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The Metrosexual Nine & Gore's Endorsement

by JohnHuang2

Democrat presidential hopeful John Edwards recently told a crowd of Iowans that, to win the White House, a candidate must frame his campaign, not around anger, but around optimism. "We don't need more anger in this campaign; we need answers," said the Breck Girl, rookie U.S. Senator from North Carolina. Candidates must look to the future, not dwell on the past.

To show he really, really means it, Edwards on Saturday blasted the President, angrily accusing Bush of stealing the 2000 election in Florida. (Bush apparently accomplished this theft by outrageously getting more voters to the polls than Al Gore).

"We will never forget what happened to Al Gore and Joe Lieberman almost three years ago," declared a forward-looking Edwards, offering delegates to Florida's state convention more anger in this campaign. "We had more votes. We won!" he bellowed. The audience erupted into cheers (It then became apparent there weren't many fans of Katherine Harris in this crowd).

Vowing to avenge Florida 2000, Edwards told the 5,000 convention delegates that "Democrats will win the White House back the old-fashion way -- by counting every vote." Counting every vote unless they're military votes. Democrats like John Edwards believe so deeply in this principle of counting every vote that they fight tooth and nail daily in the U.S. Senate to block counting every vote. They do this through filibusters. (The only thing more ambitious than building a democracy in Iraq is building a democracy in the Senate).

In the mid-term elections last November, Democrats in Florida came close to avenging Election 2000, with Gov. Jeb Bush barely crushing Democrat challenger Bill McBride by 14 percentage points -- 57 percent to 43 percent -- and Republicans barely sweeping Democrats from all statewide offices. Setting aside all these landslide Democrat defeats, it was close! So close, in fact, that Democrats vow to almost defeat Jeb Bush again in 2006 (oh wait, he can't run again -- term limits).

(Democrats say Gore won Florida but the U.S. Supreme Court stopped the "recount." Democrats also note that Gore lost Florida because of Green Party candidate Ralph Nader, who drained votes from Gore).

White House hopeless John F. Kerry also blasted the President, angrily accusing Bush of stealing the 2000 election in Florida. "Florida is the place where America's democracy was wounded," said Kerry, who served in Vietnam. It was then that Kerry stunned convention delegates by revealing a deeply kept secret: That he served in Vietnam!

Seeking a more ennobling and edifying campaign approach than his rivals, Kerry has recently taken to using the F-word in his sharp attacks on Bush. (More ennobling still, expect to see rapper Eminem as Kerry campaign spokesman any day now). Asked to apologize by White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card, the Kerry campaign took the high road, claiming Bush made him do it because Bush may have used the F-word in 1999. Kerry also noted that he served in Vietnam -- and that Bush didn't. (In all honesty, did I expect John Kerry to go off to the Left and say, 'I'm against everything Bush'? Sure. Did I expect John Kerry to [expletive] it up as badly as he did? I don't think anybody did).

Tired former Army General Wesley Clark, addressing the convention from 15,000 ft above, also blasted the President, angrily accusing Bush of stealing the 2000 election in Florida. "I never thought that the front line for democracy would be in the United States, and in this beautiful state," he said, claiming he witnessed "the taking" of the presidency by Bush in Election 2000. So appalled, so horrified was Clark at the GOP's "taking" of democracy, that he slipped into shock on the night of the "taking". The state of shock lasted 3 years. During this period, Clark unknowingly gave GOP fund-raising speeches (captured on video) and sang the praises of Bush and top aids, recovering from shock just in time to run for president. "I'm very glad we've got a great team in office, men like Colin Powell, Don Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice ... people I know very well -- our president George W. Bush. We need them there," Clark declared at a GOP fundraising dinner in Little Rock back in May, 2001. But that doesn't count because Clark was in shock at the time. He was still in shock 8 months later, when he lavished even more praise on the Bush administration. In a speech at Harding University in Arkansas (also captured on video), he said this: "I tremendously admire, and I think we all should, the great work done by our commander-in-chief, our president, George Bush." (To be fair, Clark, NATO commander under Clinton, says he really "wasn't a public figure" when he said those nice things about Bush. He really, really wanted to condemn Bush for stealing the election, and would've if he could, but he couldn't because -- other than a CNN gig and the lecture circuit -- he had no public platform. An odd explanation because, as CNN military analyst, Clark commanded a mammoth audience -- sometimes as many 20 fat couch potatoes). Anyway, "I believe that this country needed to move on," said Clark, and that's why he raised money for a party that he said stole the White House.

