It's dem durn Bible thumpin' gun collectin' xenophobes that are gonna vote their conscience.........
I gots a chaw if you likken some.;):D
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well put... hell could be on earth? it certainly is, washington DC
Jennifer Love Hewitt is hot, can we have her?;):confused: Otherwise, I vote for Maggie Thatcher or Sister Mary Thomas, my first grade teacher! She could kick the arse of 30 Catholic kids at once. She didn't negotiate and was retty good with that pointer stick.:eek:
I am hearing reports that people feel she is stealing Obama's thunder on his big day by inserting herself into the picture. They say that timing is everything. :rolleyes:
Gracefulsarah, you are not the first person whom I have heard make that comment. :eek:
MOFF you have my vote!! :cool:
Sit with me and let's talk this over......I got some chaw and 'shine to help pass the time!
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I went to Catholic school, women with bibles in hand don't scare me....:eek:;)
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One thing that makes me giggle silly is the people "behind the scenes" who are running the campaigns- the advisors.
They are like lawyers with out the degree...They try to paint a rosy picture of the person that hired them, they get paid, win or lose-They come up with the dumbest strategies. I think they are scummier than the politicians themselves.:eek:
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Gracefulsarah, you are not the first person whom I have heard make that comment. :eek:
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She just scares the *!#$ out of me. I don't think there's any level she and/or Bill wouldn't stoop to in order to be "in power" again.
Edit: I can't get the quote thingy to work properly. Hmmm...
I think that's it!
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Did anyone see the story about the 'artist' in New York that did a show on HRC and BO? He put up window signs that said The assassination of HRC and BO. I was watching a Mexican TV station and couldn't follow all the details. I think the Secret Service-Oh, lol! I almost wrote the SEACREST SERVICE! -made him take down the word assassination!
I really shudder when I hear something like that. I know that we all have the freedom of speech, but it's a spooky thought anyway.
Two things come to mind, the movie Taxi Driver and the book, DEAD ZONE, by Stephen King, also made into a movie.
We really don't need anything like that happening during the run up to the election.
I was feeling kind of bummed about HRC not winning the race until I
saw this article today. Pretty much sums up the whole thing.:)
Keeping the pace to the finish line is a win for Clinton
Mary Schmich
June 6, 2008
Thank you, Hillary Clinton. Thank you for not quitting before it was time.
Clinton has driven a lot of people nuts by staying in a contest they decided should be over because they wanted it to be. They wanted her out before the vote in Indiana. Before the vote in West Virginia and Kentucky. Before Puerto Rico, Oregon, Montana, South Dakota.
And every time I heard the self-appointed umpires try to end the game while Clinton had a plausible chance, even a small one, I thought of a story one of my sisters told me a long time ago about running high school track.
Because my sister was fast and strong, the coach sometimes made her run with the boys. Girls running with the boys may not sound like a big deal, but in those days it was almost as noteworthy as a woman running for president.
So my sister ran with the guys. But whenever she reached the last stretch, she slowed down, which meant a boy always beat her.
One day the coach called her over and pointed it out. Girls had a habit of doing that, he said, but don't. Don't quit early.
Whether we've all consciously recognized it—and a lot of people haven't yet—it was important that Clinton not quit early.
For her candidacy to matter as much as it might, for it to genuinely advance the possibility of a woman as president in some year before the ice caps melt, she needed to keep the pace all the way to the finish line, even if she didn't cross it first.
Has Clinton been the perfect female candidate? There's no such thing, not if perfect means a woman who can command the votes and respect of everyone, or of every woman. Women are just like everybody else: We vary. So do our political tastes.
So, no, Hillary has not been a perfect candidate; some of what she's said and done has made even her supporters wince.
What she has been is a tough, smart, energetic, passionate campaigner who attracted almost 18 million voters and ran neck-and-neck until the very end.
That's as amazing and inspiring as the fact that she was outrun by Barack Obama, the son of a white Kansas mother and a black Kenyan father.
This week CBS News released a poll on Clinton. It showed that seven in 10 voters think her candidacy will make it easier for other women to run for president.
Seventy-six percent of Democrats said it would. So did 63 percent of Republicans. If she'd quit the race before now, those numbers wouldn't be so high.
"I think she changed forever our understanding of the possibilities of leadership," Gloria Steinem, quoted in the Boston Herald, said this week. "She showed such courage in the face of a media that was trying constantly to get her out of the race and all the misogyny . . . She put up with that with grace. She enlarged my vision."
And then Steinem—a famous feminist who had ardently backed Clinton—said she's going to campaign for Obama.
