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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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