Comments on: The Halperin Imperative: The Art of the Truth Pretzel http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/11/the-halperin-imperative-the-art-of-the-truth-pretzel/ Firedoglake weblog Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:05:13 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: wrensis http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/11/the-halperin-imperative-the-art-of-the-truth-pretzel/#comment-1755758 wrensis Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:05:48 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/11/the-halperin-imperative-the-art-of-the-truth-pretzel/#comment-1755758 <p>Truth is in the eyes of the beholder. We all see what we most want to believe. I believe that it would be impossible to be involved in the Chicago politics that have plagued that city for decades and come out without some dirt attached. Obama is not a saint he ran a “no drama obama” campaign and is our president elect and if you think he got there by not dealing you are naive. Will he make a good president, we devoutly hope so, we certainly deserve a good president. I support President Obama and I will work hard to make this country function, but I will not put my head in the sand and say….</p> <p>“believe”</p> <p>We just did eight years of that. How well did that work out for you?</p> Truth is in the eyes of the beholder. We all see what we most want to believe. I believe that it would be impossible to be involved in the Chicago politics that have plagued that city for decades and come out without some dirt attached. Obama is not a saint he ran a “no drama obama” campaign and is our president elect and if you think he got there by not dealing you are naive. Will he make a good president, we devoutly hope so, we certainly deserve a good president. I support President Obama and I will work hard to make this country function, but I will not put my head in the sand and say….

“believe”

We just did eight years of that. How well did that work out for you?

]]> By: Knut http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/11/the-halperin-imperative-the-art-of-the-truth-pretzel/#comment-1755747 Knut Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:49:20 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/11/the-halperin-imperative-the-art-of-the-truth-pretzel/#comment-1755747 <p>Wasn’t his father someone basically decent, or am I thinking of another Halperin? If I got the right one, it’s a pretty common trait. Look at what David Frum did to the memory of his mother.</p> Wasn’t his father someone basically decent, or am I thinking of another Halperin? If I got the right one, it’s a pretty common trait. Look at what David Frum did to the memory of his mother.

]]> By: selise http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/11/the-halperin-imperative-the-art-of-the-truth-pretzel/#comment-1755741 selise Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:43:35 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/11/the-halperin-imperative-the-art-of-the-truth-pretzel/#comment-1755741 <blockquote><p>Got anything to show he isn’t? Fitz didn’t, not in the entire 78-page document he just released. In fact, Fitzgerald made a point of reciting, during his news conference, key parts of the tape transcripts that show Blagojevich cursing Obama for not paying to play.</p></blockquote> <p>do you read my comments? when the the affidavit was released i had the relevant parts posted with the comment that it looks good for team obama - in less than an hour and i’ve pointed you to it before and in my comment above i linked to it yet again.</p> <p>i have never said anything other than that - obama and his team imo come off looking good. but that is not the same thing as claiming as fact that obama is clean. ir irks me no end that people are trying to make it look like obama has done something wrong when there is no evidence to support that - and imo you are undermining the push back by making an unsupported counter claim.</p>

Got anything to show he isn’t? Fitz didn’t, not in the entire 78-page document he just released. In fact, Fitzgerald made a point of reciting, during his news conference, key parts of the tape transcripts that show Blagojevich cursing Obama for not paying to play.

do you read my comments? when the the affidavit was released i had the relevant parts posted with the comment that it looks good for team obama – in less than an hour and i’ve pointed you to it before and in my comment above i linked to it yet again.

i have never said anything other than that – obama and his team imo come off looking good. but that is not the same thing as claiming as fact that obama is clean. ir irks me no end that people are trying to make it look like obama has done something wrong when there is no evidence to support that – and imo you are undermining the push back by making an unsupported counter claim.

]]> By: dakine01 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/11/the-halperin-imperative-the-art-of-the-truth-pretzel/#comment-1755739 dakine01 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:38:32 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/11/the-halperin-imperative-the-art-of-the-truth-pretzel/#comment-1755739 <p><a href="http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/11/fed-screw-the-federal-debt-cap/" rel="nofollow">New Ian upstairs</a></p> New Ian upstairs

]]> By: robo http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/11/the-halperin-imperative-the-art-of-the-truth-pretzel/#comment-1755738 robo Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:32:37 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/11/the-halperin-imperative-the-art-of-the-truth-pretzel/#comment-1755738 <p>Isikoff was starting this bullshit up on Maddow the very first night. To borrow a bit from Somerby, you could almost see him rubbing his thighs at the prospect of another baseless witchhunt.</p> <p>I usually love Rachel, but she has really got to stop letting the bullshitters off the hook so easy (cf, also her Huckabee performance).</p> Isikoff was starting this bullshit up on Maddow the very first night. To borrow a bit from Somerby, you could almost see him rubbing his thighs at the prospect of another baseless witchhunt.

I usually love Rachel, but she has really got to stop letting the bullshitters off the hook so easy (cf, also her Huckabee performance).

]]> By: bobschacht http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/11/the-halperin-imperative-the-art-of-the-truth-pretzel/#comment-1755733 bobschacht Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:18:53 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/11/the-halperin-imperative-the-art-of-the-truth-pretzel/#comment-1755733 <p>T’anks. Now I get it. Its not what I know that was the problem. It was what I know but ’tain’t so! (heh.)</p> <p>Bob in HI</p> T’anks. Now I get it. Its not what I know that was the problem. It was what I know but ’tain’t so! (heh.)

Bob in HI

]]> By: ratfood http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/11/the-halperin-imperative-the-art-of-the-truth-pretzel/#comment-1755732 ratfood Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:16:27 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/11/the-halperin-imperative-the-art-of-the-truth-pretzel/#comment-1755732 <p>The truly sad thing about Mark is that despite his pandering, the wingnuts have rejected him.</p> The truly sad thing about Mark is that despite his pandering, the wingnuts have rejected him.

]]> By: hackworth1 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/11/the-halperin-imperative-the-art-of-the-truth-pretzel/#comment-1755731 hackworth1 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:09:39 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/11/the-halperin-imperative-the-art-of-the-truth-pretzel/#comment-1755731 <p>I’m going with taint. Bush was not tainted by Delay. Hell, even Delay wasn’t tainted by Delay. But is Obama is oh so tainted, TAINTED by Blago, Rezco and the Jackson 2? This is the MSM question dujour.</p> I’m going with taint. Bush was not tainted by Delay. Hell, even Delay wasn’t tainted by Delay. But is Obama is oh so tainted, TAINTED by Blago, Rezco and the Jackson 2? This is the MSM question dujour.

]]> By: foothillsmike http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/11/the-halperin-imperative-the-art-of-the-truth-pretzel/#comment-1755729 foothillsmike Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:07:47 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/11/the-halperin-imperative-the-art-of-the-truth-pretzel/#comment-1755729 <p>24 for you</p> 24 for you

]]> By: foothillsmike http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/11/the-halperin-imperative-the-art-of-the-truth-pretzel/#comment-1755728 foothillsmike Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:07:06 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/11/the-halperin-imperative-the-art-of-the-truth-pretzel/#comment-1755728 <blockquote><p>he appears to be severely oxygen <strike>deprived</strike>.</p></blockquote> <p>depraved</p> <p>Fixed it for ya</p>

he appears to be severely oxygen deprived.

depraved

Fixed it for ya

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