The 2004 presidential election.

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by tatsxxx11



By the way, I just managed to drop a good helping of boiling chili on my hand and am off to get some treatmetnt. Whoa, does that hurt...took off the skin! Anyway I'm off, so don't misinterpret a lack of response to the reply I know is coming for taking my marbles and "going home." As your governor would say, "I'll be back!"

Go take care of yourself.

I understand. It's too easy to get vicious when talking politics.

Heinz Kerry makes me uneasy- Not for her openness.

Notice that there has been no more public quotes from her-John's handlers have had to keep her in check-she has the "power" to derail his bid.

I am puzzled at her 'non-bid' for her deceased husband's office.
Either, she decided not to, or someone she consulted told her, "no".

With her resources and a chance to make a difference as a US politician, she would have the world as her oyster.

A gal with lofty goals, as she has, would JUMP at the chance to go beyond her status as a mere 'politician's wife".

There is something that makes me very uneasy about her,
It has nothing to do with her openness......it's her agenda...

And I'll be danged if I can put my finger on it.

[tatsxxx11]

Thanks for the get well wishes Richard It was an inexpensive albeit painful attempt at dermabrasion But CVS is stocked with all sorts of new thingys to treat burns and I think I bought them all!

On to serious things...

Intuitions, hunches, gut feelings are good things to follow and "listen to!" And bolstered by facts, follow up, may indeed reveal the truth of those hunches!

I wish more women especially, would listen to that "little nagging voice" telling them that something is "not right" when say, a stranger offers to help them into the apartment with those heavy packages

As for Ms. Kerry!!! Well, actually, now that you mention it, I think I understand why she chose not to run. From what I've read about her, surmised from listening to her, I think she would definitely feel too limited in affecting the changes/causes she champions within the confines of the Congress...too much the "ol' boys club" and too much compromising! I don't think she sees herself at all as a "politician" in the classic sense of the word and I don't really she cares so much for title and power in that respect, as having her voice heard re: issues she has a passion for, literally or figuratively.

And yes, I'm sure she was "given notice" re: keeping a lid on it. That is the way of politics and the world, be it right or wrong. We all know what happens when a spouse's penchant for gab is left unchecked...Anyone remember Martha Mitchell??? Loose lips sink ships AND political careers!

Poor Pat Nixon, as politically benign as she was, drank away the anguish of her enforced silence and I'm sure the list goes on! I actually believe whatever your thinking re: the appropriate role of the First Lady, it's probably just as difficult a role, albeit in a different way, than being the Pres.! I know I'd have a very hard time "keeping quiet." Just think of the platoform and bully pulpit I'd have for animal rights issues!

[RICHARD]

another great bumper sticker.



9 our of 10 terrorists say "anyone but Bush!"

Bush '04

[lizzielou742]

http://www.indystar.com/articles/0/187838-8290-010.html

Iran endorses Bush for president

Security council chief: 'We haven't seen anything good from Democrats.'

Associated Press
October 20, 2004

TEHRAN, Iran -- The head of Iran's security council said Tuesday that the re-election of President Bush was in Tehran's best interests, despite the administration's "axis of evil" label, accusations that Iran harbors al-Qaida terrorists and threats of sanctions for the country's nuclear ambitions.

Historically, Democrats have harmed Iran more than Republicans, said Hasan Rowhani, head of the Supreme National Security Council, Iran's top security decision-making body.

"We haven't seen anything good from Democrats," Rowhani told state-run television in remarks that, for the first time in decades, saw Iran openly supporting one U.S. presidential candidate over another.

Though Iran generally does not publicly wade into U.S. presidential politics, it has a history of preferring Republicans over Democrats, who tend to press human rights issues.

"We do not desire to see Democrats take over," Rowhani said when asked whether Iran was supporting Democratic Sen. John Kerry against Bush.

