• comment on a post Caution: Now entering a fact- and logic-free zone over 2 years ago
    Blast from the past

    The mid 80s called, they want their homophobic arguments back.  Is this guy also afraid that he might be sharing public bathrooms with HIV-positive people?

  • comment on a post McCain Doesn't Know How Many Houses He Owns over 3 years ago
    $5M middle class

    If you think about it, the $5M middle class answer is probably because that's how much the McCains make in a so-so year.  They're estimated to be worth about $100M, so a 5% return is an average year.  McCain probably made 10M/yr in the late 90s, and more like $2-3M this past year, so when he was asked, he probably estimated based on what his income looked like in an ok year.

  • on a comment on Coward from Crawford stuff over 7 years ago
    "Honorable discharge"
    The question, of course, is whether Bush got an honorable discharge because Daddy was important, whereas if he were some average schmo he'd have been shipped to Vietnam.  So just saying "He got an honorable discharge, therefore he served honorably, Q.E.D." doesn't really help the debate.  From the above quote- "Some experts say they remain mystified as to how Bush obtained an honorable discharge."  No mystery at all, really...
    As some else (Drum?  Marshall?) said, every new piece of evidence that has come out shows that attacks on Kerry's service are lies, while every new piece of evidence shows that attacks on Bush's service are true.
  • comment on a post Coward from Crawford stuff over 7 years ago
    Case closed, I say!
    I find it quite funny that both sides have now declared the case "definitively, absolutely, positively closed!!"  Unfortunately, each side has declared victory for themselves- Kossacks  quote experts who say typewriters could have made the documents, righties say that doesn't matter, they were still forged.
    This, of course, is how the right operates- even when facts prove you wrong, keep insisting you're right or that there's some controversy so it will be reported as a debate and people not carefully watching will still be confused.  See also Cheney, Dick, and Iraq/Osama.  It also keeps the focus off of stuff that's bad for your side, like this excerpt.
  • comment on a post Predict the Presidential Election over 7 years ago
    Kerry landslide
    Kerry 52.8%  404EV
    Bush 44.7%   134EV
    Nader 0.8%
    Badnarik 1.5%
    Others 0.2%

    Kerry wins New England, NY, PA, NJ, MD, DC, OH, MI, FL, NC, SC, VA, WV, IL, IA, MO, TN, AR, WI, MN, HI, CA, OR, NV, NM, AZ, WA, CO

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