Let's settle this once and for all. Some DUers say

[pnwmom]

that Barack and Hillary should have a bowling match, where apparently HRC feels she has an edge.

Others call for basketball, where Barack appears to have the advantage.

I say, let's move this into neutral territory, an area we already know isn't a strength for Hillary, and probably isn't for Barack either. (Michelle is the only one who can correct me on this one.)

Here is my proposal: to decide this nomination, they should have a chocolate chip cookie bake-off.

How about it, folks? Dare we eat the results?

[GarbagemanLB]

1. I'd suggest paintball, but we all know Hillary has skills dodging incoming fire.

[pnwmom]

16. Let's hope Barack does, too.

Our candidate will need them in the election against McPunk.

[TwilightGardener]

2. Ping-pong? Billiards?

[Bunny]

3. What about a chili cookoff instead?

I personally think chili requires a little more skill than chocolate chip cookies. But first we have to establish the ground rules: meat or meatless? beans or no beans? spicy or mild? soupy or thick? And what about the cornbread?



:silly:

[Cant trust em]

12. I missed a chance to judge a chili cook-off last Saturday

I was at the stupid CA state Democratic convention.

[Richardo]

38. Won't someone think of the cornbread?

:cry:

[BuyingThyme]

4. Did Hillary's bio not say that she was on a bowling team at Yale?

Or am I confusing her with somebody else?

[ClassWarrior]

5. Jai Lai. Definitely.

Or Mah Jongg.

Definitely.

NGU.

[DarienComp]

6. Texas Hold 'Em.

[provis99]

7. how about a breakdancing contest?

I could hardly wait to see them both breakin' down to Grandmaster Flash.

[Cant trust em]

11. Did you see the video of John Edwards on Leno?

it was pretty hilarious.

[walldude]

8. No COOKIES! The Sesame Street people will come and get you

there is no more Cookie Monster, he's now the veggie monster.

I however am all for anything that gets me free cookies.

[pnwmom]

17. I hope that's an April Fool's joke. No more Cookie Monster?

What is the world coming to?

[walldude]

22. No joke.. can you believe that?

The veggie monster.. gimme a break.

[pnwmom]

25. Children are not that dumb.

;)

A veggie monster. Yeah, sure. An obvious ploy that any toddler can see through.

How long has this been going on? Is it permanent?

[walldude]

30. My kids told me about 2 weeks ago and yeah I think

it's supposed to be permanent. I thought it was the stupidest thing I'd heard since Bush won in 04'.

[pnwmom]

32. What did your kids think about this horrible turn of events? n/t

[walldude]

36. Like you said they can see right through that stuff

they are a bit older now and don't watch much Sesame Street anymore but once they heard about that we all had to watch to see if it was true.. I believe this is what they mean by taking politically correctness too far..

[Cant trust em]

9. Thumb wrestling. Rock paper scissors.

Quarters. Horseshoes. Checkers. Sudoku time test.

We could go on and on here.

[pnwmom]

24. I like the Rock Paper Scissors idea the best.

It's the fastest.

[XemaSab]

10. I'm not down with this

We've been baking Hillary's cookies since 1992, and they're REALLY GOOD.

Hillary has the clear edge here. :9

[pnwmom]

18. Oh come on. You don't really think

that's her recipe, do you?

I love Hillary (and Barack), but I never thought that.

[Blue-Jay]

13. How about a Muay Thai death-match?

This shit is just getting silly.

[pnwmom]

26. No way. His legs give him an obvious advantage.

I like the idea someone posted above -- Rock Paper Scissors.

[DearAbby]

14. Go Fish

then advance to Crazy 8's
then the ultimate contest...CLUE

"Miss Scarlet, did it in the conservatory with a wrench!"

[blogslut]

15. Sigh

There's an unpleasant moment that comes back.

In 1992, first lady Hillary Clinton opens mouth and inserts foot:

"I'm not some Tammy Wynette standing by my man."

Naturally, this comment pisses off Tammy Wynette fans because anyone familiar with Ms. Wynette knows her to have been a very strong woman who survived drug addiction and stormy marriages while managing to rule the charts in the good-ole-boy's world of country music.

What did Hillary do? First she apologized to Ms. Wynette. Then she turned around and remade herself as a happy homemaker who just loves to bake chocolate cookies:

Now Is the Time to Come to the Aid of Your Favorite Cookies

By MARIAN BURROS
Published: July 15, 1992

HILLARY CLINTON says she has been baking chocolate-chip cookies since she and her brothers competed to see who could produce the largest on Christmas.

"My mother wanted to keep us out of my father's hair while he put up the Christmas tree," she recalled. "We usually got sick eating them and couldn't eat Christmas dinner."

Years afterward, she continued to bake them with her daughter, Chelsea. And now she is in a bake-off with Barbara Bush that Family Circle magazine was inspired to sponsor shortly after Mrs. Clinton's remark about not wanting to "stay home and bake cookies" when her husband was elected Governor of Arkansas. The contest pits Mrs. Clinton's version, made with oatmeal and shortening, against Mrs. Bush's, made without oatmeal but with butter..."

link: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE3DC143CF936A25754C0A964958260

[pnwmom]

23. I think the way people twist the Tammy Wynette comment -- which

clearly referred to the singer's song lyrics, rather than to the singer herself -- is similar to how people are now twisting Obama's recent comments about being punished with a pregnancy.

Yes, Hillary did say that she didn't want to stay home and bake cookies while her husband was working. I assume Barack didn't want to do that either, even though Michelle could certainly have supported them both. But Hillary got slammed for the comment, as Barack never would, simply because she's a woman.

[blogslut]

28. Yes, she was slammed because she is a woman

What bugs me is what she didn't do. She didn't stand by her statement. Instead, she chose to back off her stance and hide behind an apron. Where was her fighting spirit then? Why couldn't she get up and proudly say:

"I am an educated woman with my own mind. Deal with it, America!"

But no. Like she always seems to do, she ran back to her image consultants and got one of her many makeovers.

She is false and calculating and I am tired of her. She does nothing for the cause of feminism. She polls and she panders. She's no different than the many women in power who get to the top and then remove the ladder.

[pnwmom]

31. Sixteen years ago, the American public wasn't ready to deal with

a strong woman as First Lady.

If Obama is elected, we'll find out if the American public has matured enough to embrace her.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

19. How about a democratic party nomination?

Oh, wait. That's totally unfair to Hillary. Barack has a clear advantage in that contest.

[trof]

20. I want a cage match.

Obama ain't too buff, but he's wiry.
And quick.
Prolly wily, too.

Hillary looks a little soft and doughy to me.
I think he could take her.
:hide:

[pnwmom]

27. Unh unh. This is supposed to be a fair fight.

I like the Rock Paper Scissors idea that someone else proposed.

[madrchsod]

burnt cookies for everyone!

..i think hillary has enough money to buy a package of "chips ahoy"....walmart has`m for 2.50 :bounce:

[pnwmom]

29. Yes, Barack will want to buy his

at Harry and David's, or one of the other upscale yuppie hang-outs.

;)

[Life Long Dem]

21. And I say April Fools.

:silly::crazy::silly::crazy::silly::crazy::silly::crazy::silly::crazy::silly::crazy:

[tammywammy]

33. I say we go with curling

[Tennessee Gal]

34. I say some things are posted by idiots and this appears to be one.

[charlie]

35. Let 'em both read GD-P

The one who goes longest without laughing wins.

[DeeDeeNY]

37. Skate-out with Tanya Harding