sweetheart-mine

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is that stephen doing his "law and order" episode?

this is the very first genuine guffaw you've given me. thanks, and i mean it!

no, it is crazy. not surprising, though -- it fits with most of the other rights she's not concerned about.

you are right. the "news" stations ought to take an oath and donate 90% of their broadcast time to public service announcements. maybe the remaining 10% could be spent on real issues.

repeating myself: he's right, you know.

i didn't know bill clinton was "watch me fall" posting in disguise.

at the risk of repeating myself, i believe you're right about that.

that's right, and it also gives you the right to be president, period.

i'm not even done reading this page, but really. the black&white thinking is astounding.

no they don't. they just abandon other people in times of need.

what a night. and what a nice pic.

no way. but i really wish you'd give it a shot.

i'm tired of you taking the high road.

your sister-in-law is likely to be in even fuller swoon after palin's convention speech, and i'll be interested to hear. people falling in love with her over impressions and other surface stuff now will probably project more of what they want to believe onto her tonight. she speaks decently, she's prettier than mccain, and the folks at that convention must be dying for something to jump up and down about after the first couple of coma-like days. your sister-in-law really needs to talk with you a bit more, including the listening part, in my opinion!

you are too funny today! i love it.

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you make a lot of good points. i still think that stooping to rovian tactics is like becoming a monster to attack a monster, and would certainly hurt obama's campaign. there are many ways to keep republicans from dictating the terms of the election -- many issues to highlight & become more strident about, and hypocrisies to reveal -- without going after the quality of palin's motherhood. that one would backfire and i think it would be a big mistake. obama does not need mothers nationwide who feel attacked and disappointed hillary supporters who feel crazy out there defending palin,

if history repeats itself re: a VP with a gun, jon stewart will probably kill me. he made me laugh myself nearly to death for weeks the first time around.

john s, you've had a lot to offer in these threads and i appreciate them, but the above rumor (or fact, whichever it is) was discussed at length in the last thread, and i hope no one minds if i quote my own post from that thread which was put up just before the thread was shut down: i believe this: "the media and others focusing on palin's private family life will hand the election to mccain on a silver platter. this will be a picnic for him if people keep the ticket on the defensive for irrelevant reasons. leave her private life alone, and all the wrong reasons for her being chosen by mcc

before mccain chose palin, he and obama were virtually neck and neck in the polls. he wasn't in a desperate situation, so why would he make a do-or-die v.p. choice? i don't really buy the maverick thing, with something this crucial and fundamental. he is starting to remind me a little of ross perot.