"If you have to use sex to get people to vote, why not"
Posted on 10/15/2006 5:08:28 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
The Talk Shows
Sunday, October 15th, 2006
Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:
FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.
MEET THE PRESS (NBC): U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton; Republican Rep. Mark Kennedy and Democrat Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota candidates for U.S. Senate.
FACE THE NATION (CBS): Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; Sen. John Warner, R-Va.; former Sen. Sam Nunn, co-chairman of the Nuclear Threat Initiative.
THIS WEEK (ABC): U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton; Democratic Rep. Harold Ford Jr. and Republican Bob Corker, Tennessee candidates for U.S. Senate; actress and voting activist Marg Helgenberger.
LATE EDITION (CNN) : U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton; Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean and Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman; Sens. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and Chuck Hagel, R-Neb.
Anyone working for the DBM.
Oh of course he will.
I know things get going fast and serious on the Sunday thread this early, but for those still waking up over a cup of coffee, and may want a light spell of humor or a little giggle to help them awake and get armed for the day....thought I would share this article by Tom Purcell...
Liberals are dreamers. I have proof.
According to the Ottawa Citizen newspaper, a dream researcher from John F. Kennedy University in California studied the dream sequences of self-described liberals and conservatives. The researcher's name is Kelly Bulkeley.
Bulkeley found, in a nutshell, that liberals are restless sleepers who have a higher number of bizarre, distorted dreams, whereas conservatives are more likely to sleep well and have dreams that portray normal characters, settings and activities.
Here's one interesting finding: Both liberals and conservatives have amorous dreams but they sure do go about it differently.
Liberals are far more likely to dream of wild encounters with strangers or a variety of partners. Liberal women are far more likely to dream of themselves with other women.
Conservatives, on the other hand, are far more likely to have such dreams about their spouses or current partners -- probably while fully clothed with the lights off, and only after the kids are asleep.
Bulkeley found another key difference. Whereas conservative dreams focus on the here and now, liberal dreams have no boundaries.
"Liberals don't just dream about what is," says Bulkeley, "but what could be or what they wish could be."
A world in which dictators are nice? Or religious extremists become atheists? Or Teddy Kennedy is sober?
Another difference: Conservatives show a higher tendency for lucid dreaming. That is, they're aware they're asleep and able to wake themselves if the dream gets rocky.
I do this all the time. When I have one recurring nightmare -- that it's Monday afternoon and I'm way behind on a deadline -- I simply will myself awake. Unfortunately, when I wake it's usually Monday afternoon and I'm way behind on a deadline.
Another interesting finding: Conservative males sleep the most soundly and tend not to remember their dreams, whereas liberal women are the most restless sleepers and fantastical dreamers and they remember plenty.
That makes perfect sense. Many conservative males have a good job, a nice home and a lovely wife. Such an existence promotes sound sleeping.
But I don't know how liberal women sleep at all. How could anyone get some shut-eye with so many people, real and imagined, jumping in and out of the bed?
Which brings us to bad dreams. Liberals, at the moment, have a much higher frequency of nightmares. Bulkeley thinks this has to do with the current political climate. Liberals fear and loathe Bush, and have nightmares about it (when Clinton was president, conservatives had more nightmares).
For instance, one female liberal dreamt that Bush won the election with 80 percent of the vote. A male liberal said he dreamt he was at a presidential rally. Bush said to the crowd, "We should be proud to sacrifice our freedoms for America!" and the crowd went wild. This caused the male liberal to wake in a cold sweat.
Bulkeley says that although dreams appear to be jumbled and mixed up, they are actually expressing a complex but meaningful language of symbol and metaphor. Dreams mean things. And a good dream, properly interpreted, can help us better understand ourselves and the world.
What's just as interesting is that everybody dreams -- even dogs. Which reminds me of an old Garry Shandling line: "What is a dog nightmare, anyhow? You're drinking out of the toilet and the lid falls on your snout?"
In any event, Bulkeley concludes that our dreams provide an accurate reflection of contemporary American politics. And though the research reinforces the stereotype that conservatives are repressed and uptight, Bulkeley says it also shows that many liberals may be hanging on the edge of well-being.
I couldn't agree more. Just last week I dreamt of a beautiful woman. She asked me who I was going to vote for and I told her. She screamed so loudly she nearly woke the dead.
She was a liberal and I was her nightmare.
It's the same type of logic that blessed us with Carter.
Did the media ever rant when slick willie got legislation (LARGEST TAX HIKE IN HISTORY) with not a single republican vote?
The impeachment was a right wing plot, not a logical and legal reaction to a man who lied to a federal judge during a deposition.
Franky, I am sick to the death of the media and their hatemongering cohorts in our government.
"The only hope is the trend, and I think the trend is our friend.
I say that because most of these observers agree that up through the end of September, things were looking up for the Republicans. The Foley scandal brought that to a screeching halt, and the democrats are now up.
The trend is, though, that the Foley scandal has run its fill. There is no more to spill, and now the Republicans can get back on message. Will they? Will they allow the DBM to invent something new to beat them with? Will they allow the DBM to bury the Reid land deal? Will we? Is this why Barone is glum, or is it because of these last two weeks?
Lets see what happens over the next three weeks. Everyone is looking backwards. What is ahead of us?"
So, to answer your question, yes, the Dems are up right now. If the election is held today (which is silly, of course, as it is not), they well might win. I honestly believe the DBM, encouraged by their success over the Foley flareup, are going to try again. I think they'll overplay their hand, as they always do, and the Republicans will maintain control.
Let's FREEP this poll!
Billings Gazette ^ | October 14, 2006 | Billings Gazette
Posted on 10/14/2006 5:38:50 PM MDT by BigSkyFreeper
Poll is located on the right hand column of the front page:
Question: Which US Senate candidate would bring more jobs to the state?
Choices are:
Conrad Burns (R)
Jon Tester (D) Stan Jones (I)
In your link about the Rueters editor who lost his job over his book on Ann- his fellow employees decided to "protest" on hi behalf.....you won't believe this-- check it out...
A Reuters employee who insisted on anonymity out of concern at angering management said that the 20 or so employees at the markets desk where Mr. Maguire had been one of two editors in charge “took a group coffee break” in solidarity on Thursday.
ROFL!!!!
Those Libs really must have been all fired up over such injustice......
And they think they can protect us from terrorists?
oh my- what a good morning......I love starting my day with laughter.....
I voted Burns, but looks like the DU'ers have been all over this poll.... :-(
Sounds just like Islamic fascists.
Would be nice if Condi and Kerry were on at the same time, so I can watch Condi give Kerry the ultimate smackdown.
Are any Republicans talking about issues?
How come the beltway jackasses never mention that!
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They have developed their own reality?
They are masters of projection and displacement?
"If you have to use sex to get people to vote, why not"
I kind of hope the Dems go into a prevent defense.
Looks like they were hitting it hard overnight. I voted about a dozen or so times for Burns by clearing out the cookies left by www.billingsgazette.net.
Thanks for the Matthews summary. His target viewing audience must be the same as the Air America audience.
I'd love to see her take down Albright.
This is going to be a talking head "WERE DOOOOOOMED" fest.
Notice how many times they say "Republicans will loose" (montage style) vs democrats are going to win.
Also notice how many times the talking heads say the NKorea resolution says "resolution is a falure" for GWBush.
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