I guess it's an optical illusion, Dan. I see the word "intelligent"
there in Jim's quote. Apparantly no one else can see it.
Or perhaps you've gone Clintonian on me, and Intelligent now no
longer means having the capacity for higher thought, since that old
definition makes Jim look bad here.
If Jim had only said the people in AP don't have information to make
an "informed" decision, then he would have been simply accusing them
of not paying attention, which is insulting enough.
He didn't stop there. He inserted the word "intelligent" which
means the "capacity" for higher thinking. That's worse than the
first insult of not paying attention.
Now I know there is going to be a post that knocks me for using
definitions again, but I believe words mean things. I will be
astounded again when someone posts to the contrary.
Look, if Jim and his supporters can't read through the lines here
that I'm giving him an admittedly heavy handed slap for his own
good, then let your boy just keep making these types of statements.
It will catch up to him in public later.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "dfsavgny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "bluebishop82"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Tom, come on now. People will always have differences of opinion.
> That is not the problem I, and others have with you. But you have
> this habit of, and I will refrain from using the tw*sting word,
> TAKING WORDS OUT OF CONTEXT.
>
> I know you are big enough of a person to admit you are wrong. Now
to
> break it down real clear, this is what JK said (I am taking it
from
> your post):
>
> > "What I have found in my conversations with "the people" is that
> many
> > of our citizens do not have all the information needed TO MAKE
> > INTELLIGENT, INFORMED DECISIONS that I believe they would make
if
> they
> > had all the facts." [emphasis supplied]
> >
>
> Now Tom, everyone can see that he said he believed that citizens
> didn't have the necessary facts and info to make those decisions,
> and furthermore, he believed that they WOULD BE ABLE to make
> INTELLIGENT, INFORMED DECISIONS if they had all the facts.
>
> It is not as you say Tom. You did the same to me. I know its hard,
> but sometimes you have to leave your lawyering at home. This is a
> typical cross examination trick and when it happens to me I ask
the
> court reporter to read back my answer. You have done as much here,
> but it is clear that you are wrong.
>
> Let's continue to express our differences of opinion, but let us
not
> put words in people's mouths. BTW, I thought you looked quite
> dashing in that groucho disguise as well.
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