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Democrats Control the Hill, but Not Themselves
The Washington Post ^
| Saturday, February 3, 2007
| Dana Milbank
Posted on 02/02/2007 9:26:34 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Yesterday was the first cattle call of the Democratic presidential campaign and -- holy cow! -- these candidates can moo.
"Each candidate has been given seven minutes to speak," announced Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean before the first of six Democratic candidates took the stage at the Hilton Washington. He further announced that an "official timekeeper" will hold up warning and "time's up" signs. "After 10 minutes, wild gesticulations will take place," he threatened.
This quaint exercise in Democratic Party discipline lasted about, well, seven minutes. The first candidate, Sen. Chris Dodd (Conn.), took the floor for 20 minutes and 15 seconds, ignoring Dean's hovering, the removal of Dodd's image from the projection screens, and the fact that he drew applause for saying "Let me conclude." Former senator John Edwards (17:40) wasn't far behind, trailed by Sens. Hillary Clinton (16:12) and Barack Obama (15:30).
The closest to the limit was Rep. Dennis Kucinich (12:38), but this was probably because the audience treated his appearance as a chance to start conversations or to visit the restrooms. "Can you hear me in the back?" Kucinich called above the din. "Because I can hear you."
Now in control of Congress, Democrats were eager to demonstrate that they could make the trains run on time yesterday. They started the proceedings with an ROTC color guard. And Dean sternly read out the ground rules. "Each candidate was given the opportunity to play 30 seconds of music and can have up to 100 campaign signs evenly placed around the room."
But the Democratic National Committee is not exactly a precision drill team. The first speaker, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, wasn't ready when his time came to speak. Clinton, for her part, showed flagrant disregard for Dean's sign restrictions; her supporters hoisted about 300.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cultureofcorruption; democratslie; doublestandard; lyingliars
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To: STARWISE
I hear you, but I am longing for HOT weather.
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posted on
02/03/2007 12:44:34 PM PST
by
onyx
(DEFEAT Hillary Clinton, Marxist, student of Saul Alinsky & ally and beneficiary of Soros.)
To: onyx
Found out this morning that mom and dad have been watching PAD ever since I mentioned to dad about it. Dad asked me if I watched it last night, and I said "of course". LOL
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posted on
02/03/2007 12:47:38 PM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity)
To: onyx; STARWISE
I love hot summer days. Five minutes out in the sun, and my summer tan is taken care of.
63
posted on
02/03/2007 12:48:44 PM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity)
To: BigSkyFreeper
64
posted on
02/03/2007 12:49:49 PM PST
by
onyx
(DEFEAT Hillary Clinton, Marxist, student of Saul Alinsky & ally and beneficiary of Soros.)
To: onyx; BigSkyFreeper
65
posted on
02/03/2007 12:50:53 PM PST
by
STARWISE
(They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
To: STARWISE; BigSkyFreeper
He gets the white chair. :0)
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posted on
02/03/2007 12:51:52 PM PST
by
onyx
(DEFEAT Hillary Clinton, Marxist, student of Saul Alinsky & ally and beneficiary of Soros.)
To: STARWISE
Not exactly a sunny tropical location, but I took
this photo while I was in Denmark, which is currently the desktop wallpaper of my computer at the moment.
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posted on
02/03/2007 12:58:56 PM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity)
To: onyx; STARWISE
He gets the white chair. :0)Which one? The one out there in the blazing sun? LMFAO
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posted on
02/03/2007 12:59:59 PM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity)
To: onyx
ROFL!! Aaaw .. plenty pretty chairs for all of us.
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posted on
02/03/2007 1:03:02 PM PST
by
STARWISE
(They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
To: BigSkyFreeper
Nice job .. is that an ocean? The sand looks dark.
70
posted on
02/03/2007 1:05:04 PM PST
by
STARWISE
(They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
To: STARWISE
That is the North Sea. I'm on top of a 300 foot tall "walking desert", and about 50 feet in front of me is about a 500 foot cliff, and down below is a small beach. The wind was blowing pretty good off the Sea, and those paragliders were practically hanging in midair and sometimes swooping down and circling around the pile of sand back out over the water.
:)
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posted on
02/03/2007 1:07:34 PM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity)
To: STARWISE; onyx
This is me, at the same location. The tower is actually the steeple of a 400 foot tall church that is about 500 years old, completely destroyed by the walking desert. A person will be able to see the full extent of the damage to the church in about 15 years when the 300 foot tall pile of sand has moved on.
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posted on
02/03/2007 1:12:40 PM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity)
To: BigSkyFreeper
The terrain looks so stark. Looks like it was pretty chilly.
73
posted on
02/03/2007 1:20:55 PM PST
by
STARWISE
(They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
To: STARWISE
That was one of the nicer days. It was about 45 degrees that day. Denmark is a mix of all kinds of terrain, aside from mountains. For the most part it reminded me of Wisconsin. Lush rolling green hills and plenty of trees, and the whole month our family was there, we probably had less than a week of clear, dry days. Temperatures were anywhere from 45 to 65 in the daytime and 32 to 45 at night, and you knew when it got really humid when it was fogged over.
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posted on
02/03/2007 1:25:26 PM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity)
To: STARWISE
75
posted on
02/03/2007 1:34:15 PM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity)
To: Howlin
The article by Dana Milbank mentioned that Hillary got less than enthusiastic applause by a lot of the dems at that convention.
76
posted on
02/03/2007 1:40:49 PM PST
by
Txsleuth
(Duncan Hunter 2008)
To: BigSkyFreeper; onyx; STARWISE
I have been reading ya'lls posts...
I keep looking for the Roaming Gnome.....where did he go??
Love the pictures...especially on the beach...
Gotta get my passport, onyx.
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posted on
02/03/2007 1:48:02 PM PST
by
Txsleuth
(Duncan Hunter 2008)
To: BigSkyFreeper
Ooh .. that is just beautiful, BSF .. I see the WI comparison.
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posted on
02/03/2007 1:48:46 PM PST
by
STARWISE
(They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
To: Txsleuth; onyx; Peach; Mo1; Bahbah; BigSkyFreeper
Yeah .. there's some new rules aren't there. I haven't had one since I lived in the Bahamas.
I shouldn't keep looking at this .. it makes me so nauseous .. look at what theRapist gets paid to ...just to move his mouth and s-p-e-w his crappola .. scroll down to spouse's income.
http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/pfd2005/N00000019_2005.pdf
But I figure those that are stupid and partisan enough to hire him will also be supporting his WINO ...
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posted on
02/03/2007 1:55:14 PM PST
by
STARWISE
(They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
To: UCANSEE2
He nay be a Christian, but his church is as opposed to Israel as the Black Muslims. The theological differences between such Christians and Muslims are slight.
80
posted on
02/03/2007 2:22:01 PM PST
by
RobbyS
( CHIRHO)
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