The Guild 3-8-2004 Kerry 1997:The administration-don't believe that they need the U.N.

[BigWaveBetty]

I'm going to take a guess and say your SIL is steamed, first by having to settle for Kerry a guy she really doesn't know much about (She is so worried a big ole dirty shoe is going to drop, you hinted at it tonight). Second, GWB is an effective leader and three, in order for her candidate to be worthy of electing, things must go badly for America. Economy is in very good shape, jobs to follow soon, good news for America, bad news for Dems. Despite the poor reporting from Iraq good things are happening there, they have the first ever constitution in an Arab country!!! Good news for America, bad news for dems.

And that's just a scratch of the surface. If I were a dem I'd have a special vest filled with Sauvignon Blanc and plenty of straws.

[BigWaveBetty]

Last week:

"I believe this administration just helped overthrow, basically overthrow, a democratically elected president," Vanessa Kerry, 27, said during a campaign stop at Stony Brook University. "We basically, in our silence, allowed him to be deposed."

The latest vacant quote from the Vacuous Vanessa:

The Boston Globe quotes Vanessa Kerry, daughter of John: "Every candidate has an Achilles' heel, but George Bush is a walking Achilles' body."

What will dad have to say about this?

Since Vanessa brought it up, who in Greek Mythology would be comparable to her dad John?

Hmmmmm, who could it be? How about:

Ajax the Lesser

A son of Oileus, King of Locris. He was one of the heroes in the Trojan War, but had severe character flaws, such as being arrogant, boastful and quarrelsome. He captured Cassandra, a daughter of King Priam, and raped her. He earned the enmity of his Greek allies because of this and left Troy to return home. His ship sunk in a storm but he survived. He boasted, long and loud about his escape, only to incur the wrath of Poseidon, who cast him back into the sea where he drowned.

[Iowa Granny]

Good Morning.

[Carolina]

Vanessa...

Wow, you are, basically, a twit.

[BigWaveBetty]

I guess not even an expensive education can help some people. Bless her heart.

Is Kerry able to fit in anywhere? Here at a St. Patrick's Day Parade...

And with his other people...

Prime Minister Ehud Barak meets with Friend of Zion Honorees Teresa Heinz and Senator John Kerry.

[BigWaveBetty]

Good morning, well maybe not so much for Martha. Here an interview from 2000 sheds some light on Martha's perceived invincibility.

PAGESIX - March 13, 2004 -- WE won't have to worry about Martha Stewart (above) getting abused by other inmates when she goes to prison. IWantMedia.com has dug up the September 2000 issue of O magazine in which the empress of entertaining was interviewed by Oprah Winfrey. Oprah: "How has the way you think about yourself brought you to this point in your life?" Martha: "I can almost bend steel with my mind. I can bend anything if I try hard enough. I can make myself do almost anything. But you can get too strong like that, so you have to be careful. You have to temper your strength." Oprah: "Do you think you are stronger than you need to be?" Martha: "I'm even physically stronger than I have to be." The feds better reinforce the bars on their windows.

[mountaineer]

Mr. M and I have been discussing last night's events, and are totally perplexed by his sister's inexplicably rude, hostile, irrational behavior toward me. What am I saying? The explanation is simple - she's a liberal.

In other news:

THE next California gubernatorial election could be called "Meathead vs. the Terminator." While participating in an interview for Elle magazine about Laurie David, Rob Reiner slipped and told Katie Rosman he was considering a run for governor against Arnold Schwarzenegger. Reiner, who has spoken of his political ambitions before but backed away from them during Gray Davis' term, quickly changed the subject when Rosman pressed him for more, not wanting to tip his hand. (PageSix)

Things not to do when you're on trial:

When a defendant belligerently suggested that Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Shawndya Simpson perform a sex act on him, her honor came back with a less than honorable retort: "You're too small for me," said Simpson, a former Brooklyn district attorney, sources said. full story

[mountaineer]

Friend of Zion? What's wrong with that picture?

[BigWaveBetty]

PAGESIX - March 13, 2004 -- THE next California gubernatorial election could be called "Meathead vs. the Terminator." While participating in an interview for Elle magazine about Laurie David, Rob Reiner (above) slipped and told Katie Rosman he was considering a run for governor against Arnold Schwarzenegger. Reiner, who has spoken of his political ambitions before but backed away from them during Gray Davis' term, quickly changed the subject when Rosman pressed him for more, not wanting to tip his hand.

