did John Kerry just call soldiers stupid?

[Nephythys]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

I had no idea the Republicans were that desparate. Grasping at straws is the appropriate phrase here.


Oh, and next time someone calls out the "liberal media" I will point to how much publicity Kerry has gotten over virtually nothing. Liberal? I think not.

I would still call it liberal- they may be giving him coverage, but alot of it is defending him.

Everyone is desperate during elections- this is not a partisan trait.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Nephythys

You are going to twist this however you like.

Have at it.

Twist? You flat out said you were doing exactly what I said you were. A question was asked, you "turned the question".

"How can you call yourself a Catholic if you don't take communion?"
"Well, what about all those non-Catholics who don't take communion?"

"How can you call yourself an engineer if you are terrible at math?"
"What about people in other professions who can't do math?"

"How can you consider yourself Christian if you are willing to support war, something Jesus preached against?"
"What about people who aren't Christian who support war?"

Those aren't responses. Those are misdirections, and changing the subject (to which you flatly admitted).

Go ahead and talk about how your interpretation of Jesus' words brings you to a different conclusion, but changing the subject does you no good.

[Nephythys]

Originally Posted by MouseWife

In that Springer was tops in the ratings as you say Rush is.

You must have missed that........

Not that we need to agree.

No- we certainly will not agree. Having listened to Rush for years I am well aware of what his show is like- and it is neither low nor a circus.

But perhaps this is the place to drop it.

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

I had no idea the Republicans were that desparate. Grasping at straws is the appropriate phrase here.

Should be grasping at Pages!

IMHO, the facts are the REPS are being overpowered by the Page Scandel, so the first thing to come along is Kerry's "joke." So they ran with it. Had that not happend, I'm sure they would have found someother bandwagon to jump on to divert attention from the other stuff. I'm not saying either party, person or situation is better than the other, that's just what I see.

[Nephythys]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Twist? You flat out said you were doing exactly what I said you were. A question was asked, you "turned the question".

"How can you call yourself a Catholic if you don't take communion?"
"Well, what about all those non-Catholics who don't take communion?"

"How can you call yourself an engineer if you are terrible at math?"
"What about people in other professions who can't do math?"

"How can you consider yourself Christian if you are willing to support war, something Jesus preached against?"
"What about people who aren't Christian who support war?"

Those aren't responses. Those are misdirections, and changing the subject (to which you flatly admitted).

Go ahead and talk about how your interpretation of Jesus' words brings you to a different conclusion, but changing the subject does you no good.

No thanks.

I did turn the question- I did NOT say "well, other people want to go to war."

What I SAID- not what you choose to "interpret"

[MouseWife]

Originally Posted by Nephythys

No- we certainly will not agree. Having listened to Rush for years I am well aware of what his show is like- and it is neither low nor a circus.

But perhaps this is the place to drop it.

I am guessing you feel that way because you support what he says.

Yeah, it is dropped.

I see where this whole 'twisted' thing goes round and round....

[Nephythys]

Originally Posted by MouseWife

I see where this whole 'twisted' thing goes round and round....

and on that we agree-

...and never the two shall meet.

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by MouseWife

I see where this whole 'twisted' thing goes round and round....

Now THAT is a good statement!

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Nephythys

No thanks.

I did turn the question- I did NOT say "well, other people want to go to war."

What I SAID- not what you choose to "interpret"

Fine, you didn't say that. Here's what you did say.

what about Non-Christians willingness to go to war-

So, what relevance does that have to the question of how willingness to go to war makes sense in the context of Jesus's teachings?

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

So, what relevance does that have to the question of how willingness to go to war makes sense in the context of Jesus's teachings?

Don't you know that answering a question with a question is the proper way to hold a discussion? Where did you learn your debate skills, mister? DEFLECTION. That's how to hold a real discussion.