tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post7885635659144919420..comments2023-11-03T06:35:48.003-05:00Comments on Shark and Shepherd: It's hypocrisy all the way downRick Esenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07280070509167910367noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-907020869349275302008-09-09T09:21:00.000-05:002008-09-09T09:21:00.000-05:00...all the way down to Leon Wieseltier coming out ......all the way down to Leon Wieseltier coming out <A HREF="http://www.tnr.com/story_print.html?id=98095efe-b735-456b-a729-cda0285f5269" REL="nofollow">Against Integrity</A>.Terrence Berreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02867275234105879358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-47877447101580673102008-09-07T11:33:00.000-05:002008-09-07T11:33:00.000-05:00hypocrisy......the catholic church's view on homos...hypocrisy......the catholic church's view on homosexality and clergy abuseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-90821559459399386262008-09-07T10:42:00.000-05:002008-09-07T10:42:00.000-05:00It's no the hypocrisy that's bad. It's claiming yo...It's no the hypocrisy that's bad. It's claiming you do one thing to fool people and then doing another.<BR/><BR/>In other words making people think they will get something (reform, no earmarks, taxes cut, no deficits) when you will be doing something else and your history proves.krshorewoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00417863312104824551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-29415353742383825822008-09-06T23:32:00.000-05:002008-09-06T23:32:00.000-05:00Sorry, Rick, but in 2004, all we heard were the ph...Sorry, Rick, but in 2004, all we heard were the phrases "hypocrite" and "flip-flopper." Now, that there is overwhelming evidence of McCain's and Palin's hypocrisy, it shouldn't be minimalized.<BR/><BR/>Else, that in itself would be ironic and hyporcritical.capperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08751967312821403092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-34506437405058321592008-09-06T22:20:00.000-05:002008-09-06T22:20:00.000-05:00Someone should bring your post to the attention of...Someone should bring your post to the attention of "Chuckles the Clown" Sykes. He has spent the past several months blasting everything Barack Obama has said and done. If Obama announced that the sun will rise tomorrow in the east and set in the west, Sykes would find some fatal flaw in the pronouncement, and a way to use the statement to show that Obama is a flawed and evil individual.<BR/><BR/>The Daily Show link which jim c. included well illustrates the point. Karl Rove itemizes exactly why the 20-month Alaska Governor and former mayor of a 9,000-person town is supremely qualified while the 36-month Virginia Governor who served as Mayor of Richmond (105th largest) is completely unqualified.<BR/><BR/>Sykes and Rove are examples of cosmic hypocrites. A pox on both their houses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-77340113271439591472008-09-06T21:41:00.000-05:002008-09-06T21:41:00.000-05:00Political discourse has become so very poisonous. ...Political discourse has become so very poisonous. Most of the time there is, as you say, "no intention of honestly debating what divides us", only the intention of smearing the other. Even more destructive than charging hypocrisy is the ascribing of (evil) motives to the other. If a candidate believes business taxes should be lowered, we are told they favor lower taxes because they are on the take from business interests. When a candidate favors reduced class size, the opposition says they do it only in exchange for the support of the teachers' union.<BR/><BR/>I've known many a politician and find them to be good people who advocate for what they believe in. The politician who wants reduced class size or lower business taxes really believes those changes will make a positive difference. But, instead of debating the merits of class size or tax rates, we are told their motives are evil.<BR/><BR/>When I hear someone in the political arena start ascribing motives to the other side, I stop listening because no debate of issues is forthcoming. Unfortunately, I'm not doing much listening anymore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-3749822656960734972008-09-06T15:56:00.000-05:002008-09-06T15:56:00.000-05:00Rick...this is a great post. And I can't wait for...Rick...this is a great post. And I can't wait for someone to go through all your archives looking for instances where you may have accused someone of being hypocritical yourself!David Casperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02977113224125751896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-6396235626942474542008-09-06T13:27:00.000-05:002008-09-06T13:27:00.000-05:00Even a three-year-old knows there's something not ...Even a three-year-old knows there's something not quite right when mommy says, "do as I say, not as I do."<BR/><BR/>That's the real root of our obsession with hypocrisy.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15820148729023510413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-36904697919650592602008-09-06T12:39:00.000-05:002008-09-06T12:39:00.000-05:00I agree with one exception:The charge of hypocrisy...I agree with one exception:<BR/><BR/>The charge of hypocrisy is essential when it exposes a lack of genuineness in professed positions. It's a way of cutting through the discourse of those whose rhetoric is a charade designed to secure financial benefit or political power rather than to articulate genuine political arguments. (A pitch-perfect example of such an essential charge is <A HREF="http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=184086&title=sarah-palin-gender-card" REL="nofollow">here</A>.)T.F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13434995660101467490noreply@blogger.com