Craig attempts to change Guilty plea

[KSig RC]

Originally Posted by skylark

Sorry for the defensiveness, but I thought I was being attacked (not by you, necessarily, but by some other posters who clearly think I'm a complete idiot and read all of my posts in that light) ... and I mistakenly assumed you were jumping on the wagon. My apologies.

A "reverse" ad hominem? Really?

I don't think you're stupid or incompetent or anything, I just don't think you explained yourself well, and you got very defensive right off the bat - I thought this was, in fact, a key point for you up until a few posts ago as a result.

I'm sorry if you felt like anyone attacked you personally - my intent was simply to attack your idyllic fantasy, and point out that there's no real basis for it.

Originally Posted by skylark

Back to Larry Craig... (reading one of your earlier posts, VandalSquirrel) I also feel pretty bad for his family. I don't know if you saw the fact that he had even his adoptive children speak on the news on behalf of his sexuality. I thought that was inappropriate, just like it was inappropriate for him to drag his wife there at that press conference. Something about her demeanor at that infamous press conference made me think she didn't want to be there. It was if he was trying to use her as evidence for his heterosexuality. I practically expected a reporter to ask about their sex life or something.

I agree in principle, but I'm not sure he really had any other choice - if he is indeed planning on fighting to stay in the Senate, he really has to pull the "dog and pony show" and his wife/kids are the only real fallback he has.

It likely did suck for them, however - just an odd situation for him to put people in, all the way around. I wonder which PR jockey got in his ear and convinced him he could fight to keep his seat? That seems like poor advice all the way around.

[skylark]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

I wonder which PR jockey got in his ear and convinced him he could fight to keep his seat? That seems like poor advice all the way around.

It really is... some have said that he wants to keep his seat in order to continue his influence in the senate in Idaho's favor. After all of this, though, including him announcing that he was leaving, I have to wonder just how much he thinks he is doing in Idaho's favor.

[skylark]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

A "reverse" ad hominem? Really?

Hmm... I'm not sure I see where the reverse fits into it, since it is not as if I'm saying that I was personally attacked because of an idea I had. That is what I would visualize as a reverse ad hominem. Maybe the better way to put it is that there is an unconscious ad hominem filter that skews everything posted with the name "skylark" over it into the most ridiculous interpretation of the words posted.

I really hope no one takes this post seriously... notice the emoticon!

Let's get back to Larry Craig...

[Tom Earp]

Craig is a friggen Moron and needs to be gone!!!!

But is he any different from the rest? Oh, Legislatures I mean!

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

Craig is a friggen Moron and needs to be gone!!!!

Nah, too easy. Even for me.