By Martin at BlogBat:
"The first to plead his case seems right, until another comes and examines him." -- Proverbs 18:17
Okay students, we know this better than most, don't we? I had to question Elliott Abrams' personal integrity two days ago after his failure to cite sources and offer context in the now-infamous and refuted hit piece against Newt Gingrich. In his article, Abrams pulled cherry-picked bits of qoutes out of thin air and used them to accuse Newt of being anti-Reagan, which sparked an avalanche from all directions - including a video of Nancy Reagan from 1995 - proving otherwise. If I had conducted a research project the way Abrams has, It's quite possible I would have been cited for plagiarism and expelled from my MA program. Plagiarism is more than stealing someone's words and failing to put quotation marks around them; it's also a failure to properly attribute them, which is where Elliott grossly erred apparently with malice.
Needless to say, Abrams is unimportant in the larger scheme of things, but the machine that used him and his disposable lies will do it again. So as conservatives, as voters, and as Newt supporters what is the takeaway with all of this?
One of the more famous lines from Star Wars was by Obi Wan: "Who's the more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows him?" The next time Romney's sleazy Charlie Crist operatives launch a bogus attack on Newt, give it a day. Romney's mudslinging of lies is becoming old hat, and when you consider 2008, it becomes ancient. (continue reading at BlogBat)
Snake Hunter Sez,
It's really a damn shame when know-it-all political pundits pick their favorite candidate early, then try to degrade anyone else on the ticket, then quote an obscure passage from the bible to smear the other candidate.
Here's another for Martin at Blogbat, from Proverbs: 11:29
"He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart."
By way of explanation, I like both Romney & Gingrich, also Herman Cain & John Bolton, plus Marco Rubio for Vee-Pee.
Draft David Petraeus!
They are all studs, ready to do whatever is necesssary to whip O-Bla-bla on November 6th. - reb
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Posted by: reb | January 27, 2012 at 10:42 PM