Posted on 11/27/2004 2:30:55 PM PST by Pokey78
WASHINGTON — I've been surprised, out on the road, how often I get asked about my family. They're beyond red - more like crimson. My sister flew to West Virginia in October to work a phone bank for W.
People often wonder what our Thanksgiving is like.
It's lovely - if you enjoy hearing about how brilliant Ann Coulter is, how misguided The New York Times's editorial page is, and how valiant the president is as he tries to stop America's slide into paganism.
This year, my brothers were on the warpath about news reports that Maryland public schools did not teach about Thanksgiving from a religious perspective. "Who do they think the Pilgrims thanked?" demanded Martin. "God."
There are moments - when my brothers are sharing some snarky thing Rush Limbaugh said about me, or the latest bon mot from Pat Buchanan, with whom they grew up - that I'm tempted to stuff my ears with my mom's potato stuffing, or go off and read a book by David Sedaris about normal family life.
People often ask me why President Bush inspires such passionate support. My brother Kevin, a salesman who lives in Montgomery County, Md., can answer that; here is a recent e-mail message, trimmed for space, he sent to friends:
"Ladies and Gentlemen,
Now, just as four years ago, I breathe a huge sigh of relief and rejoice in the common sense of the American voting public. Congratulations to President Bush for winning re-election in a poker game played with a stacked deck. No candidate, including Richard Nixon, ever had to endure the biased and unfair tactics of our major media in their attempt to influence the outcome of an election. ... He never complained, just systematically set about delivering the same consistent message. You may remember that four years ago, I felt physically ill watching the Democrats try to legislate their way to the presidency. ...
A very big thank you to Michael Moore, Susan Sarandon, Rob Reiner, Bill Maher, Barbra Streisand, Alec Baldwin, Al Franken and Jon Stewart for your involvement. You certainly energized the base. Now, please have the courage of your convictions and leave the country.
To Bob Shrum - Cut your fee.
To Mike McCurry, Joe Lockhart and Paul Begala - You don't seem quite as smart without a great candidate.
To The New York Times and The Washington Post - If Bush and Reagan were so stupid, how did they both go four for four in elections involving two of our biggest states and the presidency without your endorsement?
We do not live in a secular country. There are all sorts of people of faith that place moral values over personal freedoms. They are not all 'wacky evangelicals.' They are people who don't like Howard Stern piping a hard porn show over the airwaves and wrapping himself in the freedom of the First Amendment. They don't like being told that a young girl does not have to seek her mother's counsel about an abortion. They don't like seeing an eight-month-old fetus having his head punctured and his brains sucked out. They don't like being told the Pledge of Allegiance, a moment of silent prayer and the words 'under God' are offensive to an enlightened few so nobody should be allowed to use them. ... My wife and I picked our sons' schools based on three criteria: 1) moral values 2) discipline 3) religious maintenance - in that order. We have spent an obscene amount of money doing this and never regretted a penny. Last week on the news, I heard that the Montgomery County school board voted to include a class with a 10th-grade girl demonstrating how to put a condom on a cucumber and a study of the homosexual lifestyle. The vote was 6-0. I feel better about the money all the time.
To Dan Rather - Good luck in your retirement.
To Gavin Newsom - Thanks for all of the great shots of the San Francisco couples embracing their mates at City Hall in direct defiance of the law.
To P. Diddy - 'Vote or Die' might need a little work.
To John Edwards - Thanks for being there.
To my friends - only 1,460 days until the next election. Stay vigilant. The Democrats, CBS, the NY Times and the Post may think Hillary is the perfect antidote for all those 'stupid' voters out there.
Best regards, Kevin"
LOL ((((pod)))))
However, I was brought up to respect my elders. They did a good job of that, at least. (And, it serves to protect *them* in the long run!)
Respecting one's elders doesn't mean letting them get away with wholesale lying or fantasizing.
Somebody's gotta speak the truth.
I pretty much knew that, even before I Googled his name.
And thank you for your hard work. Its is appreciated.
This coast needs you...
Thanks, I lived here from 1976 - 1986. I retired from the Oregon Army National Guard. US Navy 1963-1976 (Viet Nam Veteran), ORARNG 1976-1985.
My goal is to turn blue Oregun into a red state.
As I tried to point out unsuccessfully, I thought you took Dr Raoul's sarcasm as fact, then again I'm not sure he was being sarcastic. Whatever, hehe.
.45MAN tried. My father nearly stroked out. My mother asked us not to discuss politics anymore and we acquiesced to their wishes.
I'm not going to have them around much longer and I know I can't change them, so it's something I have to give in to.
Friends and acquaintances are a different story. I don't hold back and have lost "friends" - I use that term loosely because I realize they weren't really friends to begin with. Someone at my former place of work when we lived in Atlanta tried to get me fired for my political views. It backfired on her. That was a beautiful thing to see.
No, the things she makes up, she moans about. Why didn't she stuff those mashed potatoes in her ears and just turn herself into the democratic party? It sounds like her own brothers would tie her up and take her over to DU offices at the slightest suggestion. Better yet, maybe they can send her to Michael Moore for Christmas. What a pretty couple they would make.
Her brother rocks!
Excellent educated guess on your part!
By far the best Maureen Dowd column I have ever read. Seems to be...well...truthful.
Thank you for your service to our country! And welcome to FR!!!
A must read for you!
It wasn't difficult. It seems that every article she is blathering on about her homosexual friends or some aspect of homosexuality, in general. You'd think that a woman, on the rebound from Michael Douglas, could figure out that she's going to have better luck at a relationship if she hangs around with heterosexual men.
http://powerlineblog.com/archives/008740.php
Maureen Dowd's Best Column Ever
That's because she turns it over to her brother Kevin, whom she describes--a bit dismissively, or am I being too sensitive?--as "a salesman." Before yielding the floor to Kevin, Maureen writes:
I've been surprised, out on the road, how often I get asked about my family. They're beyond red - more like crimson. My sister flew to West Virginia in October to work a phone bank for W.
People often wonder what our Thanksgiving is like.
It's lovely - if you enjoy hearing about how brilliant Ann Coulter is, how misguided The New York Times's editorial page is, and how valiant the president is as he tries to stop America's slide into paganism.
This year, my brothers were on the warpath about news reports that Maryland public schools did not teach about Thanksgiving from a religious perspective. "Who do they think the Pilgrims thanked?" demanded Martin. "God."
There are moments - when my brothers are sharing some snarky thing Rush Limbaugh said about me, or the latest bon mot from Pat Buchanan, with whom they grew up - that I'm tempted to stuff my ears with my mom's potato stuffing, or go off and read a book by David Sedaris [Ed.: Who?] about normal family life.
Kevin's worth reading, but better yet is the thought of Maureen stuffing her ears with potatoes to keep conservative thoughts from seeping into her brain.
I know! Many LLL'ers don't just think about stuffing their ears.
Can you hear me now?
For those that didn't catch your sarcasm, Maureen Dowd wasn't adopted.
She's just a person who has nothing in common (except DNA) with her biological family....not that I can relate, or anything.
"..Born: 14 January 1952.."
Yes. Exactly.
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