Friday, October 10, 2008

7 Inconsistencies in logic (AKA hypocrisies and flip flops)

My buddy, Karl, has a thing on his website called "TG7", where people submit lists of 7 on a wide variety of subjects. I try to refrain from getting too political on there I figure if people wanted to hear my political rants they'd read the blog. So I thought I'd put it up here instead.

7 Inconsistencies in logic (AKA hypocrisies and flip flops) from the mccain ticket:

1. Using the word "liberal" as a negative against Senator Obama and then crowing about "working with the other side" by teaming up with the Senate's two Biggest Liberals (Ted Kennedy and Russ Feingold).

2. He says he will buy people's homes, or lower the value or the principle on their loans (whatever his most recent undetailed attempt at an economic policy is), then with his next breath says he will freeze spending. (Full disclosure... I was calling for a bailout for those whose homes were about to foreclosed on from the beginning, but I think it's too late and is nothing more than a political ploy from john)

3. Trumpeting his failed attempts at "fighting to stop climate change" and then repeating the call for more drilling.

4. "Say it ain't so" sara. "There you go pointing backwards again" (40 years backwards) "doggone it" I thought you were "gonna look ahead and tell Americans what you have to plan to do for them in the future".

5. Freaking out about a Weathermen member (circa the 60's) turned "distinguished professor" and school reformist (charges against whom were dropped by the government decades ago) because Obama was on a board with him, that was founded by a reagan conservative, and had a "coffee" fundraiser at his house 40 years after his "crimes". All this after johnny voted to protect domestic terrorists that bombed Health Clinics.

6. Taking the LOW road after over a year of saying his campaign wouldn't.

7. Being Against the "bush tax cuts", water boarding, the "religious right", rovian politics, and offshore drilling before being for them.

I'll leave you with Rolling Stone's "Make-Believe Maverick" (It's long but it's good) and the recent column from conservative columnist and son of william f. buckley (wow that sounded like a horror movie) Christopher titled "Sorry, Dad, I'm Voting for Obama"

More on the "Who is Obama?" argument, the inciting of violence toward a US official who could be the next President of the United States, and a reminder that there is a Major Economic crisis going on later.

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