A Few Of FR's Finest....Every Day....12-02-03...Holiday Contest Thread: Rumsfield Doll

12/02/003 | FreeTheHostages

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HARK! Welcome to a holiday contest thread.

The prize is a talking doll. But wait, it gets better!
	Secretary Rumsfield is doing the talking! Ah, Rummy, he tells it like it is.  Click here to see a sample of things the doll can say!

Santa sees all, knows all.     Cool Christmas gifts for Rumsfield?   You betcha.  But here’s a more perplexing question: Whatever will Rummy get for the press corps?


How does Donald Rumsfield really feel about THEM?  He probably can't say.   The press corps, being the inexperienced, naive, childlike people that they are, may determine how much Rumsfield really loves them by the Christmas gift he gives them.


So, let's do some fictitious shopping for our beloved Secretary of Defense.  Pretend the President has given you leave to get them what you *really* want to get them.  Best answer wins the doll!

Examples of Gifts From Rummy, To Press Corps, With Luv
Recompense for their thoughts	A Texas snowglobe?
A good gift for Sam Donaldson	Remember, it's the thought that counts . . .
Got the idea?  Good.  So it's your turn: what should Secretary Rumsfield get for his beloved crop of youngsters in the Pentagon press room?

The Rules
1. There are no rules! Everything is subject to change on the merest whim. Needless to say, this contest is not affiliated with the ownership of Free Republic and is run by just me.


The Guidelines
1. Post by 22:00 hours (10 p.m. EST --Rumsfield-time!) your description of what Rumsfield should get for the Fourth Estate.  In this fictious gift-giving contest, you can use words, graphics, sounds, and/or an unlimited ficitious budget.  Your contest entry can describe a gift to the entire press corps or you can select one member to receive Sec. Rumsfield’s gift.

2. Winner will be announced on this thread at 23:00 hours.

3. Humor counts.   Conservatism counts.   Picking on the artwork of The Thin Man counts.   In short, everything counts.   Including how much alcohol I have imbibed at the time of judging.   Oh, and if you have to ask if bribes count, then you don't know me well enough to get me the perfect gift anyway.

4. As always, no complaining that the judge (me) is a raving lunatic.   Everyone already knows that.   Bor-r-r-r-ing.   As per last year, no whining if you lose just ‘cause your entry was clearly better: remember, when the judge is an idiot, there’s no shame in losing.   So enter once, enter often, have a ball.

5. The possibility exists of runner-up prizes and awards.   The possibility also exists that if you don’t want a the Rumsfield doll and would prefer a Coulter doll, I just might have access to one for ya.  Or not.  Depends on my mood, really.

6. Don't post anything that our President and First Lady would disapprove of.


7. Oh, and no not entering because you're afraid of embarassing yourself.  That's the entire point of these contests and you'll have plenty of company!  Ho ho ho!





Just in case you're not motivated and somehow have lost the dander you usually put up when you see a member of the press corps, consider the fact that the ne'er-do-wells just yesterday gave TONS of cnn.com frontpage publicity to a "foot-in-mouth" award for Rumsfield given by a couple of unknown British quacks.  Unbelievably, the press corps is riding herd on the theory that the man can't talk no good!  We, on the other hand, understand perfectly this gem:

We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know.   But there are also unknown unknowns -- the ones we don't know we don't know.

It makes perfect sense to everyone except a Liberal and we recognize the Rumsfieldian humor and truth in the statement.  I personally hope this contest has many unknown unknowns!

And Merry Christmas, Secretary Rumsfield!  We understand you and you've been a very good boy this year!

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[FreeTheHostages]

Ya each earned an Honorable Mention in today's contest! Thanks so much for playing.

THANKS EVERYBODY for playing. The entries were, as per usual, GREAT!

Freepers ROCK!

Tgsltakoma, sorry you couldn't get to us before the end of the contest. I'll be back with another contest thread later this month.

[Calpernia]

Press = Wolf in sheep clothes.

Liberals trying to be patriotic

Press = liberals = liberal version of patriotism

Hidden agenda

It was really suppose to be funny. You can just ignore it.

