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Best line today on debates September 23, 2011 10:01 am TB

“Rick Perry has begun to remind me of the Minnesota Vikings in these debates. He starts off strong and runs up a lead in the first half, starts coasting, and then eventually turns the ball over repeatedly and loses.”

- Ed Morrissey

Maybe you have to be a Vikings fan like me for it to really hit home.

I’m smelling the lethal touch of “over-prepping” here. The sad part is that someone with a consistent and internalized set of views shouldn’t really need that much prepping.

  • We will see how he does in the future. We have a long way to go. The beauty of critiques ... by Jody 2011-09-24 09:23:41
    • "Over-Prepping"? Here was my favorite. by ER 2011-09-23 10:17:53
      • A good indicator that someone knows their stuff (applies to any field, not just politics) is that they can tune ... by TB 2011-09-23 10:34:47
        • To be fair, the ability to think on one's feet quickly is not necessarily a sign of great intelligence or ... by ER 2011-09-23 11:13:57
          • I'm not talking about the ability to quickly fire off great-sounding "duckspeak" in response to a question (a common tactic ... by TB 2011-09-23 11:37:49
            • I've seen Gingrich say things even he knows can't possibly be true. I have absolutely no respect for the ... by ER 2011-09-23 12:04:06
              • Well, who's to say what's true or not? :) by TB 2011-09-23 12:05:27
                • There is a difference in saying something you do not know to be false, and saying something you know perfectly ... by ER 2011-09-23 12:07:05
                  • But who decides if it's false or not? by TB 2011-09-23 12:13:24
                    • You can't always tell when someone else is lying. And you never know for sure if someone else is mistaken. ... by ER 2011-09-23 14:44:53
                      • By that logic, by TB 2011-09-23 16:16:23
                        • Tom, as Haldane pointed out, the world is stranger than we CAN think. The questions with the easy answers ... by ER 2011-09-23 16:35:37
                          • See? There you go again. by TB 2011-09-23 17:04:56
                            • Tom, if they're so obviously wrong, why can't any of them see it when it it's so clear and obvious ... by ER 2011-09-23 17:26:53
                              • You basically answered your own question with your last sentence. by TB 2011-09-23 17:57:12
                                • Yep, that sure sounds like ὕβρις to me. Everybody is deluding themselves except you. by ER 2011-09-23 18:23:36
                                  • I don't know. by TB 2011-09-23 18:31:56
                                    • Tom, most of the opinions you are desperate to push here are ideological and philosophical anomalism and political fundamentalism. ... by ER 2011-09-23 19:18:36
                                      • Q.E.D. by TB 2011-09-23 19:25:53

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