[Rhodes22-list] SS: Time for a political Hail Mary

[Brad Haslett]

Stan,

You Dog!  One of my wife's old professors (he started the geophysical
studies in Wuhan after ALL university studies were shut down during the
Cultural Revolution) studied in Texas during WW2.  He died a few years ago,
but during our visits, he used to get a twinkle in his eyes and say, "all
the boys were off to war, it was a great time to be in the USA".  He
returned to China after 49' and was eventually punished for his decision,
especially during the Cultural Revolution. A long story made short - my
youngest son ended-up in Bradenton, FL during his 8th grade year despite my
best attempts at using the court system to prevent it.  I was visiting the
with then HeadMistress/Master/Owner  of the school he attended one day, and
at the end of the visit she asked me if I knew any Jewish jokes?  Hell, I
can go off on that tangent for days. We swapped every non PC joke we could
think of and then started talking serious shit.  We're all pretty much made
up of the same stuff.  Well, to be exact, exactly the same stuff!  My
neighbor is an asshole, period.  And, he feels the same thing about me and
it has nothing to do about religion or culture or education.  However, I
have more education than him, all the culture I need, and I worship myself.
Getting along with anyone  is really not that difficult (and especially not
me) as long as you realize that flying airplanes is for getting from point A
to B, and not flying into buildings. If you have a different plan for
airplanes, I'm all for blowing your ass up.  Nothing personal, mind you!

Brad

On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 1:51 PM, stan <stan at rhodes22.com> wrote:

> Brad,
>
> Oh, I don't know.   Just making a liberal point.
>
> When I was at the U of TX in my youth surrounded by a bunch of beautiful
> TX
> co-eds,  I made an AH out of myself by assuming that the heavier, least
> attractive one was Jewish and that the beautiful blue eyed blonde was not
> (my prejudicial instincts of those years) and of course it was just the
> opposite.
>
> ss
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 1:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] SS: Time for a political Hail Mary
>
>
> > Stan,
> >
> > Was she Jewish?  I've seen the photo and perhaps didn't read the text to
> > catch her name. I would have 'lobbied' with that woman in a heartbeat.
> > Where were we?  Oh, yeah!  Politics. My quot votes for that woman that
> > McCain did/didn't sleep with. Now that Billie is out of office and it
> > doesn't look likely for him to return, who the hell cares who he enjoyed
> > cigars with?  Given the right amount of Scotch and perfect lighting,
> hell,
> > I'd do the country a favor show Hillary a good time!  I'd light a rocket
> > and
> > send her to Scotland!
> >
> > Brad
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 9:46 AM, stan <stan at rhodes22.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>  If I had Rhodie Mark Putman's and Hillary's ear I would tell them that
> >> her first words at the start of the upcoming debate should be something
> >> along these lines:
> >>
> >>
> >>  "My candidacy in the 2008 election was based on my overwhelming
> longing
> >> to see that voters have a real choice between what we have had for the
> >> past
> >> 7 years and what could be in the next 8 years.
> >>
> >>  There is practically no difference between "the where" and "the how"
> >> either Barack or I want to take this nation.  In fact, it is because
> our
> >> goals are so similar that we have such difficulty trying to show you
> why
> >> you
> >> should vote for one or the other of us.
> >>
> >>  Therefore I want to announce that in the interest of what is best for
> >> the
> >> Democratic Party and, what I feel is in the best interest of the United
> >> States of America, that if by any chance I should be your nominee, I
> will
> >> ask Barack Obama to be my vice president.
> >>
> >>  AND, if Barack wins the nomination, and asks me, I will proudly be his
> >> vice presidential running mate.
> >>
> >>  I think this debate should now be considered a press conference and we
> >> should take your questions.  I am going to let Barack do most of the
> >> responding since he says it so much better than I do."
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>       My (ss's) rational behind this risky Hail Mary play is that she
> >> puts
> >> the "what -is-best-for-the country" ahead of her own ambitions and that
> >> may
> >> just turn into a touchdown.   And, in the more likely outcome that it
> >> does
> >> not, if Obama looses the eleciton to McCain, then Hillary (a la Nixon
> and
> >> Regan) has a good opportunity 4 years hence.    And, if Obama does
> become
> >> president for one or two terems, then, as vice president, the
> democratic
> >> Party (a la Gore) would have great difficulty not handing her the
> mantle.
> >>
> >>  Should the Hail Mary work,  then Barack's future could follow the same
> >> scenario as above imagined for Hillary.
> >>
> >>  ss
> >>
> >>  PS:    All bets are off if it turns out that McCain really was fooling
> >> around with a jewish lobbyist.  I will switch my vote to such a liberal
> >> McCain in a  heartbeat.  History has proven that to be a really good
> >> president you have to be a philanderer:  FDR, Johnson, Ike, Kennedy,
> >> Bill -
> >> it's one of the reasons I was considering running.
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