Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Yay! Seven more posts and not one cogent argument amongst them.<< You dismissed the cogent arguments with nonsense. So, we made funnies to point out how ridiculous this is. I'm not surprised the humor eluded you.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan So, when actual measurements are much lower than surge proponents predict, we ignore them, and when they're not, we say it proves it, right?
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh <You dismissed the cogent arguments with nonsense.> No, I countered spin with facts.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I'm not getting into a 50+ post back & forth with you, Douglas, over who said what. It's boring to everyone and derails every thread. I'll simply read the administration's latest talking points to get your opinion and save us both time.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 >>Yay! Seven more posts and not one cogent argument amongst them.<< There were no cogent arguments from you to respond to. So we might as well fight nonsense with nonsense.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh <I'm not getting into a 50+ post back & forth with you, Douglas, over who said what.> That's smart, because you'd see you were wrong. <I'll simply read the administration's latest talking points to get your opinion and save us both time.> Why don't you try thinking for yourself instead of listening to liberal talking points? That would save both of us even more time. For instance, if we've stopped counting car bombs, as you keep claiming, how does the writer of the article that was linked to know how many car bombs there were last month?
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh <There were no cogent arguments from you to respond to.> Of course there were.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>For instance, if we've stopped counting car bombs, as you keep claiming<< Hello? The administration choosing to exclude them in the evidence it is using to declare the "surge" is doing wonders. >>Car bombs and other explosive devices have killed thousands of Iraqis in the past three years, but the administration doesn't include them in the casualty counts it has been citing as evidence that the surge of additional U.S. forces is beginning to defuse tensions between Shiite and Sunni Muslims. President Bush explained why in a television interview on Tuesday. "If the standard of success is no car bombings or suicide bombings, we have just handed those who commit suicide bombings a huge victory," he told TV interviewer Charlie Rose.<< >>Why don't you try thinking for yourself<< You first.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh <You first.> I already have. You, however, dodged the question. Again, if we've stopped counting car bombs, as you keep claiming, how does the writer of the article that was linked to know how many car bombs there were last month?
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>You, however, dodged the question.<< Asked and answered in post 69.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <<There were no cogent arguments from you to respond to.>> <Of course there were.> I disagree. And I don't think I'm alone.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Wait, who's disagreeing with which post? By the way, I've cut out all the people who don't like me on LP.com. NEWSFLASH -- Jim in Merced CA is Laughing Place's most popular message board poster!
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh <And I don't think I'm alone.> And it's not surprising that the usual suspects agree with you.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Just as it's not surprising that no one here seems to agree with you - and we do have other conservatives on these boards. But considering the reaction other conservatives with some integrity have had to this transparently dishonest tactic (like Dan Quayle's former speech writer), it's not surprising either that a conservative with integrity would be embarrassed by this, or that you would not be.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh <Just as it's not surprising that no one here seems to agree with you - and we do have other conservatives on these boards.> Who are few and far between, and who are apparently unwilling to risk the personal attacks that come upon those who disagree with the liberals here. <But considering the reaction other conservatives with some integrity have had to this transparently dishonest tactic (like Dan Quayle's former speech writer), it's not surprising either that a conservative with integrity would be embarrassed by this, or that you would not be.> Like this one.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I don't know. But we've got spirit, yes we do. We've got spirit, how 'bout you?
