John Ford: He'll Get What He Wants

[The Duke]

This spin by the White Hous is reaching shark-jumping proportions given that this thread was started by someone who just a few minutes ago minutes ago said this:

And if anyone needs to "update his resume," perhaps you should speak to your vice presidential candidate about the issue of loyalty?

While yesterday his President said this:

It (TD's running for VP) hasn't affected my opinion on whether I'll reappoint True to the DoS after the election, if that means anything.

It is kind of hard to take this level of contradiction seriously.

[The Duke]

Its pretty clear that Joe does not want to be criticized for anything he does, and takes any criticism personally.  Given that he's had a pretty rough day in terms of managing the government, you'd think at least some humility would be in order.

[The Duke]

Its pretty clear that Joe does not want to be criticized for anything he does, and takes any criticism personally.

Another false assumption?  I suppose you made it in the right thread.

You've decided to make this campaign pretty personal, and its obvious to me you somehow didn't expect that your opponents would say they thought you were doing things the wrong way.  I've tried to stick to substance this whole way, and you've stuck to name calling.

[The Duke]

You've decided to make this campaign pretty personal, and its obvious to me you somehow didn't expect that your opponents would say they thought you were doing things the wrong way.  I've tried to stick to substance this whole way, and you've stuck to name calling.

How could I not expect my opponents to say that I'm doing things wrong?  That's the penalty for being an incumbent, and I fully expected it.

As you know, I haven't even started campaigning yet, because I haven't declared.  All I'm doing now is defending myself and my administration from... for want of a better word... lies.

The assumption is tht you're running, and I'm pretty sure every record of you saying something on the record will indiciate that you will run for re-election.  It is not a fair or realistic assumption to think that you would be insulated from criticism before your announcement.

It is also not in any way dishonest to say that there is an apparent lack of cinegy between you and the SoFA.  When asked why you didn't enlist the help of the SoFA to amend the bill you said you couldn't ask him because he didn't agree with you.  If that doesn't mean that there is a lack of trust, I think its a fair question to ask what exactly it does mean.