[Rhodes22-list] Not a Democrat - Political (duh)
Herb Parsons
hparsons at parsonsys.com
Tue Apr 1 11:40:09 EDT 2008
You may not be, but it's still an old Democrat trick.
PS Changed the subject line for Ed
petelargo wrote:
> I am not a Democrat. As an overall group I think they have pretty much been
> spineless.
>
>
> hparsons wrote:
>
>> It's an old Democrat trick. You repeat the same story enough, and it
>> becomes "true".
>>
>> At least, in some circles....
>>
>> Michael D. Weisner wrote:
>>
>>> Brad,
>>>
>>> You are not alone...
>>>
>>> I thought that he was attempting to drive home a point through
>>> repetition.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>> s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
>>> Nissequogue River, NY
>>>
>>> From: "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com>Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 2:01
>>> PM
>>>
>>>
>>>> Pete,
>>>>
>>>> Is it just me or is everyone getting multiple posts? Why don't you solve
>>>> your e-mail and internet issues before you save the world. On the other
>>>> hand, develop your "widespread" ammunition and share it with the troops.
>>>>
>>>> Brad
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 12:46 PM, petelargo
>>>> <petelauritzen at earthlink.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Al Gore was just on 60 minutes last nite. He lost the weight. Also, it
>>>>> took
>>>>> him a while because of the size of the house and his schedule, but he
>>>>> finished making his mansion energy independent and is now working on
>>>>> his
>>>>> parents place. He made a ton of money investing in Google early on. He
>>>>> donated every penny of his book and movie and Nobel Peace Prize award
>>>>> to
>>>>> upcoming ads and movement to ally political opposites and mobilize
>>>>> international trainings to the climate change awareness issue.
>>>>>
>>>>> I won't even get into the 2000 vote "scamola" as there is plenty of
>>>>> data
>>>>> on
>>>>> that, but no one questions that he won the popular vote. He certainly
>>>>> was
>>>>> within his rights to sue but opted out. Classy guy. Good pick, Stan.
>>>>>
>>>>> More info:
>>>>>
>>>>> The Florida recount was stopped a few weeks later by the Supreme Court
>>>>> of
>>>>> the United States. In the ruling, Bush v. Gore, the Florida recount was
>>>>> called unconstitutional and that no constitutionally valid recount
>>>>> could
>>>>> be
>>>>> completed by the December 12 deadline, effectively ending the recounts.
>>>>> This
>>>>> 7-2 vote ruled that the standards the Florida Supreme Court provided
>>>>> for
>>>>> a
>>>>> recount as unconstitutional due to violations of the Equal Protection
>>>>> Clause
>>>>> of the Fourteenth Amendment, and further ruled 5-4 that no
>>>>> constitutionally
>>>>> valid recount could be completed by the December 12 deadline. This case
>>>>> ordered an end to recounting underway in selected Florida counties,
>>>>> effectively giving George W. Bush a 534 vote victory in Florida and
>>>>> consequently Florida's 27 electoral votes and the presidency.[44] The
>>>>> results of the decision led to Gore winning the popular vote by
>>>>> approximately 500,000 votes nationwide, but receiving 266 electoral
>>>>> votes
>>>>> to
>>>>> Bush's 271 (1 DC Elector abstained).[45] Gore strongly disagreed with
>>>>> the
>>>>> Court's decision, but decided "for the sake of our unity as a people
>>>>> and
>>>>> the
>>>>> strength of our democracy, I offer my concession."[46]
>>>>>
>>>>> The election was one of the most controversial in recent American
>>>>> history.[1][2]
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Brad Haslett-2 wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Stan,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Count yourself lucky, at least you know what you want! McCain is half
>>>>>> RINO,
>>>>>> half DINO. Hillary is a Clinton. Obama is half everything. If in
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> fact,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> if
>>>>>> he's got Jewish blood as well, he doesn't have to apologize for his
>>>>>> Pastor.
>>>>>> That church will throw him out in a heartbeat.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gore wouldn't be so bad. Maybe if he was the President he'd sell his
>>>>>> gazillion square-foot, global warming house. They have a track at the
>>>>>> White
>>>>>> House don't they? Big Al could use some exercise. If he does run I'd
>>>>>> like
>>>>>> to remind him of two things. One, win your own state. Two, the
>>>>>> Supreme
>>>>>> Court didn't pick the winner in 2000, they just set a deadline to stop
>>>>>> re-counting the votes in Florida. He lost by all five methods
>>>>>> including
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> two he cherry-picked.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Brad
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 1:55 PM, stan <stan at rhodes22.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I feel it is my duty (politically speaking) to join my Rhodies
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> friends
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> early exit-poll reporting of their secret balloting.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I would choose McCain because of his age
>>>>>>> Listening to the younger members of the List proves that age
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> makes
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> one smarter.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I would choose Hillary because she is a woman,
>>>>>>> and try as I might, my high lab TEST. level makes me prefer
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> woman
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> over men.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I would choose Obama because he is half white,
>>>>>>> and because I have read a dirty tricks blog that he is half
>>>>>>> Jewish.
>>>>>>> They did not
>>>>>>> mention whether it is the top or bottom half - it does make a
>>>>>>> difference.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But with only 2 choices allowed, I had to rule out John because,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> while
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> I love his McCain/Kennedy immigration
>>>>>>> bill,
>>>>>>> I do not appreciate his disrespect of women:
>>>>>>> He has reiterated his vows to stick with the party line: Keep
>>>>>>> government off men's back
>>>>>>> and control over women's inside. Also, while I feel
>>>>>>> candidates
>>>>>>> have a right to flip/flop,
>>>>>>> his flop on now decreasing taxes during war, breaks with all
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> prior
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Republican
>>>>>>> commander in chiefs. I will give him a second look when he
>>>>>>> gets
>>>>>>> as
>>>>>>> old as me.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm going with Al for president and Barack as VP because Clinton
>>>>>>> ignored my right-on and
>>>>>>> perfectly timed Hail Mary call on 4 and 10 at the start of the
>>>>>>> second half and blew her game.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For Gore bashers:
>>>>>>> With all those terms as a congressman and
>>>>>>> all those terms as a senator and
>>>>>>> with the maximum 2 terms as vice president
>>>>>>> a "no experience" bash does not hold water.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And with a winning of the popular presidential vote,
>>>>>>> the "un-winner ability" bash does not hold water
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But who listens to the hairy 135 Pound Gorilla in the Rhodes chat
>>>>>>> Room.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> stan/ec
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