Friday, September 12, 2008

The President and Rhetorical Agency

This quote from the Service Forum should be enough to disqualify McCain as president:
“Second of all, I think the tone of this whole campaign would’ve been very different if Sen. Obama had accepted my request for us to appear at town hall meetings all over America.”

Translation- it is the fault of Senator Obama that I need to lie throughout the campaign because he ignored me. I cannot be expected to be accountable for me words if Senator Obama will ignore me and address the American people. I cannot discuss the most important issue of the day is no one will hear me.

3 comments:

harrogate said...

It made Harrogate a "Sad Panda" to see Obama making friendly appearances w/ McCain yesterday. Yes, we all know it was 9/11. But how unfortunate that you have to shake someone's hand and speak well of their "service" to the country, and act as though everything is all right--when they are lying through their teeth about you, and practicing character assassination, at every turn.

Off topic, solon. You will be pleased to know that BTD banned Harrogate from his threads this morning. Unlike Russia, though, BTD wasn't entirely Unprovoked in doing so; this morning Harrogate finally dropped all lofty diction and simply reminded BTD that is a lying hack (in other news, Jeralyn's threads continue to heart Harrogate though, as they always did).

solon said...

What did you do?

harrogate said...

As you know, BTD's been chipping away mercilessly at Obama for months. Any praise is either faint or relates to one of the Clintons. Now he circles wagons for Palin; last night he blogged at lenght about how sensible she came across in the interview. And all along, arguing that the only thing Obama should say is that McCain=Bush.

Then, this morning he attacks Obama for saying that McCain's rhetoric is empty platitude only. Pot and kettle, BTD says.

So finally Harrogate snaps. Says you're a liar, BTD. Obama's ben laying out ideas and appeals and you know it. Harrogate goes on to remind BTD of the great irony, that Bill Clinton, one of the most imaginative politicians of our lifetime, would have to be embarrassed by a banal Clinton hack like BTD.

Harrogate got banned.