Comments on: Risky Business http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2007/05/16/risky-business/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=risky-business n. the principle of good order<br /><br /> "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:25:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Daniel Larison http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2007/05/16/risky-business/comment-page-1/#comment-6627 Daniel Larison Thu, 17 May 2007 17:27:57 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/05/16/risky-business/#comment-6627 Thanks, George. I enjoyed your post. You make good points about FoxNews' odd decision to list religious affiliations. I have noticed that this is often done in newspaper profiles of candidates, but I have never seen anything like it in televised debates. Paul could have put together a better argument, I agree, but with such a short amount of time and such obnoxious, loaded questions ("Are you saying we invited 9/11?") he was already being put at a great disadvantage that few candidates could easily overcome. Emotional chauvinist arguments are easy to sum up in a few sentences, because they are simplistic and ignorant, while trying to argue counterintuitively against the weight of the last 60 years of American foreign policy requires more time than these absurd debate formats will ever allow. Thanks, George. I enjoyed your post. You make good points about FoxNews’ odd decision to list religious affiliations. I have noticed that this is often done in newspaper profiles of candidates, but I have never seen anything like it in televised debates.

Paul could have put together a better argument, I agree, but with such a short amount of time and such obnoxious, loaded questions (“Are you saying we invited 9/11?”) he was already being put at a great disadvantage that few candidates could easily overcome. Emotional chauvinist arguments are easy to sum up in a few sentences, because they are simplistic and ignorant, while trying to argue counterintuitively against the weight of the last 60 years of American foreign policy requires more time than these absurd debate formats will ever allow.

]]> By: GAjjan http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2007/05/16/risky-business/comment-page-1/#comment-6617 GAjjan Thu, 17 May 2007 00:32:51 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/05/16/risky-business/#comment-6617 Great remarks Dan, I too commented on Ron Paul and the debate as a whole. I thought he could have chosen better words and more potent examples to make his point about non-intervention. http://www.ajjan.com/2007/05/we-report-taef-you-decide.html George Ajjan Great remarks Dan, I too commented on Ron Paul and the debate as a whole. I thought he could have chosen better words and more potent examples to make his point about non-intervention. http://www.ajjan.com/2007/05/we-report-taef-you-decide.html

George Ajjan

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