tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post7270302230543407669..comments2023-09-15T04:27:57.129-04:00Comments on Commentarama: Truth Be Told...AndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-29353143189798285412010-10-20T00:42:30.100-04:002010-10-20T00:42:30.100-04:00Individualist, You are welcome. Great idea too abo...Individualist, You are welcome. Great idea too about dousing the witch with water.DUQnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-62815114582456643772010-10-18T22:41:16.092-04:002010-10-18T22:41:16.092-04:00Individualist, LOL! Great point! Water could do w...Individualist, LOL! Great point! Water could do way more harm than the fire when it comes to Pelosi. So it's best to drop a ton of sand on her. . . or a house! ;-)AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-9706718516461324202010-10-18T21:50:10.514-04:002010-10-18T21:50:10.514-04:00DUQ
Thanks for pointing the pants on fire quot ou...DUQ<br /><br />Thanks for pointing the pants on fire quot out because that reminds me...<br /><br />Andrew you should probably warn the readers here not to use H2O based fire retardant to put out fires on Nancy Pelosi.<br /><br />After all the damage from excessive melting caused by the water would be far and beyond what the fire could do. And we can't use fire extinguishers because let's face it that is just compressed CO2. So if there is not a half ton of sand around to dump on her I think Nancy P may be in real trouble.... just sayingIndividualisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11005025873042230314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-3600460481135819092010-10-18T12:54:28.325-04:002010-10-18T12:54:28.325-04:00Nice dream DUQ, I'm sure lot of people have sh...Nice dream DUQ, I'm sure lot of people have shared it!AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-46343741803599888042010-10-18T11:50:07.697-04:002010-10-18T11:50:07.697-04:00Nice picture! Pants on fire is right, or maybe tha...Nice picture! Pants on fire is right, or maybe that was just what I was dreaming?DUQnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-22521711303748350672010-10-18T11:11:59.170-04:002010-10-18T11:11:59.170-04:00Patti, I agree. I think party loyalty can survive...Patti, I agree. I think party loyalty can survive the occasional bad policy or poor leader, but it can't survive deception -- and that's what's going on here. Both parties (though especially the Democrats) think that the way to get and keep voters is to deceive them about what is going on. Basically, tell them the right lies and they'll love you. But it doesn't work that way. All you do is turn off large numbers of people.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-43798364969899082192010-10-18T10:51:44.985-04:002010-10-18T10:51:44.985-04:00the obvious attempt at deception is, i believe, on...the obvious attempt at deception is, i believe, one of the main reasons folks are defecting. people aren't stupid (well, all of them aren't) and calling something green when it is obviously red is bad form. if the republicans blow this, my head might *actually* blow off.Notawonkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15388997298014397980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-11121935997699280402010-10-18T00:22:21.390-04:002010-10-18T00:22:21.390-04:00Ed, Actually no, I think it was Twain, though I ha...Ed, Actually no, I think it was Twain, though I haven't looked it up. I think he said truth was precious and that's why people hoard it. . . or something similar.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-26092205402016742242010-10-17T22:52:39.126-04:002010-10-17T22:52:39.126-04:00scarce commodity -- LoL! Did you make that up?scarce commodity -- LoL! Did you make that up?Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-65180954534187579172010-10-17T19:13:12.854-04:002010-10-17T19:13:12.854-04:00Lawhawk, I think it was both.Lawhawk, I think it was both.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-17612091778756401792010-10-17T19:12:54.353-04:002010-10-17T19:12:54.353-04:00P.S. Bev, on the other point, I recall those state...P.S. Bev, on the other point, I recall those statements from the 2008 election and it struck me that they just don't understand politics or the public.<br /><br />Politics is a pendulum which swings from left to right and back. The idea of a permanent one way swing is just silly. Moreover, our pendulum is much further to the right (even when it swings left) than their base understands.<br /><br />That said, I will give them that the Democrats had a chance to make that come true -- if they'd acted center-right on economic issues and slightly center-left on social issues. But they didn't. They went hard left and probably turned off another generation or two of voters.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-7153842557278582822010-10-17T19:11:20.192-04:002010-10-17T19:11:20.192-04:00"Truth? You can't handle the truth!"..."Truth? You can't handle the truth!" <i>Jack Nicholson</i>. Or was it <i>Barack Hussein Obama</i>?LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-41553155759784746332010-10-17T19:09:04.879-04:002010-10-17T19:09:04.879-04:00Bev, It is delusional, and I think they know that....Bev, It is delusional, and I think they know that. I think they are just saying it to keep their voters from deciding that they can't make a difference and then staying home.