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Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo
I agree that "team r" needs to stop taking the bait. However, the national media - and the current administration - has been trying to find a way to NOT talk about the economy, unemployment, gas prices, etc. They know they can't win those arguments - so they set the bait with Stephanapolous (spelled wrong but oh well) on the whol "can a state ban contraception" question in the debates. Team R takes the bait and that is their own fault - but who set the trap, and why should be part of the discussion.
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First, I have also given up on trying to spell Stephanapolous (or whatever) correctly. Secondly, no one is baiting Santorum. He is talking about the seperation of church and state and theology all on his own. Those have been his talking points for at least the last 15 years. He genuinely believes what he says about the matters and his proud of that. It belongs in the national debate. I would agree that those issues are 'losers', if you will, for the GOP and that Team D is all too happy to have them at the forefront accordingly, but it is the Republicans that have themselves to blame, not the media.
As for Limbaugh and Gregory, meh. They're non-factors. Pundits like to talk, and they especially like to talk about each other.