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But When Will Troops Return? - Jimmy Breslin Is Less Than Excited About Kerry/Edwards
Newsday.com ^ | July 30, 2004 | Jimmy Breslin

Posted on 07/30/2004 5:01:00 AM PDT by O.C. - Old Cracker

Ralph Greenberg called, at 8 a.m. yesterday, as he has on every single solitary day since 1968. Sometimes, he calls two and three times over the day, with his last call always at 8 p.m.

If my wife answers the phone in the morning, he says, "Let me speak to Jimmy."

If I answer the phone, Ralph says, "Let me speak to Ronnie."

This time, she answered and handed the phone to me. He began, as he has for months, "When are you coming to see me?"

He lives in a group home in Woodstock.

I tried to get him off that right away. "What did you think of Edwards?" I asked.

"Not much."

"What makes you say that?"

"Edwards said he was on the intelligence committee. But he didn't tell us they were going to bomb us. When are you coming to take me for a hot roast beef sandwich and mashed potatoes and a chocolate sundae? Edwards had a new slogan. Hope. He had all the signs printed and they held them up. Is that what he does all the time?"

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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: breslin; dncconvention; iraq; jimmybreslin; kerry; ralphgreenberg; withdrawal

Special hydraulic podium and its adorning seal
designed by Teresa Heinz-Kerry.
(Can you imagine having to watch John Kerry as
he rehearsed for this?)

1 posted on 07/30/2004 5:01:04 AM PDT by O.C. - Old Cracker
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When are you coming to take me for a hot roast beef sandwich and mashed potatoes and a chocolate sundae?

This is my favorite line from the article.

2 posted on 07/30/2004 5:07:23 AM PDT by O.C. - Old Cracker (When the cracker gets old, you wind up with Old Cracker. - O.C.)
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To: O.C. - Old Cracker

Notice that the projected picture of Kerry is not of him standing at the podium. The two don't match. It's a still photo. These guys are nuts.


3 posted on 07/30/2004 5:09:44 AM PDT by O.C. - Old Cracker (When the cracker gets old, you wind up with Old Cracker. - O.C.)
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It looks like a clip from those old sci-fi conspiracy movies of the '70s. Who thought this was a good idea? Can you imagine the media screams if that were Pres. Bush in that pose with that background? That's all we'd be hearing from the frothing talking heads today.


4 posted on 07/30/2004 5:16:12 AM PDT by kittymyrib
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Spot on. But the yahoos in the media keep lamenting the divide in our country. I guess they think if they keep raising the volume that we will accept their lies and go back to sleep. Not likely. My family's life is at stake.


5 posted on 07/30/2004 5:22:18 AM PDT by O.C. - Old Cracker (When the cracker gets old, you wind up with Old Cracker. - O.C.)
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Notice that the projected picture of Kerry is not of him standing at the podium. The two don't match. It's a still photo. These guys are nuts.
There's actually a delay between live, and what is projected.
It's in the processing equipment to get the picture from the camera onto the led wall.
Not to say these guys aren't nuts, however.
6 posted on 07/30/2004 5:35:41 AM PDT by BigLittle
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To: O.C. - Old Cracker

Breslin passed "boring" a couple of decades ago. He is as irrelevant as Newsday.


7 posted on 07/30/2004 5:40:36 AM PDT by aculeus
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To: O.C. - Old Cracker

That's a pretty pathetic salute. If my army DS ever saw me present something that limp-wristed, I would have been doing some push-ups!


8 posted on 07/30/2004 7:16:19 AM PDT by Klatuu
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To: O.C. - Old Cracker
THE MAN FROM HOPE
9 posted on 07/30/2004 8:58:25 AM PDT by Mia T (Stop Clintons' Undermining Machinations (The acronym is the message.))
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