Posted on 08/28/2004 5:14:56 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty
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Godspeed to Iowa Granny and Hillary's Lovely Legs on their trip to the convention!
The radio host served as master of ceremonies at a Minnesota rally for President Bush 11 days ago. She regularly ridicules John Kerry as "very left-wing," Teresa Heinz Kerry as a flake and John Edwards (dubbed "Silky Pony") while chatting up a parade of mostly conservative guests. And she just as regularly lambastes what she calls "the media machine helping John Kerry."
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But the Kerry camp refuses to book guests on Ingraham's show. "She is a partisan," says spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter. "We prefer to spend our time talking to the mainstream media. The people Laura reaches are conservative Republicans who will never vote for John Kerry."
Ingraham, who has interviewed Kerry in the past, says he should definitely make time: "Maybe he can fit us in between hair appointments and his secret talks with world leaders who hate President Bush."
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I hadn't heard the "Silky Pony" reference to Edwards. Maybe Laura Ingraham won't mind if I amend that to 'My Pretty Silky Pony.'
Thanks for the update and the beautiful picture of Lady Liberty.
Good morning, everyone.
J, that indeed was the kiss! Just before he ducked through the door to exit the arena, he looked right up at our section of seats, smiled rather impishly and blew a kiss.
This week, while the president campaigns through battleground states and accepts the Republican Party nomination Thursday in New York City, Kerry has a quieter agenda. He'll kite-surf the Nantucket Sound breezes, ride his $6,000, U.S.-made racing bicycle and dine with wife Teresa Heinz Kerry at restaurants in this old whaling port.
The Kerrys don't plan to make news as they relax at their nine-bedroom, gray-shingled house. It's one of their five homes — the others are in Boston, Pittsburgh, Washington, D.C., and Ketchum, Idaho. The Cape Cod-style house and its private beach are on Hulbert Avenue near the Brant Point lighthouse. The house is bordered by tall hedges. It's hard for the 20,000 tourists crowding the island to see it except from the water.
During the Democratic convention, Kerry told his Navy crewmates from the Vietnam War that he'd enjoy taking them "out on the water" while the GOP staged its show. But such a visit wasn't organized. Complete story
I've been watching the convention opening and find it heartening that even in non-prime-time, our speakers include such luminaries as Ed Koch, Bloomberg, Marc Racicot, etc. It shows just how shallow the Dem bench is...in Boston, even the governor was a pubbie.
And MSNBC, in their all-week panel, couldn't find a better "GOP" rep than Pat Buchanan?! He left the GOP and ran against Bush as an independent, yet Chris puts him on as a supposed speaker for Republicans. I think there's a method to Chris' madness.
The spin on the Kerry girls booing in Miami is ridiculous...they turned it around to make it seem like it was the Bush twins who got booed. I followed this story as it was unfolding last night and the CNN version is ridiculous. I HATE CNN
From Cindy:
THE gossip around: Kitty Kelley's Bush family vivisection gets pub lished right after the convention, when residents return to civilization. It allegedly "has five major revelations." Supposedly, familial indiscretions naming names, places, times, etceteras. Plus W's documented missing year and service record. Link
Yawn. Since when was W missing from the guard for a year? Kitty missed this terrific piece from Byron York it seems.
The Facts about Bush and the National Guard
The latest sad attempt to tarnish GWB is from former Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes who claims he got GWB into the guard as he did for many other rich Texans.
But oops! Barnes wasn't Lt. Gov. until 1969, Bush joined in May of 1968.
The daughters of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry and President Bush made an appearance -- the Bush daughters on videotape -- to urge people to vote. Even the Rev. Al Sharpton made an appearance connected to voting -- not for the election, though, but for the Viewers Choice award.
A Brief History of Mankind.
The division of the human family into its two distinct branches
occurred some 10,000 years ago, when humans coexisted as members of small bands
of nomadic hunter/gatherers.
In the pivotal event of societal evolution, beer was invented. This
epochal innovation was both the foundation of modern civilization and
the occasion of the great bifurcation of humanity into its two distinct
subgroups: Liberals and Conservatives.
Once beer was discovered, it required grain, and that was the
beginning of agriculture. Neither the glass bottle or aluminum can had yet been
invented, so it was necessary to stick pretty close to the brewery. That's how
villages were formed.
Some men spent their days killing animals to barbecue at night while
they were drinking beer. This was the beginning of the conservative movement.
Other men who were weaker and less skilled at hunting, learned how to
live off conservatives by showing up for the BBQs every night and doing
women's work like sewing, fetching and hair dressing. This was the beginning of
the liberal movement. Later, some of the liberals actually became women.
Liberal achievements include the domestication of cats, invention of
group therapy and democratic voting to see how to divide the beer and meat
that the conservatives provided. Women were not interested in democracy at
that time because most of them were still women back then, and the
conservatives fed them.
Conservatives are symbolized by the largest, most powerful
land animal on earth. Liberals are symbolized by the jackass.
