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I'm not directing this at you -- I know you're basically making this point -- but I couldn't believe how Wyden's spokesperson called me all angry and aggressive about how I had misunderstood and distorted his point, and then when I kept asking what his view was, she kept describing it EXACTLY how I characterized it.
Believe it.. we live in the postrational age. The reaction from Wyden's camp is hardly typical and can be translated from politico-gobbledygook thusly: "You said something negative about us! Stop it!". No matter what they say, that's pretty much all the informational content you're going to get.