Well, it's pretty standard fare in political discourse. You misconstrue what somebody said. You isolate a statement, you lend your interpretation to it and then feign moral outrage. A fundamental premise of politics is we can make this work if people just never figure it out
And what are your thoughts on it
2007-01-08 03:27:13 · 7 answers · asked by . 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I agree that politicians want to interpret things in various different ways so the public can't figure it out. One way to alleviate this is to stop having reporters and the media interpret for the viewers what was said.How many times have you listened to the news and they show the politician speaking but the reporter does most of the talking with a voice over interpretation. My preference would be to hear it all from the 'horses mouth'.
2007-01-08 03:40:06 · answer #1 · answered by Daffodils739 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
former House Majority Leaders Dick Armey. He was referring to comments made regarding the following:
Time national political correspondent Karen Tumulty, in an October 31 article for Time.com, reported as a fact that Sen. John F. Kerry (D-MA) "insulted" U.S. troops when he said in an October 30 speech at a campaign rally in California: "You know, education -- if you make the most of it, you study hard and you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq."
http://mediamatters.org/items/200611010010
This is typical political redderick. All politicians practice this against one another at some point. I think you have to delve into what their actions are reather than what they say.
2007-01-08 11:32:44 · answer #2 · answered by Melli 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like something President Eisenhower would say. He was really good at it,too. Whenever the press asked him something he didn't want to discuss (for whatever reason) he would give them a word salad that left them confused. He took great pleasure in it, and sometimes did it on purpose. I don't know for sure who said it, but Ike would be my guess.
2007-01-08 11:33:45 · answer #3 · answered by Sartoris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-TX) on the October 31 edition of MSNBC's Hardball
2007-01-08 11:29:55 · answer #4 · answered by sprggb 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Dick Armey -
Standard media reporting, nothing new here.
2007-01-08 11:33:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's standard fare for international diplomacy. It's not about realism.. it's about perception.
2007-01-08 11:32:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yeah thats pretty accurate.
2007-01-08 11:32:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