<p>Oh wow, I am still pretty new here–didn’t realize this forum’s only purpose was to provide laughs. No wonder serious threads just don’t seem to go anywhere. That rape thread with over 10,000 posts must be a riot!</p>
<p>The Duke thread amazes me. It just goes on and on and on. I think it’s been breathed new life with the re-election of Nifong though.</p>
<p>By the way…snarky is now my new favorite word. Snarky, snarky, snarky. I love saying it. We’ve all, liberals and conservatives, been guilty of being a little smug and a little snarky sometimes…it’s fun, but there’s always that crow pie that comes after the snarky. ;)</p>
<p>The Giuliani 2008 campaign is a non-starter. He’s full of hubris but he’s smart enough to know that his blatant flaws would be magnified, so that all the world will discover that his 9-11 image was spit-shined. Just ask ex-wife Donna Hanover and Patrick Dourismond’s widow. Although the crooked Bernard Kerik thing is the event that probably doomed him.</p>
<p>^Hey if Hill and Bill can emerge unscathed, so can Rudy I’ll bet.</p>
<p>ooops…snarky.</p>
<p>I Hate the word Snarky. It is a new buzz word.</p>
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<p>Don’t worry. Conciliation and bi-partisanship has already begun.</p>
<p>Cheney just invited a number of key democratic senators to go hunting with him this weekend.</p>
<p>And OH MY GOD! It’s rifle season!You ain’t just gonna dig those pellets out.;)</p>
<p>“I Hate the word Snarky. It is a new buzz word.”</p>
<p>But 1sokkermom…it’s just so fun to saaay. 
And it’s fully of irony…the meaning is far more severe than the actual ridiculous sound of the word.</p>
<p>I’ll be stuck with it for awhile I fear.</p>
<p>Well, ldmom, Bill might be “unscathed”, but I haven’t seen him winning any elections lately.</p>
<p>And Hillary?–I am not a big fan of hers politically–just goes with the winning side, seems not to have any specific political convictions.</p>
<p>But, why should she be “scathed” by Bill’s actions? I always thought of loyalty and forgiveness were, you know, positive traits. Actually, the thing I do admire about her was the class with which she got through that whole sorry mess. I"d hate to think we’re going to start holding women responsible for their husbands’ betrayal of them.</p>
<p>garland - I read an interesting excerpt about Hillary and the whole Monica mess. A very cynical take, I’ll admit…but the gist was Hillary knew about Monica for months and that she didn’t care about her or the others. But she used the incident to soften her image and make her more palatable to voters. Looks like it worked too.</p>
<p>But… I was referencing OTHER scandals involving Hillary like Whitewater, Travelgate…and fiascos like her failed health care initiative. My point being, if Hillary and Bill Clinton can retain positive public opinion despite embarrassing foul ups, why can’t Rudy?</p>
<p>Even Rush is happy </p>
<p>Now I’m liberated from having to constantly come in here every day and try to buck up a bunch of people who don’t deserve it, to try to carry the water and make excuses for people who don’t deserve it.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_110806/content/rush_on_a_roll.guest.html[/url]”>http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_110806/content/rush_on_a_roll.guest.html</a></p>
<p>Well, I’d like to know how someone could KNOW how she felt. </p>
<p>But as far as the other stuff, I’m not clear on how Hillary was involved in Whitewater, or if anyone conclusively proved anything there in general. Travelgate seems like a totally artificial construct entirely. As far as the health care “fiasco”, the fiasco to me was that she relied on still using insuracne companies rather than asingle payer system which is obviously the way to go from both a money-saving and health-providing point. My H sat on a planning committee at the White House at the time, and was sorry to see it go so awry from what it could have been.</p>
<p>But that’s probably not what you meant by fiasco!</p>
<p>Good link simba. </p>
<p>I’m one conservative who is also happy that Republicans can finally see that extremists like Rush HURT what is a legitimate movement with legitimate ideas. I’ve been saying this for years to my husband, the Rush fan (now EX-Rush fan). Now he gets it and I hope other Republicans will as well. Rush has made enough money off us all; so why can’t he retire, pour himself a pina colada, enjoy his water view and spare us all the penalities of his blatherings.</p>
<p>btw…another plus of these elections. Now I won’t get into my car, after my husband has driven it, to find my radio switched from Classic Rock to that durned Rush Limbaugh show…lol!</p>
<p>again garland…my point being…about Rudy and surviving public embarrassment…</p>
<p>Yeah, I do get it, but I think that with Rudy, it’s not just about public embarrassment. It’s for things he did that he will not get elected, not for the embarrassment he caused. Beyond that, he’s not very likable.</p>
<p>My Rudy story: His kid was playing football against our HS. His body guards asked tht he be allowed to use the fieldhouse restrooms rather than the public ones. He was refused–no parents or other members of the public are allowed in. So, he p***ed on the nearest tree instead. Our students would be in trouble if they did that.</p>
<p>Rush doesn’t want to sip Pina Coladas. He wants to pop <em>prescription</em> addicting drugs. :)</p>
<p><em>cough</em> <em>cough</em></p>
<p>^ Hey…if it will shut him up, I won’t call the cops…:)</p>
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Well, I wouldn’t hold my breath for bipartisanship in Washington, when people choose to use this kind of aggressive language on a simple BBS. I don’t care what TD’s opinions are – they are his, and he has a right to them. But I do think it’s pretty silly when he makes grandiose claims about how Democrats are now going to treat Republicans. If any of us truly had that kind of influence in national politics, we wouldn’t be spending so much time on CC. :eek:</p>
<p>Not to worry sjmom. </p>
<p>Certainly, the castrati have the highest pitched voice in the opera; but it is the rare castrati that will actually have the balls to back up their singing. [that deserves a big smiley:)]</p>
<p>I don’t particularly like it when a politician’s personal life is held up for public scrutiny (and Rudy has blatant incidents of other nasty behavior) but in today’s Republican Party the Donna Hanover thing will likely become a lead weight for a Presidential campaign; moreover, too many people know about his situation with his female mayoral chief aide. Finally, remember that Rudy wholeheartedly recommended [business partner and former Police Chief] Bernard Kerik for homeland security chief. That’s CONVICT Bernard Kerik. The same Bernard Kerik who had an illegal alien cleaning his house. Come winter in New Hampshire and Iowa, Republicans Mitt Romney and George Pataki won’t wait to remind reporters of Rudy’s problems.</p>