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Isn't "Conservative Think Tank" an oxymoron? Seriously, why do the media even pay attention?

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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 01:07 PM
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Isn't "Conservative Think Tank" an oxymoron? Seriously, why do the media even pay attention?
Not only that, but one can't have "conservative" research. When research starts out with a bias, it's no longer research. It's become intellectually bankrupt.

Which, I suppose, brings us back to the initial oxymoron.
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 01:11 PM
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1. It's actually double-speak to confuse the cluesless
You, my friend, are very far from clueless
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 01:13 PM
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2. It makes sense when you consider the tank involved


All their "thinking" amounts to pumping shit down a hole.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 01:17 PM
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3. Yes. Because they're paid to. (nt)
Edited on Thu Jan-08-09 01:18 PM by redqueen
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hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 02:05 PM
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4. They are like Betty Ford centers for right-wing idealogues.
The press pays attention for exactly the same reason they pay attention to Britney Spears' misadventures in and out of rehab.

For a lazy ass reporter it's as easy to tap a right wing think tank resident as it is to find a lewd picture of Britney Spears on the internet.
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