my favorite silly freep arguments

[kahleefornia]

Paraphrased - but I'm sure you've heard them before in one form or another:

1. "You can't criticize Bush for lying when Clinton lied, too." (As if the lies were at all the same, and as if I thought it was just great fun that Clinton lied.)

2. "Well your guy (usually Clinton, but also often Carter), messed up X, Y or Z." (Assumes that all presidential situations are equal, and so the decisions made can be compared like some SAT score. Also assumes everyone against Bush loves Clinton and everything he ever did unconditionally)

3. "We are a free market economy, and gasoline is part of that, prices solely determined by supply and demand." (HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Oh crap, that's just not even funny....)



What are your favorites? Let's make this a top 10 list!

(It is interesting that I'm getting less defenses of Bush actions, and more "yeah, well other presidents have been bad, too." arguments.)

[ihelpu2see]

1. Unfortunately my accountant drinks the "koolaide" believes

everything the admin. spews.

1. Iraq did too have a WMD program. The MSM is just not telling the truth about all of the centrifuges that were found.

2. How long would you want to waite until they were a threat? I love that one since in the time period of the Iraq war more and more terrorists have been indoctrinated to hate the US.

3. If you disagree with the war you dishonor the soldiers who have died and those who serve? Yeah like if we were not lied to about WMDs guess who would not have had to sacrifice their lives....

[atommom]

3. They had centrifuges, so that means they had WMDs?

:rofl: I guess my chemistry and biology labs were a lot more dangerous than I ever realized!

[ClassWarrior]

12. How long are we going to wait until...

...Canada's a threat?? Iceland?? Luxembourg???!

NGU.

[BOSSHOG]

2. I don't know if this fits your criteria as an "argument"

but I got into a relatively civil chat with a man (much younger than me and he started the talk) at a local watering hole about the merits of our involvement in Iraq. I just wanted to drink beer and check out the barely covered breasts of the lithesome thing behind the bar. I gave my arguments against us in Iraq, he gave his pro arguments and got all "patriotic" on me and told me that if I joined the Army and went to Iraq to fight for our country I may not hate it as much. I then told the lad that I had served 24 years in the Navy which included one tour in a combat zone. I asked him to tell us about his military experiences. He had none. He never served in the miliary. Conversation over, he left. I got me another cold beer.

[windbreeze]

4. and I lift my glass

To YOU....Kudos..well done..
windbreeze

[marbuc]

6. What?

Sorry, you lost me at "barely covered breasts." ;)

[BOSSHOG]

7. Oh she's a sweet young thing

A bunch of old farts hang there during the day, drinking beer, lying and overtipping. Occasionally some young punk (under 40) strolls in and thinks he owns the place. Gotta cuff about a bit.

[classof56]

5. One of my favorites: "But Bush is a man of faith."

Oh, yeah, you betcha! :eyes:

Tired Old Cynic

[BOSSHOG]

8. Oh and he was a Vietnam War Hero as well

"Proudly served" his country during time of war.

[ihaveaquestion]

9. "So what if Bu$h lied - they all do."

This from a person who rants on and on about Clinton lying about sex.

Sheesh! :eyes:

[ClassWarrior]

13. That's a key Radical RW strategy... When they get caught committing...

...a crime, they say ALL politicians do it. Of course, what distinguishes their party is the fact that crime is systemic, whereas in ours it's an occasional isolated incident (can we say James Trafficant?).

NGU.

[Ioo]

10. This always works for me

Here is the come back that works for me always.

“You are tiring to justify bad behavior with other bad behavior. We are not children, no one is jumping off a building.”

[renie408]

15. I use that one, too

Only I reply, "So, what you're saying is that if Billy lied, its OK for Georgie to lie, too??"

[HughBeaumont]

11. Anything that involves the phrase "liberal media" . . .

a talking point SO ancient and debunked, you have to just mockingly pat the head of any Repuke still using it.

[newportdadde]

14. "We haven't had any attacks since 9/11 = Bush great man"

[ceebs]

16. so

3. "We are a free market economy, and gasoline is part of that, prices solely determined by supply and demand." (HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Oh crap, that's just not even funny....)

Might be an idea not to screw up the demand then :think: