Politics
Wikipedia says, Moral equivalence is a term used in political debate, usually to criticize any denial that a moral hierarchy can be assessed of two sides in a conflict, or in the actions or tactics of two sides. It could be considered a form of the rhetorical fallacy of equivocation In this case, we are […]
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This is not the way the Obama campaign wanted to spend day one of the convention, responding to negative ads. We will be hearing a lot about “dirty politics” in the coming days. I asked Jeff Jacoby last night if raising the Obama-Ayers connection was fair game or dirty politics, here’s that cut, Strangely Timed […]
Jeff Jacoby of the Boston Globe joined me last night to discuss Joe Biden and his strengths and weaknesses as a candidate. We also discussed Obama, what he needs to accomplish at the convention and whether or not things like Rev. Wright and Bill Ayers are fair game or dirty politics. We also discussed what […]
Joe Biden, I think, wll be a mixed blessing for Obama. On paper, he brings things Obama desperately needs, like experience, particularly foreign policy experience. In reality, Biden’s strengths often end up as weaknesses. Anyone who has spent 30+ years in the Senate loves the sound of their own voice. They are used to pontificating. […]
Newsweek’s Howard Fineman, on Joe Biden, Biden has largely escaped any hint of scandal, personal or political, in a long career, even though he was forced to withdraw from the Democratic race in 1988 amid charges of plagiarism. Huh?
Those is the GOP establishment political and media elite including Karl Rove, the Bushies, Tony Perkins, Gary Bauer, James Bopp, Jay Sekulow, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Hugh Hewitt, Bill Bennett, Ann Coulter, Laura Ingraham, NRO, Human Events, and the Weekly Standard, among others have been diligently advancing the argument that McCain needs to shore up […]
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Want see Barack Obama’s big speech in Denver? For the privilege, his campaign is asking for six hours of volunteer work…to even be considered for admission. And then and only then, just maybe, they’ll let you in to see the Savior. Six hours of forced labor for the opportunity to see Obama in the flesh? […]
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