Originally posted by: Craig234
Originally posted by: loki8481
Originally posted by: Craig234
Originally posted by: loki8481
hid it? practically everyone knew in Alaska.
It was news to 49 states, the rest of the world, and part of Alaska. Your side tries to lie that reporting the facts is a terrible personal attack, as a political attack.
my side? :laugh:
The side you actually serve in your post, not the side you are going to so reluctantly vote for.
Your side in this case is the side defending Palin, arguing that since many people in Alaska knew before she was a candidate for VP, that there's it waasn't news for the nation.
My view is not that it was 'hidden' the way Cheney hides his energy committee notes, but that it was hidden for the period surrounding her announcement and the convention, so it wouldn't have any distraction from them, and they could announce it when they wanted, with whatever spin they wanted, instead of having left-wing bloggers dig up photos and make enough noice to force them to admit it early during the convention.
a personal attack is running with blog posts alleging that Palin faked her pregnancy and that Bristol was really the mother of Palin's 4 month old...
The new standard for a *blog* is that every citizen who says they believe anything has to be provably correct?
So, the 9/11 conspiractists arne't just wrong, they should not be able to post their views?
The people who post their 'research' on Obama's alleged education being Muslim-oriented for a period should not be able to post their views, unless they're provably true?
My view on that is that they have the right to do so; what makes me condemn them or not for the most part is whether they seem like 'honest mistakes' or not.
Did the evidence justify the speculation, or was it dishonestly hyped or misrepresented to creat a dishonest political attack?
Speculation is part of the legitimate political discussion. And that includes speculation that is wrong, as long as it's not wrong with a 'who cares it's wrong' attitude.
a personal attack is implying that Palin is a bad mother because of her daughter's stupid actions or that it somehow calls into question abstinence education despite the fact that Alaskan schools do *not* teach abstinence-only sex-ed. putting Palin on a magazine cover with the headline of "sex, lies, and scandals" might be a personal attack.
I have not seen anyone say Alaskan schools teach abstinence-only, but only that (accurately) Palin supports doing so. So, are you making that up?
reporting that Palin's 17 year-old daughter is pregnant not a personal attack, but how can you argue that they attempted to hide it? Bristol will be 7 months pregnant in the weeks running up to election and her family is going to be under a spotlight every day. how could they have thought that they were going to try and hide it?
Answered above. At least we agree that the reporting of the fact (and, hopefully, the raising of the issue to ask and present the evidence) were not personal attacks.