Dems 08; Tell Us Who and Why

Pangloss62 · 06-13-2006, 02:51 PM

MaggieL · 06-13-2006, 04:31 PM

Kinda speaks for itself, y'know?

And you misspelled Pat Paulsen's name.

smoothmoniker · 06-13-2006, 04:35 PM

I think it'll be the white guy.

Happy Monkey · 06-13-2006, 04:48 PM

Of the likelies? Feingold. He is pretty consistently on the right side of issues.
Of the unlikelies, I'd go for Dean or Gore. I don't think Obama's got his sea legs yet, and I don't know much about Paulson.

DanaC · 06-13-2006, 04:55 PM

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I think it'll be the white guy.

LOL

Pangloss62 · 06-13-2006, 05:42 PM

My apologies to Pat Paulsen (evidently, not Paulson). I'm old enough to remember him and his candidacies, and that funny gasoline commerical (Mobil?) where he stood in a tank with a car engine or something like that.

Obama has so much charisma, and is such a personable figure, but I agree he's just too inexperienced. Kucinich kinda bombed last time out, so he's doubtful. Dean and Clinton are two-facers that I no longer respect. A friend of mine gets inside scoop on the Biden machine and she tells me his underlings are working 24/7 to get him the press and soundbites (what it's all about, right?). As far as respectable talking heads are concerned, Feingold strikes me as a good choice.

White males? Well, if a woman like Thatcher was running, she might have a chance.

MaggieL · 06-13-2006, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Of the likelies? Feingold. He is pretty consistently on the right side of issues.
Of the unlikelies, I'd go for Dean or Gore. I don't think Obama's got his sea legs yet, and I don't know much about Paulson.

Ain't none of those guys on the *right* side of any issue. :-)

As for Pat, here's some info.

MaggieL · 06-13-2006, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Pangloss62

White males? Well, if a woman like Thatcher was running, she might have a chance.

Not with the Dems.

Pangloss62 · 06-13-2006, 06:34 PM

Hey Maggie:

Thanks for that Paulsen link! That guy cracked me up. Now I do remember him on Smother's Brothers. Perhaps "Laugh In?" At any rate, our country was better off with him in the race.

I'm pretty far to the left of left, but we better start thinking now who we can get into the White House. I think it's sad the the Nader voters were run out of town just for voting. What does that say about democracy? I held my nose and voted for Kerry, while my father of 82 years voted for Nader.

MaggieL · 06-13-2006, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Pangloss62

Thanks for that Paulsen link! That guy cracked me up. Now I do remember him on Smother's Brothers. Perhaps "Laugh In?" At any rate, our country was better off with him in the race.

Long ago and far away. Yes, he was on Laugh-In too.

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Originally Posted by Pangloss62

I'm pretty far to the left of left, but we better start thinking now who we can get into the White House.

What you mean "we', kemo sabe? Got a mouse in your pocket? :-)

Condi in '08!

glatt · 06-13-2006, 06:49 PM

We had a Democrat primary today in Virginia, to try to find someone to oust the Republican Senator. I had a real dilemma. Hold my nose and vote for a guy everyone says has a better shot against the incumbent, or vote for a guy who reflects my values, but supposedly doesn't have a shot. I voted for the latter.

The first "more electable" guy used to be a Republican, and even endorsed (in a previous election) the incumbent he hopes to run against now. The thinking is that he's more middle of the road, and is more palatable to swing/right wing voters. I think he's a waffler, just like Kerry was. I can just imaging the political ads.

I held my nose when I voted for Kerry. I don't want to do that again.

As for this bunch of characters up there. I have no idea. It's too soon to tell. There are several who I don't want to see run. I don't want Clinton, Kerry, Gore, Obama, or Dean. Warner was a very good governor. He would be excellent running the domestic side of things as President. Beats me how he would be on foreign policy.

Urbane Guerrilla · 06-19-2006, 02:43 AM

Joseph Lieberman is conspicuous by his absence, which seems surprising. I'd like to see what he sounds like as a candidated unyoked from Gore. Probably wouldn't get my vote, as I don't trust the Jackass party as far as I can kick them, but I'd at least pay him attention.

Voting for Kerry, of course, was right out for me, noseholding or no: that man has proven at about every conceivable opportunity that if running the war were ever entrusted to him, he'd lose it in four months, six at the outside. We the nation don't need somebody who will move Heaven and Earth to lose a fight with antiliberty activists, slavemakers, terrorists and fascistic thugs. This man voted against supporting the Contras, too -- it's a chronic problem with him that on some level he doesn't want liberty or capitalism to prevail. So to history's ash-heap with him, and pronto.

And I see practically the entire corpus of the Democratic Presidentabili as infected with the same jaundice. They ain't got the liver to win against the jerks with a bomb and a grudge.

