calimary
calimary's JournalIf she keeps being an attention-hog, it's to be expected.
If she doesn't want all this "unwanted attention," why is she sticking her neck out and making herself a public spectacle like this. You can't do that - or keep doing that - and then complain about the attention it gets you with any credibility. It's one thing to be targeted for derision. It's another when you yourself willingly put that target on as part of your clothing when you get dressed every morning.
Yep, the FIRST statement is always the one that's more genuine. The FIRST blurt outta their mouths
is what's generally the truth.
Exactly as it was recently with jeb bush on the Iraq War - his FIRST response was the money one. That he would have done the same thing his brother did. THAT'S the one you could take to the bank. Then he waffled and tap-danced and two-stepped throughout that week, trying to thread the needle so it didn't seems as though he was gonna do that after all (and it's safe to go ahead and vote for him. Just take his word for it!).
Exactly as nikki haley did with her crocodile tears late on that Wednesday night a couple of weeks ago immediately after the massacre. Q: What about taking down that flag, governor? A: Oh well, that's part of our heritage and that's who we are and well we can't do that; it means too much to too many people in this state... And then five days later there she is with her allegedly-changed tune that the flag is indeed gonna come down. Yeah, sure! They're even gonna bring it up in the state legislature. They're gonna talk about it. They're gonna bring it up for discussion. They're gonna... yeah, sure, nikki. I'll believe it when I see it. Your tap-dancing and two-stepping just sounds like another delaying tactic to me.
I've taken some heat and some lovely little insults about that here. And I really don't have time to get into head-to-head arguments with other brothers and sisters here that take up a bunch of increasingly heated and nasty real estate in some thread here.
Well, fine, South Carolina has its own legislative procedures about how things get done. Governor doesn't have the same powers the Alabama governor did - he said the flag comes down and that's exactly what happened, straight away, and he doesn't have to wait for the legislature. Yeah, I get that.
Well, EVEN IF THAT IS NOT HOW IT WORKS IN SOUTH CAROLINA, I'm not convinced. nikki-baby could be out there, USING HER LEADERSHIP POSITION to hustle that change along. GET UP THERE IN FRONT OF THOSE CAMERAS AND MICROPHONES and publicly nag the legislature EVERY DAMN DAY. Make an issue of it. Make a stink out of it. Publicly ask why they're not at it TODAY. NOW. THIS MINUTE? Put them on the spot for every hour they're choosing NOT to deal with it or NOT to get to it or NOT to have enough time for it. Procedure SHMOcedure. If you really agree it has to change, and if indeed your state laws and constitution stipulate that the legislature's got this one, and you as governor can't act unilaterally (well, that hasn't stopped our President, thank goodness!), why aren't you using your job title and your state-wide bully pulpit to nag them and shame them and pester them til they get off their asses and actually get something done about it? WHERE ARE YOU, nikki haley? We haven't heard squat from ol' nikki-baby about any of that since last Monday. If she really agrees that the flag should come down, then she should be out there, loudly and repeatedly, pushing them and pressuring them to make this change and take that damn flag down, in front of EVERY camera and EVERY microphone that so frequently likes to pay attention to her because she's glib, easy on the eyes, and she photographs well.
bill kristol, for one. Mr. "Weekly (Weakly?) Standard".
Hey! That's a good one. That's how I'm going to start referring to his ridiculous wrong-wing magazine from now on. He was the one who spotted her and brought her to the attention of the mccain campaign. He was SOOOOOO impressed. Wonder if he, too, stood there sneaking sidelong looks at her backside while fiddling with his wedding ring the way mccain did, out in public, onstage in front of the cameras and microphones, immediately after announcing her to the world as his running mate.
bill kristol's taste is straight up his ass. Let's never forget how everything he's said about anything has been WRONG WRONG WRONG. A lot of the smooth-talkin' nice-soundin' promises and assurances about how no-muss/no-fuss/no-hassle/no-cost the Iraq War was going to be came from him, too. Especially since he got more face-time than just about anybody else outside bush/cheney inc.
It bears repeating!
I've seen it and many of the other rainbow photos.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE a week makes, 'eh?
This one is never gonna get old.
Excellent, Excellent, Excellent!!!!!
This stuff is just SUPERB for re-framing the issue. When it's clarified and easy to remember and easy to drop into a conversation when/if needed, so much the better. That's why sloganeering is so important. Stupid and manipulative and superficial. But still important, unfortunately. Catchy slogans and turns-of-phrase are easy to remember. If they're easy to remember, they're easy to repeat. Particularly if they're clever or funny. And the longer they stand, especially if you're using them now and then, the more you unconsciously internalize them and they become familiar and comfortable and preferred.
Having that hate-rag flying high, plastered across walls, emblazoned on everything from license plates to wearables of every kind does nothing but render it commonplace, familiar, no-big-deal, something you become accustomed to, part of the wallpaper of life that you just take for granted and don't give a second thought about. It becomes comfortable, therefore, by default, acceptable and accepted.
And I'm sorry, but NOBODY should be allowed to become comfortable with that damn flag.
It should become something that's as taboo as the utterance of the "n-word." And NOT something one flaunts in polite company.
And nobody's forcing them to go marry a gay person, either.
Hey fundies - NOBODY is holding a gun to your head and forcing ANY of you to get divorced and go marry somebody of your same gender.
It's like with an abortion.
If you don't want same-sex marriage, THEN FORCRYINGOUTLOUD, DON'T HAVE ONE!!!!!!!!!
Welcome to DU, Missn-Hitch!
Glad you're here! What you said, my friend. I think we've all been WAY too over-tolerant of the presence of that damn Dixie Swastika for FAR too long. We should have started making an issue about it as soon as it reared its ugly fabric head. And nip it in the bud. Too bad it's been allowed to metastasize the way it has.
Aw shit. Another loss for the rock world.
Yes was such a great band. Any group of musicians who could keep up with their keyboardist, Rick Wakeman, was a group that was absolutely World-Class.
"I've Seen All Good People..." And we're seeing too many of 'em leave us, dammit. 
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