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Klytus

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Thursday, August 21, 2008 03:17 AM

@AKASmith

Too many women have been hurt by whom? Obama?

Was he in the primary primarily to lose it and hand it to Hillary?

There's a saying "If you're broken, it's because you're brittle."

If emotional manipulation and the petiness of posturing and or threatening political party rupture makes the world turn for PUMAS and other partisans in angry alliance against Obama, what can be done to welcome in or attract these people? Next to nothing.

There's no magic magnet.

When I was a teenager I used to go see some of my mom's family for a few weeks in Cairo. They all live in the Coptic quarter, which is called Mari Girgis. It's not new and shiney like some of Cairo's modern suburbs, it's old, with an old Byzantine style church near the Metro train station.

Anyway, on point - listening to the complaints from voters here really makes me laugh. In Egyptian elections everybody knows who the winner is gonna be - Hosni Mubarek.

Every year an election is called its the same - Hosni Mubarek

Hosni Mubarek

Hosni Mubarek

Hosni Mubarek

You see, Egyptians ALWAYS know the outcome of the election. They don't like this, but do you think they tear their hair out, shout oaths and epithets, storm around, threaten, cajole, brow beat, bitch, intimidate, throw tantrums, and hurl abuse everywhere?

Sure they do.

But after they expell their head full of hell they shrug and go "oh well," say "maalesh," and get on with the daily business of living.

And you damn sure don't throw your shit fit in public, because uncle Hosni has his out there eyes for all of "the agitators."

Ever since Bush's unbelievable wins to be president twice, election tampering has been on the minds of many. I have no idea one way or the other, I just vote because it's my right as a citizen to do so and hope for the best results.

What do you think about the whole "the primary wasn't fair" notion on account of the intervention of the superdelegates, which has been put forth by many of these people with an axe to grind against Obama?

Personally, compared to the obvious rigging of elections in my own late mother's country, everything has seemed more "above board" than when you know without doubt that the ballot box has already been stuffed by uncle Hosni, and one of his cousins has brought the ballot box from the polling station to the majlis to be "counted."

Do you think the supers "cooked" the election so to speak?

Really.

What is it? Why are people turning purple in the face?

What really carries and sustains this seemingly vain rage against Obama coming from the Hillary holdover contingent?

What gives it gas?

What feeds it?

And finally will democrats (I'm a mother loving independent) ever mend their venom when it's way past Clinton's oppurtunity to take the oval office as a prsident?

When does practicality ecilpse emotionality?

And why this selfishly destructive mentality?

Any enlightenment out there?

Is this just a dark house?

Thursday, August 21, 2008 06:18 AM

Any person in professional political life who was smart enough to stand against the war from the start has my respect -

And to her family my sincerest condolences.

Thursday, August 21, 2008 06:47 AM

The most obvious explanation I can conjure is the power of political families and dynasties.

Hosni Mubarek & Susan Mubarek and Bill & Hillary Clinton have perhaps much in common. Long live the pharoahs. Perhaps Americans prefer the pull of fossils to democratically elected, vivid, viable, and politically alive candidates for public office.

Clinton's oppurtunity in the present tense is dead. No longer with a life's blood to produce any results for a Hillary presidency at this time, but her fans are still admiring her stone likeness as though she were Queen Hatchepsut herself..

Thursday, August 21, 2008 06:52 AM
Original article: McCain-Lieberman

McCain, choose Lieberman

He worked wonders for Gore in 2000.

Thursday, August 21, 2008 06:57 AM

It's clear that Israel's right and the American Neo-nuts

Are ready to release Torboto!

Thursday, August 21, 2008 08:00 AM
Original article: One devastating home movie

@sporkfoo

You live in Hammond? I had to pack up and move to Covington where I've been ever since the storm. Do you go to SLU? One of the most surreal images I remember of Hammond after Katrina hit was the Walmart was an armed camp of national guard's men, Hum V's, M-16s, the whole thing. There was such concern about looting that Wal-Mart looked like a mini-Baghdad, as half a world away, the largest portion of U.S. resources were still going into bailing out Bush's suicide bomber city, shit sandwich, in the wake of the amazing colosul mess ever in Mesopotamia. It was amazing! Two storm fronts at the same time! The word "farce" was on the tip of many people's tongues at the time.

Thursday, August 21, 2008 08:22 AM

@T. Crumb

There were things to be found that were contemptible to be sure. My feelings sharpened to contempt with Iraq, then Kyle Lieberman, and then found final ultimate expression in the infamous "obliterate Iran" remark. I was amazed and I am still amazed how many of Hillary Clinton's most stalwart supporters could over look all of these monumentaly important errors in good and just judgement which were for me what finally made Clinton an incoceivable choice for who I would support to hold the most important executive office in the world. Dynastic worship is an ancient idea even today in modern Egypt where it was invented. Family dynasties have always held their dominant sway over fresh ideas and new initiatives through out Egypt's history. Mubarek has been president of the A.R.E. for close to 30 years! Imagine that.

Thursday, August 21, 2008 08:39 AM
Original article: One devastating home movie

@jeb

Just what can a tunnel visioned tourist learn or teach?

Thursday, August 21, 2008 08:53 AM

To the Mo-ron Squad

I love all of the love letters to Obama you guys are working on to send out and share with family, friends, and loved ones. It's that Hallmark of hate that counts. Keep it up kids.

Yours, Klytus

Thursday, August 21, 2008 08:59 AM
Original article: How many homes do you have?

The real question is:

Where is the McCain winter palace, and how many air conditioned dog houses are there on his wife's entire estate?

Thursday, August 21, 2008 09:14 AM

@susanwhite

What was it McCain said last week? Something to this effect - speaking for all of his countrymen - he piously intoned "Today all who are Americans are Georgians too?"

Speak for yourself you old sap.

Is that knee-jerk or not?

Thursday, August 21, 2008 09:25 AM
Original article: How many homes do you have?

@maureen

Thanks for dropping in with today's tabloid headlines from across the pond.

Thursday, August 21, 2008 09:32 AM
Original article: One devastating home movie

@Cat vs. Roomba

Coincidentally jeb hasn't changed since 1959.

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