tailgater wrote:But when someone says "They really should vote for this but it won't matter other than sending the right message"
Do you hear that and say "man, he sure is pushing for this."?
So back to your point.
Your partisan viewpoint sees him pushing it.
My level-headed and unbiased viewpoint sees it differently.
So how does that call into question his supporters ability to read?
I wonder if you intentionally read something differently, or if it's part of your TDS. Reread the tweets again tail, and don't reorder the words to soften it for your specific argument.
He did not say "they really should vote for this but it won't matter other than sending the right message"
You specifically chose to put a "but it won't matter" into the statement. He never said "it won't matter". He said it won't pass, but will send the correct message. That's NOT saying "it won't matter"
"HOUSE REPUBLICANS SHOULD PASS THE STRONG BUT FAIR IMMIGRATION BILL, KNOWN AS GOODLATTE II, IN THEIR AFTERNOON VOTE TODAY, "
(all in caps even... )
"EVEN THOUGH THE DEMS WON’T LET IT PASS IN THE SENATE. PASSAGE WILL SHOW THAT WE WANT STRONG BORDERS & SECURITY"
(... see... no "it won't matter"... he's saying it won't pass, but it STILL MATTERS)
"WHILE THE DEMS WANT OPEN BORDERS = CRIME. WIN!"
(even decides to throw a "WIN!" into it)
This isn't rocket science, and sure as hell isn't something that should be parsed as much as it has been.
He said "Vote for this bill".
Then 3 days later he said "I never told anyone to vote for that bill".
I don't even give a f##k about the bill, but it amazes me that you are willing to try to parse his tweets down to try to argue over the definition of "push".
It's f$$king insanity....