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Old 10-08-2012, 08:46 PM
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Are you talking about Romney and his taxes? Who called him a felon?

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"The suggestion this week from a top Obama campaign official that Mitt Romney may have committed a felony by listing himself as CEO of Bain Capital after leaving the firm was picked apart Sunday, with Republicans decrying the remark as the worst type of divisive politics and Obama's team urging its rivals to "stop whining."

Stephanie Cutter, Obama's deputy campaign manager, originally made the claim Thursday on a conference call."

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Old 10-08-2012, 08:48 PM
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And you'd make a cute lapdog for Stephanie Cutter.
No! Me, me! I wanna be her lapdog!

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Old 10-08-2012, 08:49 PM
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No! Me, me! I wanna be her lapdog!

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hehe. That would have been my comeback. I'd hit it.
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Old 10-08-2012, 09:05 PM
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"The suggestion this week from a top Obama campaign official that Mitt Romney may have committed a felony by listing himself as CEO of Bain Capital after leaving the firm was picked apart Sunday, with Republicans decrying the remark as the worst type of divisive politics and Obama's team urging its rivals to "stop whining."

Stephanie Cutter, Obama's deputy campaign manager, originally made the claim Thursday on a conference call."
"Picked apart" exclusively by Romney surrogates who offered no substantial rebuttal, only faux outrage. CNN is getting almost as bad as FOX. I knew they were done when they hired Glenn Beck.

Cutter, sitting next to Madden on the CBS set, said she was not calling Romney a felon, but merely stating the Bain documents, if misrepresentative of his role at the company, would amount to a felony. She refused to apologize for the remark.

"He's not going to get an apology," Cutter said. "Just a few months ago in the primary Mitt Romney said to his opponents - who were crushing him at the time – 'stop whining.' And that's a good message for the Romney campaign. Instead of whining about what the Obama campaign is saying, just put the facts out there and let people decide rather than trying to hide them."


Sounds like good advice to me.

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Old 10-08-2012, 10:47 PM
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Because maybe he is a felon? Why else would Mitt not release his tax forms? Whellie, you're getting sillier and more whiney by the day. Hoo, boy.
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And you'd make a cute lapdog for Stephanie Cutter.
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"The suggestion this week from a top Obama campaign official that Mitt Romney may have committed a felony by listing himself as CEO of Bain Capital after leaving the firm was picked apart Sunday, with Republicans decrying the remark as the worst type of divisive politics and Obama's team urging its rivals to "stop whining."

Stephanie Cutter, Obama's deputy campaign manager, originally made the claim Thursday on a conference call."

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No! Me, me! I wanna be her lapdog!

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My wife might take exception to me sitting on anybody's lap but thanks for the thought whellie. I guess great minds think alike 'cause I had no clue about Ms. Stephanie's remarks... Does this mean I got a promotion from a testy little tempest in a teapot to a lapdog? Does it come with a raise?
You really need to work on those insults,whellie. I expected better from a Detroit wheelman.
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Old 10-08-2012, 11:32 PM
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I see. So what part of "a little heart" is reflected by accusing your political opponent of being a felon and suggesting that they're responsible for someone's death?

Sheesh! Its October in an election year. Its called "silly season" for a reason.
Your love affair with the tu quoque argument is boundless. Wasn't it you telling someone the other day to stay on point. This thread is about Karl Rove, but you could never be satisfied with letting it stay focused on the misdeeds of one of your idols.

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Old 10-09-2012, 01:56 AM
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Your love affair with the tu quoque argument is boundless. Wasn't it you telling someone the other day to stay on point. This thread is about Karl Rove, but you could never be satisfied with letting it stay focused on the misdeeds of one of your idols.

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Old 10-09-2012, 07:23 AM
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? Does it come with a raise?
If you sit on Stephanie's lap it might.
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Old 10-09-2012, 07:25 AM
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Your love affair with the tu quoque argument is boundless. Wasn't it you telling someone the other day to stay on point. This thread is about Karl Rove, but you could never be satisfied with letting it stay focused on the misdeeds of one of your idols.

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Tu quoque arguments are especially useful when dealing with hypocrisy. For example, let's lavish attention on the misdeeds of Mr. Rove, but when someone in Obama's sphere runs an add that suggests Romney was implicit in a woman's death, let's close our eyes and ignore it. Apparently, imitation is still the sincerest form of flattery.
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Old 10-09-2012, 08:35 AM
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Tu quoque arguments are especially useful when dealing with hypocrisy. For example, let's lavish attention on the misdeeds of Mr. Rove, but when someone in Obama's sphere runs an add that suggests Romney was implicit in a woman's death, let's close our eyes and ignore it. Apparently, imitation is still the sincerest form of flattery.
You mean they are useful when trying to avoid directly addressing the point - almost as useful as a false equivalency.

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