Yes, we can.

Alex · 10-27-2008, 08:10 AM

Well, if you actually listened to it, then you and I don't interact with the English language in the same ways. So, I guess it was mystery third option.

He quite clearly, TWICE, says the flaw in this country (slavery, reverberations of slavery, and problems of race relations) continues to this day, not the flaw in the constitution. The flaw in the constitution was largely corrected at the conclusion of the Civil War.

Yes, he did say the Warren Court did not break free of its constraints. That was his point. At no point did he say that it should have.

I have no doubt that Obama supports redistributive policies. But so does everybody (I supoprt public schools which are a big transfer of moneys when we educate all them poor kids). We all just disagree on which ones are a good idea.

However, that support is not particularly given in the video you posted, nor is it detailed. And I still contend that your paraphrasing of it is horribly deceptive.

scaeagles · 10-27-2008, 08:17 AM

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However, that support is not particularly given in the video you posted, nor is it detailed. And I still contend that your paraphrasing of it is horribly deceptive.

He is clearly lamenting that it did not take place. I do not think that I am being deceptive in the least.

Alex · 10-27-2008, 08:22 AM

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He is clearly lamenting that it did not take place. I do not think that I am being deceptive in the least.

So, let's grant you that one (though I don't really, but for sake of argument). You have found one spot where you told the truth and accurately presented the video. How about the other spots where you just made stuff up? You directly quoted Obama's words into a context entirely different than what he said.

Where, for example, did he say the Warren Court should have broken free of its fundamental constraints? Now, please, don't tell me where you interpret him saying that, where the tone of something he said later reflects back on what he said previously (and remember this is a severely truncated presentation of a much longer interview) shedding a new sinister light. Since you say he SAID it, please point to that.

10-27-2008, 08:10 AM	#1
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Well, if you actually listened to it, then you and I don't interact with the English language in the same ways. So, I guess it was mystery third option. He quite clearly, TWICE, says the flaw in this country (slavery, reverberations of slavery, and problems of race relations) continues to this day, not the flaw in the constitution. The flaw in the constitution was largely corrected at the conclusion of the Civil War. Yes, he did say the Warren Court did not break free of its constraints. That was his point. At no point did he say that it should have. I have no doubt that Obama supports redistributive policies. But so does everybody (I supoprt public schools which are a big transfer of moneys when we educate all them poor kids). We all just disagree on which ones are a good idea. However, that support is not particularly given in the video you posted, nor is it detailed. And I still contend that your paraphrasing of it is horribly deceptive.
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