"Everything that you care about ... is vanishing," thundered Rep. Dick Gephardt, newly pasted eyebrows falling off as he pounded the podium in anger. "Our good jobs are vanishing. Our civil rights are vanishing. Our clean air and clean water is vanishing." (Bush is on the phone all day ordering companies to layoff workers, while Karl Rove dumps loads of arsenic in drinking water! Creating as much unemployment as possible, poisoning the air and water -- what marvelous techniques for winning elections!). And if losing good jobs, civil rights, clean air and clean water weren't bad enough, even "Osama bin Laden has vanished. Saddam Hussein has vanished," said Gephardt (I want my bin Laden back!). "There is only one way to fix the problem," noted Gephardt, whose top advisers includes noted scholar Barbra Streisand. "We've got to make George Bush vanish!" The crowd went wild. But in case you think those words don't resonate beyond that crowd, think again: Al-Qaeda cheered as well.

Meanwhile, Howard Dean, dean of Metrosexuals, got the coveted endorsement of fellow Metrosexual Al Gore (strange -- don't Democrats say Gore's the 'real' president? Shouldn't Gore be running for a second term?). The move by Gore, announced Tuesday morning at a fundraiser in Harlem, could broaden Dean's appeal from hard-Left-grassy-knoll-kook-antiwar to harder-Lefter-grassy-knoller-kooker-antiwar.

"I have come to the conclusion that in a field of great candidates, one candidate clearly now stands out," said Gore, as right-wing extremists on Wall Street drove the Dow above 10,000, all to make Gore and Dean look bad and Bush look good on the economy. (For the record, Al did not kiss Dean for nearly 3 minutes during the endorsement).

"So," said Gore, "I am asking all of you to join in this great movement to elect Howard Dean president of the United States." To the other '04 Titans in this field of Titans, Gore says "keep (your) eyes on the prize. This nation cannot afford to have four more years of a Bush administration." (Democrats aren't the only ones who cannot afford to have 4 more years of Bush. Neither can Al-Qaeda).

"This is huge," declared Donna Brazile, who engineered Gore's brilliant 30-state defeat 3 years ago. She added that "It gives Dean what Dean has been missing most: Stature." A silly thing to say of a former governor of MEGA-state Vermont. Dean's command of foreign policy already is formidable. So formidable, he recently offered Bush poignant advice on dealing with the Soviet Union. I think he even knows how many are actively serving in the military. (Hubby to wife: Honey, can't wait to entrust our security to the Deanie-Babies! Kewl!).

To be fair, Democrats say we aren't any safer today than before 9/11. So unsafe is America today, that Democrats in Florida chose an obscure, little-known location to hold their convention: Disney World. Democrats also accuse Bush of manufacturing fear about another 9/11, as if America weren't any safer today than before 9/11. Fear is just a ploy to get re-elected!

On a radio show recently, Dean linked Bush to 9/11, claiming there are theories that Bush got advance warning from the Saudis. His gaffe ignited a firestorm, forcing Dean to quickly retract.

Which begs the question: Why is Dean so gaffe-prone?

There are many theories about it. The most interesting theory that I've heard so far -- which is nothing more than a theory, it can't be proved -- is that his brain never gets advance warning before he shoots his mouth off. Now who knows what the real situation is?

;-)

Anyway, that's...

My two cents

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Stopping in to say Hello and to say Good Night to all

[MEG33]

Hi and Bye!

[WVNan]

Hi and bye 2.

[WVNan]

Hi and bye to you too MEG. I'm headed for bed early. Had a busy day. If you get time, check out post #362 at the Canteen. It explains why I'm sleepy, with pictures.

[MEG33]

Will do,Nan.

[MEG33]

Lump in throat,Nan.Thank you for seeing the troops off,Nan.God bless them and keep them safe.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Thanks for the reminder, Dutchess and Merry Christmas to you all.

[JulieRNR21]

Don't forget this year to keep the One who started this whole Christmas thing in your every thought, deed, purchase, and word. If we all did it, just think of how different this whole world would be.

Driving around my community, you will see houses covered with twinkling lights, prancing reindeer in lights, huge inflated Santas and Snowmen (yes, snowmen in Florida) but NOT one Manger scene of the Nativity of Jesus.

We wanted to find a way to remind people passing by our house that Christmas is about the Birth of Christ.

Here's what my husband & I decided to do:

We have a large oval wicker basket with handles (a wicker laundry basket would also work). We filled with straw-like mulch from WalMart ($1.75 for a bag) . Then I went to the Goodwill Store and got a big (about 18 inches long) baby doll for $3.99. We wrapped the 'baby' in swaddling clothes (white towel) and made a gold halo from wire ribbon to put around his head.

We plan to put our Manger with Baby Jesus in front of some shrubs in our front yard and light it with a spotlight.

Just imagine if 10% of Christians put a 'Nativity' basket in their front yards what a message that would send this Christmas. While the ACLU is fighting to keep Nativity scenes out of public places....we can remind people of the real meaning of Christmas by creating our own Nativity scenes on our own property!

[The Thin Man]

Hang tough, TMan...to phorgive is divine.

