Party @ the Moontower Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Link to post Share on other sites
fatheadfred Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 it's not easy to understand why you're so upset about this, my friend, and i'm mostly a fairly innocent bystander so far, reading from some distance... ...because if we don't, my friend, as we always ultimately have before, there is zero possibility of understandings or liveable compromises being reached... I thought only the Mavericks said this, but it has crossed party lines... Please stop using the phrase, "my friend" AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, driving me insane. Link to post Share on other sites
sweetheart-mine Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 I thought only the Mavericks said this, but it has crossed party lines... Please stop using the phrase, "my friend" AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, driving me insane.that was the only post i've ever made anywhere in my life that included the patronizing "my friend." itwas intended to highlight its obnoxiousness as used in public life by a certain presidential candidate. sohey, believe me, i'm agreeing with your exasperation 100%. Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Haunting. Link to post Share on other sites
fatheadfred Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 that was the only post i've ever made anywhere in my life that included the patronizing "my friend." itwas intended to highlight its obnoxiousness as used in public life by a certain presidential candidate. sohey, believe me, i'm agreeing with your exasperation 100%. Exasperated x2. Glad I am not the only one this bothers, my friend. And as Chris Matthews would blurt, HA. Link to post Share on other sites
sweetheart-mine Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Exasperated x2. Glad I am not the only one this bothers, my friend. And as Chris Matthews would blurt, HA.HA, i love that! some people can't stand chris matthews's style and i can sort of understand why, but i like himespecially because he's so irrepressible -- he's so into a discussion that he just can't hold back that HA whensomething surprising amuses him. Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 that was the only post i've ever made anywhere in my life that included the patronizing "my friend." itwas intended to highlight its obnoxiousness as used in public life by a certain presidential candidate. sohey, believe me, i'm agreeing with your exasperation 100%.Joe Biden uses that phrase quite a bit but for some reason I don't find it nearly as irritating. Link to post Share on other sites
Party @ the Moontower Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Joe Biden uses that phrase quite a bit but for some reason I don't find it nearly as irritating. Ahhh...Biden. Shame shame. He should have known better than to call Obama the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy...a storybook man. Might have been prez e dent had it not been for that screw up. I heard he may be on Obama's list for vice president??? Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Ahhh...Biden. Shame shame. He should have known better than to call Obama the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy...a storybook man. Might have been prez e dent had it not been for that screw up. I heard he may be on Obama's list for vice president???Biden was never going to be president. He is a long term loser, since he has run a time or two (not sure 1 or 2) before and never made a dent with the electorate. His first big fuck up was plagerizing a speech from a politician in the UK. Other than that I kinda like the guy... LouieB Link to post Share on other sites
Party @ the Moontower Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Biden was never going to be president. He is a long term loser, since he has run a time or two (not sure 1 or 2) before and never made a dent with the electorate. His first big fuck up was plagerizing a speech from a politician in the UK. Other than that I kinda like the guy... LouieB who can remember all the back to 1988? I can't. Most voters can't remember yesterday.Or don't care. Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 who can remember all the back to 1988? I can't. Most voters can't remember yesterday.Or don't care.I'm guessing you were still a kid....Biden waited until some people forgot (or never know) and hoped for the best. Still wasn't long enough. LouieB Link to post Share on other sites
sweetheart-mine Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 I'm guessing you were still a kid....Biden waited until some people forgot (or never know) and hoped for the best. Still wasn't long enough. LouieBwasn't biden one of the about twelve democratic contenders in 1984? i think the plagiarizing bitcame after that, though. too bad, because i kind of liked him too, but the true plagiarizing bitdidn't leave my mind (as opposed to the untrue plagiarizing accusation hillary tried to apply to barackobama, which was desperate and ridiculous). Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Yea, that's what I can't remember if he ran more than once in the 80s. He certainly is the Engergizer Bunny for running and running and not getting anywhere. Actually in many ways he would make a great president; he is relatively liberal, has a long record in office and he really knows his stuff. I certainly support Barak (I finally ponied up some dough for him today when called by his campaign), but there certainly is a touch of truth to the fact that he is somewhat inexperienced. Hopefully he will end up as some sort of cabinet secretary when Obama finally does take office. I think he has quite a bit to give in that situation. LouieB Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Yea, that's what I can't remember if he ran more than once in the 80s. He certainly is the Engergizer Bunny for running and running and not getting anywhere. Actually in many ways he would make a great president; he is relatively liberal, has a long record in office and he really knows his stuff. I certainly support Barak (I finally ponied up some dough for him today when called by his campaign), but there certainly is a touch of truth to the fact that he is somewhat inexperienced. Hopefully he will end up as some sort of cabinet secretary when Obama finally does take office. I think he has quite a bit to give in that situation. LouieBIn my opinion there are few people on the Hill that can speak with more clarity and authority when it comes to foriegn policy than Senator Joe. I think he'd make a good choice for Secretary of State. He certainly knows his stuff. In spite of some of his verbal miscues (the plagiarized speech, the Barack comment, the Indian/7-11 comment) I've always been a fan of the guy. Link to post Share on other sites
