President Obama's chances...

Darla said:
But Damo has explained in the past that he uses quotation marks in a different way than everyone else and totally doesn't mean for it to meant as something anyone actually said. Is that okay with you "mister quotation expert"?
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*sigh*

I'm trying to do it your way. Instead of holding a conversation I must write according to college professors. I'll get it some day.

I should have said 'Obama and Congresspeople' who say, then used the quotation marks.
 
Damocles said:
*sigh*

I'm trying to do it your way. Instead of holding a conversation I must write according to college professors. I'll get it some day.

I should have said 'Obama and Congresspeople' who say, then used the quotation marks.
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Yes, because only college professors use quotation marks in the aforementioned manner.

Damo, remember the time you sent me that PM telling me if you saw me posting here again you were going to "hunt me down and skin me alive?"
 
Damocles said:
*sigh*

I'm trying to do it your way. Instead of holding a conversation I must write according to college professors. I'll get it some day.

I should have said 'Obama and Congresspeople' who say, then used the quotation marks.
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Alternatively, you could just use quotation marks only when you are actually quoting someone. Quotations marks mean something. Misusing them doesn't advance the conversation.
 
Darla said:
Yes, because only college professors use quotation marks in the aforementioned manner.

Damo, remember the time you sent me that PM telling me if you saw me posting here again you were going to "hunt me down and skin me alive?"
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Nope. Don't remember that.

My point was that here, we use conversational English. Way too often we have people who get upset when people mock spelling errors telling me I must use perfect Compositional Form at all times when I post.

Being a Grammar Nazi is fun, I get it. But clearly we aren't writing a thesis for our professor here.
 
Damocles said:
Nope. Don't remember that.

My point was that here, we use conversational English. Way too often we have people who get upset when people mock spelling errors telling me I must use perfect Compositional Form at all times when I post.

Being a Grammar Nazi is fun, I get it. But clearly we aren't writing a thesis for our professor here.
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Okay Damo.
 
Dungheap said:
Alternatively, you could just use quotation marks only when you are actually quoting someone. Quotations marks mean something. Misusing them doesn't advance the conversation.
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:rolleyes:

When you are perfect in your writing form on this website, then speak to me.

Again, I should have said 'Obama and Congresspeople' so it would be accurate... I'm sorry I didn't. Because liberals lose focus so easily and attack when they cannot argue the actual point. Or they just insist, "But republicans really do want that (Dune and now Darla)."
 
Damocles said:
I think he could get reelected, I've always said so and have stated that the republicans can't lose focus and start focusing on people rather than Obama's policies. With 1 Billion in the bank ready for a campaign, free travel and "press conferences" he has a huge advantage, add that money and he'll be tough to beat. The focus of the republicans must be on what he has done, what he plans to do, and how it has effected people.
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Excellent advice but I think you're working for the wrong campaign! LOL

Scaring wing nuts is easy. They tend to be cowards in the first place. Such scare tactic would probably back fire with anyone else.
 
Damocles said:
Nope. Don't remember that.

My point was that here, we use conversational English. Way too often we have people who get upset when people mock spelling errors telling me I must use perfect Compositional Form at all times when I post.

Being a Grammar Nazi is fun, I get it. But clearly we aren't writing a thesis for our professor here.
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When you misuse quotation marks you mislead people into believing something that isn't true, i.e. that you are quoting someone. That isn't the case for spelling errors or punctuation errors. It isn't a "Grammar Nazi" issue. It's an issue of you representing something that is not accurate.
 
Jarod said:
Current polling does not say a lot in my opinion. The biggest effect Gingrich's rise has had on the race if Romney is the eventual winner, and I expect he will be, is that it drove Romney to the right on Medicare.

