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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (508663)	8/28/2009 1:23:05 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576987

>> This is about using the recent death of a prominent politician to jump-start stalled legislation. It's a complete appeal to emotion. Exactly. Unseemly at best; but in truth, this is demagoguery.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (508663)	8/31/2009 11:17:21 AM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576987

"This isn't about attaching a name to legislation. You're trying to confuse the issue once again." Not really. Dead politicians are almost always used to promote hobby horses and dead issues. Just look at Reagan's funeral. "Ignore all the reasons why the legislation stalled in the first place " You mean all the lies? The "death panels", the "government taking over Medicare" and all the others? "Face it, Democrats are trying to use Kennedy's death to rally their base." Sure they are. Politicians always do that. But pretending it is unprecedented is asking people to deny reality.