Posted on 01/06/2010 7:13:07 AM PST by Laissez-faire capitalist
Are Dodd, Dorgan and Ritter quitters?
One would think that the State Run Media would surely be consistent and affix the label of quitter upon them.
Surely...
I mean, didn't the State Run Media call someone else a "quitter" when she left the governors office to move on with her life and expand her horizons, both political and otherwise?
We hear the action lines spouted by Dorgan, Dodd and Ritter (Democrats all) being promoted by the State Run Media as to why they are retiring, yet we know that it is because they have seen the hand writing on the wall. And they know that the prospects of 2010 do not bode well for them.
But where is the consistency in these matters?
Ah, consistency... Something that seems to be in short supply these days, especially in the newspaper columns and on the sets of todays SRM.
Talk about your non sequitur. I'm not sure what cheating spouses have to do with the thesis you posited.
The fact of the matter is that their is a long tradition in the United States about what language that is used to describe the event when a politician announces that they're leaving their post.
When they announce mid-term that they won't seek reelection, but will finish their term, it's called "retirement". When they leave their elected position mid-term to move back into the private sector, it's called quitting or resignation.
"Was Bill Clinton a quitter when he promised that he would serve out his term as governor in Arkansas prior to him running for president?"
Nope. Just like George HW Bush, and George W Bush, and John McCain or Ronald Reagan (the first presidential campaign) all weren't quitters either. There is another long tradition in the US where sitting politicians are given license to campaign for other positions. One can debate the merits of that license, but you can't deny that it exists.
Excellent point! I’ll be sure to use that line of reasoning when my Libtard next-door neighbor starts spouting out about Sarah Palin being a quitter.
Yup, It will be interesting to see him weasel his way out of that one! LOL!
Cheers
You appear to be anti-Palin.
Thank you for letting us know.
Non sequitur? Wrong. It is called an analogy.
Were things reversed, Obama could do what Palin did and liberals would be singing an entirely different tune.
Just as liberals will hypocritically say that its “just sex” when Democrat politicians cheat on their spouses but an entirely different matter when conservatives do it.
Yes, it is hypocritical for conservatives to pretend to be something that they aren’t, but it is also hypocritical for Democrats to then turn around and apply a different standard for conservatives right after they that it is just sex when Democrats are caught cheating on their spouses.
Liberals will accuse conservatives of being hypocrites, and then turn around and engage in hypocrisy themselves.
It’s called hypocrisy. It’s called signing one tune when conservatives do something, but signing another tune when liberals do something and looking for every excuse under the sun to justify their actions.
I am sick of it and I imagine others are as well.
We all know how libtards will accuse conservative politicians of being hypocrites when they cheat on their spouses.
But libtards will say that and then have the gall to turn right around and hypocritically say that its just sex when one of theirs cheats but an entirely different matter when conservatives cheat on their spouses.
Apparently I am missing something. Are not these Dems finishing their terms and then retiring? Isn’t it totally different? Just in the interest of accuracy and truth.
Since the person I mentioned was Mel Martinez, you must be a poor reader, or you have a horrible memory. It is interesting that you're so reflexively defensive on the subject, however.
"Non sequitur? Wrong. It is called an analogy."
No, it's only called an analogy if it's germane and relevant to the topic. Leaving one's post mid-term has NOTHING to do with cheating on your spouse. When people leave mid-term to return to the private sector, it's called quitting.
"Just as liberals will hypocritically say that its “just sex” when Democrat politicians cheat on their spouses but an entirely different matter when conservatives do it."
I must have missed the part where Elliott Spitzer and Jim McGreevy received passes from the media. The fact of the matter is when you campaign on a platform of "family values" while at the same time bedding every trollop that comes your way, you're a hypocrite. You shouldn't be surprised when your political enemies make hay with that hypocrisy.
Ah, consistency... Something that seems to be in short supply these days.
Not true Obama screws somthing up every day.
Sorry, that interview was Monday.
Board position at Bank of America?
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