[Rhodes22-list] Re: Politics - Where do we draw the line?

Thu Oct 21 11:32:26 EDT 2004

Stan,

These political love-fests are strickly for the red
meat partisans and a few video clips for the evening
news.  Pick your party, there's no difference.  When I
was flying charter I attended over a hundred of these
things in Arkansas for state-wide races, mostly
Democrats.  This much I am certain, Democratic rubber
chicken tastes the same as Republican rubber chicken.

There was one rally that stuck out from the others. 
Senator Dale Bumpers invited me to go with him to a
rally in Rogers, Arkansas (he always did). I went for
the free chicken rather than hang around the airport,
plus, I liked Bumpers personally.  Three KKK members
were there with their robes, but sans hoods.  Why? 
Political correctness and sensitivity run amok
probobably, but who knows?  One clansman was trying to
hand the Senator a pamplet while another tried to get
a photo.  Sen. Bumpers asked me to run interference by
standing between him and the "boys".  This went on for
about five minutes and they finally gave up.  I asked
the Senator on the way home to Little Rock if he ever
thought about security.  "Nah, you're doing a fine job
Brad".  The Senator's politics never agreed with mine
but I sure liked the chicken and the flying!

Brad Haslett
"CoraShen"

--- stan <stan at rhodes22.com> wrote:

> OK you two intellectual elitists of the list.
> 
> You can both probably agree that it is the sad state
> of today's political 
> show business that only invited guests can come to
> the candidates speeches 
> to mislead the simple folk at home into seeing that
> 100% of the world agrees 
> with their man.
> 
> Let's lobby for either freedom to attend "public"
> rallies or, in the 
> alternate, a government warning banner across the
> product labeling that this 
> program contains canned applause of screened guests
> only.
> 
> I get the feeling both these guys are only risking
> speeches to immediate 
> family members - we know Brad's son is on the banned
> list.  (sorry Brad.  I 
> love your candidness and would probably vote for
> your candidacy - but I 
> can't help chuckling whenever I think of your son
> being a Kerry man.  Where 
> did you go right - I mean left).
> 
> stan/gbi
> 
> 
>  Original Message ----- 
> From: "brad haslett" <flybrad at yahoo.com>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 12:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Re: Politics - Where do
> we draw the line?
> 
> 
> > Chris,
> >
> > "Please explalin how "protect out civil rights" is
> > obsene.  Focus on answering that one question if
> you
> > please."
> >
> > Thank you, I'll focus because I'm between trips
> and
> > have little time for unfocussed activity.  There
> is
> > nothing obscene about "Protect Our Civil Rights"
> and
> > IF a Republican operative said it, they were
> foolish.
> > I suspect your friends were searching for their
> > fifteen minutes of fame with some harmless
> > mischievousness (they weren't there because they
> were
> > die-hard Bush fans).  The locals should have
> > lightned-up.  One minor incident is hardly a party
> > platform.  I was asked to leave a bar in Harvard
> > Square last year because the bartender asked my
> view
> > on an issue and then got pissed with my answer. 
> That
> > doesn't mean all bars in Boston are ultra-liberal.
> > Well, maybe they are!
> >
> > Brad Haslett
> > "CoraShen"
> >
> >
> > --- Chris Geankoplis <napoli68 at charter.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Hey Brad,
> >>  what do you mean that Medford is worse than
> >> Portland?  You know nothing of
> >> Medford!  Jackson county and Medford have always
> >> gone Republican for the
> >> last 20 years!  Where as Portland goes
> Democratic.
> >> (hey I guess you are
> >> right, it is worse).  I am not addressing the
> >> incident in Portland I am
> >> talking about the attitude of the Republicans at
> the
> >> rally and how they
> >> percieve the concept of "protect our civil
> rights"
> >> nothing  more.  Please
> >> explalin how "protect out civil rights" is
> obsene.
> >> Focus on answering that
> >> one question if you please.
> >>
> >> Chris G
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: brad haslett <flybrad at yahoo.com>
> >> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> >> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >> Date: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 7:19 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Re: Politics - Where
> do
> >> we draw the line?
> >>
> >>
> >> >The rest of the story:
> >> >
> >> >On August 22, 2002 President Bush 43 was
> attending
> >> a
> >> >Republican fund raiser in Portland, OR and the
> >> >Presidential motorcade was met by over 1500
> radical
> >> >left-wing protesters as it approached the Hilton
> >> >Hotel.  The local police lost control of the
> crowd
> >> and
> >> >the streets surrounding the Hilton.  One of the
> >> >vehichles near the "package" was hit with a rock
> >> and
> >> >several others were stopped by protesters.  The
> >> Secret
> >> >Service was furious with the local police for
> their
> >> >lack of security.  Later, Republican donors
> >> attempting
> >> >to enter the Hilton were physically attacked by
> the
> >> >protesters.  Ironically, the North American Gay
> >> >Amateur Athletic Alliance (NAGAA) was holding a
> >> >meeting at the hotel and several members of
> their
> >> >members were attacked trying to enter as well. 
> Had
> >> >these gays been attacked by a bunch of rabid
> >> >right-wing radicals it would be front page news
> on
> >> the
> >> >NY Times and every other newspaper in the
> country.
> >> It
> >> >barely recieved any coverage.
> >> >
> >> >Frankly, I'm a bit suprised that Bush went to
> >> Medford
> >> >at all.   I love the city of Portland but it is
> >> known
> >> >as "Little Beruit", Medford is even worse.  Were
> I
> >> on
> >> >Bush's security detail I'd advise against going
> >> there
> >> >at all.  You'll notice the school teachers did
> not
> >> >sign their loyalty oaths, they in fact lied to
> get
> >> in
> >> >a private affair.  That alone is reason enough
> for
> >> >being escorted off the property at a private
> event.
> >> >Ever try "crashing" a wedding party? This fact
> >> seems
> >> >to have "escaped" the local press covering the
> >> event.
> >> >This event may be a bad PR day for the local
> >> >Republicans but is hardly a "Brownshirt"
> incident.
> >> >1500 protesters attacking the Presidential
> >> motorcade,
> >> >attacking innocent hotel guests, even the gay
> ones
> >> -
> >> >now there's your "Brownshirts".
> >> >
> >> >BTW - Grayson, Rohm was killed at a resort on
> the
> >> >Tegernsee.  I've been there.  Its a beautiful
> place
> >> >now that we kicked the Nazi's out.
> >> >
> >> >Brad Haslett
> >> >"CoraShen"
> >> >
> >> >Grayson/Ena Lynn <agl2001 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> (clip below)
> >> >>
> >> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> >> From: "Chris Geankoplis"
> <napoli68 at charter.net>
> >> >> To: "stan" <stan at rhodes22.com>; "The Rhodes 22
> >> mail
> >> >> list"
> >> >> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >> >> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 11:48 AM
> >> >> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Re: Politics
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> > Stan,
> 
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