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1. DISAPPOINTED IN:
a.) the results of the republican primaries
b.) the results of the general election
c.) the growth of government and debt in the present administration
2. THANKFUL FOR:
a.) I got to vote. Voting doesn't mean you win. But you (along with everyone else) get to vote.
b.) I'm thankful for a clear verdict, and a quick and gracious concession speech. No lawyers talking about chads. No retraction of a concession call. No whining about stolen elections. And though I'm sure there were some fraudulent votes, the victory was broad enough that fraudulant votes were not what made the difference. I'm thankful for that.
c.) I'm thankful that my local rep, Todd Platts, an honorable man and a good conservative, goes back to DC as my representative in congress. He'll have little power. But he will serve well.
d.) I'm thankful that the democrats did not get the speed-bump proof 60 seat senate that they wanted.
e.) I'm thankful to President Bush for his better accomplishments. Though I've been very disappointed in some of his policies, he did give us a number of good judges, in the supreme court and in federal judiciary. For that, I am thankful. And after 911, he devoted himself to protecting this country from another attack. And he succeeded.
f.) that no matter which president we have, they have all been immensely better than Nero, who Peter and Paul had to submit to, and did.
3. HOPEFUL:
a.) that inner city youth will see that color is not the barrier to success, and that gangster rappers are not the pinnacle of success
b.) that no three-name-racist attempts to become infamous. And that if any does, he will fail without injury to any but himself.
c.) that President Obama will succeed in efforts that are good, and fail in efforts that are not
d.) that the republican party will do what it can to keep free speech on the airwaves, and secret ballots in the workplace, and that it will return to ideals of smaller government and basic conservatism
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Predicting leftwing media takes:
1.) 80%chance:
"Undeniable Mandate for Obama."
"Landslide"
"Reagan era finally extinct"
2.) 15% :
"Election headed for the courts. Will it be stolen again?"
3.) 5% :
"McCain wins. Racism alive and well in 2008"
If Obama wins, as it looks like he will, I would prefer it to be close enough to show that there are still a number of anti-nanny state citizens in this country. I would also like it to be a clean win, rather than a fraudulant win (via Acorn / Philedelphia cheating, etc.). And I would like to see 40 plus senators remain to stem the leftist tide. And that needs to be over 40 ~besides~ Spector. |
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When I say Dan Quayle, what comes to mind?
Potatoe.
On a visit to a schoolroom, a US senator and vice president once spelled potato with an e - after being handed a spelling card from the teacher that said it was spelled with an e.
For that, Dan Quayle is forever tagged an idiot.
OTOH-
Joe Biden said it all comes down to one 3 letter word: JOBS
Joe Biden said that when the market crashed in 1929, FDR got on TV and told people -Look, here's what happened. In the same interview, he said it's important for people to know you know what you're talking about. But people didn't have TV's in 1929, nor was FDR the president.
But Biden is not an idiot. He's a smart man who sometimes makes a mistake. When Obama says he's been to 57 states, he's a smart man who made a mistake.
Fine.
But Quayle is an idiot. And Palin is an idiot, for saying she could see Russia from her house (which isn't even what she said, anyway). And of course Reagan was an idiot. And Bush was an idiot.
Notice a pattern? Liberals who blunder are smart and lovable. Republicans are idiots. And not just idiots. Evil idiots. And sometimes diabolically clever idiots. But idiots nonetheless.
Who decides this? The mainstream media (who happen to be liberals), the entertainers (who happen to be liberals), and academia (who happen to be left over hippies and other liberals). But once the taunters go in for the kill, society seems to buy into their derisions.
Remember grade school? When the powers that be decided who would be accepted and who would be picked upon? And once chosen to be ridiculed, there was no respite for the idiot (or "frog" or "monkey" or "porko," etc.)?
4th grade is now the mainstream media.
And was it really potatoe that made Quayle an idiot?
If a liberal democrat had been reading from that cue card, would any one remember it?
Or was Quayle's real crime that of not being a liberal - not being in with the "in" crowd. Potatoe was a chance to beat him up. And it was not going to be missed.
Obama could spell potato with two z's and a 5, and it wouldn't matter. He's popular. He's the class favorite. Pozazo5 might even become the new hip veggie.
Being politically correct, leftists get a pass. A partying Ted Kennedy can drown a girl and not report it for hours, and he gets re-elected over and over and over.
But be a conservative and misspell potato... and you deserve nothing but scorn.
I didn't like the bullies in the 4th grade. And I still don't. |
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a.) Why did the woodchuck cross the road? or b.) What's black and white and red all over?
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10-06-08 07:23pm EST
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Contest rules: Must answer with something other than "to get to the other side" or "a newspaper." Originality will increases chance of winning. Causing literal LOL will increase your chances of winning. Causing LOLWMCOMN pretty much guarantees the win. Puns do not increase your chance of winning. Answers from old paperbacks with titles like "Very Funny Jokes!" put your chances of winning in the same range as Ralph Nader's. Slipping contest supervisor $20 gives you a distinct advantage, but if your answer stinks, everybody will smell a fix. So make it at least believable. Winner gets a boost of self esteem and some official sounding title. No purchase necessary. Offer void where prohibited. |
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