Originally Posted by pdx rick
Originally Posted by Spag-hetti
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Rick said:
The mental gymnastics that Rethuglicons do to contort and to assuage their own ignorance and stupidity in lieu of being honest about reality is something else:

Mm-hmmm. Those broadcasting degrees have to teach something. Apparently that thing is the pivot, which even Sarah Palin was able to master.

Here's what you do. You don't return the opponent's serve, like in tennis; you throw a bowling ball down the lane next to your opponent. You talk about the topic, in a parallel universe. Question be damned.
idea So all a conservative has to do is answer a non-sequitur and be satisfied that they "owned" their opponent. smile

It's called obfuscation and/or dissimulation. It happens in both parties. It's a tactic common to those who do not have the strength of their arguments to fall back on.
The Republithugs are just VERY bad at it.


"The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them."
Lenny Bruce

"The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month."
Dostoevsky