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louis c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 08:14 AM
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All the Objective Evidence is on Our Side
all the unprovable, subjective evidence is used by them.

Let me explain. The jobs' numbers are bad, and looking closely they are even worse. Not only has the quantity of the jobs decreased under Bush, but the quality of them has also diminished. Less folks now have health care. The US soldiers' casualty figures increase. The budget deficit is at a record high. Oil prices are at historical highs. The stock market is lower now than when Bush took office. These are all indisputable, objective facts.

Are we really safer? Subjective. Are we winning the war on terror? Subjective. Is Bush a better leader? Subjective. Could 9/11 been prevented? Subjective.

The point is that the facts are on our side, every one of them. They can only give opinions, and any asshole can have one.
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 08:15 AM
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1. And unfortunately, very few people vote based on objective evidence.
Sad but true.
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BlueEyedSon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 08:17 AM
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2. Welcome to the days of Faith Based Everything (TM)
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dennis4868 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 08:18 AM
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3. Thanks.....
to the so-called liberal media, objectivity means nothing at all!

If it did, Bush would be back in Crawford as an impeached pResident, the media would report the truth about Bush's lies regarding WMD and report on all other Bush crimes for the past 3 1/2 years!
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NC_Nurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 08:28 AM
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4. Objectivity is Sooooo 5 minutes ago!
The media threw out THAT tired old edict years ago!:eyes:

Nowadays, we apparently need the pundits to tell us what to pay attention to and how to think about everything. Whatever would we do without these "wise" people to direct us?

:silly:
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lottie244 Donating Member (903 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 08:34 AM
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5. But all the stupid people are on their side.
People vote, evidence does not.
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enki23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 08:41 AM
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6. still worse than that. are we winning the war on terror?
the answer by any objective measure that makes sense is "no."
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PATRICK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 09:05 AM
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7. People vote on instinct
whether they have or believe they have the "facts". The one who speaks the truth can beat out the snide spewer of facts. Only let not the man of truth be cold and disengaged when people NEED to hear the voice of wisdom. Hear, if not fully understand or get all the policy points.

When your life is on the line suddenly most people of good will develop this talent for spotting someone of character who will help them, a man of compassion and conviction. The fraud can condition people and have them held in fear and cognitive dissonance. Let arrogance or a lifted veil but once intervene and he has an enemy for life.

So Bush always has to be about fear. there is no basis for this instinctive trust except fraud and fear and maybe more than a dash of blinding greed.

For those disenfranchised of fair reporting there is a great potential to do what is right anyway. Only, God give them the right leaders to support.
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louis c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 08:40 PM
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8. kick
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