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To: ManyMoose who wrote (81387)	9/1/2008 6:35:08 PM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541986

Sure it was a biased site, but the facts were essentially informative. Biased, selective facts create biased, distorted conclusions by definition. That's Logic 101.

To: ManyMoose who wrote (81387)	9/1/2008 6:36:34 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541986

>>a few facts that would support the case for Obama left out. That's Obama's lookout, don't you think? Sure it was a biased site, but the facts were essentially informative. Obama has his own similar sites, I'm sure, Although I lack the desire to seek them out. << MM - Um, no, I wouldn't say that's Obama's lookout. I'd say that if someone is trying to make a factual comparison between two points, it's up to them to marshall all the facts. Especially in a case where it's so simple to do so, with all the facts about Obama being readily available. But the point was not to inform or to make a meaningful comparison. It was to make a specific case, presenting only the information that the author could twist in Palin's favor. At any rate, that web page was put together by someone who apparently didn't give much of a damn about his or her credibility. It's content is amateurish and silly. Personally, I'd be embarrassed to use such a poorly made thing to try to support an argument. - Allen