tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post5170721940283874817..comments2024-03-20T03:33:22.357-07:00Comments on Skeptophilia: Fact checkGordon Bonnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-1410528922474836802011-03-27T12:10:23.323-07:002011-03-27T12:10:23.323-07:00I agree, Gordon. It seems to me that your premise ...I agree, Gordon. It seems to me that your premise is a double-edged sword, though. With a little research, you could come up with enough gaffes to discredit almost all of our most prominent political figures. As for electing someone more intelligent, I'm beginning to have my doubts that there are such people. The longer that people are involved in politics, community organizing, lobbying, corporate boardrooms or hedge fund management, the less connection they have to the real world. In addition, I think that most of us (myself included) tend to be so blindly partisan that we believe the sensational comments about the other side, but dismiss those about our own. Here's hoping that we can find unity in diversity and bring back the free exchange of ideas without the demonization and sensational discrediting of our contemporaries.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04302158611334052943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-39988756100488699942011-03-27T11:13:20.782-07:002011-03-27T11:13:20.782-07:00A Palin-Bachmann ticket ought to be easy to defeat...A Palin-Bachmann ticket ought to be easy to defeat . . . or else I'm crawling hat in hand to see if I can get Canadian citizenship based on my childhood residency there.Nancy Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05138313832899984644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-26797891046779975202011-03-27T09:23:00.064-07:002011-03-27T09:23:00.064-07:00Facts Matter. The perfect two word rallying cry ag...Facts Matter. The perfect two word rallying cry against the anti-intellectualism and superstition so prevalent in GOP politics since the Regan years. <br /><br />Also, "No, I'm sorry, you're wrong." is often the only possible reaction to the intellectually bankrupt bickering and blaming that passes for political discourse these days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com