Untill last week, Romney refused to take a stance on the Ryan plan to turn medicare into a voucher system. Last week Romney was forced to say he would have supported the Ryan plan. In FLORIDA especally, the stance has given Preisdent Obama the oppertunity to scare older voters pants off if they were considering voting for Romney.
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Jarod, that wouldn't matter one wit. Romney can be the second coming of Ron Reagan during the primaries but if nominated he can storm as far towards the center as he wishes. The nominated candidate does not have to live or die by the party platform. So what if he goes to the right on medicare during the primaries? Do you really believe he would stay their during a general election?
 
Damocles said:
:rolleyes:

When you are perfect in your writing form on this website, then speak to me.

Again, I should have said 'Obama and Congresspeople' so it would be accurate... I'm sorry I didn't. Because liberals lose focus so easily and attack when they cannot argue the actual point. Or they just insist, "But republicans really do want that (Dune and now Darla)."
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Misusing quotation marks is not a matter of form, it is a matter of substance. And, kind sir, I don't need prior approval from you to speak.

On the merits, there is no actual point. Your point was a falsehood. In any event, Republicans support policies that will lead to dirtier air, dirtier water and the impoverishment of the elderly. That's the truth.
 
Jarod said:
President Obama said that the Republicans want my grandmother to eat dog food?

See we all know that President Obama never said these things... That is the type of bombastic red meat the Republicans are craving that I do not belive the Public is going to go for this year.
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Boy are you niave. No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.
 
Darla said:
Yes, because only college professors use quotation marks in the aforementioned manner.

Damo, remember the time you sent me that PM telling me if you saw me posting here again you were going to "hunt me down and skin me alive?"
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Did you have to pay extra? He threatened to charge me extra for that!!
 
Mott the Hoople said:
Excellent advice but I think you're working for the wrong campaign! LOL

Scaring wing nuts is easy. They tend to be cowards in the first place. Such scare tactic would probably back fire with anyone else.
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So you're saying that when the Obama uses the same tactics it really works with you?

;)
 
Dungheap said:
Misusing quotation marks is not a matter of form, it is a matter of substance. And, kind sir, I don't need prior approval from you to speak.

On the merits, there is no actual point. Your point was a falsehood. In any event, Republicans support policies that will lead to dirtier air, dirtier water and the impoverishment of the elderly. That's the truth.
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It's nonsense. They support different programs and ways to get clean water, clean air, and wealthy elderly. It is hype to say that because they do not support your program they "want" dirty air, water, poor elderly eating dog food, less people on health care... on and on.

They simply have different solutions.

If hype is how they fight, then return in kind along with substance. I'd give any politician that same advice.
 
Damocles said:
It's nonsense. They support different programs and ways to get clean water, clean air, and wealthy elderly. It is hype to say that because they do not support your program they "want" dirty air, water, poor elderly eating dog food, less people on health care... on and on.

They simply have different solutions.

If hype is how they fight, then return in kind along with substance. I'd give any politician that same advice.
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No, they don't have different "solutions." What the Republicans have are policies that would lead to dirtier air, dirtier water, poorer elderly and fewer people with health insurance when compared to the policies advanced by Democrats. Those are the facts. Now, you can argue that the Democratic policies are over-reaching or what have you, but you cannot plausibly argue that Republican and Democratic policies get us to the same place, albeit through different means. It's just not so.

And, furthermore, while I think it is overstatment to say that Republicans want dirty water, dirty air and grandma eating dog food, simply because in an ideal world no one really wants that, they support policies that lead to those things. They are the real world outcomes of their policy preferences.
 
Dungheap said:
No, they don't have different "solutions." What the Republicans have are policies that would lead to dirtier air, dirtier water, poorer elderly and fewer people with health insurance when compared to the policies advanced by Democrats. Those are the facts. Now, you can argue that the Democratic policies are over-reaching or what have you, but you cannot plausibly argue that Republican and Democratic policies get us to the same place, albeit through different means. It's just not so.

And, furthermore, while I think it is overstatment to say that Republicans want dirty water, dirty air and grandma eating dog food, simply because in an ideal world no one really wants that, they support policies that lead to those things. They are the real world outcomes of their policy preferences.
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Like I said.

See Jarod?...

Some people really pretend to believe the hype.
 
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