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Post by debster on Apr 14, 2008 22:03:47 GMT -5
and it wasn't even american whiskey. ~sigh~ ;D
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Post by Robbie on Apr 16, 2008 12:29:12 GMT -5
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Post by surfer5 on Apr 16, 2008 12:39:54 GMT -5
wow. i won't sleep tonight. thanks for that.
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Post by Robbie on Apr 16, 2008 12:42:14 GMT -5
wow. i won't sleep tonight. thanks for that. You are very much welcome |
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Post by leila on Apr 16, 2008 13:01:47 GMT -5
It's kind of disgusting that this election is just pure pop culture.
I could go off on a rant, but I know I'd be preaching to the choir.
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Post by debster on Apr 16, 2008 16:20:11 GMT -5
AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!! what the fuck IS that?  |
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Post by Robbie on Apr 16, 2008 17:50:31 GMT -5
AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!! what the fuck IS that? That Deb, is our new Bush! |
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Post by sharpie marker on Apr 17, 2008 7:58:11 GMT -5
Frankly, I'm a little leery of Clinton's current voting record, but I have to say that a lot of the anti-Clinton stuff I hear these days seems to me to be pretty straight up misogyny.
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Post by debster on Apr 17, 2008 10:37:31 GMT -5
true, very true.
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Post by sharpie marker on Apr 17, 2008 10:38:42 GMT -5
Okay, my mom's take on the whole thing (from her blog):
Shut up, shut up, shut up, SHUT UP!
I watched some of the debate last night between the two Democratic candidates and that is my response to what I saw.
What tore it for me was when they ran the video question from a snarky woman voter in Pennsylvania who asked Senator Obama why he doesn't wear a flag pin on his lapel.
She REALLY needs to shut up.
As if wearing a fucking flag pin on your lapel would qualify you for being president. Or as if not wearing one indicated your lack of love for the Greatest Country Ever In The History Of The Entire Universe With God On Its Side.
The questions posed to the candidates have gone below what they scrape from the bottom of the barrel. They're ridiculous, meaningless and reflect exactly why we have the president we have now. We obviously want a president who is no smarter than we are and with whom we would not feel uncomfortable if given the opportunity to hang out and slam a few shots and beers.
Because that's going to happen, right?
Forget all that bullshit about actually knowing something about foreign policy, the economy, the environment or health care.
Nah. That stuff is too BIG for us to understand and anyway, we have GOD on our side and His Mighty Magic Wand will be taking care of all that so let's elect a president we feel comfortable with and certainly not one who's elitist. Heaven fucking forbid.
Yeah! Let's go bowling! Let's go hunting! Let's go to church!
Oh. But not Reverend Wright's church. And by the way, Senator, do you think that Reverend Wright loves his country as much as you do?
What???!!!!
Here's what I think- I think that Senator Clinton and Senator Obama know at this point that one of them will be the presidential nominee and the other will be the vice-presidential nominee. Has to be. And that this silly, sniping crap coming out of their mouths about each other is not going to serve them well when they're running as a team.
And they know it. You can see it in their faces and hear it in their responses.
But what can they do? Tell the media to fuck off?
Because the media is fanning these tiny fires of bullshit like frantic Survivor contestants trying
to get a fire going to cook their tasty rats on.
I've said it before and I'll say it again- why would anyone want to go through this process? Here these two obviously well-qualified and intelligent candidates are having to answer questions about their elitism-levels while McCain gets a free ride despite the fact that every time he opens his mouth about something important he gaffes another big one.
I don't know what the answer is to ending this farce of a process but perhaps spending less time on it would be a start. Looking into the faces of Clinton and Obama last night revealed two people who obviously need a month's worth of sleep.
And maybe, if everyone would just shut up, they could get it and we'd all be better off.
They could wake up, have a cup of coffee, face the results of the final primaries, join as a team and get this job done.
Because if another Republican gets in the White House, the only people who are going to come out as winners are the people who make flag pins.
Which we'll all probably be required by law to wear in our lapels.
And I'll be in Mexico, wearing a huipil, which has no lapels, sitting outside watching the sun set right off the balcony of my house. Where I'll be living. Because I can't stand this bullshit any more.
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Post by debster on Apr 17, 2008 10:52:20 GMT -5
oh i see, she's moving to mexico and leaving us with all the mess to clean up. not very patriotic hank. (will she need a live-in cook, mayhaps?)
i couldn't have put it better myself.
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Post by sharpie marker on Apr 17, 2008 11:12:11 GMT -5
The last thing she will need is a live-in cook, since that's one of her favorite things to do. BUT, she hates sweeping. I suspect that she will certainly be open to the idea of a live-in sweeper. Ha!
Seriously, it's hard to consider myself a writer when my mom always puts it better than I can.
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Post by surfer5 on Apr 17, 2008 11:42:50 GMT -5
your mom ... wow. that is awesome.
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Post by sharpie marker on Apr 17, 2008 11:47:26 GMT -5
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