Barone: Media wanted Palin abortion

A roomful of academics erupted in angry boos Tuesday morning after political analyst Michael Barone said journalists trashed Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republicans' vice presidential nominee, because "she did not abort her Down syndrome baby."

bmd wrote:Terry,

Did you not provide a link to the original source because you didn't bother to read the whole article, or because you didn't want anyone to know how deceptive you were being with your out of context quotation?

Which is it, are you lazy or lying? And doesn't that old tome you like to thump tell you not to do either?

bmd wrote:Terry,

Did you not provide a link to the original source because you didn't bother to read the whole article, or because you didn't want anyone to know how deceptive you were being with your out of context quotation?

Which is it, are you lazy or lying? And doesn't that old tome you like to thump tell you not to do either?

ziggy wrote:That's just the way Baptist preachers do it- whether from the bible or from some political ragsheet article- pull whatever suits today's message from the whole of the writing, and hope no one notices that offsetting parts of the rest have been ignored.

bmd wrote:Still no link, Preacher?

I guess your branch of the Abrahamic superstition gets to pick and choose among the "Thou shall not" clauses.