I imagine that with the crumbling administration dragging McCain down like a lead weight, we will probably hear a lot of the “Not as bad as” defense in upcoming months. It might be worthwhile for folks to read this post by the Slacktivist on the NABA defense.
Not As Bad As
by John Cole| 21 Comments
This post is in: Election 2008, Excellent Links
Jake
It reminds me of some of the defenses of Bush I’ve seen of late in response to Scotties tell-all, along the lines of “But Bush hasn’t been convicted of anything!!!” So I guess that would constitute the HBCY defense, for Hasn’t Been Convicted Yet.
Note that this also “works” for defending OJ Simpson, if you’re so inclined.
Incertus
Closely tied to NABA is “at least it’s not,” which is one my daughter tries to dump on me from time to time. So do my friends with even worse taste in films than me.
Jake
Is there some trick to getting an exclamation point in a post? What did you do Cole, ban them because they remind you of TalkLeft posters?
Zifnab
John McCain in ’08
Not as bad as Auschwitz.
rachel
The Bush Administration may be bad, but at least it’s not Deuce Bigalow, European Gigolo.
cleek
OT, but Greenwald’s on fire here. our press needs to be fired en masse.
fecapult
The Bush Administration – Not As Bad As Ishtar?
4tehlulz
Holocaust Denial.
Not as bad as Auschwitz.
Xenos
Nixon: Not As Bad As George W. Bush.
You are right – it fails to vindicate.
Incertus
We need to keep in mind, though, that no matter how not as bad as the Bush administration is–and I’d say it is at least as bad as Ishtar–that there are some eerie similarities between Bush and McCain.
cleek
tu quoque, not as bad as ad hominem
fecapult
I dunno, Ishtar was pretty awful.
On the upside, only two hours of my life were lost to Ishtar
r€nato
A Nazi slave labor camp is NABA a Nazi death camp, which is NABA gay marriage.
libarbarian
At least Rightwing NABA-ers are not as bad as leftwing NABA-ers.
AkaDad
John McCain: Not As Bad As Cancer
Dreggas
WWII vet smacks downs right wing blogger
Garrigus Carraig
John McCain: Not as bad as head-cheese.
John Sidney McCain III: Not as bad as the 1943 Philadelphia Phillies.
John McCain: Not as bad as being anally raped by your own dildo-wielding daughter.
Fwiffo
Dreggas beat me to it. That exchange is most EPIC among all EPIC WINS. Check out the commenters obsessing about the VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECT of Brack Hussein Obama’s great-uncle’s middle initial. It’s a W! No a T! No an E! They’re about to crack this case WIDE OPEN BABY!
Incertus
I was going to make a crack about how those wingers must not have anything better to do, and then I realized that I just spent the last five minutes snorting at them.
Dreggas
supposedly Obama’s uncle may still be alive, better send out an investigative squad to check his counter tops.
ThymeZone
Lukasiak: Not as bad as myiq2xu.
And vice versa.
Mister Magoo/McCain: Not as bad as George Bush.
Ari Fleischer: Not as bad as Smithers.
Sunni: Not bad as a refreshing fruit drink, according to McCain.