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Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
You alternate so quickly between seeming to
- attack his substantive views
- attack his political skills
- suggest that he's not going to play well
that I can't figure out what you're trying to say. I'm defending his substantive views because I thought you were attacking them. Now you just seem to be saying that he doesn't play well because he's not good when FOX plays gotcha with him. Maybe so, but I don't think it has much to do with whether he'd make a good president.
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What I'm saying is that Clark is certainly smart and engaging and has a personality that engenders confidence. But that's if you view him in a vacuum without reference to his background and his prior positions. When critiques are put before him, he changes.
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Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop You misunderstand me. You guys don't seem to care that Bush flip-flopped. So why do you care whether Clark did?
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This is almost a fair point, and if the general had not switched parties to run for president, I'd probably agree with you. But he did, and that plus the flip flops just adds to the view that he is an ambitious opportunist.
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Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop You've said this before, and it's just as moronic and borderline offensive now as it was then. ETA: See, e.g., Atticus's response.
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It's called rhetoric. Are you and AG REALLY offended. Please. You both have tougher skin than that.
