It's silly to call her stupid, and it has become a tiresome talking point. Eisenhower, stupid (despite being quite demonstrably smart, and having been able to handle being head of all Allied forces in Europe in WW2). Ford, stupid and a clutz (despite being smart and an athlete), Reagan, stupid and narcoleptic, GHWBush, kindly sounding, but stupid. Bob Dole, stupid. GWBush, king of the stupid. McCain, stupid and senile. Every other Republican candidate, stupid. The only Republican in memory who wasn't "stupid," was Nixon - they didn't need to call him stupid because he was so evil. Better to call Nixon "a genius" because then he is an "evil genius."Schneibster wrote:The reason people speak of her as stupid is not that she lies, it's that she tells dumbshit lies like she expects no one's gonna notice. The alternative is to decide that her opinion of most people is that they're all stupid and won't notice. Which is a deeply stupid thing to do, no matter how smart she is.Coito ergo sum wrote:I've addressed on other threads the issue of the constant labeling of all republicans as stupid. One thing you can't say about Bachmann is that she's stupid.Svartalf wrote:I think every part was justified. She's a professional liar, with brains inferior to that of any long eared equid (or she thinks with the rear end), and she's a nasty piece of work that deserves the colloquial comparison to female canids, it's the female canids who ought to protest against bachman being referred to as one of them.FBM wrote:I don't think the "bitch" part was the point. It was the "Lyin' ass" part, IMO. Not misogynistic, just anti-bullshit.
She tells stupid lies.Coito ergo sum wrote:I think this kind of thing, and calling her a "liar," is unwarranted.![]()
I don't support Bachmann, mostly because of her religious views, but "stupid?" No. She graduated law school, and went to William & Mary for a Master of Laws degree (LLM) in tax law. That's a difficult subject area.
Actually, politifact doesn't disagree with me. Take a look at Obama's record, and Pelosi and Reid, from that same politifact.Schneibster wrote:Bullshit. a) Politifact disagrees strongly with you, and they document the lies.Coito ergo sum wrote:She doesn't seem to speak any more untruths than any other politician, Democrat or Republican, including the current denizen of the White House.
We did not get overall "deregulation." To say we did does not survive collision with the facts.Schneibster wrote:
You don't. b) That's propaganda. "They're all just as bad" is how we got deregulation and the financial catastrophe in the first place,
Your manner of discourse is irritating to follow. "Libertardian?" Really? "Bankster?" "Destroyative?" Really? Next will be "Repugnican" and "Amerikkka?" no doubt....Schneibster wrote:
which is ongoing and which the banksters are studiously trying to pretend isn't happening and if it is, isn't their fault. It's also the excuse they use every time they fuck some other financial sector. They're not all just as bad. Some of them are so profoundly stupid that they don't know any economics, and those are the destroyatives. The worse of those are the Libertardians.
Of course it's beside the point, but it has to be said, because of the knee-jerk reaction by some to say that if you say that politician X gave a good speech or was wearing a nice tie that day, then you must be a devotee and "love" that candidate. There is a decided tendency among people to be all-or-nothing on politicians. One either like politician X, or loathes every fiber of his or her being, right down to the manner in which that politician combs his or her hair.Schneibster wrote:Neither would I, but that's beside the point.Coito ergo sum wrote:That being said, I'd never vote for Bachmann.