Comments on: Mitt Romney is a tyrant

By: Erich Vieth

Erich Vieth — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:48:07 +0000

When Mitt Romney lies, he makes it worth our while:

“I longed in many respects to actually be in Vietnam and be representing our country there and in some ways it was frustrating not to feel like I was there as part of the troops that were fighting in Vietnam.”

- Mitt Romney, Boston Globe, 6/24/07

“I was not planning on signing up for the military. It was not my desire to go off and serve in Vietnam.”

- Mitt Romney, Boston Herald, 5/2/94

For the full post by Chris Kelly, go here.

By: Dan Klarmann

Dan Klarmann — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:18:32 +0000

"Technically, Aristotle was describing how changing the inflection of a Greek word could change its meaning. But that’s not how we use it. "

More like entrance (the way in) vs. entrance (to hypnotize)

By: Erich Vieth

Erich Vieth — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 05:44:49 +0000

The Fallacy of Accent (350 BC, and still fresh!) is the difference between “Lobbyists aren’t running my campaign” and “Lobbyists aren’t running my campaign.” Full post here.

By: grumpypilgrim

grumpypilgrim — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:51:46 +0000

the chaplain’s comment exposes a surprising aspect of the American presidency: no objective competency requirement. We require garbage truck drivers, hair stylists and many other skilled workers to have special training and to earn a competency-based license, yet no competence requirement exists to be the leader of the free world. That might be a good thing for people like George Jr. or Ronny Reagan, but not so good for the rest of humanity.

By: the chaplain

the chaplain — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:55:13 +0000

Has Romney ever read the Constitution? Perhaps every newly elected president should be required to attend a course in Constitutional law before being inaugurated.