--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Nick Arnett" narnett@ wrote: > >>>> You didn't ask what George Bush would do if he were president, > > which > >>>> would > >>>> be silly, since he is. You asked what *I* would do. I haven't been > >>>> elected, so I'd resign. > >> > >> Do you really not understand that I simply don't want to play the game > > of > >> "What would I do if I were president?" > > > > Yes, I understand that you have absolutely no interest in being > > constructive on a difficult issue like Iraq. Rather, you are much more > > comfortable just engaging in partisan criticism, without having to offer > > any constructive suggestions for what an approrpriate Iraq > > policy/strategy would be..... > > If you'd just started with a "If the President asked you for advice > about Iraq, what would you say" instead of asking a question that could, > on the face of it, be taken as hypothesizing a situation that just was > NOT going to happen, you might have gotten the sort of answer you were > looking for the first time around. > > If you ask a question that has a LITERAL meaning that you didn't intend, > someone here WILL take it literally and call you on it, one way or another.
If only I believed that were true. Based on Nick's reaction, its my guess that he would respond "but I don't know the President, and he's never going to ask anyone for advice, least of all me...." I guess that some people would just much rather get in their partisan digs than have a serious discussion.... *shrug* JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
