http://fairandunbalanced.com/blog1.php?disp=comments en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:24:13 +0000 JMyste [Visitor] c29982@http://www.fairandunbalanced.com/ I think Mr. Paine is genuinely blinded by partisan ideas of the President's intentions. The GOP has clearly determined what they need Obama to believe, and Mr. Paine got the memo. <br /> <br /> This post was actually the first thing I wrote about the topic at all. I wrote it in response to a long thread that I read late. The more I read, the more absurd the GOP (blogging) position on this seemed, so I wanted to summarize what I had learned. <br /> <br /> Most of what I wrote was just summarizing the thread. The only thing I really added is that it is unfair for Mr. Paine to get to decide what the President intended to say, and that his decision about the president's intentions does not really make sense as a conclusion. One could hypothesize that the President intended to state what Mr. Paine says he did, but that hypothesis only works without the context, as Burr Deming point out. <br /> <br /> I agree that an 11 year old would have understood. However, I have no problem keeping the issue alive. The more positions the GOP takes on issues like this, the more foolish they appear. They do have some really powerful arguments (right or wrong), on some things. I would rather them characterize themselves based on arguments such as these. I like it when they lose credibility. We are at war, after all.
This post was actually the first thing I wrote about the topic at all. I wrote it in response to a long thread that I read late. The more I read, the more absurd the GOP (blogging) position on this seemed, so I wanted to summarize what I had learned.

Most of what I wrote was just summarizing the thread. The only thing I really added is that it is unfair for Mr. Paine to get to decide what the President intended to say, and that his decision about the president's intentions does not really make sense as a conclusion. One could hypothesize that the President intended to state what Mr. Paine says he did, but that hypothesis only works without the context, as Burr Deming point out.

I agree that an 11 year old would have understood. However, I have no problem keeping the issue alive. The more positions the GOP takes on issues like this, the more foolish they appear. They do have some really powerful arguments (right or wrong), on some things. I would rather them characterize themselves based on arguments such as these. I like it when they lose credibility. We are at war, after all.]]> http://fairandunbalanced.com/blog1.php/2012/09/04/you-didn-t-do-that-comments-honored-with#c29982 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 08:57:14 +0000 S. W. Anderson [Visitor] c29954@http://www.fairandunbalanced.com/ Myste, I suspect you're being baited to write at length, wasting your time, attention and energy, to defend the point of your post. Second, I'm quite sure your opponent in this joust knows very well what the president meant, knows the president was speaking rapidly, probably tired, and managed to interrupt one thing he was saying by way of example with the overall point he was trying to make. That was a bit awkward, but any reasonably savvy 11-year-old would get his meaning. The problem is that the 11-year-old would have no ulterior motive to get it or not get it, whereas our friend, Paine, likely does have an ulterior motive. Actually, two motives, I suspect.<br /> <br /> I think Paine would like to frustrate and wear you down, personally, over this. And, I think he'd rather you busy yourself wrangling with him over this in comments and replies than for you to write more posts not helpful to his favored candidate, party and ideology.<br /> <br /> Can I prove what's in your antagonist's mind and heart? No. Is the possibility of what I'm suggesting worth your consideration? I think it is.<br />
I think Paine would like to frustrate and wear you down, personally, over this. And, I think he'd rather you busy yourself wrangling with him over this in comments and replies than for you to write more posts not helpful to his favored candidate, party and ideology.

Can I prove what's in your antagonist's mind and heart? No. Is the possibility of what I'm suggesting worth your consideration? I think it is.
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