Pangloss62 · 06-21-2006, 03:25 PM

And NOW Kerry shifts to the left with his advocacy of a "definite" Iraq pull-out date and the other Dems are mad at him. Lieberman says he may run as an independent. Great. Give me a Dem with some balls.

lookout123 · 06-21-2006, 11:30 PM

oh pleasepleaseplease let napolitano run. i would love to get her the hell out of arizona, even if only for a short time.

06-21-2006, 11:39 PM

That whole list makes me want to drink.

06-13-2006, 02:51 PM	#1
Pangloss62 Lecturer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 768	Dems 08; Tell Us Who and Why __________________ Things are never as good, or bad, as they seem. Last edited by Pangloss62; 06-13-2006 at 02:52 PM. Reason: to edit

06-13-2006, 04:31 PM	#2
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	Kinda speaks for itself, y'know? And you misspelled Pat Paulsen's name. __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

06-13-2006, 04:35 PM	#3
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	I think it'll be the white guy. __________________ to live and die in LA

06-13-2006, 04:48 PM	#4
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Of the likelies? Feingold. He is pretty consistently on the right side of issues. Of the unlikelies, I'd go for Dean or Gore. I don't think Obama's got his sea legs yet, and I don't know much about Paulson. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-13-2006, 05:42 PM	#6
Pangloss62 Lecturer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 768	White Guys My apologies to Pat Paulsen (evidently, not Paulson). I'm old enough to remember him and his candidacies, and that funny gasoline commerical (Mobil?) where he stood in a tank with a car engine or something like that. Obama has so much charisma, and is such a personable figure, but I agree he's just too inexperienced. Kucinich kinda bombed last time out, so he's doubtful. Dean and Clinton are two-facers that I no longer respect. A friend of mine gets inside scoop on the Biden machine and she tells me his underlings are working 24/7 to get him the press and soundbites (what it's all about, right?). As far as respectable talking heads are concerned, Feingold strikes me as a good choice. White males? Well, if a woman like Thatcher was running, she might have a chance. __________________ Things are never as good, or bad, as they seem.

06-13-2006, 06:34 PM	#9
Pangloss62 Lecturer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 768	Hey Maggie: Thanks for that Paulsen link! That guy cracked me up. Now I do remember him on Smother's Brothers. Perhaps "Laugh In?" At any rate, our country was better off with him in the race. I'm pretty far to the left of left, but we better start thinking now who we can get into the White House. I think it's sad the the Nader voters were run out of town just for voting. What does that say about democracy? I held my nose and voted for Kerry, while my father of 82 years voted for Nader. __________________ Things are never as good, or bad, as they seem.

06-13-2006, 06:49 PM	#11
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	We had a Democrat primary today in Virginia, to try to find someone to oust the Republican Senator. I had a real dilemma. Hold my nose and vote for a guy everyone says has a better shot against the incumbent, or vote for a guy who reflects my values, but supposedly doesn't have a shot. I voted for the latter. The first "more electable" guy used to be a Republican, and even endorsed (in a previous election) the incumbent he hopes to run against now. The thinking is that he's more middle of the road, and is more palatable to swing/right wing voters. I think he's a waffler, just like Kerry was. I can just imaging the political ads. I held my nose when I voted for Kerry. I don't want to do that again. As for this bunch of characters up there. I have no idea. It's too soon to tell. There are several who I don't want to see run. I don't want Clinton, Kerry, Gore, Obama, or Dean. Warner was a very good governor. He would be excellent running the domestic side of things as President. Beats me how he would be on foreign policy.

06-19-2006, 02:43 AM	#12
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Joseph Lieberman is conspicuous by his absence, which seems surprising. I'd like to see what he sounds like as a candidated unyoked from Gore. Probably wouldn't get my vote, as I don't trust the Jackass party as far as I can kick them, but I'd at least pay him attention. Voting for Kerry, of course, was right out for me, noseholding or no: that man has proven at about every conceivable opportunity that if running the war were ever entrusted to him, he'd lose it in four months, six at the outside. We the nation don't need somebody who will move Heaven and Earth to lose a fight with antiliberty activists, slavemakers, terrorists and fascistic thugs. This man voted against supporting the Contras, too -- it's a chronic problem with him that on some level he doesn't want liberty or capitalism to prevail. So to history's ash-heap with him, and pronto. And I see practically the entire corpus of the Democratic Presidentabili as infected with the same jaundice. They ain't got the liver to win against the jerks with a bomb and a grudge. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

06-21-2006, 03:25 PM	#13
Pangloss62 Lecturer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 768	And NOW Kerry shifts to the left with his advocacy of a "definite" Iraq pull-out date and the other Dems are mad at him. Lieberman says he may run as an independent. Great. Give me a Dem with some balls. __________________ Things are never as good, or bad, as they seem.

06-21-2006, 11:30 PM	#14
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	oh pleasepleaseplease let napolitano run. i would love to get her the hell out of arizona, even if only for a short time. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

06-21-2006, 11:39 PM	#15
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	That whole list makes me want to drink.

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