Comments on: “… Great Only In Power, In Size And In Cost.” http://www.davintosh.com/2009/09/15/great-only-in-power-in-size-and-in-cost/ What's a davintosh? Mostly just the random ramblings of a hopelessly distractible... Hey, what's that? Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:59:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dave http://www.davintosh.com/2009/09/15/great-only-in-power-in-size-and-in-cost/comment-page-1/#comment-1840 dave Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:44:24 +0000 http://www.davintosh.com/?p=1525#comment-1840 It's different in that I'm neither Speaker Of The House nor President Of The United States. But actually, the fact that Obama was elected proves the point to a degree; he wouldn't have made it without pretending to be more conservative than he really is. Lighten up a little, Deane; it's called hyperbole. I believe the "every time it's tried" phrase was coined by Reagan himself, then picked up and used regularly by Rush Limbaugh, so I thought it was fitting. I'm sure you've pulled similar stunts in a gazillion of your posts. ;o) It’s different in that I’m neither Speaker Of The House nor President Of The United States. But actually, the fact that Obama was elected proves the point to a degree; he wouldn’t have made it without pretending to be more conservative than he really is.

Lighten up a little, Deane; it’s called hyperbole. I believe the “every time it’s tried” phrase was coined by Reagan himself, then picked up and used regularly by Rush Limbaugh, so I thought it was fitting. I’m sure you’ve pulled similar stunts in a gazillion of your posts. ;o)

]]> By: deane http://www.davintosh.com/2009/09/15/great-only-in-power-in-size-and-in-cost/comment-page-1/#comment-1839 deane Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:16:12 +0000 http://www.davintosh.com/?p=1525#comment-1839 Though my heart agrees with your last sentence, you do the rest of your post a disservice by including it. Define "works." Then prove that empirically with factual evidence. Again, I hope it's true. I believe it probably is. But actually proving it much harder than just tossing it on the table with no evidence to back it up. How is doing that any different than what you claim Obama and Pelosi do every day -- make claims to further an agenda with no proof to back them up? Though my heart agrees with your last sentence, you do the rest of your post a disservice by including it.

Define “works.” Then prove that empirically with factual evidence.

Again, I hope it’s true. I believe it probably is. But actually proving it much harder than just tossing it on the table with no evidence to back it up.

How is doing that any different than what you claim Obama and Pelosi do every day — make claims to further an agenda with no proof to back them up?

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