Here comes Bush.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Griff

Now we've all got a ticket!

Yeah but it won't do you any good, because the address is wrong.

[xoxoxoBruce]

After the dogs discovered two guys had firecrackers in their toolboxes, the plant was declared safe.
5000 employees @ 3 tickets each plus a bunch of local, politically connected people, should be between 15k and 16k. Boeing says around 7800 but the guards tell me closer to 6000, showed up.
Among the conspicuously absent was Boeing's CEO.
Well, at least Bush hires the handicapped. All the young fellows with him wear hearing aids.

[cowhead]

I was wondering something, when bush spoke in Topeka... they made people who were showing up sign 'loyalty' oaths (or something to that effect) to promise not to cause trouble during the 'festivities' I was wondering if you had to or anything like it? (the people I mention are more in the die-hard repub camp.. and were a bit taken aback by this)

[xoxoxoBruce]

Cowhead, any employee doing anything "political" (at a campaign speech????) could be fired, per Boeing policy. I could be fired for wearing a campaign button on Monday, although they would probably just tell me to get rid of it or go home. Everyone else was screened pretty closely but I don't know if they had to sign anything. I felt it was best for me just to avoid the situation. I haven't made up my mind yet, and probably won't until the election, but I dislike being forced into anything and this was definately a love him or leave rally.

[LabRat]

Well Brucie, the big man is coming to my neck of the woods, so it's my turn to whine about what a pain it's going to be to get home from work today. http://www.kcrg.com/article.aspx?art...391&cat_id=123 I was surprised that the road going around the park wasn't already closed this morning when i went by at 6:30. Needless to say I'll be taking the LONG way home tonight, like 20 miles out of my way to totally bypass this area of town.

[cowhead]

thanks Bruce... I was just curious about the whole thing..

Bushy won't come with in a stones throw of here.. well okay he went to Topeka.. but that's not saying much ( I live 20 some miles from there and I wouldn't go there unless you paid me.. ). although I was suprised (pleasantly) that Edwards came back here after the Kerry/Edwards train blew past us in the night, although of course I had to work the next day so I missed out on all the hoopla, but one thing about that, there was little police/Secret Service presence there, mayhap no one in my little town wants to ice the guy.. and I really ought to go off on limbaughs little remarks, although it doesn't seem really worth it.

and as a side note if Kerry had stopped here in Lawrence he would have been the first contender since Johnson to stop here in our little 'liberal' oasis here..

[Undertoad]

Here's the map that determines where he goes. You can see why Pennsylvania is stop number one and Iowa is stop number two, any why our friends in Colorado will be visited, and why Kansas is not stop number anything.

[Undertoad]

It turns out WI is stop #2. Still.

[LabRat]

nice, thanks.

[DanaC]

Slang, dont take this as in any way an insult or challenge but just a matter of curiosity on my part. You recognise Bush's difficulty in ...well....speaking yet you are a Bush supporter. I dont suggest that you aught to dislike someone because they are inarticulate, but do you not consider inarticulacy to be a bad thing in your President? I can understand not holding it against him personally, but would you not prefer a President who was ...well....more intelligent and articulate? Does Bush seem to you an acceptable example of the Creme de la creme of your countrymen?

[lookout123]

we're not likely to see slang around these parts for awhile. something about concentrating on his studies or some such shit.

as far as myself though, i don't think bush is the best the nation has to offer. i think he is, however, the best being offered up this november.

as far as his butchery of the english language? well, while embarrassing it isn't that big of a deal. 65-70 years ago we would have not even known about it. i don't believe being an eloquent speaker is a must in a president. there are many great speakers who shouldn't go anywhere near the oval office.

[garnet]

I think Slang's "on vacation" from the Cellar, but I'd LOVE to answer this one:

Originally Posted by DanaC

Does Bush seem to you an acceptable example of the Creme de la creme of your countrymen?

NO!!!

[DanaC]

Lookout, I can see how mere inarticulacy could be forgivable. What would concern me more is his seeming slowness of thought. When questions from the press core veer from the agreed lines he is unable to think on his feet. On one occassion he was asked by surprise "have you made any mistakes in Iraq? Could you have done anything differently?"

His response was to grin and look perplexed and then say "I keep waiting for something to pop into my head but.....no...nothing yet" or words to that effect. that's not inarticulacy that's slowness of thinking. Does that not worry you a little?

[wolf]

That's called using humor to defer your need to answer a question. I suspect he's not as stupid as people assume he is.

That is not a bad position to be in.

If you heard the speech last night, he engaged in a bit of self-deprecating humor regarding his ability to misspeak.

[lookout123]

Originally Posted by DanaC

His response was to grin and look perplexed and then say "I keep waiting for something to pop into my head but.....no...nothing yet" or words to that effect. that's not inarticulacy that's slowness of thinking. Does that not worry you a little?

that question was a landmine. any pol worth his salt should know that it is a trap, pure and simple, especially in an election year. i would say that is an example of one of his moments of quick thinking.