Not with the absurd inaccuracies that Howey posted. and honestly, he doesn’t really care about accuracy in these sort of stories so that is no surprise.
That's close to pushing the line in the sand we all agreed to...
The problem here, with all due respect, is that you dwell on one word to base your argument on, whether it be "preacher" "laughter" "applause". You mangle your world of words so only those you wish exist. All others are ignored. That's a fine thing to do in the big world of politicial discussions, hell; it's done all the time, but in our little world of political discussions it doesn't work.
This all started, not with ekg or me, but within your back and forths (if that's what you want to call them) with Kazzy on the muche: The two of you participated in a level of nit-pickery never before seen and in the process lost track of the issue. Your mind got so tangled up in Kazz-bot mode you, and she, both ended up focusing on the wrong stuff.
Unable to shake yourself out of this mode, you continued the myopic arguments with ekg to the point where she couldn't, or wouldn't reply. Issues? Don't kid yourself...you haven't discussed issues in ages. You've discussed insignificant details.
This thread turned into one of those myopic arguments. By the time all was said and done, the original intent of this thread was lost in a sea of cross-eyed jabberwocky.
The point of this thread wasn't specifically about Barton, Huckabee, children, preachers, indoctrination, or guns. You should have realized that when I changed the title. It was about the irony of the right wing's obsession with Wright and Ayers two and a half years ago. A furor that grew into a sideshow of right wing indignation. A furor that gave birth to today's ridiculous claims of birthers, socialism, mildly disguised racism, and a level of rhetoric never seen before.
A furor that had more to do with discrediting a man than the issues he represented.
Lost within all that is the issues. You've lost track of these issues, Mike, and concentrate on picking the peas out of the rice instead of enjoying the whole meal.
Was this issue with Barton convered by the mainstream media? Yes. Just not
your mainstream media. Was it pounded into the ground with a hatchet and stake like
your mainstream media did the issue with Wright and Myers? No. In my opinion, that's not because it's not a story - everything a politician says, does, or speaks is a story - it's because the somewhere, somehow the minds that power
our mainstream media decided to concentrate on the issues rather than take a myopic view of a potential candidate's interactions with one person.
