K Street Project in the news right now

Originally Posted by The Shadoe

Did Randi Rhodes tell you this? Or Sean Penn?

No. Did Michelle Malkin or Laura Ingraham tell you to ask me that? ( See how ridiculous that sounds?)

Originally Posted by The Shadoe

He talked about how the Democrats have better plans, but mysteriously he didn't let people in as to what those plans were. Just that they were different from the Republicans.

Hmmm Interesting. You listened to the speeches, or did you confine yourself to the talking heads impressions of those speeches?

Originally Posted by The Shadoe

Oh, and that they have better hair. So if you're Vidal Sassoon, the Kerry ticket is for you.

Funny! Who says conservatives are humorless?

Originally Posted by The Shadoe

That viewpoint absolutely disgusts me. The same arguments were made to keep slavery in place!

Excuse me, but I'm gonna need a little more from you here. How did we get from "A woman has the right to control what goes on in her own body" to "Scrooge argues by extension that blacks are inferior to whites"?

Originally Posted by The Shadoe

I've been trying to be very careful what I say because politics are such a personal thing and it's hard to be tactful about it. It is my sincere attempt to not attack any person, but rather what is being said. I don't hold grudges or anything of that sort.

Rest easy. Neither do I