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Originally Posted by Booya
but my point was that many far-lefties are willing to excuse and overlook Obamas huge gaffe/misspeak, geography, sociology, or civic lapse.
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That's entirely untrue. But let's for a moment pretend that it is true. We excuse
everything Obama makes mistakes about. Everything. We're one big "excuse machine".
Fair enough?
Now that we agree that we will always excuse President Obama no matter what stupid crap comes out of his mouth, I have 2 questions for you. You ready?
1.) If it can be proven with a preponderance of the evidence, that Mr. Huckabee, in fact, did
not "misspeak", but really and truly
meant Kenya and not Indonesia, will you accept that as truth?
2.) If you accept that Mr. Huckabee did
not, in fact, "misspeak", will you acknowledge that we have every right to call him on the original statement he made, exactly as he made it?
Now, if the above exercise does not meet with your approval for some reason, we can try a different tack. In this exercise, let's give Mr. Huckabee the benefit of the doubt and "excuse" him for mixing up Kenya and Indonesia. Okay? We're agreed, "Mr. Huckabee merely "misspoke" and said Kenya when he meant Indonesia." So just like with President Obama, we're more than willing to overlook a mere slip of the tongue.
You with me so far? Ok, now here come the follow up questions.
1.) Why should we excuse the fact that Mr. Huckabee was feeding into the hysteria of the loonie bins out there, by saying that we should be concerned about President Obama's past because of where he grew up, even if that was Indonesia? (Which it's not, but that's not relevant to this question, since we're giving Mr. Huckabee the benefit of the doubt.)
2.) Why should we excuse the fact that Mr. Huckabee distanced President Obama from "the average American," as if President Obama isn't an "average American" himself?
3.) Why should we excuse the fact that Mr. Huckabee said that "what [he] know[s] about [President Obama] is "troubling?""
4.) Why should we excuse the fact that Mr. Huckabee did not correct the interviewer when he said, "[President Obama] despises the West?"
5.) Why should we excuse the fact that Mr. Huckabee did not correct the interviewer when he said, "[President Obama] despises the Brits?"
6.) Why should we excuse the fact that Mr. Huckabee did not correct the interviewer when he said, "and I think he could take it all out on Israel, and that's why he despises Israel?"
7.) Why should we excuse the fact that Mr. Huckabee did not correct the interviewer when he declared, "[President Obama's] not too thrilled with our history either?"
When you answer the above, remember, for the sake of this exercise, we're willing to concede that Mr. Huckabee "misspoke" when he said Kenya, and he actually meant Indonesia. We're excusing him for that.
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