WilliamC wrote:Rick Santorum is a dickface

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012/02/28/ ... s-beliefs/

Some 15 counties in Michigan have reported results from all of their precincts so far. Among those counties, Rick Santorum won 39.8 percent of the vote, slightly higher than Mitt Romney's 39.2 percent.

There is some value in looking at these numbers because they avoid any skews from early and absentee balloting, which favored Mr. Romney and are sometimes reported before Election Day results come in.

Still, this is not all that encouraging a result for Mr. Santorum because it does not include any vote from counties like Oakland and Wayne, where he runs well behind Mr. Romney.

pacino wrote:idiot is speaking

drsmooth wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote: I would like everyone to consider an alternative to deficient intelligence--when faced with a choice between people who have no conception of your values and or who openly express contempt for them and people who are probably lying to me but at least saying things that resonate with me, the liars win.

well, I've considered it

And I have to tell you I consider it bullshit

here's how I read what you've written:

"It's condescending to suggest that people are easily gulled by politicians who whisper sweet cultural dogwhistles in their ears whilst picking their pockets.

Instead, it's probably that they just like the sound & fury better than hard truths that insult them, from people whose (admittedly often marginally) beneficial actions speak louder than their blunt, unflattering words". (edit: swapped s&f for "bread & circuses")

please explain how that POV is somehow less condescending