List common Deflections made by RW'ers

[ck4829]

"_____ has a Liberal bias"

"Un-American!"

"THIS IS HUGH!!!!111111!1" :D

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. It's Clinton's fault.

Similarly:

Democrats do it, too.
Kerry would have been worse.

[stop the bleeding]

19. Man if an astroroid hit the planet in 10 years and if there were any

Repukes who made it through, you better believe a Clinton and some other liberals will get blamed for it.

[tk2kewl]

2. my favorite

a president's economic policies don't have an impact on the economy for 5 to 10 years.

so the economy under clinton was GHWB's success

[chalky]

7. Yeah..funny how they never blame the crappy GHWB economy on Ronnie, though

n/t

[tk2kewl]

14. i know

:eyes:

[chalky]

15. "You read that in (Time/ WaPo/NYT/WSJ)?!!? THAT liberal rag!?!?!"

eta: oops. my heart was in the right place, but my reply wasn't.

[tk2kewl]

3. .

oops

[Vincardog]

4. Democrats have no plan/ Democrats need a central controlled voice

You will never get anywhere until you are all singing off the same page

I'll have to look That up
Prove that to me

[stevedeshazer]

5. We're fighting them over there so we don't have to fight them here

Tax breaks stimulate the economy

Would we be better off with Saddam still in power?

It's time for judges to stop legislating from the bench

Family values

America was founded on Christian beliefs

Flip flop

You're either with us or against us

We've given freedom to 50 million people

[noahmijo]

11. Actually YES we would be better off currently with Saddam

in power.

Saddam in power that's bad.

Our current situation is exponentially WORSE

[Tab]

6. Ummm....

How about simply...

9/11 ?

[chalky]

13. How 'bout: "So are you saying Saddam should have stayed in power!!?"

n/t

[Cats Against Frist]

8. "Psychobabble," and "You learned that at your librul college."

[zbdent]

9. Would you rather have Saddam back in power?

[tk2kewl]

17. as a moral relativist... absolutely

[Jamison]

10. How about this one...

"It's true cuz Rush said so!":spray:

[Arkana]

12. "Oh yeah? Well FLAG FLAG FLAG FLAG!"

"Well, Clinton got hisself a blowjob in the Oval Office!"

[bettyellen]

16. everybody does it.

[goodboy]

18. Until the troops are out of harm's way, you should support the president.

[shenmue]

20. If you don't love the war...

the inevitable accusations:

"You don't care about the troops!"

"You would like it if Saddam were back in power!"

:banghead: :grr: :spank:

[dickthegrouch]

21. It's not appropriate to answer (insert hard question here)

n/t

[Metta]

22. No deflection is too low if it changes the subject. We must stay focused.

nt.

[Imalittleteapot]

23. "They all lie." OR "Clinton lied under oath."

If you point out a Bush lie they always say, "They all lie."

But Bush's lies that have caused death and destruction aren't as bad as Clinton's sex lie because Clinton was under oath.

Go figure.:shrug:

[Catherine Vincent]

24. ....

CLINTON :crazy: CLINTON :crazy: CLINTON :crazy: CLINTON :crazy: CLINTON :crazy: CLINTON :crazy: CLINTON :crazy: CLINTON

[jazzjunkysue]

25. It's too soon: Don't pre-judge/Let's move on and leave the past in the pas

The old, ther'yll be plenty of time for fingerpointing later/Why can't you get over this and move forward arguement.

You're either too soon or too late for a legitimate arguement.

[creeksneakers2]

26. Variations on "They aren't allowed to say that."

"Elections have consequences. They should get out of the way."

"They don't have anything positive to say."

"Disrespecting the troops."

"One of theirs did they same thing."

"Traitors"

"They are saying it because he's a Christian and they hate Christians."

"They are saying it because they are falling apart and desperately want to get back in power."

"Wants to write a book."