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fatheadfred

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Did anyone see Brokaw's interview of Biden on Meet the Press yesterday? He had some of the worst questions I have ever heard. Is he the best they could come up with to replace Russert? Pathetic.

He's a limp dick.

 

She sold the governor's private plane, so it's supposed to show that she's fiscally conservative--doesn't need a plane all to herself. She's not lying--they did put it on ebay. It just didn't get any bids.

 

What grit it takes to sell on ebay.

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A corollary could certainly be drawn between the negative reception Palin received from some democrats, but you sort of have to love the inherent ridiculousness with which some republicans nearly instantaneously pledged their undying devotion to the completely unknown Palin like, all of one day after her big reveal.

 

I used to view this as humorous, but this tactic has calloused me. Cannot understand why people continue to buy this type of shit.

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The whole sale of the plane thing sis ridiculous until ou stop to think about it. Right now the market for private jets is very hot, I'm assuming jet but any multi-passenger corporate plane is a hot ticket now. They could have easily sold the plane on the open market for aprofit. How do I know? Easy my company just sold several planes for more htan we paid for them. Anyhow questions to be asked are 1) what does the law in AK say about selling assets? How can they be sold, what parameters to use for the sale, public notice etc... 2) Why Ebay and not through a professional broker? I sure as hell hope it was not to support the owner of Ebay who is a radical right winger. I wonder if the ebay woman was a campaign contributor and if there is any you scratch my back i'll scratch your type of situation here. But absent of any proof of wrong doing and if they stayed within the parameters of the law, selling or trying to selll the plane on Ebay should just be looked at as irresponsible especially when more moeny could be made elsewhere.

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Did anyone hear about the Ga. Rep who called the Obamas "uppity"? When asked about it, he repeated it.

I didn't, but it smells like Phil Gingrey to me. Is that the guy?

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The whole sale of the plane thing sis ridiculous until ou stop to think about it. Right now the market for private jets is very hot, I'm assuming jet but any multi-passenger corporate plane is a hot ticket now. They could have easily sold the plane on the open market for aprofit. How do I know? Easy my company just sold several planes for more htan we paid for them. Anyhow questions to be asked are 1) what does the law in AK say about selling assets? How can they be sold, what parameters to use for the sale, public notice etc... 2) Why Ebay and not through a professional broker? I sure as hell hope it was not to support the owner of Ebay who is a radical right winger. I wonder if the ebay woman was a campaign contributor and if there is any you scratch my back i'll scratch your type of situation here. But absent of any proof of wrong doing and if they stayed within the parameters of the law, selling or trying to selll the plane on Ebay should just be looked at as irresponsible especially when more moeny could be made elsewhere.

Also, I think the reason she put it on ebay was obvious. It was a publicity stunt--she wanted to generate publicity for herself/her office.

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No, it was Lynn Westmoreland. You might remember him as the guy who wanted to display the ten commandments on the House and Senate walls, yet when asked to name the ten commandments, he could only name three.

 

http://www.boingboing.net/2006/06/17/ten-c...dments-con.html

Well, concerns over blacks learning how to read obviously crowded out his religious training.

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She also said this weekend that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were taxpayer funded. This is kind of an important topic right now. Anyone who knows their ass from their elbow knows that these are private companies that the government is now bailing out.

Not really.

 

Privately funded (and profits go to the shareholders -- or did) but with a "public" purpose of backing/buying mortgages from banks.

Yes.

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I was talking to a moderate right winger today here at work. He is moderate in that he will listen to what the other side has to say and will admit Bush has made many many mistake but he still will not dare go against party ideology. Anyhow I asked him what he thought of Palin and at first he rolled his eyes and sighed then with no other comment about her qualifications or abilities said well at least she is easy on the eyes and stands out in contrast to the men, that has to count for something. When I looked at him quizzically he repeated the same thing with a little more emphasis. I told him that I had her referred to as Bush in a skirt and he admitted that and admitted that would not help her, but that her good looks will garner votes. If that is what McCain wanted, that is what he

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Sexism, rampant sexism, working in the Republican parties favor. So strange. It can be said without thought of gender that Palin is a moron with theocratic tendencies sufficient enough to bring the U.S. back to the dark ages.

 

And why has she gotten away with talking about the "bridge to nowhere" on tv without anyone besides John Stewart reminding us the whole thing was her fault to begin with. Crimeanee!

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Hey they tried this tactic in 2000 and 2004 and see where it got them...oh shit.

 

Actually in Nevada I remember readign a story, in a major news publication, about a voter drive being conducted. One of the people working the drive said that they pitched all the applications of voters who registered as Democrats. Though In all fairness I would think that this would have caused a problem on election day. That not with standing, I find it interesting that the party who cries voter fraud every chance they can is the party that works so actively to supress voters. One more reason I left them.

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Hey they tried this tactic in 2000 and 2004 and see where it got them...oh shit.

 

Actually in Nevada I remember readign a story, in a major news publication, about a voter drive being conducted. One of the people working the drive said that they pitched all the applications of voters who registered as Democrats. Though In all fairness I would think that this would have caused a problem on election day. That not with standing, I find it interesting that the party who cries voter fraud every chance they can is the party that works so actively to supress voters. One more reason I left them.

 

There was some talk of what you just said in the comments section on Digg where I found the articles.

 

 

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There was some talk of what you just said in the comments section on Digg where I found the articles.

 

 

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Has anyone here watched "Uncounted:American Elections"? Very good documentary, also depressing and infuriating.

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It looks like the claims in at least NM and CO don't hold up when you look at the actual numbers. But Palast has to get his donations to continue his "investigating" somehow.

 

There's also an interesting story on the NY Times about college students registering in Virginia. I went to school in my home state, so I've always wondered about this issue never having been faced with it. I always just figured you had to register in the state where your permanent address was. But if you can register where you go to school, would it be easy to vote in two different states? Probably a stupid question, but I can kind of see where the murkiness comes in.

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