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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
That's exactly the point. You mau-mau Rather and Wilson and pretend that they are the story, rather than (respectively) Bush's blowing off of his service, and the missing WMD. Outside of movement conservatives, no one in this country gives a shit about what Dan Rather and Joe Wilson think.
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Its called diversion and/or deflection. And its a reflection of just how stupid this country is that it works so well to just shoot the messenger.
I don't mind that the GOP does it to the masses of imbeciles who eat their debate tricks up and suspend disbelief as to facts. I just mind that they expect it to work on me.
The GOP is like deer guts on a doorknob. Its impossible to grasp them on any issue and stick the knife in because they'll change the debate focus every time. They know that there's no moderator in the sky to knuckle down on them and make them address the exact issue raised, so they'll pull fourth grade level tricks like making Wilson, instead of the outing of Plame, the focus. Its childish, but their audience is children. So I guess you'd have to re-label it "cynically brilliant."
Is that enough of a point? Because that describes just about every single response, or non-response, the GOP and its adherents have offered in every fact-based debate here and elsewhere throughout this election run-up. Just.... change... the.... focus...
