[Rhodes22-list] was Slim did you see post from Todd (humor?)
Herb Parsons
hparsons at parsonsys.com
Tue Sep 9 16:14:29 EDT 2008
I'm waiting for someone to start a campaign to convince McCain to agree
to a single-term pledge. If he did that, especially if he did it say 30
days before the election, I think that would nail it for him.
Then Plain could start getting her campaign ready.
Brad Haslett wrote:
> Herb,
>
> The Grand Slam will be the Palin/Jindal12 ticket! Sarah will blow-up
> the GOP as we know it, just as she did in Alaska. The donkeys will
> reclaim their party from the 'Deaniacs', and maybe we'll have a Palin
> v Bayh contest or Jindal v Hillary ticket, or, something good either
> way. What we face now is a watershed event. One thing at a time.
>
> BTW, I like my adopted congressman from Gulf Coast Mississippi, Gene
> Taylor (D).
>
> Brad
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 2:47 PM, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com> wrote:
>
>> Bill,
>>
>> There are two things that would make the McCain/Palin ticket a home run
>> for me, unfortunately one requires they be elected first, and I don't
>> think McCain would do the second:
>>
>> 1) He follow through and bring some Democrats into his cabinet
>> 2) He announces that he will be a one-term candidate, and then honors
>> that promise.
>>
>> Bill Effros wrote:
>>
>>> Richard,
>>>
>>> McCain was getting killed prior to the convention by everyone OTHER than
>>> Obama. When Obama emerged as the nominee it was on the basis of youth,
>>> sex appeal, change, and the assumption that the Republicans would match
>>> his old white man vp with an old white man vp of their own.
>>>
>>> Sarah Palin is the governor of the largest state in the Union with the
>>> 6th largest GDP per capita in the nation. She has proved an able
>>> administrator, tough negotiator, and highly respected leader.
>>>
>>> Her state has a pro-choice constitution that pre-dates Roe v. Wade, and
>>> neither she nor anyone else has ever made the slightest attempt to
>>> reverse it.
>>>
>>> Like Joe Biden, Mario Cuomo, and a host of others, she was born
>>> Catholic, and takes the tenets of her religion seriously; however, like
>>> them, she has repeatedly stated that she will not allow her personal
>>> views to influence her duties regarding public policy, and the will of
>>> the people.
>>>
>>> Dr. Howard Dean was still practicing medicine in 1991 in Vermont, the
>>> second least populous state of the Union after Wyoming -- home of our
>>> current VP. He was also (part time) Lieutenant Governor of Vermont when
>>> the Governor died in office, making him Governor. I don't remember the
>>> left questioning his ability to be President or leader of the National
>>> Democratic Party based on any perceived lack of credentials.
>>>
>>> Sarah Palin is an excellent choice for VP. She brings far more
>>> experience to the table than the crooked political hack from Chicago.
>>> And she's a lot tougher than Hillary.
>>>
>>> This country has got to find consensus if we are to have any chance of
>>> pulling ourselves out of the hole we have all allowed ourselves to
>>> stumble into. There is no chance of that from a candidate who has never
>>> spoken up on any issue, and who is now calling his opponents "Liars".
>>>
>>> McCain/Palin is the best political ticket I've seen in my lifetime.
>>> Working with a Democratic Congress there is a real chance to get this
>>> country back on track without all the posturing that has passed for
>>> policy of late.
>>>
>>> Bill Effros
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Richard and Sherry Day wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Bill I do understand completely. It seems like everything in it's rawest
>>>> form comes down to sex and money. McCain was getting killed prior to the
>>>> convention, needed something to jazz himself up to counter Obama's growing
>>>> appeal. Pretty simple except I don't think he actually put his country
>>>> first with his VP pick, as he claims. R.Day
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com>
>>>> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 8:16 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] was Slim did you see post from Todd (humor?)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Richard,
>>>>>
>>>>> Obama was sold as "sexy" and "a rock star" as compared to Hillary.
>>>>>
>>>>> There are bare chested, emerging from the surf photographs that I
>>>>> believe were released by his own campaign committee. Young women noted
>>>>> that he is so "cute" as their reason for voting for him.