<br /><br />In either event though, it's not a good idea. Either they are straight up lying, which means that their own people can't trust them and thus should be rid of them.... or they're crazy and they can't be trusted and their own people should be rid of them.<br /><br />It really does amaze me that they don't at least give the truth a try? I guess they've become so used to lying that the idea of being truthful is simply not something they can consider anymore?AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-73384613043575161662010-10-17T19:06:05.144-04:002010-10-17T19:06:05.144-04:00Ed, It's a scarce commodity that is rarely sol...Ed, It's a scarce commodity that is rarely sold in places politicians frequent.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-29498814116257020122010-10-17T18:55:37.140-04:002010-10-17T18:55:37.140-04:00Robert "Baghdad Bob" Gibbs made the same...Robert "Baghdad Bob" Gibbs made the same "We're not gonna lose the House or Senate" statement today too. It's just delusional. And to think that 18 months ago the pundits and liberal blogs were gleefully eulogizing the Republican Party as forever gone. Hey, James Carville said this May 2009:<br /><br />"...Every growing demographic is trending Democratic and I think we're probably on the verge of another 40-year era of party dominance here."<br /><br />Maybe Carville has been married to Mary Matlin too long...BevfromNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-25593184262885157132010-10-17T18:47:09.326-04:002010-10-17T18:47:09.326-04:00What's this truth you keep talking about? You ...What's this truth you keep talking about? You may need to explain this concept to our political masters.Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-67636241536273880922010-10-17T17:32:11.946-04:002010-10-17T17:32:11.946-04:00Individualist, I think that's right.
I think ...Individualist, I think that's right.<br /><br />I think the GOP knows they are in the public's crosshairs, so they are starting to adopt the language the public wants to hear. . . but they haven't yet realized that the party wants more than language, they want policies. And since the public no longer trusts the incumbents to deliver those policies, they have decided to send their own people. That's what the GOP needs to realize. If they treat these people as enemies or try to coopt them, then they are finished. The game has changed.<br /><br />In terms of the Democrats, you're right about them being clueless. They thought the last two elections meant the public had completely abandoned American values and now favored socialism. . . they were wrong.<br /><br />Then they thought they could placate their own base with the usual practice of talking big and making symbolic votes but not actually delivering. . . they were wrong.<br /><br />Now they think that continuing to lie is the best way to win back their base. They are wrong.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-61962626573637367122010-10-17T17:20:33.115-04:002010-10-17T17:20:33.115-04:00Andrew....
The members of the GOP that have been ...Andrew....<br /><br />The members of the GOP that have been laying the grounds for misdirection just went through the ringer. We in the Tea Party managed to score some direct hits in that area but now we go after the really big game when it comes to political deceit. The self admitted admirer's of Alinsky's "Fan of MAn" (Al Pacino, Devils advocate) themselves, the progressives.<br /><br />I think the main difference is that the GOP establishment feels the crosshairs as well whicch is why their support of Tea Party candidates has been very suspect while their support of Tea Party "ideals" has been very vocal. The democrats have not got a clue. Their main concern right now is whether Colbert and Stewart are successful at mocking Glen Beck at a "fake" Conedy Central backed rally. More Fools they....Individualisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11005025873042230314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-244423090364479262010-10-17T17:02:35.112-04:002010-10-17T17:02:35.112-04:00Libertarian Advocate, I think that's right. I...Libertarian Advocate, I think that's right. It seems that it's almost pathological with politicians to tell you what you want to hear, no matter how obvious it is that they are lying.<br /><br />But I'll tell you, I honestly think that a party that was honest about what it wanted, how it intended to get there, and what the problems are that they are facing would gain a LOT of trust from the public and could make it through both the good and the bad times.<br /><br />Instead, we get parties that are lying and we know this, so there isn't really a lot of reason to trust anything they say or to rely on them doing anything in particular. I think that's why party loyalty is at an all time and why neither party can prevail for any length of time.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-74523852439904890432010-10-17T16:55:19.076-04:002010-10-17T16:55:19.076-04:00Andrew: Honesty absolutely is the best policy. Th...Andrew: Honesty absolutely is the best policy. The problem is that the vast majority of politicians are inherently dishonest and therefore constitutionally incapable of even recognizing the truth.Libertarian Advocatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18245884833251725459noreply@blogger.com