But we've been through this. You're too good and way too many people believe these are real. Won't you consider putting "Satire" in the title where folks'll see it? Nobody notices the little tag.
Owl_Eagle
There are people who are surrounded by bigots
and know it is wrong, but are afraid to be vocal against it.
These people are going to pull the lever for Obama
and they are not being polled.
angee_is_mad, DUmmy
I’m getting conflicting advice on the satire tag idea.
Some emphatically demand it.
Others emphatically urge that I keep things the way they are.
The bits are all semi-satire. That is, the basic underlying events/facts are true. The quotes are constructed by connecting otherwise separate items in the actions of the left, by speculations on the thought processes that lie behind their words and deeds, or the ultimate implications flowing from the logic of their positions.
In this case, Biden was belittling Palin’s concern for the disabled based on her presumed (likely accurate) opposition to embryonic stem cell funding.
http://www.politicususa.com/en/Biden-Palin-Stem-Cell-Research
while campaigning in Missouri Biden said, “I hear all this talk about how the Republicans are going to work in dealing with parents who have both the joy, because there’s joy to it as well, the joy and the difficulty of raising a child who has a developmental disability, who were born with a birth defect. Well guess what folks? If you care about it, why don’t you support stem cell research?”
I think the unstated implication of Biden’s remark is that those who support aborting babies in order to harvest their stem cells care more about the disabled than those, like Palin, who oppose the grisly practice. I also think Biden and other Democrats are miffed that Palin is getting positive reactions to her decision to give birth to Trig. Her high-profile choice undermines the idea that aborting the imperfect should be the normal action. Her decision emphasizes that it is a moral decision, not merely a medical procedure. This hits at the heart of the pro-abortion effort. I think it is likely the major cause of the vitriol aimed at Palin. They fear not only a loss in the presidential election, but a momentous shift toward a pro-life ethos among the general population.
I will experiment with other markers to try to accommodate the conflicting perspectives of the FR readers.
But that would ruin the fun!