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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-15-08 07:51 AM
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Don't Send A Fighter To Do A Lover's Job
Remember when Edwards was running, and he kept saying how he was going to "fight" for us?

He was going to fight the republicans. He was going to fight big business. He was going to fight the lobbyists.

You know how Clinton says we've got to vote for her because she's a fighter? How she's been through the wars, the battles. How she's taken the opposition's best punches and lived to tell about it? How she'll go into the White House on day one and stand up to the Republicans and get things done?

Well. Bullshit.

I remember not too long ago, there was a guy running for the highest office in my land. He was a tough guy. He had experience. He said he was going to take on the Republicans. He said he was going to take on big business. He said he'd make the lobbyists cry.

He got swept up into office promising to destroy our opponents and usher in an era of powerhouse, take-no-prisoner Democratic politics.

A little over a year later, we're still waiting.

A little over a year later, we look back and see that promising to fight the whole world doesn't work.

A little over a year later, we see that promising to destroy your opponents doesn't exactly make them agreeable to the notion.

A little over a year later, his approval rating in the bluest of blue states is at George W Bush levels.

He was a fighter.

He was a tough guy.

He was the "steamroller."

He is Elliot Spitzer



A crippled governor who picked every fight he could, and lost virtually all of them because when all you do is fight, there's no room for making friends and accomplishing things.

Politics is a lot like having sex with the least attractive person you can find. Sure, you're going to hate the experience, and the offspring you produce will be ugly, but it's the only way to continue the cycle and ensure the population sustains itself.

Don't send a fighter to do a lover's job.
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yeswecan08 Donating Member (134 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-15-08 08:33 AM
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1. Barack is about love, understanding, and cooperation - not hatred
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jasmine621 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-15-08 08:36 AM
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3. You wouldn't know it from his Clinton attacks and his supporters behavior
and comments.
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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-15-08 12:54 PM
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6. supporters are hardly representative of the candidates themselves
sorry for the late reply. I just got back from work.
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bigtree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-15-08 08:39 AM
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5. and pretty flowers
Edited on Fri Feb-15-08 08:39 AM by bigtree
don't forget the pretty flowers
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jakem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-15-08 08:35 AM
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2. Why do you hate sex with ugly people?

:rofl:
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Symarip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-15-08 08:36 AM
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4. If you don't have sex with ugly people...
The terrorists win.
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