Journal pudge's Journal: McCain Doesn't Know Public vs. Private? 11
Moonbats.
This is the correct English word to use to describe people who blow up stupid things out of proportion, ignoring truth to push an ideological agenda.
Take, for example, this Daily Kos article, wherein John McCain made a mistake. According to the poster, his mistake "really is a big one."
What mistake? See if you can spot it:
There is a very clear standard in the Constitution requiring not only just compensation in the use of eminent domain, but also that private property may NOT be taken for "public use."
Yes, McCain incorrectly said that eminent domain cannot be used to take private property for public use. On the contrary, as everyone should know, it can ONLY be taken for public use. McCain, quite obviously, meant to say, "private property may not be taken for private use." But he slipped up and said "public use."
Insert wailing and gnashing of teeth.
McCain knows eminent domain far better than the overwhelming majority of whiners at dK complaining about this. His understanding was made clear just a few sentences later, when McCain went into greater detail:
A local government seized the private property of an American citizen. It gave that property away to a private developer. And this power play actually got the constitutional "thumbs-up" from five members of the Supreme Court.
There is no doubt that McCain here is talking about private property for private use. It cannot be more clear that he simply slipped up when he said "public use," which is something everyone does many times a day
Case in point: a prominent Barack Obama supporter, Mayor Doug Wilder of Richmond, Virginia, was on "Face the Nation" on May 4 (PDF transcript), and said this:
One final thing I wanted to say. Evan pointed out that Obama voted for this gimmick, this gas tax. Yes. When he was in the Indiana state legislature, and he is the first admit that he learned from his mistake because it was wrong. That's why he knows that this is a gimmick that can't work.
Astute readers will recognize the obvious fact that Wilder incorrectly stated that Obama was in the Indiana legislature, when, in fact, he was in the Illinois legislature. And we don't even have (as we did with McCain) an example in the same interview of Wilder getting it right. He did not correct himself, nor did anyone else correct him. But obviously, he simply misstated: he is talking about Indiana, with a well-known politician from Indiana, and he just misspoke.
But McCain? Oh, he made a HUGE mistake! He doesn't know the Constitution, or he forgot it because he is old! Even though he correctly stated it just a few seconds later when he went into greater detail!
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: "reality-based community," my ass.
Cross-posted on <pudge/*>.
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98 is basically: No eminent domain for any private reasons (i.e. only for true public use, not the kelo-redefinition of "more taxes = public use"). It also snuck in repealing the ability to pass future rental controls. Unfortunately I think that last bit is going to make it near impossible to pass, even though I'm for it. I think rent controls are just wrong.. but it gives the no side a huge thing to latch on, showing the usual parade of elderly that'll b
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but look what you've done (Score:1)
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Okay, I have one for the DailyKos folks: I was flipping thru tonight and stopped on C-SPAN for a few minutes where Sen. Obama was speaking. He was doing a townhall type meeting, and someone in the crowd asked him that never-been-asked question about is he gonna get us out of Iraq. He said the war is actually linked to our loss of manufacturing jobs (maybe that was the topic of the previous question, or maybe he was just trying for some k
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I think you misunderstand Liberals -- they just like to (need to) vent.
No. You misunderstand.
For the past several weeks, every time a liberal or Democrat has talked about McCain, it has been to do one of two things: link him to Bush, or complain about his age. This is part of an organized strategy to rewrite the narrative for McCain before the general election campaign really starts.
This is not about venting, this is about lying to win the election in November.
A better example from Obama: he said the other day that he has been to 57 U.S. states.
*facepalm*
Of course, he almos
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I don't disagree at all on the this point - there is clearly a double-standard on this issue. It's not fair that any slip of the tongue by McCain gets attacked and is evidence he is too old while other candidates get a pass. BUT this is also a cold hard reality of having a 71 year old candida
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It's not fair that any slip of the tongue by McCain gets attacked and is evidence he is too old while other candidates get a pass. BUT this is also a cold hard reality of having a 71 year old candidate.
Oh, no doubt. I am not saying it is unexpected, for that reason and others. I am just saying it is dishonest and I am pointing out that it is false. :-)
The fact that his slips seem to be coming more frequently (as pressure, fatigue and opportunity/exposure continue to increase) are only going to make this problem bigger.
It may seem that way, but in fact, they are not coming more frequently. He has done it all along no more than Obama or Clinton. It is simply that the reporting makes it LOOK more frequent.
Again, yes, this is to be expected. But when people say that, I get to point out that it isn't true.
He's got to continue to pound on the lack of experience by Obama, force him to be specific in his plans AND THEIR COSTS instead of all high-level rhetoric, and of course make sure he shores up all the old people votes.
Yep.
I heard Carly Fiorina stumping for McCain. (Editorial aside, the thought of her being VP stuck me as being very interesting.)
She has way too much baggage, though apart from that, she i