"It's not an endorsement we'll be accepting anytime soon," Bush campaign spokesman Scott Stanzel said in response. "Iran should stop its pursuit of nuclear weapons, and if they continue in the direction they are going, then we will have to look at what additional action may need to be taken, including looking to the U.N. Security Council."

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by lizzielou742
"We do not desire to see Democrats take over," Rowhani said when asked whether Iran was supporting Democratic Sen. John Kerry against Bush.

That's funny!

I wonder what they think of Ralph Nader?

[lizbud]

This is a quote from an article written by someone who says
he has a proud tradition of voting for Independant candidates,
but not THIS time around.


" But -- perhaps more than any other president in American history -- George Bush deserves to be fired by the American people.

The list of reasons why is a near-exhaustive litany of his entire record, one of corrosive ideological rigidity combined with stunning incompetence: the Iraq invasion and the subsequent near-comic disaster of an incompetent occupation, loss of civil liberties and our ever-expanding prison systems, compulsive secrecy, the lousy economy and steady loss of decent jobs, repeated tax cuts for the wealthy, environmental degradation, corporate corruption, blurring the separation of church and state, the danger to reproductive freedoms, the list goes on, and on, and on.

If Bush is not re-elected for a second term, it will be a repudiation, the opposite of a voter mandate. It will be a referendum on Bush's record, and particularly his decision to wage a reckless war for dishonest reasons. It will serve as a powerful disincentive for Kerry or any other future president to mount any sort of similarly reckless imperial campaign.

I don't hate George Bush. I just want to fire him.

John Kerry deserves my vote because he can do something that Nader and Cobb cannot, something no other candidate can do: he can defeat George Bush. If he does, Iraq will still be with us, but we'll also have a clear message that presidents who try to wage aggressive wars in the future do so at the risk of their jobs.

That's a message I can get behind.

John Kerry for President. "


Geov Parrish is a Seattle-based columnist and reporter for Seattle Weekly.

[Kfamr]

The only reason I really don't like Bush is because I don't like how he puts his religion into everything. I've only watched a few, but everytime i've seen him give a speech he's said something about "God"

While running a nation that is so diverse and respresenting the people in i as their leader, he should not push his religion and beliefs into everything.


This however is my opinion, please do not bash me for it.


I really can't wait for this to be over.... no matter who "wins"

[lizzielou742]

Originally posted by Kfamr

While running a nation that is so diverse and respresenting the people in i as their leader, he should not push his religion and beliefs into everything.

Or into ANYTHING (I believe). Faith-based initiatives, mistreatment of gays, etc....even promoting abstinence over birth control....it makes me sick. Where's the separation of Church and State, I say?

[lizzielou742]

See, this is what I am talking about.

Allentown, PA:

[lizzielou742]

Aaargh, why are all my pictures lately showing up as links?? I used the IMG tag! ????

[Kfamr]

It's not just yours. for some reason the Dog House doesn't allow images.


It's probably a setting Karena nd Paul have turned off for the Dog House.

[K9soul]

Originally posted by Kfamr
It's probably a setting Karena nd Paul have turned off for the Dog House.

Yeah I'm guessing that they disabled it here not wanting controversial or graphic pics posted right in the threads, but rather as a link with a warning

[lizzielou742]

Aaaaaah OK that explains it. Thanks!

[RICHARD]

Senor Kerry is concerned about tons or material that disappeared from an Iraqi ammo dump....He blamed it on the military for not guarding the site.


I wonder if it's a guilt thing for not signing the 87 million dollar bill to get more soldiers and equipment over there.

[caseysmom]

Originally posted by RICHARD
Senor Kerry is concerned about tons or material that disappeared from an Iraqi ammo dump....He blamed it on the military for not guarding the site.


I wonder if it's a guilt thing for not signing the 87 million dollar bill to get more soldiers and equipment over there.

President Bush is so worried about the unborn child I wonder if that is because he feels guilty for all the young men and women he has sent to Iraq to die.