[JulieRNR21]

Thank you, Free for coming up with such fun ideas for contests! And all the work you do to promote & monitor the contest.

[FreeTheHostages]

Ah~!! I GET IT!!

Sheesh, well, like I explained in the rules, I'm an idiot!

That is funny.

[FreeTheHostages]

You're very welcome and just as sweet as your cookies.

Of course, I do miss St.Louie1. Nothing's quite so much fun without him. Hope he gets better.

[JulieRNR21]

I agree....we sure all miss our dear sweet Wolfie....any update on how he is doing?

[SpookBrat]

I demand a recount! Oh.....I won something? You mean I really won? Woohoo! I hit 4 numbers on the lottery once, but besides that, this is the second time I've ever won something. Well, my greatest victory was winning my husband

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[SpookBrat]

Nan, I'm having computer troubles now. LOL Did you get my message about your computer?

[SpookBrat]

It worked! It worked! My note to you really helped me win. Thanks for showing up today so I could write a syrupy sweet (but sincere) letter to an old friend. God bless you.

(Honest to God, that was a sincere note. I wasn't trying to bribe anyone. I feel bad I didn't FReepmail it). LOL

[Mama_Bear]

Hi Julie! Always a delight to have you visit us here ay the Finest.

I heard from wolfie this morning. Not much news though. He has an appointment with a new doctor for a second opinion on Friday. (He wasn't happy with what his other doctor said regarding possible surgery to remove bone spurs.)

He has had such an awful time with his knee, poor thing, but says he is improving a bit. After six weeks he should be improving a bit more than "a bit", I think. He still has swelling and pain and can only sit at his computer for a few minutes at a time.

Free, what a great post and thread today! I haven't had a chance to read it all, but what I did read is just great. Love your sense of humor! We have such a wealth of talent on FR. :-)

[MeekOneGOP]

Congratulations, Miss Spookie !! YAY! :O)

[Aquamarine]

Congratulations Spooky, you worked hard for this. LOL!

Great job on the judging Free, you're very amusing. :)

[Donaeus]

You're on!! When are we going? LOL

[FreeTheHostages]

Thanks for the kind words.

[FreeTheHostages]

"Honest to God, that was a sincere note. I wasn't trying to bribe anyone"

Now, now, don't feel guilty. I like to launch into some extraneous point that's a diversion from the contest as a basis for my decisionmaking/judging on occasion. It helps everyone understand this is a game, not a competition.

In fact, usually the fact that you enter often doesn't help you with me -- just today I felt you were such a constant, cheerful presence it was going to count for something.

Some other day, jwfiv's cute nominaton of the Thin Man and The Thin Man's careful, repeated declarations that he did NOT want me to pick him might have tempted me to pick him.

It's all very arbitrary, I'm the first to concede it! So no winner's guilt at winning and no worry about losing. I'm most deliberately whimsical in my judging!

That said, I really did like ALL of your entries. MeekNMing's Helen Thomas pick is really funny. xp38 and dutchess had a zenlike simplicity and Rumsfeld humor to their entires. On a day where I was going to judge solely on being the most like Rumsfield, they might have come in nos. 1 and 2. It's all very, well, I guess the word I'm looking for is silly.

[FreeTheHostages]

Thank you all for playing. As exciting as it's been, I guess it's time to sleep. Good night!

[The Thin Man]

I want to compliment you Free on a fine contest and express my regret that your boss Billie didn't even bother to make an appearance. No compliments, no pat on the back. Pitiful, just pitiful.

I've tried time and time again to warn you about her and maybe now you'll listen. LOL!

Hopefully she won't insult you by using that old excuse about being unable to load the pages.

[The Thin Man]

Sorry TTM, you can't enter nor decline entry. JWFIV already declared you a Booby Prize :))

After that comment I'm glad you didn't win!

Loser, loser, loser!!!! LOL!

[The Thin Man]

Have a glass of wine, Free. And then decide :-) LOL....did I mention that The Thin Man is Mayor of Freeper Island

It appears that you thought you could win by mocking me. It didn't work! Hahaha!

[Calpernia]

Actually, I'm really very worried. Since I didn't even make an honorable mention, does that mean I won the Booby Prize?