>>>>>
>>>>> The left doesn't seem to understand the concept of a double edged sword.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bill Effros
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Richard and Sherry Day wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Todd, don't feel too bad on your decision here about voting for the
>>>>>> Palin/McCain ticket. You may have just succumbed to the oldest trick in
>>>>>> the book. Sex sells. When McCain was showing his compassionate
>>>>>> theatrics
>>>>>> side prior to the RNC I suspect he watched Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> the hotel he was in. He had an epiphany or something. (does Viagra have
>>>>>> side effects?) Well, anyway, now we have Ms. Palin. Champ Biden doesn't
>>>>>> have a chance with his beauty queen candidate. Sitting across from her
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> the debate and the poor guy's childhood stuttering will come back with a
>>>>>> vengeance. Checkmate.
>>>>>> You might want to reconsider though if you like the ability to be in a
>>>>>> union. It's probably a good thing you have plenty of MREs it sounds like
>>>>>> your wife might not be so enamored. R.Day
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "Todd Tavares" <sprocket80 at mail.com>
>>>>>> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>>>>> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 9:43 PM
>>>>>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] was Slim did you see post from Todd (humor?)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Come on Ed, Maybe I should have put HUMOR in the subject line. I rarely
>>>>>>> pay attention to political posts because I am ignorant of all things
>>>>>>> political and never reveal my true leanings. The Republicans haven't
>>>>>>> been
>>>>>>> able to dry up that gov't teat we work hard to fund and Herb rants
>>>>>>> about...and probably never will. The only brilliant thing I have heard
>>>>>>> come out the mouth of ANY politician in the last 10 years was when Newt
>>>>>>> said we should dump half of the strategic reserve into the open market
>>>>>>> so
>>>>>>> all of the speculators would lose there asses and think twice about ever
>>>>>>> running the price of oil up. No one took notice until Osamabama
>>>>>>> repeated
>>>>>>> it and the price of gas dropped 15 cents over night. I don't know
>>>>>>> anything about Palin's positions (stop it!). I made a crack about her
>>>>>>> being hot at the begining of her RNC speech; my wife grabbed the remote
>>>>>>> and made me watch the Andy Griffin show marathon on TV land. I really
>>>>>>> care less who gets into office. The insurance industry and lobbists run
>>>>>>> the country anyway .Like the last 3 or so elections, it comes down to
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> lesser of two weevils. evils? I am a blue collar unionized
>>>>>>> tradesman, make six figures, have a well funded, managed
>>>>>>> investment/retirement portfolio, drive a company truck with a company
>>>>>>> gas
>>>>>>> card. My wife (Morgan Fairchild) is a public elementary school
>>>>>>> teacher. We have two teenage sons and can have no more, enough money
>>>>>>> saved to put them both through college, and a stash of assault rifles
>>>>>>> (bought before the 1995 ban), crates of ammo and years worth of MRE's
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> water stored in our mountain retreat/bunker (in Canada) and am a Druid
>>>>>>> (reformed). So I think I am pretty insulated come what may and not
>>>>>>> concerned about abortion, gays, war, the draft, gas prices, etc. Yeah,
>>>>>>> yeah, that's the ticket. But I am going to vote for McCain because he
>>>>>>> is real old and Palin is oh so cute. (sssssh, don't tell my wife though,
>>>>>>> she still thinks I am voting for Ron Paul... he he he)
>>>>>>> Just tired of all of the political crap,
>>>>>>> Todd T PS Slim, I was joking. And Ed why are you so down on
>>>>>>> Marxists. I thought Harpo was a riot.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>> From: Tootle
>>>>>>> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>>>>>>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Slim did you see post from Todd
>>>>>>> Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 16:52:47 -0700 (PDT)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Slim,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In the last 8 years how many responses other than technical drawings
>>>>>>> eminated from Todd? Maybe a report on surgical repair. Slim what did
>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>> do to him?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Recent commentators on this forum should understand Todd has been
>>>>>>> lurking
>>>>>>> here for a very, very long time. And he is one of the original
>>>>>>> complainers
>>>>>>> about political posts.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Then the other day we had that Phildelphia Lawyer complaining
>>>>>>> republicans
>>>>>>> are not republicans. Maybe he can motivate his former buddy, you know
>>>>>>> Steve, from Florida to come on line?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Rummy giving us commentary from a Libertarian radio host. [Yes Rummy,
>>>>>>> Boortz
>>>>>>> is a Libertarian.]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ed K
>>>>>>> Greenville, SC, USA
>>>>>>> Addendum:
>>>>>>> Who says the government schools and the welfare state don't work?
>>>>>>> They work
>>>>>>> perfectly. They were designed to put the American people into a
>>>>>>> political
>>>>>>> coma, and that's what they've done. Sheldon Richman
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
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