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Thursday, December 13. 2007

But Screw Your Courage To The Sticking-Place...

Re-posted from January, 2007

Posted by Roger de Hauteville in Politics at 12:32 | Comments (14) | Trackbacks (0)

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The cavalry charge currently disguised as the Democratic jockeying for the '08 presidential nomination is kicking up a good deal of dust. The dust is already beginning to choke the onlookers and we're many moons from the actual election.
If you're on the receiving end of a charge it's probably a pretty scary thing to witness, unless you come to realise that the ponies will long since have died before they reach you and that the enemy isn't witting of the ambush you've set up.
Let me throw up this prayer and hope the ponies do die and that somewhere on the Republican side there's an organised ambush waiting for those who come within November '08 range.
#1 Habu on 2007-01-22 21:04 (Reply)
“L’État, c’est moi”.
#2 buddy larsen on 2007-01-22 21:09 (Reply)
welcome back cotter I mean Roger
#3 bird dog on 2007-01-22 21:41 (Reply)
Personally, I'm sorry for the poor brainless ponies (actually, they're not in the charge, come on Habu, those are warhorses!) It's not the horses' fault they're being ridden by jerks...
#4 retriever on 2007-01-22 21:54 (Reply)
they're not jerks if they're keeping the other guy's cavary off your back--!
#5 buddy larsen on 2007-01-22 22:05 (Reply)
I have great hope that the republicans have a most gallant knight poised to appear over the rise on a challenging steed. And I bet they are waiting for the time when everyone is sick to death of these front runners' froth and foaming.


Man, do I have my fingers crossed.
#6 Phoenix on 2007-01-22 22:33 (Reply)
They do not make Ronnie Reagans every day. One of a kind.
#7 bird dog on 2007-01-23 00:06 (Reply)
BD ..RWR was one of a kind. Unfortunately i do not think we'll see the likes of him for a long, long time.
Too bad.
#8 Habu on 2007-01-23 00:11 (Reply)
I remember when he unseated President Malaise, there were people dancing in the streets--at least, where I was, Victoria, Texas. At last, we had a leader again, we were home free.
#9 buddy larsen on 2007-01-23 01:28 (Reply)
http://polipundit.com/index.php?p=16688

some strong sentiment, h/t rufus @ kudlows, along with this 1980 electoral map, feast your sore eyes:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/ElectoralCollege1980-Large.png
#10 buddy larsen on 2007-01-23 01:48 (Reply)
"...unsex me." thanks for the macbeth reference...very much needed....come to think of it....i think hilary is a little like lady macbeth....
#11 aaron on 2007-01-25 12:47 (Reply)
RR was as much a voters phenomenon as anything else – relatively unwanted until his kind of solutions were seen as necessary by the majority of Americans. While any complicated solution usually spins off more problems, ever since RR it seems like potus voting has been more for the “lesser of two evils” and less for that guy who can actually fix stuff.
#12 commander clopfelter on 2007-12-13 14:49 (Reply)
Alas, RR could only fix stuff internationally. Didn't have the power to fix stuff at home.
#12.1 BD on 2007-12-13 14:58 (Reply)
It's amazing how this election evokes the memory of Ronald Reagan. What seperated him from other politicians was his optimistic nature. Unlike Hillary Clinton and other democrats, he didn't dwell on negatives. Reagan also had incredible communication skills, which is sorely lacking in the current president. Great leaders have the power to inspire and motivate. Unfortunately, I don't believe that any of the candidates possess those qualities, on either side.
#13 DaveH on 2007-12-13 20:40 (Reply)

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