All About McCain

[Morrigoon]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

To which the obvious response is, then why isn't Biden getting this kind of attention?

...Because he's not Republican?

(I don't actually know, heheh)

[Morrigoon]

*Pours a bucket of water over this thread*

Gettin' hot in here...

[Ghoulish Delight]

Eh, she's an easy target and the more likely of the two to falter under the scrutiny as she's never dealt with it before.

[innerSpaceman]

scaeagles, with all due respect, i think you should have stopped when you laid out your case for 3894 not being qualified to pass judgment. She was attempting to do the same with you as to qualifications for tenure, and she laid out hers.

You countered that she has no such rigorous qualifications for many of the other areas in which she offers an opinion, and neither do many of us.

It should have stopped there. Calling her "the most arrogant and condescending poster here" crosses the border into name-calling and personal insult.

I'm not a mod here anymore, but this would have tripped my radar. I know things got a little heated, and an errant insult that slips into the political debates is to be expected from time to time. Fortunately for the good graces of the LoT, it RARELY does.

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

It should have stopped there. Calling her "the most arrogant and condescending poster here" crosses the border into name-calling and personal insult.

Yeah, you're right, and for what it's worth, I offer my apologies to 3894 and to all here. Sincerely. I did indeed cross a line.

I do, however, take great offense at being told that my opinion is uninformed because of a lack of experience or education directly related to the topic at hand. I suppose I made that fairly obvious and indeed should not have written what you quoted above.

You are also right in saying that for the most part, no one here typically has the qualifications to offer "informed" opinions.

Again, I apologize.

And I'd been trying so hard to tone it down.

[3894]

1.

Originally Posted by scaeagles

I offer my apologies to 3894 and to all here.

Well, shoot. You've taken away my badge of honor.

2. Sarah Palin is scheduled to give her first interview Thursday to ABC's Charles Gibson. Politico.com is asking politicos What single question would you be sure to ask if you were him?

I'd ask: Talk about a mistake in office you have learned from. Palin seems far too black/white, unwilling to learn. I'd like her to prove me wrong. What would you ask?

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

And I'd been trying so hard to tone it down.

And you've been mostly succeeding. I'm sure the apology is appreciated.

I've been ranting up a storm in the political threads this morning, so believe me I understand how this stuff gets hot under the collar.

[Moonliner]

Thanks Scaegales for being the bigger party on this one. Despite suffering a totally uncalled for personal attack you were able to make amends, something the original offending party seems unwilling to do.

[3894]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Thanks Scaegales for being the bigger party on this one. Despite suffering a totally uncalled for personal attack you were able to make amends, something the original offending party seems unwilling to do.

Wait, I'm supposed to apologize to scaeagles? For what?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Thanks Scaegales for being the bigger party on this one. Despite suffering a totally uncalled for personal attack you were able to make amends, something the original offending party seems unwilling to do.

Was that really necessary?

"Hey look, a nasty exchange that I'm not really a part of seems to be coming to a level headed reasonable end. Lemme throw a sucker punch at one of the parties!"