Comments on: It’s Not The Earmark, It’s The Lying http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/09/09/its-not-the-earmark-its-the-lying/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-not-the-earmark-its-the-lying 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: How Rumors Spread « Upturned Earth || John Schwenkler http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/09/09/its-not-the-earmark-its-the-lying/comment-page-1/#comment-13740 How Rumors Spread « Upturned Earth || John Schwenkler Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:19:27 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/09/09/its-not-the-earmark-its-the-lying/#comment-13740 [...] deaths … No Comments so far Leave a comment RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI Leave a comment Line and paragraph breaks automatic, e-mail address never displayed, HTMLallowed: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong> [...] [...] deaths … No Comments so far Leave a comment RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI Leave a comment Line and paragraph breaks automatic, e-mail address never displayed, HTMLallowed: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong> [...]

]]> By: Daniel Larison http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/09/09/its-not-the-earmark-its-the-lying/comment-page-1/#comment-13734 Daniel Larison Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:07:04 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/09/09/its-not-the-earmark-its-the-lying/#comment-13734 It strikes me that a "reform" ticket that engages in sustained deception of the public <em>as part of its effort to make the claim that they are the "reform" ticket</em> will lose all credibility if they keep repeating this lie. I'm not sure whether the press and the Obama campaign (which are more or less two heads of the same creature at this point) can use this to undermine their credibility, but they certainly deserve sustained criticism for their effort at deception. It strikes me that a “reform” ticket that engages in sustained deception of the public as part of its effort to make the claim that they are the “reform” ticket will lose all credibility if they keep repeating this lie. I’m not sure whether the press and the Obama campaign (which are more or less two heads of the same creature at this point) can use this to undermine their credibility, but they certainly deserve sustained criticism for their effort at deception.

]]> By: Adam01 http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/09/09/its-not-the-earmark-its-the-lying/comment-page-1/#comment-13732 Adam01 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:54:01 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/09/09/its-not-the-earmark-its-the-lying/#comment-13732 " it seems fair that they pay some political price for that." What political price would that be? And who is going to make them pay for it? I agree that on the long, long, long list of horrible things this government has done, "earmarking" is pretty small beer. Is Obama, of all people, really going to have any credibility at this point holding anyone's feet to the fire on the charge of changing positions? ” it seems fair that they pay some political price for that.”

What political price would that be? And who is going to make them pay for it? I agree that on the long, long, long list of horrible things this government has done, “earmarking” is pretty small beer. Is Obama, of all people, really going to have any credibility at this point holding anyone’s feet to the fire on the charge of changing positions?

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