[Rhodes22-list] Not a Democrat
petelargo
petelauritzen at earthlink.net
Tue Apr 1 11:01:30 EDT 2008
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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