That's good sportsmanship and good timing, the spirit Clinton should display on Saturday, when she's scheduled to officially step out of the race and endorse Obama.
But if Clinton had gotten out much sooner, we would have spent a lot less time thinking and talking about women's place in politics. Although that would have suited a lot of people fine, we're better off for the discussion.
From here on out—absent some astonishing plot twist—two men, as usual, will be running for president. May the best man win.
But let's give some credit to the woman who broadened our vision, who showed us that girls don't always quit early.
Good article.
My opinion on women doing anything is this.
If a woman wants to compete with men, go for it. But, do not complain about getting dirty, literally and figuratively.
By the same token, the men she competes with should offer her the same competition that they would afford another man.
By that I mean, Don't slap her arse during or after a game, don't pull a strength move that she can't match, use guile, brains and a little finesse..
I have been in some of the most satisfying games (behave yourself!) with women when I have played-as opposed to trying to out muscle- them.
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Gals will always get the short shrift, menopause, monthlies, hormone comments. The most dangerous opponents to any woman politico are the AHs like Dean and Pelosi- the female basher and the old crow who can't stand to see woman ascend to something they can't or will never be.
They only care for end result, should BO get the House. The salivate over the chance to show up on the White House door step, hat in hand and remind the him about the color of lipstick they were wearing when they kissed his arse.
Ah, politics!
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By the same token -no pun intended there, god knows you can't say anything these days without someone playing the race card- I heard two interesting news stories/clips about women and politics.
The woman who called BO and 'inadequate black man'. I was waiting for the backlash of protest against the media for playing the clip of her saying that.
Nothing, nada, zilch.
Then a guest on a news show was asked about who she was going to vote for.....She hinted that her vote was going to BO becaUse he is a ROCK STAR!
WT Ever Loving F does THAT mean?
Why not put Mick Jagger in? Bob Dylan? Axel Rose?
We love our rock stars, but they come with a severe handicap. Drugs, alcohol, vapid personalities and not the best judgement.
Everyday I see a little more clearly.
No one questions BO is inadequate and a rockstar.
God, Have mercy on our souls, our country and the state of Rock and Roll.
AMEN.
Remember this little fact in a few years from now.
There is a heat wave that starts from the tip of Florida and stretches into the Mid Atlantic area.
In FLA there have been blackouts from an overloaded electrical network.
"I can't charge up my electric car to get to work!"
From on extreme to another.
Think about this when you vote in November.
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Oh, Hybrid means.....
Hey, You Bought Right In to the Drivel!
Ugh,
I am already tired of the effing election. And of the smears!
I heard this one the other day.
MO took her oldest daughter to see Sex in the City as a bonding experience. That is such a stupid story it has to be true.
Also, the Special Action and Election Group of Twelve that BO has hired to give him counsel.
Ahhhhh, win the election first......Ummmm, Ahhhhh, Ummmmmmmm.
Please explain to me why some of the politicians are against drilling off our own costs because it will take 5 years to get the system up and running?
Seems to me if we are in this mess now, just think of the mess we will be in 5 years from now if they don't get off their bums and do something NOW!!! :rolleyes:
Sure let China and N Korea suck the area dry when we need the oil too. :confused:
The new Laura Ingraham show. She made the reference yesterday about the SITC movie-I think it came from MO's sitting in on the View program. All the news programs were tauting the BO committee/gang/group/hangers on that he selected.
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I think that JM was in error when he mentioned the SK's drilling off the coast.
Anyway, we have ourselves to blame for being lazy and too politcally correct.
The gov't. can charge a tax or tariff and donate those proceeds to the Bureau of Land Management and the other agencies that take care of the land and parks....that should keep everyone happy.
Laura was wrong. MO took her best friend with her to see SITC, not her daughter.
Don't you think Laura has been a bit off the mark since being banned from her radio station? I watched her new TV show, and thought she was shrill and not so 'together' as she is on the radio. For the most part, I enjoy her radio morning shows; but ended up switching away from the TV. Maybe yesterday she got rattled by that piece with Susan Rice.
I can't help it if I am not riveted to a program, I channel surf a great deal,
I have the attention span of a gnat and just tell ya what I heard, KInda like the people who watch Colbert or O'Reilly faithfully.
I have no knowledge of Ingraham before she showed up on my cable. For all I know Susan Rice is a side dish or some gal from the Food Network!;)
I did preface the MO story as being a smear. I am of the mind that stupid stories are sometimes stupid enough to be true,
Like barring Muslim women from sitting in the gallery at any speech a politician gives.:confused::confused:
I see...so you were knowingly printing something you call a smear...knowingly repeating malicious gossip.
