The thing that worries me tho is if so many relatively informed people at FDL don’t know the backstory…. then for sure the public might be duped by the lies.

There are lies of commission and lies of omission. Perhaps the worst lies have been that Clinton & Obama are the only candidates for president. Once you allow that you let the liars pick our next president. Yeah, we’ve got a problem.

The objective is to trounce the Republicans next November.

That is ONE idea. Another is to pick the best person to be president for the next FOUR year, maybe 8 years.

Let’s stop tearing each other down and focus our attacks on our true opposition.

Is that the heart of Obama’s plan to Unite America, to simply say “let’s stop tearing each other down”? What if the bullies ignore him and keep calling him nasty names? What’s he gonna do then?

Is that the one marked: “low clearance – mind your head?”

Not going there because the image would require brain bleach. *g*

If that idea is copyrightable or plagiarism I’d really be surprised. It seems that he was hoisting her on her own petard. I’ve heard many people say that when they heard Hillary attack they had the same reaction.

A parallel is when someone says the Theory of Evolution is “Just A Theory”…one replies with cases where the Theory is a powerful tool to explain the natural world and say “Just A Theory?”

It’s a widely used rhetorical device. I’m surprised you are unaware of it.

Hillary has used far more material from others, OPPONENTS, in her own speeches. It was hypocritical.

It is a doorway to a discussion of McCain’s many other ethical lapses.

Is that the one marked: “low clearance – mind your head?”

I missed most, can someone tell me their respective positions on health care

It was a repetition of their plans. Neither is great. Clinton’s is better. Whatever Obama says his plan is not universal.

I have a difficult time on this issue of ‘lifting’ something from someone else. Is it worse than triangulating? Or better?

Is having character a requirement for being President? What if you hide your lack of character really really well?

Do you think that NY Times story has legs?

It is a doorway to a discussion of McCain’s many other ethical lapses.