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Friday, May 9, 2008 04:52 AM

One thing's for sure...

George Wallace would be proud of some of the nonsense posted here.

Black militant supporters?

Speach and critisism? (Although, interestingly, he was able to spell verboten correctly).

Sorry your candidate of choice lost. But she lost on her own merits, with her own actions and in her own words. Stop whining, and trying to blame somebody else (and look to your own selves if, as I suspect, you did nothing to help her beyond posting such ludicrous twaddle on the internet) for her failings.

Certainly, this ridiculous "monolithic black voting bloc" (which is somehow ruling and ruining the election) hysteria needs to end. It serves neither you nor your candidate any good. Unless you define good as painting yourself to be a racist, pantywaist sniveler.

Friday, May 9, 2008 06:37 AM

This is why...

People shouldn't get married until they hit 30.

Or maybe why they shouldn't marry if they want a career in the arts.

Or maybe why artists shouldn't drink.

Oh, hell. This is why I let Cary handle the tough questions.

Friday, May 9, 2008 10:59 AM

Fascinating...

First, that Clinton makes yet another huge gaffe and it becomes Obama's problem?

Second, perhaps I have a slightly more rosy view of the American public. Or perhaps I have a Pollyanna-ish trust in most people's innate good sense.

Sure, lots of white folks voted for Hillary. Lots voted for Obama, too. It was, in point of fact, a difficult choice to make, given the similar nature of their policies. Does it automatically follow that all those hard working white folks who voted for Hillary are going to suddenly discover their policies are really much more closely aligned with John McCain and the Republican Party because Obama is the Democratic candidate?

Hardly, I would say, except perhaps in the minds of hysteria suffering pundits and spineless party operatives whose job it is to worry that somebody, somewhere, at some point in time, might have been offended.

Monday, May 12, 2008 06:51 AM

I confess!

I too have followed Survivor since it's inception and admit to succumbing to it's hopeless, shameless addictive power.

This was the best season ever, even if I spent an inordinate amount of time shouting at foolish, gullible males on my television screen-- Jason, it's just a goddamned stick!!! Don't give up the idol, Erik you idiot!!!

I was left with one question at the end, though. What was up with Natalie and her question for Parvati at the final tribal council? Does her flirty side express itself in the bedroom?! I got the distinct impression that she was trolling for a date and not trying so much to decide how to vote.

Monday, May 12, 2008 01:42 PM

The only thing baffling....

Is the response that this is a baffling situation. The GOP has a long history of creating fears out of whole cloth and then exploiting the developing wedge issues.

This is merely the latest in a long line. That so many find it puzzling and inexplicable is, in point of fact, puzzling and inexplicable to those of us who have watched the Democratic Party get outmaneuvered again and again when it comes to such polarizing nonsense.

Voter fraud? Of COURSE it's a bad thing. Who wouldn't be against such a horrible sounding concept. And who might these fraudsters be? Non-citizens, of course! You know, those awful undocumented brown people flooding our country, stealing our jobs and now our very right to vote!

That such a plague doesn't exist is really immaterial if folks are ready to believe that it does. And when it comes to playing on primal fears and creating made-up boogeymen for political gain, no one does it better than your friendly neighborhood GOP.

Puzzling? Baffling? Inexplicable? Incomprehensible? Non-existent? Wake up and smell the coffee. Or be prepared to have been outmaneuvered again.

Monday, May 12, 2008 02:31 PM

Her parents and her mirror...

Ought to be taken into custody immediately. The former for letting her leave the house dressed like that and the latter for gulling her into thinking she looked good in that dish rag!

Tuesday, May 13, 2008 02:56 PM

Buh-bye...

At long last, Her Imperial Majesty's ill starred campaign has ceased to matter and will now sink-- slowly, but surely and irrevocably-- into history's dustbin. Better luck next time.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008 06:33 AM

And I'm sure...

That the captain of the Titanic was "more determined than ever" to steer his ship safely to port right after it struck that iceberg. Soon enough, both he and Her Imperial Majesty will have their individual, foredoomed failures in common.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008 08:37 AM

"I'm sure other Presidents played golf or whatever while troops were fighting wars..."

I'm not sure that other Presidents so obtusely touted their giving up golf as some great sacrifice for the war effort, however.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008 12:41 PM

Two words:

Watch out. We've seen what can happen when one political party controls the legislative and the executive branches simultaneously. I'm not saying that the Dems will be as arrogant and wilfully stupid as the GOP, but the potential for abuse is there, waiting, slouching towards Washington to be born.

Thursday, May 15, 2008 09:41 AM
Original article: Steelworkers follow Edwards

For the first time in 40 years...

you'll be voting Republican?

Why?

Because Hillary and McCain have more in common than Hillary and Obama?

Assuming it isn't just childish pique talking, I really need to understand the logic behind that statement.

Friday, May 16, 2008 08:02 AM

Maybe this is exactly why...

The Right so fears just talking to our "enemies."

Because they'll be exposed for the mindless, yammering tools they are, every single time!

Friday, May 16, 2008 01:19 PM

This is a tough one.

As a father of an 11 year old daughter, my reptilian heart wants this woman to do the hardest of hard time. But my analytic mammalian brain tells me that this is, in fact, a really bad way to go about it.

We're venturing onto a slippery slope if we decide that mere violation of a civil agreement is a criminal act because, frankly, we've all-- whether knowingly or unwittingly-- probably violated one or more sections of the various legal agreements we routinely enter into in our daily lives; some of these agreements represent one of the prices we pay for our use and enjoyment of the internet.

Hell, if that's going to be your standard, some of the people around here could be hung. Most likely including yours truly.

Sunday, May 18, 2008 03:10 PM
Original article: Salon in the news

Does it say anything...

About how your own constant carping and overblown complaining otherwise effected his career?

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