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calimary's JournalSo do I. I'm not ready to throw him under the bus.
I don't care how many people badmouth the Affordable Care Act or buy into the "let's all dump on it" game. Every time I hear or see some of that, I think - "FUCK YOU! People NEED the help!!!! And the other team's got nothing for 'em except 'FUCK YOU'."
Shit. My boys were performing in Springfield IL last night and they're in Sauget IL
tonight. HANG ON TIGHT, EVERYBODY!!!!!
Good!
I'm making note of this one!
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/6872152/ns/meet_the_press-more/t/meet-press-mailbox/
Thanks rhett!!!
Welcome to DU, Lodestar!
Glad you're here! I remember how The Guardian was the only major publication anywhere that consistently told the truth about bush/cheney - especially regarding their collective war hard-on. Agence France-Presse was another one. Most of the overseas news outlets did, but The Guardian led the way. And if any of them moved the meter at all, it was The Guardian that did so, and nobody gave a damn about der Spiegel or the rest of 'em. That was "Old Europe" as rummy dismissively sneered. That and the McClatchy papers here in the U.S. - which were decidedly low-profile and nobody paid much attention to them. Unlike what the devious network executive (played by Robert Duvall) in the movie "Network" called "the holy goddamn New York Times."
I see a woman who is and can be flexible. Who's not stupid. Who may well see the trends that are
shaping up. Maybe part of the reason she is being so coy is - she's studying all this that's evolving: the attitudes and preferences of the Millennials. The rise of the Elizabeth Warren types. And the Wendy Davis types. The public's voices that are raising against corporatism and ideas like the TPP. I think - and I would hope - that she's adaptable. I WANT her brains in the Oval Office. I WANT somebody like that in there. And when there is a First Woman President, I think she's the ideal choice to break through that last glass ceiling. She certainly has the resume, the experience, and the gravitas to do it. And the first things out of anyone's mouth have nothing to do with her looks - as it is in sarah palin's world.
I will NEVER forget the day miss sarah was introduced to the national political scene, when john mccain revealed her as his choice for running mate, the day after the Democratic Convention finished up. He stepped backwards and to the side while she came forward and took the podium. And what he did from there told me EVERYTHING I EVER NEEDED TO KNOW. I watched him stand there, stealing repeated glances over at her ass, while fiddling with his wedding ring. The whole time she spoke. He was busy watching her ass. And I'm certain he figured nobody was paying attention to him because they were all busy watching the birdie. My dad had a wandering eye like that. He'd fixate on ANY pretty blonde bauble that sashayed through his field of vision, whether his wife was nearby or not. I KNEW that's what had sealed the deal for john mccain in picking sarah palin. "Hmmm... all other things being equal, I sure could stand having THAT to look at, every day for the next four to eight years..." If I were Cindy McCain, I wouldn't have gotten a wink of sleep from then on. I'll bet Cindy was secretly glad when they lost - because it meant hubby and that woman WEREN'T going to be spending the next four to eight years joined at the hip! (Especially knowing his track record of discarding older no-longer-attractive wives for the sweet young new thing.)
Women like sarah palin have gotten where they are because of their looks. There's absolutely NOTHING behind those looks. Hillary is in a whole 'nother category than that. Love her or hate her, Hillary Clinton didn't get where she is because she's some boom-boom babe. Probably one of the biggest deep-down reasons someone like myself would give her a second, third, fourth, fifth, and 25th look. The sarah palins, christine o'donnells, marsha blackburns, even the nikki haleys - pretty packaging alright. But policy-wise, there's a shit sandwich inside. What I appreciate a LOT, deep down, about Hillary, is that her brains took her this far. She doesn't look like her other perfect career someday would be as a Pox Noise anchorette in case this politics thing didn't work out. And Hillary certainly doesn't need to dress in tight-fitted sleeveless tops or short skirts with the obligatory stilettos to be appealing. I am hopeful that those formidable brains will take her to more places where voters like me are to be found - who are also against ideas like corporatism and the TPP.
Your photo says it all, Berlum.
Maybe not specifically to this thread, but to SO MUCH that just generally ails America these days. (...Free market! Free market...) 
YAY! Great news!
Please give your mom another bunch of hugs from us! Thanks for the update, Son of Atomic! I'm both delighted and not a bit surprised. The outpouring of love and support when I posted the night my mom died - I will NEVER forget that. DU proves itself yet again!
This pope certainly has his appealing moves!
Now, if only he'd get with the 21st Century on women's roles in the church...
I realize it's asking too much. And his uncompromising closemindedness on women in the priesthood and other such things - very discouraging.
HOWEVER... it's moves like this one here, where he seems to be about to throw a one-two punch to those who'd rape and pillage the planet for profit, combined with his less judgmental stand regarding gays, and of course his longtime efforts to focus on the poor (wasn't that the stated personal priority of Our Lord Himself?) - VERY encouraging. VERY encouraging indeed. Perhaps we can't take all the forward steps at once. But finally starting to take a series of them - very encouraging! This lifelong Catholic is impressed!
Hey, as long as it somehow routes back to the "cease to exist" part.
I'm sorry to be a hard-ass, but just observing the way they've utterly putrefied in the last two or three decades and just how nauseating it's become, I swear - sometimes I'm just disgusted! Uh - I take that back. NO "sometimes" about it! If they can't help, I think they should get OUT OF THE WAY. And we need to do a lot more to help them comply with that.
That "I'll hold the football for you" scam should certainly bolster the case.
I still think Democrats as a whole are WAY too trusting of the GOP. Guess they must like playing with scorpions...
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