Good luck Meathead, here's what you're up against...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (news - web sites) is surrounded by hundreds of Army National Guard troops preparing to deploy to Iraq (news - web sites), during a visit to the Army's National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Calif., Friday, March 12, 2004. Schwarzenegger's appearance came as members of the National Guard's 81st Separate Armor Brigade was gearing up to head to Iraq, where they will conduct security operations, serve as military police and provide humanitarian assistance. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

[BigWaveBetty]

Hey, he's a dem, what more does he need?

Sen. John Kerry's on his way, Jewish backers say

[mountaineer]

That Schwarzenegger pic reminded me of something else from last night. SIL started railing on Arnold for having used Botox when 1) I had never said a word about Kerry's botox; 2) We weren't even talking about Arnold (who isn't running for president, and if he has used Botox, probably would admit it, unlike the lying Ketchup Boy); 3) It was irrelevant to anything else she was harping about; and 4) I was trying studiously to talk about anything but politics. What a hellish evening.

[daisyscarlett]

What does Taraza have on in #145-a mini skirt? or shorts?

"Yes, we have been referred to as the Brady Bunch, minus Cindy or Jan."kerry clan

[mountaineer]

Interesting Wesley Pruden commentary from yesterday. Here's an excerpt:

The 2004 election is pivotal in the ambitions of the Clintons, who have successfully embedded sleeper agents across the party landscape. If Hillary has ambitions to recover the White House for the fun couple, it's necessary to make sure there is no Kerry presidency — unless she is a part of it. If she is a part of it, as the putative vice president, she will allow Monsieur Kerry only a share of the limelight.

If she is not a part of the "Love-bug ticket" — emulating the tiny Gulf coastal marshflies (Plecia nearctica) who fly locked in permanent embrace, the smaller male backward with the larger, stronger female in control of the flight plan — there probably won't be a Kerry presidency. [What an analogy!] There might not be one even with her help. Life can be unfair, flying backward.

The controlling arithmetic is simple and cast in iron. Hillary is 57 now. Four years hence she will be 61, moving swiftly past the shady side of prime for Hollywood leading ladies, high-fashion consultants and female presidential candidates. Rest of column

[BigWaveBetty]

That mean old SIL! You need some good stuff to cancel out the bad.

[Timeout]

SIL is obviously a true liberal...she looks down her nose at conservatives, thinking they're racist, bible-thumping, illiterate and don't understand "nuance". In my experience, pubbies disdain liberals for their IDEAS. Libs disdain conservatives for who they are and where they live...that is, for merely existing!

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Here's an antidote...a great article in Newsday about Dubya's visit to the 9/11 memorial on Thursday:

Bush's ability to relax and disarm even some people ill-disposed to his policies and performance was on full display. That was clear at a groundbreaking.

After turning over the first shovel of dirt, Bush walked toward the families at the ceremony. Perhaps drawn to the large portrait of a young firefighter that she carried, Bush first sought out Pat Kiefer, whose son Michael perished at the World Trade Center.

Bush didn't know that Mrs. Kiefer held him responsible for her son's death. "I don't have any problems with the ads," she later told me, referring to footage of Ground Zero in Bush's commercial. "He's trying to show he was there after the attack, and he was, but I'll never forgive him for not doing something before it happened."

But as the police bagpipers played Amazing Grace, she recounted that the most powerful man in the world put his arm around her shoulder and looked into her eyes as they talked about her son's love of firefighting. "He's a handsome boy," Bush said before moving on to the next survivor. "It's obvious where he got his looks."

Bush, she said, made her giggle and blush. She never told him what was on her mind.

If yesterday was a practice session in a state he can't win, Bush showed he can still pitch with the best of them.

[BigWaveBetty]

a mini skirt? or shorts?

I can't tell, the picture is from 1999. Other pictures in that grouping include a group dressed casually to go on a helicopter ride but I don't see Teresa in the crowd.

It really doesn't matter does it, mini skirt or shorts, both inappropriate. I would have expected better manners but lest we forget, "Teresa is exotic!"

[MaeWest]

The explanation is simple - she's a liberal

Bingo. I really think the situation is pushing a lot of them over the edge. They don't deal well with reality. If it is any consolation, you are not alone. We have friends and relatives who have turned out to be very fragile and sad human beings.

[MaeWest]

What does Taraza have on in #145-a mini skirt? or shorts?

Poor dear certainly doesn't have "the bee's knees", does she? Apparently her plastic surgeon hasn't gotten to that area yet.

[Endeavor]

Isn't she supposed to be in medical school at Harvard? Is she taking a leave from school or do Harvard medical students simply get their training from the kids game, "Operation?"

[BigWaveBetty]

Pure gold that analogy! And Wes didn't even include the part that the little nasties have acid for innards and will eat the paint down the metal when they splat on your car.