Modern Liberals like imported beer (they add lime), but most prefer
white wine or foreign water in a bottle. They eat raw fish but like their beef
well done. Sushi, tofu, and French food are on liberal menus. Their
women have more testosterone than the men.
Most social workers, personal injury attorneys, journalists, and group
therapists are Liberals. Liberals invented the designated hitter rule in
baseball because it wasn't "fair" to make the pitcher also bat.
Conservatives drink domestic beer. They eat red meat, and still
provide for their women. Conservatives are big-game hunters, rodeo cowboys,
lumber jacks, construction workers, medical doctors, police officers, corporate
executives, soldiers, athletes, and generally anyone who works
productively outside government.
Conservatives who own companies hire other conservatives who want to
work for a living.
Liberals do not produce anything. They like to "govern" the producers
and decide what is to be done with the production. Liberals believe
Europeans are more enlightened than Americans. That is why most of the liberals
just stayed in Europe when conservatives were coming to America.
The American cowboy, of course, is your basic, full-bore Conservative.
A hundred years ago, an Englishman visiting Texas was attempting to find
the owner of a huge cattle ranch. He rode up to one of the ranch hands, and
inquired, "Pardon me, but could you perhaps tell me where I might locate
your master?" To which the cowboy replied, "That sumbitch ain't been
born yet."
So shallow it would be impossible to get one's ankles wet.
I won't be able to take much of MSNBC, Ron Jr. creeps me out so badly with those vampire teeth. The crap that spills out over those horrid canines will cause me to throw something heavy at the TV. Then neighbors will call the police when they hear my screaming caused by Jr.'s intellectual elitist complex.
I'm not much of a Jr. fan and Matthews thinks he's the cat's meow for some unknown reason.
Roll call (of states) nomination of President Bush on CSPAN now. Watching for Michigan and HLL. I'd watch for IG, but don't know she looks like! (Very tastefully presented, I'm sure!)
More email:
(this might also be titled 'someone has too much time on their hands')
THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING. IT IS AMAZING HOW THIS COMES OUT AND I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT FIND IT INTERESTING.
11 has become to be a very interesting number. It could be a forced coincidence, but in any case this is interesting. You decide for yourself:
1) New York City has 11 letters.
2) Afghanistan has 11 letters.
3) Ramsin Yuseb (The terrorist who threatened the Twin Towers in 1993) has 11 letters.
4) George W. Bush has 11 letters.
This could be a mere coincidence... (Could it be?)
Now here is what is interesting...
1) New York is the State # 11
2) The first plane crushing against the Twin Towers was flight #11.
3) Flight # 11 was carrying 92 passengers Adding this number gives us: 9+2=11.
4) Flight # 77 who also hit the towers, was carrying 65 passengers Adding this: 6+5=11
5) The tragedy was on September 11, or 9/11. Adding this: 9+1+1=11
6) The date is equal to the emergency number 911. Adding this: 9+1+1=11
Now we have a very upsetting piece..
1) The total number of victims inside the planes are 254: 2+5+4=11
2) The day September 11 is day number 254 of the calendar year: 2+5+4=11
3) After September 11, there are 111 days more to the end of the year.
4) The tragedy of 3/11/2004 in Madrid also adds to: 3+1+1+2+4=11.
5) The tragedy in Madrid happened 911 days after the tragedy of the Twin Towers.
Spooky!!
Read on.....! This is really eerie,,,,,
This is something to think about!
Since America is typically represented by an Eagle. Saddam and Bin Laden should have read up on their Muslim passages...
The following verse is from the Quran, (the Islamic Bible).
Quran (9:11) -- For it is written that a son of Arabia would awaken a fearsome Eagle. The wrath of the Eagle would be felt throughout the lands of Allah and lo,
while some of the people trembled in despair still more rejoiced; for the wrath of the Eagle cleansed the lands of Allah; and there was peace.
Note the verse number!!!!!
HLL probably isn't there yet. She had a speech to give to the Republican Women of Congress.
The next time you look for her in the Michigan delegation look for lots of red hair, you can't miss her. :-)
Roll call suspended until "prime time" tonight. Will pick it up starting with Maine at that time.
I met IG a couple of years ago and I'm unable to recall exactly what she looks like. But, I'll know her if I see her!
JL, can you help TG out?
Bored, indeed!
(Oh no! That's eleven letters!)
(This one's a bit of a stretch:
"The tragedy of 3/11/2004 in Madrid also adds to: 3+1+1+2+4=11")
No! really? My Quran is at the cleaners so I can't look it up.
She was on a really bad cell so we didn't talk long but here's the skinny.
HLL is somewhere with Barbara Bush. She had lunch with Rick Lazio. When she met him before lunch HLL told him what she did to hilly at one of her book signings. He laughed and laughed and then asked HLL to sit with him at lunch. Cell got worse so she'll call back later.
Thanks anyway, BWB...I think Iowa has already "spoken".
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