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Why Some Presidential Candidates Are Being Called by their First Names Only? (vanity)
November 23 2007 | jveritas

Posted on 11/23/2007 7:22:32 PM PST by jveritas

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To: OCC

Do I really..Please elaborate!!


41 posted on 11/23/2007 9:19:28 PM PST by PROCON
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To: OCC

Are you sleeping..do you not know the definition of TROLL..am I a troll..pour your beer down the sink..get on the bandwagon..and CAN’t We all come together and be FRiends!!


42 posted on 11/23/2007 9:39:42 PM PST by PROCON
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To: PROCON

You have only been signed on a few weeks and seem to be antagonizing other posters for no reason. Perhaps you should put down the beer.


43 posted on 11/23/2007 9:46:20 PM PST by OCC
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To: Revolting cat!; jveritas

And don’t forget ‘Give ‘em Hell Harry’ (Truman). And contray to jveritas’s claim in 19, yes, there were campaign buttons ‘I like Ike’.

And just before hitting ‘post’, I thought of ‘Silent Cal’. (Coolidge).


44 posted on 11/23/2007 11:15:50 PM PST by PAR35
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To: jveritas

Because if we called them Thompson or Clinton, there would be confusion as to ‘which one’. And ‘Rudy’ was ‘Rudy’ before he ran for president. ‘Rudy’ requires less type space than ‘Mayor Giuliani’ &, since I don’t think the NYTimes likes him, I’m guessing that they probably thought they were being cute by using a diminutive.


45 posted on 11/24/2007 5:09:00 AM PST by elli1
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To: boop
I remember the cultural shock in our nation when a certain peanut farmer insisted to be called Jimmy and Not James Carter. More people used the phrase Jimmy Carter, then President Carter.

We had affectionally referred to President Eisenhower as Ike, but not Dwight. JFK was Jack Kennedy, not John Kennedy.

President Ford was just that, never Gerald, seldom Jerry.

President Nixon was Richard and seldom Dick, until he became Tricky Dick.

President Reagan was just that, never Ronald, and seldom Ron.

Both George Herbert Walker as well as George W Bush have done well going by George.

So there has been an increase in familiarity.

I think both Rudi and Fred work.

But it will remain Senator Barack Hussein Obama and

(Senator) Mrs. Bill Clinton

46 posted on 11/24/2007 5:40:48 AM PST by Dustoff45 (A non-posting Freeper produces fewer spelling errors)
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To: PROCON
Do you not know the definition of TROLL..am I a troll.

To begin with, the post I am replying to said:

CAN’t We all come together and be FRiends!!

That fairly REEKS of "Don't taze me, bro!"

FReepers don't talk like that.

To continue:

Your homepage said:

"Like minded people tend to flock together, so here I am at FR."

Conservatives typically don't talk of being "like minded people" or to use the word "flock". These are more usually associated with liberals' attempts to pigeonhole conservatives, the more easily to dispose of them.

And finally:

You use too many caps, especially in conjunction with words like "banish".

...and by the way, that's not the FReeper term for it.

If you had been a lurker, you'd have picked that up.

Conclusion:

Go back to DU and tell them your cover has been blown. ;-)

Do you like kitties?

Cheers!

47 posted on 11/24/2007 6:08:21 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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48 posted on 11/24/2007 6:10:14 AM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (“We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!” --Duncan Hunter)
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To: jveritas
I think it is really cheapening the race.

I think most of the frontrunning candidates are managing to do that all by themselves. What name we call them is the least of our problems.

49 posted on 11/24/2007 6:12:50 AM PST by NittanyLion
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To: jveritas

Have you seen any signs up that say “Clinton for President”? I haven’t. They all say “Hillary”. Obviously she and her handlers want it that way.


50 posted on 11/24/2007 6:56:21 AM PST by Past Your Eyes (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it.)
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To: jveritas
It a hollyweird status sumbol to be called by only one name. When you have “arrived” to mega star status the media calls you by only a single name or a made up name.

It just another one of Clinton Inc pathetic attempts to cover up Mrs Bill Clinton’s complete lack of any qualification to be President of the USA by manufacturing a phony image of glamor around her.

51 posted on 11/24/2007 7:14:42 AM PST by MNJohnnie (Ever notice that liberals are fierce in stealing YOUR money, while never paying their “fair share")
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To: PROCON
Internet Troll:

An Internet troll, or simply troll in Internet slang, is someone who intentionally posts controversial or contrary messages in an on-line community such as an on-line discussion forum or group with the intention of baiting users into an argumentative response.

52 posted on 11/24/2007 7:20:18 AM PST by MNJohnnie (Ever notice that liberals are fierce in stealing YOUR money, while never paying their “fair share")
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To: MNJohnnie

Exactly.


53 posted on 11/24/2007 8:22:30 AM PST by jveritas (God bless our brave troops and President Bush)
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To: Past Your Eyes
"Have you seen any signs up that say “Clinton for President”? I haven’t. They all say “Hillary”."

I thought they said "Hilarity".

54 posted on 11/24/2007 6:11:43 PM PST by boop (Who doesn't love poison pot pies?)
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To: PROCON

Not well said.


55 posted on 11/24/2007 8:26:45 PM PST by 386wt (Be free and don't die!)
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To: PROCON

What’s with the “we” and “us” garbage?

Your 3 week membership is hardly enough time to pronounce judgement or membership standing to anybody, n00b.

And watch it with the insults.

You’ve brought unwanted attention to yourself. You might want to be more careful in the future.


56 posted on 11/25/2007 2:05:23 PM PST by Admin Moderator
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To: Admin Moderator

LOL!
pwnt.


57 posted on 11/25/2007 2:06:58 PM PST by darkangel82 (And the band played on....)
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To: Admin Moderator; 386wt; MNJohnnie; grey_whiskers; OCC; Revolting cat!
I was a drunken IDIOT the other night, who for some reason thought he was to big for his britches.

I have insulted some of you, for that I am very, very sorry.

Please forgive me, my future posts will be of the nonalcoholic variety!!

58 posted on 11/25/2007 9:16:57 PM PST by PROCON
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To: PROCON
Apology accepted.

BTW, 386WT just happened to be the tail number of a dear old Piper Dakota airplane that I owned once. Spent many a blissful time flying all over this beautiful country in her.

59 posted on 11/25/2007 10:30:25 PM PST by 386wt (Be free and don't die!)
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To: 386wt

Neat!!

Although I have flown many times over the years,(as a passenger), I’ve never enjoyed it, turbulence, etc.

I admire you sky guys..you can get there quicker than me!! :)


60 posted on 11/25/2007 10:46:32 PM PST by PROCON
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