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Hillary is the queen of having it both ways
The Seattle Times ^ | September 17, 2007 | Jonah Goldberg

Posted on 09/17/2007 3:50:27 AM PDT by NCDragon

During her questioning of Gen. David Petraeus last week, Sen. Hillary Clinton said to the general, "You have been made the de facto spokesman for what many of us believe to be a failed policy. Despite what I view as your rather extraordinary efforts in your testimony ... I think that the reports that you provide to us really require the willing suspension of disbelief."

Petraeus' supporters say Hillary was calling him a liar. When you read it, particularly if you focus on the second sentence, that's how it seems. But if you actually heard her say it, it sounded like she was making a compliment and then sort of taking it back. NPR correspondent David Welna heard it the same way, too, describing it as a "careful weaving of praise and skepticism."

Since everyone's made up their minds about the good general, let's talk about that careful weaving instead.

(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.nwsource.com ...


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1 posted on 09/17/2007 3:50:29 AM PDT by NCDragon
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To: NCDragon
...the willing suspension of disbelief.

The good general was just trying to use concepts you're used to Hillary.

2 posted on 09/17/2007 4:05:33 AM PDT by period end of story
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To: NCDragon
The "willing suspension of disbelief" sounds to me like a double negative.

The "willing suspension of belief" would actually mean one is suspending belief, momentarily at least.

How do you suspend DISbelief?

This woman is so stupid.....

3 posted on 09/17/2007 4:12:04 AM PDT by Victor (If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert." -David Ben-Gurion, the first Prime Minister)
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To: NCDragon

NPR is a shill for the democrat party with a dose of pushing the homosexual agenda.
If they said the sun raises in the east on NPR i’d check.


4 posted on 09/17/2007 4:22:36 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: Victor

Yet this chick already has millions of voters lined up, salivating for the chance to elect the ignoramus.

May God have mercy on us.


5 posted on 09/17/2007 4:29:29 AM PDT by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
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To: Victor

This phrase, “the willing . . .” is often used, usually by movie critics, to describe how a person watches a movie. It means that if a person is watching a fantasy or sci fi, for instance, the movie is able to create an environment that minimizes scepticism in a moviegoer, so they can ‘believe’ in the impossible world created by the movie.


6 posted on 09/17/2007 4:30:30 AM PDT by sportutegrl
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To: period end of story

...the willing suspension of disbelief.
Kinda reminded me of
...depends on the meaning of “is”....


7 posted on 09/17/2007 4:36:30 AM PDT by FES0844 (FES0844)
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To: Victor
The "willing suspension of disbelief" sounds to me like a double negative. The "willing suspension of belief" would actually mean one is suspending belief, momentarily at least. How do you suspend DISbelief? This woman is so stupid.....

The willing suspension of disbelief.

8 posted on 09/17/2007 4:38:01 AM PDT by Maceman
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To: Maceman

You have to actually see it. It is pure black widow s spider. She curls her lip in contempt and talks very slow, sort of like stabbing someone and turning the knife with relish. It is truly disgusting.


9 posted on 09/17/2007 4:47:54 AM PDT by ClaireSolt (Have you have gotten mixed up in a mish-masher?)
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To: ClaireSolt
“It is truly disgusting.”

Another very disgusting thing about the whole affair is that the general just let it go by. By no means should a guy in Petraeus’ position allow emotions and or anger to get the upper hand in his thought processes AS A GENERAL THING. But sometimes one can be pushed no further, especially in the presence of irony so profound that it was consciously felt at precisely one moment by every hearer REGARDLESS of party.

I wonder what a Churchill (or a great many men of that era) would have said to such as Hillary Clinton (of ALL people!!)using that language on that subject. I doubt very much Hil would have gotten out of there with very much left to herself in the way of credibility. And I doubt that it would have taken more than 3 sentences. Probably just one. Sigh.

10 posted on 09/17/2007 5:34:00 AM PDT by TalBlack
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To: TalBlack

Judge is the only one I know who found a way to talk back.


11 posted on 09/17/2007 6:20:37 AM PDT by ClaireSolt (Have you have gotten mixed up in a mish-masher?)
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To: ClaireSolt

Clarence Thomas, that is.


12 posted on 09/17/2007 6:21:16 AM PDT by ClaireSolt (Have you have gotten mixed up in a mish-masher?)
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To: Maceman
Thanks for the link, Maceman. It does explain the origin of the phrase very well.

Still a very poor choice of words for Piaps, in my opinion.

What does she think our Military is, some kind of playhouse to be critically reviewed?

13 posted on 09/17/2007 9:17:57 AM PDT by Victor (If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert." -David Ben-Gurion, the first Prime Minister)
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To: Maceman
The willing suspension of disbelief

"According to the theory, suspension of disbelief is a quid pro quo..."

Quid Pro Quo: something the Clintons have practiced their whole life.

14 posted on 09/17/2007 12:35:05 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway~~John Wayne)
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