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cali

(114,904 posts) Thu Sep 5, 2013, 11:04 AM Sep 2013

The overselling of bombing Syria demonstrates how stupid the admin thinks [View all]

the American people are. Maybe they're right and the public is that stupid, but it's still infuriating and repugnant.

The language employed by Kerry is so over the top that it almost seems like parody. All the cliches in the book are tossed together for our consumption. It sounds not only overwrought but desperate. In its attempt to get the Congress and the people to support bombing Syria, the administration has demonstrated that there are no rhetorical lengths they won't go to.

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The overselling of bombing Syria demonstrates how stupid the admin thinks [View all] cali Sep 2013 OP

Too bad Obama couldn't devote half of the energy he's been spending on war to get us single payer. jsr Sep 2013 #1

word. KG Sep 2013 #3

There was no "red line in the sand" on single-payer. HooptieWagon Sep 2013 #5

+1 leftstreet Sep 2013 #17

They're right whatchamacallit Sep 2013 #2

I found nothing "parody" about Kerry's testimony. ProSense Sep 2013 #4

Of course you didn't. HooptieWagon Sep 2013 #8

"Did you believe the same bullshit when it was used to justify Bush's Iraq War?" ProSense Sep 2013 #12

The claims are the same. HooptieWagon Sep 2013 #14

And yet John Kerry supported and voted for Bush's war, he repeatedly stated that Bluenorthwest Sep 2013 #37

Senators Boxer and Durbin voted against the IWR, but supported the Syria resolution: ProSense Sep 2013 #15

Which tells us what? Just because they're Dems doesn't mean they can't also be sheep. Dawgs Sep 2013 #18

it's no joke nt G_j Sep 2013 #10

You? Who on earth would expect you to do anything but support cali Sep 2013 #13

Your problem ProSense Sep 2013 #16

Probably waiting to here from their donors. Taking politicians at their word is never a good idea. Dawgs Sep 2013 #19

Perhaps a small distinction, but I didn't call him a liar. I said he lied cali Sep 2013 #23

You are simply uninformed. As usual, the ugliest crap comes from those least well informed. KittyWampus Sep 2013 #32

And yet you do not refute nor post a correction you simply lash out Bluenorthwest Sep 2013 #38

wow, there's a cogent refutation. I'm certainly far better informed than you kitt cali Sep 2013 #40

Honestly, Obama is the best spokesman for his position. TwilightGardener Sep 2013 #6

So far, the war advertising is chalking up a "No Sale" on the American people. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2013 #7

its NEW! and IMPROVED!! HooptieWagon Sep 2013 #9

The admin's case that "Assad did it" is crumbling fast.... Junkdrawer Sep 2013 #11

right, German intelligence just acknowledged it was Assad. KittyWampus Sep 2013 #31

This was so poorly sold, you could almost call it Hydra Sep 2013 #20

Operation Just the Tip Precisely Sep 2013 #22

Stupid or tuned out Precisely Sep 2013 #21

why is anybody surprised? Chaco Dundee Sep 2013 #24

one minute they're lordly World Control, hand-in-glove with the media, defanging and veal-penning MisterP Sep 2013 #25

AND what exactly is your plan for Syria? SoapBox Sep 2013 #26

What has the Arab League suggested? The UN? leftstreet Sep 2013 #27

What's your plan? Union Scribe Sep 2013 #28

Sometimes there is no viable "solution". That's just a fact of life cali Sep 2013 #33

My plan..... sendero Sep 2013 #35

Assad is going to kill a lot more civilians as he gets more desperate. Obama isn't the stupid one. KittyWampus Sep 2013 #29

Both sides will kill a lot more civilians. In any case, Assad will certainly cali Sep 2013 #34

I was very upset when he tied Syria to 9/11 and the Pearl Harbor attacks. JoePhilly Sep 2013 #30

The overselling.. sendero Sep 2013 #36

Boy, did you nail this one, Cali. woo me with science Sep 2013 #39