More liberal hypocrisy - This time form the liar in chief

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dank69

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I think you're lacking the cognitive abilities to discern an analogy from a false analogy.
No, you're mistaken. If one analogy doesn't make sense, then no analogy can make sense. Simple logic known by conservatives as "common sense."



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Unlike a family, a government doesn't have to "pay off" debt any more than any other corporate entity with going concern and steady cash flow.

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Defaulting on one obligation isn't better because you didn't default on all obligation, it still triggers CDS as per ISDA and whole bunch of stuff will go sideways.
Holy crap, dude. Now he is going to have to buy a can of Alphabet Soup in order to figure out what you just said here.
 
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2timer

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I'm a Democrat and I support Obama on a lot of things (not everything, but probably most), but I would never try to pretend that he hasn't lied. Now, a majority of those "lies" come in the form of campaign promises, and a majority of those, if not all, are from his original campaign in 2008, so a majority of those can be chalked up to ignorance. None of that matters to an extreme partisan looking to sling mud at the opposition instead of actually analyzing each situation.

To further illustrate this concept, think about the specific differences in the two following statements:

I did not sleep with your sister. (In reality, I did.)
I will not sleep with your sister. (In reality, I haven't and I don't plan to. A few months later, I broke down in the face of your sister's contant badgering and gave in to temptation.)

First one is a lie, second one is a broken promise. Zero justification for the first one, but the second one may come down to me not knowing myself well enough and/or not knowing what the future holds. To the retarded partisan, however, the second one is a lie and all claims to the contrary are just spin (by the liberal mainstream media, of course).

Excellent point, by explaining that Michal1980 feels Obama is the "liar in chief" due to his broken campaign promises, well, that just illustrates what an outrageously partisan dunderhead he is. :D
 

woolfe9998

Lifer
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I'm a Democrat and I support Obama on a lot of things (not everything, but probably most), but I would never try to pretend that he hasn't lied. Now, a majority of those "lies" come in the form of campaign promises, and a majority of those, if not all, are from his original campaign in 2008, so a majority of those can be chalked up to ignorance. None of that matters to an extreme partisan looking to sling mud at the opposition instead of actually analyzing each situation.

To further illustrate this concept, think about the specific differences in the two following statements:

I did not sleep with your sister. (In reality, I did.)
I will not sleep with your sister. (In reality, I haven't and I don't plan to. A few months later, I broke down in the face of your sister's contant badgering and gave in to temptation.)

First one is a lie, second one is a broken promise. Zero justification for the first one, but the second one may come down to me not knowing myself well enough and/or not knowing what the future holds. To the retarded partisan, however, the second one is a lie and all claims to the contrary are just spin (by the liberal mainstream media, of course).

As a point of clarification, a broken promise is only a lie if there was never any intent to keep the promise. I think you said that later in your post, but at the beginning, you said you agreed he had "lied."

I too think Obama may have lied about some things, but the broken campaign promises are likely not among them.
 

umbrella39

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It is seriously funny to watch the daily delusion conservatard circle jerks this forum has become! The ever shrinking base is getting very loud before their inevitable extinction. A few more generations and modern day conservatism and will be dead and buried like the piece of cat shit it is. The dumbed down faction called the Libertarians and Teahadist Party have assured it. Point and laugh... not much else to do while eating the popcorn.
 

Matt1970

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I'm a Democrat and I support Obama on a lot of things (not everything, but probably most), but I would never try to pretend that he hasn't lied. Now, a majority of those "lies" come in the form of campaign promises, and a majority of those, if not all, are from his original campaign in 2008, so a majority of those can be chalked up to ignorance. None of that matters to an extreme partisan looking to sling mud at the opposition instead of actually analyzing each situation.

To further illustrate this concept, think about the specific differences in the two following statements:

I did not sleep with your sister. (In reality, I did.)
I will not sleep with your sister. (In reality, I haven't and I don't plan to. A few months later, I broke down in the face of your sister's contant badgering and gave in to temptation.)

First one is a lie, second one is a broken promise. Zero justification for the first one, but the second one may come down to me not knowing myself well enough and/or not knowing what the future holds. To the retarded partisan, however, the second one is a lie and all claims to the contrary are just spin (by the liberal mainstream media, of course).

Does this mean I can sleep with your sister?