Posted on 03/22/2008 2:54:44 PM PDT by neverdem
When they set out, it all looked so bright — away to the West, to the Denver convention, nothing but blue skies ahead. They had a continent to cross, a nation to convince, and they vowed to do it in a way that had never been done before.
They moved briskly across the plains of the Bush presidency. There was the scarecrow president who didn’t know the price of fuel or the ways of war. Flapping in the wind, he pointed one way, while 70 percent of the country wanted to go the other.
On to the arid side of the prairie, they passed one sunbaked skeleton after another — Larry Craig and his wide stance, Scooter Libby and his breach of trust, and a man from the Arabian Horse Association, Brownie. Each had the stench of yesterday on them.
Along the way, they moved by Mitt the Muddler, who couldn’t decide which way to go, and Rudy the Robo, muttering, “9/11, 9/11, 9/11.” Dining on squirrel was a guitar-plucking Huckabee, who at least knew how to keep folks entertained around the campfire.
These refugees from the other party had their nutty preacher, Pat Robertson, who blamed fellow Americans for the big attack. It was their fault, he said: the civil libertarians, the gays, the feminists brought this mass murder upon themselves.
Uphill now, through the high plains, and still the Dems held together. They would not be like that tragic Donner Party of 1846, feuding and scrapping. It would all be over before the snows were gone.
They shared their rations and steeled their will, convinced that one way or the other they would...
--snip--
He seemed harmless enough, saying he knew nothing about the economy, confused about who was fighting whom in a distant part of the world...
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Did McCain 'Mispeak' about Iranian help for AQ in Iraq?
Donkeys, clueless on so many issues, especially foreign affairs, but otherwise amusing.
Another problem awaiting the DNC in Denver ... heard on the news their behind in donations to pay for it. No wonder they can’t pay for a re-do in FL. and MI.
That's funny --- They're eating their own.. LOL!
However, those remaining Kool-Aid drinkers will leap to their feet and shout Hallelujah at appropriate intervals while reading this screed. That's pathetic, but true.
Congressman Billybob
They’ll be eating each other before Denver, that’s for sure. Then they’ll burn the wagons for firewood. Then the redux of the 68 convention protests.
Would you use ketchup or mustard on a "typical white person".
Neither. Taco sauce.
Old El Paso or Ortega?
Timothy Egan, a contributing columnist for The Times, writes Outposts, a column at nytimes.com. He is filling in for Bob Herbert, who is off today.
For a moment there, I thought it was Mo Dowd writing this. Never mind the facts, as long as you can get in one insult per sentence while writing in a style suitable for fifth grade.
Popcorn the other white meat.
A Disaster Brewing For The Democrats? (Denver Convention)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989731/posts
And how can a honky/cracker “fill in” for Bob Herbert?
Well, the author of this piece is an idiot, no need to list the ways in which, but he’s a useful idiot. May his high school paper essay gain a wide readership and make Democrats feel crappy.
Funny....... I liked it and that is rare for me and the NYT.
This guy makes Pat Robertson and his statement about 911 the centerpiece of two paragraphs. He obviously thinks he’s got us pinned down in an equivalency trap. That was a stupid statement by Robertson, but any clear thinking person knows Robertson is nowhere near as toxic as Wright.
Thanks for the link.
Thanks for the link. Their convention promises to be quite entertaining.
What will be the downside to the Denver convention?
Wear and tear on equipment when Bush has to roll armor north from Fort Carson to restore order.
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