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Wednesday, January 24. 2007

Don't run away from this, Dude! Goddammit, this affects all of us!

From Today's Boston Globe:

Senator John F. Kerry plans to announce today that he will not run in the 2008 presidential race, and will instead remain in Congress and seek reelection to his Senate seat next year, according to senior Democratic officials.

Kerry, a Massachusetts Democrat, plans to say he will remain in the Senate to recommit himself to efforts to extricate the United States from the war in Iraq.

Posted by Roger de Hauteville in Politics at 14:12 | Comments (5) | Trackbacks (0)

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Why McCain Lost
( Warning: Some salty language) Pretty much the same reason this guy did.Never make the first thing on your resume the last thing on your resume.
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Bully for Kerry.
Now.
Newt has some important things he's saying in Israel, both about them and us.

Israel faces nuclear Holocaust warns Gingrich.

"Three nuclear weapons are a second Holocaust," Gingrich declared, adding: "People are greatly underestimating how dangerous the world is becoming. I'll repeat it, three nuclear weapons are a second Holocaust. Our enemies are quite explicit in their desire to destroy us. They say it publicly? We are sleepwalking through this process as though it's only a problem of communication," Gingrich said.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3356103,00.html
#1 Habu on 2007-01-24 14:30 (Reply)
Like Newt--got brains, experience, and the right outlook. Plus, key, he's a Historian.

"The Big Lebowski" --an absolutely top-tier black/comedy, up there with "Dr. Strangelove".
#2 buddy larsen on 2007-01-24 14:39 (Reply)
I've gotta see the Big Lebowsky..always meant to. I have it on tape from TV. I think I'll ......
#3 Habu on 2007-01-24 14:49 (Reply)
Shit, it was MADE for you, habu--you'll love it--
#4 buddy larsen on 2007-01-24 14:52 (Reply)
Sen kerry dropping out somehow reminded me of this joke, from a homegirl back in in souf Louisiana:

Tragedy

Mayor Nagin and Police Chief Riley visited a class in a local elementary
school yesterday and the teacher suggested that they participate in the
day's vocabulary lesson. "Today's word is tragedy, " said the mayor.

"Can anyone give an example of a tragedy?" asked the police chief.

One child raised her hand. "If a drug dealer was trying to shoot another
drug dealer and hit my sister instead," the child offered.

"No," said the police chief, "that would be an accident. Anyone else?"

"How about if everyone quit visiting the city, my daddy lost his job and
couldn't provide for me?" another child ventured.

"No," said the mayor, "although that would be a great loss. One more
answer from Johnny in the back."

"Well," said Johnny, "if the mayor and police chief were shoved off the
viewing platform during a Mardi Gras parade and killed when a float ran
them over, THAT would be a tragedy!"

"Now that's correct," agreed the mayor and police chief. "And can you
tell us why?"

"Of course," confirmed Johnny, "because it sure as heck wouldn't be a
great loss, and I doubt very seriously if it would be an accident."
#5 buddy larsen on 2007-01-24 14:55 (Reply)

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