Oh, I phorgive them, Lady. In phact I pity them. I'm more worried about you, knowing how you loathe injustice. :-)

[JohnHuang2]

President Bush, denounced by Old Europe and Old Europe Democrats as a Yankee Imperialist Invader Plundering Iraq For Profit, Thursday came under even harsher attack, with Old Europe saying it wants in on Bush's Yankee-Imperialist-Invader-Plundering-Iraq-For-Profit schemes -- or else (or else they'll stump their feet and go crying to Kofi Annan, which they did). Germany, Russia, Canada and France -- wonderful U.S. allies who fought the U.S.-led effort to topple Saddam -- complain that Bush hurt their feelings by keeping them from making money with U.S.-financed Iraq reconstruction projects, totaling $18.6 billion. Old Europe calls it an outrage that the U.S. would reward countries which helped the U.S. by sending soldiers and money to Iraq -- while denying U.S. taxpayer money to countries which sent neither soldiers nor money to Iraq.

But don't get Old Europe wrong, says Old Europe, which hotly denies it's only interested in the money. No way. They say all they want is to help Bush succeed in Iraq -- really! But now, with their feelings so terribly hurt, Old Europe may even say no to restructuring Iraqi debt (money Old Europe wasn't going to see anyway). But this has nothing to do with money either -- honest!

Sen. John F. Kerry, whom rumor has it served in Vietnam, strongly backed the French position. "I think limiting (expletive) contracts ... is an enormous (expletive) mistake. I think it (expletive) borders on the (expletive) stupid," said the Old Europe Democrat and '04 contender Thursday, campaigning in his home state of Massachusetts, with polls in neighboring New Hampshire showing him locked in a tight race with the flu outbreak. Kerry, furious that Bush would shut out Old Europe from Iraq reconstruction money, voted to shut out the U.S. from Iraq reconstruction money in a recent Senate vote (the vote on the $87 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan).

Like Old Europe, Democrats say it's shocking that Bush would seek to make any distinction between countries which helped and countries which didn't help topple Saddam. Democrats say the U.S. must offer Old Europe an Olive Branch and try to make up for all the harm Old Europe tried to inflict on us. (Democrats also say it's shocking that Bush decided to rescind tariffs on European steel -- this is no time to offer Europe any Olive Branches!)

"Let me make sure everybody understands," said Bush, answering questions from reporters at the Cabinet Room Thursday, that "men and women from our country, who proudly wear our uniform, risked their life to free Iraq. Men and women from other countries, in a broad coalition, risked their lives to free Iraq. And the expenditure of U.S. dollars will reflect the fact that U.S. troops and other troops risked their life."

"Sir," said one reporter, "Chancellor Schroeder says international law must apply in this case. What's your understanding of the law?"

"International law? I better call my lawyer," Bush shot back. "He didn't bring that up to me," said Bush, alluding to a telephone conversation Wednesday with the German leader, who took the occasion to complain about not being able to make any money from U.S. reconstruction contracts. (But it's not about the money -- honest!)

Frankly, I think this whole brouhaha could be put to bed in a heartbeat. Wanna get the French uninterested in Iraq reconstruction money? Tell 'em...

*No Iraq reconstruction money may be used to rebuild statutes of Saddam
*No Iraq reconstruction money may be used to rebuild Saddam's torture chambers
*No Iraq reconstruction may be used for military aid to the Fedayeen
*Remind the French Iraq is a war-zone
*Some Iraq reconstruction money must be used to erect statutes of George W. Bush

If that doesn't work, if the Democrats are still angry, tell the French they'll get reconstruction money just as soon as Howard Dean unseals his records in Vermont.

;-)

Anyway, that's...
My two cents...
"JohnHuang2"

[JohnHuang2]

Absolutely AWESOME JOB, Billie! :-) You never cease to amaze me ;-)

[JohnHuang2]

Thank you, friend

[LadyX]

"Oh, I phorgive them, Lady. In phact I pity them. I'm more worried about you, knowing how you loathe injustice. :-)"

'Tis true - I do dislike injustice, especially when it is unprovoked and undeserved.
However, right must rule, and worthy causes are - well - worthy..:))

Chin up, dear Thinny....ever onward we go....phull steam ahead...

[JohnHuang2]

Thanks :-)

[JohnHuang2]

Why, thank you, my friend :-)

[LadyX]

AHA!!
You sneaked in a Bonus Read for us - Hooray!!

[JohnHuang2]

Oh, and (((((((((dansangel!)))))))))))

[JohnHuang2]

Yep ;-) Great to see ya, my friend :-)

(Look forward to feasting on your latest 'Dear John' letter ;-)

[JohnHuang2]

Perhaps it depends on WHICH brain Dean is using ...

hehehe! Good one, my friend ;-)

[JohnHuang2]

Billie to Calpernia:

Are you still covered with snow there?

Well, just thought you'd might like to know that we're still not covered with snow here in Miami ;-)