The Minions of McCain Sure Did Shut Down the Banned Books Discussion

[WeDidIt]

Go out with an easily debunked phony list of books and it's like Sarah Palin never asked the librarian about banning books at all.

Just like sending phony documents to Dn Rather about a real story.

[Lerkfish]

1. exactly so.

we should know better by now

[Bread and Circus]

2. and how would "knowing better" prevent disruptors with low post counts to keep

posting that list over and over?

[Lerkfish]

3. dunno.

what do you wish me to suggest?

[lumberjack_jeff]

4. Then we need a list that can only be debunked by publishing the real list.

Look, we whine about their lies and disinfo, but we can't summon the guts to fight them effectively. If someone had forged the Bush documents using contemporary materials and tools, Bush wouldn't be President today. Arguably, President Kerry would have ended the Iraq war and we'd be debating the merits of universal health care.

Yes. I'm saying that lies are an appropriate weapon to combat liars.

[leftofcool]

5. there is no real list because there never was a list to begin with.

[lumberjack_jeff]

6. It is difficult for us to think like Republicans.

When I try, I can imagine a number of methods to shut down this "Obama is a muslim" bullshit by taking a lesson from the Dan Rather letter strategy. It worked wonderfully for FR.

[scheming daemons]

7. What do you think the phony birth certificate on daily kos was?

It got factcheck.org to search out the REAL certificate and then end the story.