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Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin
I'm also enjoying the level of respectful political discourse in this thread. "Phoney" and "minions" come to mind.
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I actually wouldn't mind the term "phony" if she had just pointed out areas where she thought he was being phony (I'd start with, say, backing out of public funding, or running away from a wealth-distribution model even though it's a perfectly sound conceptual base) - then we could point out all the areas where McCain has openly pandered to the Evangelical Right, maybe we even decide that hey, part of politics is shading the truth to garner votes (aka "everyone's phony so it's a moot point"), and wahlah! We have discourse!
But, alas, pipe dreams are just that - I think I'll acquire dolphin AIDS before a thread goes five consecutive posts without an
ad hominem.
Minions, of course, is just hysterical. Like people voting for McCain simply because he's an old, white veteran aren't acting like "minions" in a truly classical sense . . . have you been to a McCain rally lately? It's like a zombie march. ABOOOORTION! NATIONAL SECUURRRRRITY!