Apparently, for some, objective reasoning has become quite difficult. Mr. Eddie Ratliff’s soliloquy of falsehoods serves as a prime example of this posit. It must be a sense of practicality which drives some folks to submit falsehoods (which they parrot from Fox News and right-wing radio) and support them with pretty little straw men.
Mr. Ratiliff indicates he miraculously knows Obama lied about Jeremiah Wright. He fails to support this accusation with anything other than the subjective meanderings of Dr. Jack Van Impe. Now there is a real objective source. Chalk up one straw man based on right-wing radio talking points.
Mr. Ratiliff deems to know what socialism is and as such claims Obama’s health care proposal is socialism. Obviously, he forgot to research the fact that socialized medicine is by definition: Having all physicians become employees of the government. I challenge Mr. Ratliff or Rush Limbaugh to prove there is any such proposal in Obama’s health plan. These fallacies tell me that some folks haven’t even read Obama’s proposals. I guess they believe Rush Limbaugh has, therefore what he says must be true.
Lastly, Mr. Ratliff calls Nancy Pelosi a liar about her indications concerning the CIA. Perhaps if his television was tuned to a station other than Fox he would undoubtedly have heard that CIA Director Leon Panetta recently testified to Congress that the CIA concealed information and misled lawmakers repeatedly since 2001. I guess it’s OK when politicians put themselves above the people; if they’re telling you it’s to make you safe.
What is utterly disgusting is knowingly giving your government a pass when they use cherry-picked intelligence to convince you to send your child to war. But, if Obama wants to ensure that working people have health insurance, it’s radical and disgusting? Unbelievable.
Andy Joyner
Bristol, Va.
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