Nice. Confirms my suspicions...you are a Valley Girl!
Valley girl?
Dearest, what the eff are you talking about?
You may be right, I did post a smear. If you go back and read my post VERY CAREFULLY you'll see that I did say that it was 100 percent true and since it showed up on a cable show it is the truth.
I stand by what I heard. I did call it a stupid story, so stupid that it must be true.
I was wrong and you know, it didn't kill me to admit it.
It does make me want to vote Dem in November.......
There ya go, I'm lying again....
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I heard CM has this thing going in VietNam, she steals eyes from the U.S. citizens. She sells them to blind people over there......:eek:
Well...you spend your time worrying about what kind of jewelry people wear, make fun of how others talk, spread knowlingly false gossip...and gossip, gossip, gossip! You give people silly nicknames (insulting of course!)
Any attempt to divert the conversation to issues bores you ...unless it let's you make fun of people.
(And...oh here comes another one of those ANNOYING facts...not all hyrid get plugged it to the electric grid. Some use the energy produced by the engine -- or the brakes to produce the electricity that runs the engine in idle.)
You remind me of those giggly valley girls. Fluff.
Yes, I am posting again. It really bothers me what you did. You know posting this.... MO took her oldest daughter to see Sex in the City as a bonding experience. That is such a stupid story it has to be true is the same dirty trick Bush's committee/gang/group/hangers did to McCain in the 2000 primary in South Carolina.
Bush's people conducted telephone interviews. They asked if the person was bothered that McCain had fathered a black child. Classic. The McCains did adopt a child from...I do not remember India or Africa -- with dark skin - so it wasn't a lie. He is the father of a black child.
But that wasn't the point. By saying it, repeating it, the pollsters gave credence to an image intended to put people off McCain.
And that is what you are trying to do. You can hide behind RICHARDspeak. But to repeat something you know is false is ....well false.
LOL,
I have dressed up as a woman for some fun work events, So maybe I have some transvestite tendencies.
The same people I make fun of are the same idiots that laugh at me after I voted them into office.
I apologize for making fun of hybrid cars. I was always under the impression that you needed a really long extension cord to own one.
They do take more to energy to make and maintain-I can hardly wait to see where we are going to dump the used batteries.;) We can worry about that when we get to the fork in the road, until then, Kumbaya!
The one comforting thing to me is the fact that some people realize that I don't make too much sense and steer clear of my rantings.
If you think you have reached this number in error, hang up and try again?
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And, I am not insulted by you comparing me to a valley girl. It's kinda funny- I always suspected that I do like women over men. Does that make me weird?:o:rolleyes:
Some stupid stories are just that, stupid stories.:rolleyes:
Well, the TV ads are back. BO has started his in Indiana already, plus,
we have a Governor race & a seat in Congress to fill this time.
I just saw the Baby Alex commercial.
That was precious.
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I loved the idiot punchline....."You can't have him!"
I did miss out on the "My name is Borat Obama and I approve this message." tagline.
Dang, I am glad that I don't have any kids.
I never knew that there was a political party that steals kids for their own nefarious needs.
Actually,
http://www.dailynews.com/search/ci_9....dailynews.com
I'd love to see what that phone bill looks like!
I find that getting 'robocalls' from machines or humans make me less likely to do or follow anything they are calling about.
It's annoying, a waste of time and just a way any politician gets to pimp resources for free.
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I do agree that it's a way to get kids into politics.
Maybe BO can go around and change the diapers on the children he doesn't want JM to kidnap.:confused: That should win him their votes.
I like the baby Alex ad. Boy, McCain made a big mistake it saying how he
would keep troops in Iraq for 100 years if he thought he was winning in
that country. (winning what, I don't know):rolleyes:
He might have thought it was a good idea but he should never have
said this publicly. Bad move on his part.
Liz, I thought McCain said he would only keep a 'presence' in Iraq for the next 50 years or so, much like we have in other countries. I could be wrong I suppose.
Well I have only seen a few commercials so far but I know it will heat up to the point of nausea. :rolleyes: You won't hear me getting behind either candidate this year. As my husband says, we are in big trouble this time with the two we have to choose from. I heard an interesting statistic the other day on the news. Apparently somewhere like 17% to 18% of the people vote for a candidate because they like their spouse. Now that is a rock solid reason to vote for someone. :rolleyes:
LOL.:) It's about as good as voting for someone wearing a flag pin, or not,
as the case may be.:)
I think both sides are trying to "flesh out" the candidate by introducing
the wives to the general public.
p.s. I could never see what Laura ever saw in GWB. She is such a sweet
lady.:)