Comments on: He Blinded Me with Partisanship http://poliblogger.com/?p=10828 A rough draft of my thoughts... Fri, 12 Oct 2024 05:11:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Dr. Steven Taylor http://poliblogger.com/?p=10828#comment-943705 Sun, 08 Oct 2024 17:41:55 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=10828#comment-943705 Wel,, "buying" in the sense that he is proffering it as a possible explanation. It came across to me that he is using the hypothesis as a means by which to diminish, or even dismiss the whole affair. Wel,, “buying” in the sense that he is proffering it as a possible explanation. It came across to me that he is using the hypothesis as a means by which to diminish, or even dismiss the whole affair.

]]> by: Ratoe http://poliblogger.com/?p=10828#comment-943696 Sun, 08 Oct 2024 16:35:12 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=10828#comment-943696 <i>an audio clip of James Dobson buying the prank hypothesis regarding Foley.</i> I wouldn't characterize it as Dobson "buying" the hypothesis--that implies that he is somehow unsuspectingly outwitted. Rather, he is deliberately floating a charge that is part of a concerted effort amongst Republican leaders to downplay Congressional leaderships' role in covering up Foley's transgressions. Dobson is clearly reasserting talking points to obscure responsibility--he is not being duped. an audio clip of James Dobson buying the prank hypothesis regarding Foley.

I wouldn’t characterize it as Dobson “buying” the hypothesis–that implies that he is somehow unsuspectingly outwitted.

Rather, he is deliberately floating a charge that is part of a concerted effort amongst Republican leaders to downplay Congressional leaderships’ role in covering up Foley’s transgressions.

Dobson is clearly reasserting talking points to obscure responsibility–he is not being duped.

]]> by: Beyond imagination | Random Fate http://poliblogger.com/?p=10828#comment-942492 Sun, 08 Oct 2024 05:32:18 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=10828#comment-942492 [...] So, now we have a supposed “reverend” of a Christian denomination trying to assert that Congressman Foley was “tricked” into engaging in the inappropriate communication with young men. [...] […] So, now we have a supposed “reverend” of a Christian denomination trying to assert that Congressman Foley was “tricked” into engaging in the inappropriate communication with young men. […]

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