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He said that for emotional effect, he obviously doesn't actually believe it. Since somehow "This is killing hundreds of children every year, we need to act" doe
by Cushman 14y ago
He said that for emotional effect, he obviously doesn't actually believe it. Since somehow "This is killing hundreds of children every year, we need to act" doesn't connect with people, I give it a pass.
- staunch 14y agoIf it was an off-the-cuff remark once I might think the same, but he's written it in his plan multiple times and said it a dozen times publicly. He may not believe this in general, but he's quite obviously serious about using this argument for his proposed legislation.
- Cushman 14y agoI'm not saying it wasn't a planned remark — nothing that man says is off-the-cuff — just that it was planned for emotional effect, not as a real basis for policy. If he seemed to be actually applying that standard, I'd worry. Otherwise it just seems like he cares a lot about children, which, man, I just can't be mad at someone for that.
- staunch 14y agoWell, based on your response to it, I guess it at least it has the desired effect. I find it absolutely flabbergasting that someone so smart would take the oldest political trope, "think of the children", to such an illogical extreme.