Is He Stupid, Or Lying - You Decide
– or maybe he’s just a typical politician who thinks the rest of us are stupid.
Aside from the invasion of Iraq, and the last US presidential election, I can think of no other issue in recent memory that divided the American people more than the Schiavo case, and I find it really difficult to believe that an American lawyer and former law maker doesn’t remember what happened.
Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson gave no opinion Thursday when asked about efforts by President Bush and Congress to keep Terri Schiavo alive, saying he does not remember details of the right-to-die case that stirred national debate.
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“I can’t pass judgment on it. I know that good people were doing what they thought was best,” Thompson said. “That’s going back in history. I don’t remember the details of it.”
See, now this is why you keep me around.
No only did he “not know the facts of the case” at the time he was asked, but Ryan Sager from the New York Sun got in contact with him the next day and asked about it. His spokesman said:
A: That’s a remarkable turnabout in 13 hours (from not having an opinion to exploring the issue so deeply that it’s a federalism issue).
B: He gave the standard “federalism” answer just like he did on gay marriage which basically means he doesn’t have to take a stance on it because it’s a “state issue.”
This guy oughta have one hell of a campaign. Every issue is not his problem.
Obama: Democrats don’t have Iraq votes
Despite the Iraq war’s unpopularity, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Thursday th
Do we need to decide? Can’t people be stupid and lie, both?
((oh, although I check box c) specifically here - he’s a coward. really, any way you slice it: whether he’s abandoning a principle, only adopted it for politics, or thinks he made a mistake. it may be the case that politics makes people cowardly because honesty is not rewarded. ))
He’s the kind of “aw shucks, just a common sense kinda feller” candidate who attracts the booboisie in the for the first stretch of a campaign and fades quickly. You may take this is as a prediction.
(Hey, V, welcome back!)
“Aside from the invasion of Iraq, and the last US presidential election, I can think of no other issue in recent memory that divided the American people more than the Schiavo case”
I call B$.
Katrina - way bigger issue (and continues to be)
GWB all the time, regardless - way bigger issue
The Goreacle & global warming & creating companies to buy carbon credits from - way bigger issue
Schiavo was a very large issue to those who are passionate about right-to-life/pro-life issues and those on the opposite side of the argument. I would argue that the other 80-90% of the general public made a quick judgement call on the case, based on their own beliefs, and pretty much ignored it, and don’t remember the details, either.
I gotta agree with Candace on this one, and “Hurricane Katrina” isn’t a bad metaphor; extremely intense impact in limited circles, mild interest elsewhere that faded rapidly after the event.
For those involved in the argument, it was ferocious - I saw some good friendships go up in smoke during the Schiavo debate. But for the rest of us - the vast majority of Sancho Panzas, as opposed to the Don Quixotes - it didn’t matter very much.