Reply #13: Lying is bad! However "fear, uncertainty and doubt" is not a new tactic and is not lying

[AlabamaLibrul]

so much as making sure everyone weighs the pros and cons, especially the cons.

"The idea, of course, was to persuade buyers to go with safe IBM gear rather than with competitors' equipment. This implicit coercion was traditionally accomplished by promising that Good Things would happen to people who stuck with IBM, but Dark Shadows loomed over the future of competitors' equipment or software."
-Eric S. Raymond

I don't like lying. I see nothing wrong with letting people see what's bad about an idea. The Republicans promote their idea, they attack the Dem idea, the Dems.... don't do much of anything. It's okay to say xyz could happen if the Republicans pass xyz bill! Instead of rolling over and promoting it as the new "bipartisan" idea, only in that you agreed to everything they wanted, and sure, they'll vote for it.