[Rhodes22-list] Brad Correction Alert

[Herb Parsons]

Isn't it ironic, Brad, that Big Al is lagging behind the "stupidest SOB" 
that Rummy was talking about on the energy-efficient home thing. Guess 
Al was to busy putting together inaccurate movies to be bothered until 
the light shone so harshly on his hypocrisy.

Brad Haslett wrote:
> Pete,
>
> I've got some really important things to do today rather than re-fight the
> 2000 election (like blow my nose) but I'm glad to hear that Big Al has lost
> weight.  If he made his Belle Meade place energy independent then that is
> good news.  Just put that info on that thingy he invented, oh yeah, the
> internet, and we can declare the energy problem solved.
>
> Now as to class behavior in close elections, no one can top Richard Nixon's
> concession in 1960 after losing by some 100,000 "votes" in Illinois via
> Daley's machine.  That was class!
>
> You seem to know your way around the 'net' so I don't need to remind you how
> Presidents are elected.  You know, all that popular vote stuff.
>
> Stan, I admit that little old Jewish women voting for Buchanan is a bit of a
> stretch. I'll bet if it was a Bingo card they'd have paid more attention and
> got it right!
>
> Brad
>
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 8:20 AM, 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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