tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post5738086830751881229..comments2024-03-20T03:33:22.357-07:00Comments on Skeptophilia: Spinning away the rough edgesGordon Bonnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-14756500356860879602012-02-24T17:25:43.388-08:002012-02-24T17:25:43.388-08:00I like the zingers, but I have always thought that...I like the zingers, but I have always thought that Lloyd Bentsen and his staff could see the JFK comparison coming, composed the perfect reply, and prayed Quayle would walk right into it. . . . And he did. Kinda like when Reagan said he wouldn't hold his opponent's youth against him.<br />Now . . . Winston and the gang. Quicker witted, I'm sure. I wonder how many they'd pondered ahead. I LOVE the reaction to the 'idiot' note.Nancy Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05138313832899984644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-45408665915552316982012-02-24T04:03:14.291-08:002012-02-24T04:03:14.291-08:00I yield. Ron Paul is his own man. Noble background...I yield. Ron Paul is his own man. Noble background, firm on his ideologies. Unfortunately he's far too practical. Ron Paul wants to distill American law & governance back to a more pure form. Ron Paul wants to separate business from state (i.e. get them to stop humping for five minutes). So... Ron Paul is made irrelevant.<br /><br />Why does the electoral vote beat the popular vote? I forget...Hontseur Thotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10799765178908406877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-12437080411460071062012-02-23T20:50:52.414-08:002012-02-23T20:50:52.414-08:00I think that Ron Paul says what he thinks. His mes...I think that Ron Paul says what he thinks. His message is pretty constant, and he does spend time talking about positions and what he thinks makes sense in the broader perspective, as opposed to all the other candidates, who seem to go by anecdotes alone. Whether you agree with him or not, he does seem to be speaking his mind. And as various news outlets are reporting today, he's the only one of that pack of morons actually proposing to reduce the debt.<br /><br />It would be nice to have more zingers, I agree, for entertainment purposes. But a snappy retort doesn't necessarily mean a defensible position.Tyler Torkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11460706772136362593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-40119221787844837732012-02-23T12:31:56.481-08:002012-02-23T12:31:56.481-08:00Excellent post!
Not only are the candidates autom...Excellent post!<br /><br />Not only are the candidates automatons, but the questions... 20-some-odd debates in the books and even the "centric" media outlets who have hosted some of them have asked the most banal, formulaic questions.<br /><br />Dog and pony show.Hontseur Thotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10799765178908406877noreply@blogger.com