Garp Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 I have a good friend from school who just worked on biden's '08 campaign. She said that many an interesting and often needful of self-editing thing came out of his mouth. Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 I have a good friend from school who just worked on biden's '08 campaign. She said that many an interesting and often needful of self-editing thing came out of his mouth.I have no facts to back it up, but I've always just assumed JB is the kind of cat who has an abnormally high tolerance for alcohol. This could explain the lack of self-censorship, not to mention his nearly unparalleled verbosity - I think the filibuster was created with someone like Joe in mind. Link to post Share on other sites
sweetheart-mine Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Yea, that's what I can't remember if he ran more than once in the 80s. He certainly is the Engergizer Bunny for running and running and not getting anywhere. Actually in many ways he would make a great president; he is relatively liberal, has a long record in office and he really knows his stuff. I certainly support Barak (I finally ponied up some dough for him today when called by his campaign), but there certainly is a touch of truth to the fact that he is somewhat inexperienced. Hopefully he will end up as some sort of cabinet secretary when Obama finally does take office. I think he has quite a bit to give in that situation. LouieB"He certainly is the Engergizer Bunny for running and running and not getting anywhere." that's for sure! i agree with your thoughts on biden as president. since he apparently isn't going to make it, a cabinet position (with much responsibility) seems in order. he kept entering my mind as a v.p. for obama, but i suppose he will need someone more centrist than biden is. i suspect obama's having only a few years of experience in washington might be just right. he knows the basics yet hasn't been entrenched there since the revolutionary war or something -- so he would bring a lot of freshness to the place, not to mention to the country's relationships around the world. i can understand how his not-long d.c. experience might concern some people, but the chance of its being a good thing seems pretty high to me. he has other, more interesting experience to bring to the job, and with his smarts he'd make the most of the combination. no other presidential campaign (and i think i'm the same age as you are, louieb) has inspired me to contribute $. and i've never had a lot of it to give, but my sense of obama's possibilities has made me do it! five times now i've sent off twenty-five bucks, what a shock! my elderly mother, mrs provincial if there ever was one, has been doing the same thing! the hope for a paradigm shift is taking some of us a bit outside our normal characters. i love it. Link to post Share on other sites
ikol Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 I think a Mike Huckabee/Joe Biden ticket would be awesome. Link to post Share on other sites
Good Old Neon Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 I think a Mike Huckabee/Joe Biden ticket would be awesome. Link to post Share on other sites
ikol Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 They may not have much else in common, but they both have a pretty severe case of foot-in-mouth disease. Link to post Share on other sites
Party @ the Moontower Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 They may not have much else in common, but they both have a pretty severe case of foot-in-mouth disease. I think we are in for a fun ride with old man McCain's foot-in-mouth disease. Future Obama debates with McCain will be compared to an episode of Top Chef where one serves up a juicy turd sandwich with old school yellow mustard on plain old white bread next to a beautiful home grown organic chicken salad & tomatoe sandwich on focaccia brushed lightly with sweet honey mustard and garnished with a bowl of fresh strawberries & a glass of fancy H2O dressed with lemon wedge. Link to post Share on other sites
sweetheart-mine Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 wow, love that graphic! the debates will be delicious. Link to post Share on other sites
Party @ the Moontower Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 wow, love that graphic! the debates will be delicious. so, are you for the turd sandwich, or the organic gourmet one? Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Future Obama debates with McCain will be compared to an episode of Top Chef where one serves up a juicy turd sandwich with old school yellow mustard on plain old white bread next to a beautiful home grown organic chicken salad & tomatoe sandwich on focaccia brushed lightly with sweet honey mustard and garnished with a bowl of fresh strawberries & a glass of fancy H2O dressed with lemon wedge.Yeah, but a lot of people would rather vote/eat a turd sandwich than eat/vote all that fancy hippie food. Link to post Share on other sites
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