Which was the better president? Obama, or Bush?

[sear]

"Just a narcissistic ego in action with this one." E #224

Actually no. But thanks.

Actually if you review that posted comment I believe you'll find the phrase I used was: "to inquire, inform, or persuade".

While in college one of my courses included public speaking.
And our instructor taught us those are the 3 reasons for a public address.

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It's elemental.
I love concepts.

So on a topic of interest I'll present a perspective perhaps not well represented here. Target-rich environments are fun.

I've already gotten some positive feedback.

But you imply persuasion is the shallow egotistical axis about which my world pivots.
Why don't you just go on thinking that? OK?

[Drummond]

"require" D #222

Offered.

You just don't get it. I COULD NOT POSSIBLY CARE LESS WHAT YOU THINK. Why on Earth would I? What POSSIBLE difference could it make to me? Or perhaps more to the point, of what conceivable interest could my details be to those of you that made issue of it?

I think you've just ducked my challenge to supply that 'veteran's information' ... again ?

Oh, well.

Sear, be honest. You wouldn't put so much effort into trying to persuade others of your point of view, unless you DO care what others think. You want your propaganda to be swallowed. You've posted many, and highly verbose, messages here in pursuit of that effort ! Of course you care !

[Drummond]

"Just a narcissistic ego in action with this one." E #224

Actually no. But thanks.

Actually if you review that posted comment I believe you'll find the phrase I used was: "to inquire, inform, or persuade".

While in college one of my courses included public speaking.
And our instructor taught us those are the 3 reasons for a public address.

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

It's elemental.
I love concepts.

So on a topic of interest I'll present a perspective perhaps not well represented here. Target-rich environments are fun.

I've already gotten some positive feedback.

But you imply persuasion is the shallow egotistical axis about which my world pivots.
Why don't you just go on thinking that? OK?

Good grief.

I'm probably not the best person to preach about verbosity !! But really, Sear ... why can't you just give concise answers, instead of forever using wording meant to have us see you as some kind of, ahem, 'intellectual giant' ... ?

Trust me .. you aren't one.

An elementary yardstick for a sound intellect would be to concede truth, once it's offered. You've twice REJECTED it from me. Why ? Because your intellect is mired in the fossilised loop of propaganda spreading.

[aboutime]

Good grief.

I'm probably not the best person to preach about verbosity !! But really, Sear ... why can't you just give concise answers, instead of forever using wording meant to have us see you as some kind of, ahem, 'intellectual giant' ... ?

Trust me .. you aren't one.

An elementary yardstick for a sound intellect would be to concede truth, once it's offered. You've twice REJECTED it from me. Why ? Because your intellect is mired in the fossilised loop of propaganda spreading.

Sir Drummond. I suspect 'sear' is under his/her own impression that his arrogance,
and superiority over everyone else here, was learned in a LIBERAL setting where he/she was convinced...attending a college was the answer to everything, and he/she instantly became much more highly educated than everyone else on Earth.
That's basically how LIBERAL, DEMOCRAT, SOCIALISTS operate here in the USA, under the guise of Superior Intelligence...but they are unable to tie shoes, and must mark socks, gloves, and their hands with BIG Letters "R", and "L", to prevent them from getting confused.

[sear]

"Sear, be honest." D #227

Quote me! I leave a standing invitation to anyone and everyone to quote one assertion I've ever made in this forum that is not honest; excluding the very few jokes I've posted recently.

"You wouldn't put so much effort into trying to persuade others of your point of view, unless you DO care what others think." D

I care a great deal. They're my countrymen. And they vote. If this were the 18th century I'd be standing on a soap-box in the village square.
It's the 21st. So I'm sitting at my desk, enjoying a refreshing adult beverage, and addressing the world.

"You wouldn't put so much effort into trying to persuade others of your point of view, unless you DO care what others think." D

If I didn't care about what they thought about the issues I wouldn't post here at all.
I just couldn't care less what they think about me.
How they vote determines who is elected. Who is elected influences the kind of government I get stuck with.
What they think about me could not POSSIBLY matter to me less. I invited all comers to Syracuse tomorrow not because I want to strut my stuff; but simply because I want to end the ad hom. These groundless attacks against me are the epitome of stupidity.

"You want your propaganda to be swallowed." D

What propaganda?

propaganda (pròp´e-gàn´de) noun
1. The systematic propagation of a doctrine or cause or of information reflecting the views and interests of those people advocating such a doctrine or cause.
2. Material disseminated by the advocates of a doctrine or cause: the selected truths, exaggerations, and lies of wartime propaganda.

Excerpted from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition © 1996 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Electronic version licensed from INSO Corporation; further reproduction and distribution in accordance with the Copyright Law of the United States. All rights reserved.

Nope.
No such thing; not posted under my pseud in this forum. None.

Prove me wrong! QUOTE ME !!