pudge's Journal: Think Stupid

The wackos at Think Progress are at it again, taking something inconsequential or false and blowing it out of proportion.

Mehlman said on Meet the Press yesterday something that is true: the mission in Iraq is not stagnant. As problems crop up, the administration is trying to adjust to the realities on the ground. In that sense, we are not "staying the course."

So Think Progress mindlessly quotes a bunch of other Republicans, including Bush, saying we should "stay the course." But when Bush et al say we should "stay the course," their clear meaning for the phrase is "we should stay in Iraq until the mission is done." When Mehlman said we should not "stay the course," he clearly meant something different: that we should adapt to changes on the ground. But he also believes strongly that we should stay in Iraq until the mission is done.

So where's the disagreement? Where's the falsehood?

If you ignore the words used and look at the clear meaning of what was said, there is no disagreement, there is no falsehood. Nothing remotely like it. You can criticize Mehlman for playing word games, but not for lying, unless are ignorant or dishonest.

Sounds more to me

[Timex]

Sounds more to me like Think Progress is missing something: they aren't thinking. Instead, they're showing their true colors by acting like a Leftist marketing machine.

Re:Sounds more to me

[pudge]

Why bother thinking? Mehlman said the Republicans are not saying words they are actually saying; who cares that the obvious and clear meanings of those same words are different in the different contexts?!?

Re:Sounds more to me

[Timex]

who cares that the obvious and clear meanings of those same words are different in the different contexts?!?

Ahhh... The old "Words say what I think they mean-- nothing more, nothing less" mentality. Ugh.

It's that same stupid mentality that takes the Second Amendment to mean that individuals were never intended to own guns. These monkeys need to get a bloody clue and figure out that words often change meaning over time, and understand that in order to properly understand the intentions of our Founding Fat

Daily Show

[jamie]

Pudge, it's propaganda [youtube.com].

Re:Daily Show

[pudge]

Yes, refusing to look at the obvious meanings of words and attacking people based on that, as Think Progress did, is propaganda.