[Rhodes22-list] Joke: Dear Abby

[Bill Effros]

You know, Jim, it's an amazing thing.  Vile jokes about Bill Clinton were defended on this list by George Bush supporters with the same "It's just a joke--get over it" mentality.  But now that these same jokes are told with Bush's name in the punch line they are not funny, and an attempt to divide the nation.

We had long discussions on this list about political jokes--I opposed them.  The consensus was that any joke that is OK in a barroom is OK here.  

It's just a joke.  Get over it.

Bill

PS -- Seems to me Davy Crockett wasn't in Texas for very long before he got involved in a bonehead military situation waiting for reinforcements from Texas which never came, and met his untimely demise.  Whether he rejoined his fellow Tennesseans in Hell is not recorded.
                                     

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: Jim White 
To: The Rhodes 22 mail list 
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Joke: Dear Abby


Gosh, we sure have descended into a pretty low place. I don't know if the 
Texas references here are intentional, attempting to define the population 
in a less-than average American manner, find no humor in this and simply 
see it as a further attempt to divide a deeply divided nation. Was it you 
who quoted Eldridge Cleaver (was he related to Theodore and Wally?): "if 
you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem".....

jw
Jim White
Le Menagerie

"You all can go to hell....I'm going to Texas" - Davy Crockett

At 11:10 AM 10/29/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>Dear Abby,
>
>
>I am a crack dealer in Beaumont, Texas who has  recently been diagnosed
>as a carrier of HIV virus. My parents live in Fort  Worth and one of my
>sisters, who lives in Pflugerville, is married to a  transvestite.
>
>My father and mother have recently been arrested for
>growing and selling  marijuana. They are financially dependent on my
>other two sisters, who  are prostitutes in Dallas.
>
>
>I have two brothers, one  is currently serving a non-parole life sentence 
>at Huntsville for the
>murder of a teenage boy  in 1994. My other brother is currently in jail
>awaiting charges of sexual misconduct with his three children.
>
>I have recently become engaged to marry a former prostitute who lives in 
>Longview,
>She is a part time "working girl." All  things considered, my  problem is 
>this: I love my fiancé
>and look forward to bringing her into  the family.  I certainly want to be 
>totally open and honest with her.
>
>Should I tell her about my cousin who supports George Bush for President?
>
>
>Signed,
>Worried About My Reputation
>
>
>
>"Are You Safer Today Than You Were 4 Years Ago?"
>
>www.QuoteWithoutComment.com
>
>
>
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