Licorice the Hamster Speaks

[spooky3]

My friend who volunteered at the DN convention sent this. I thought it was cute.

July 31, 2004
By COLIN McENROE

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/31/opinion/31mcenroe.html?ex=1092285807&ei=1&en=b424419e30bc90ce
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(snip)
My name is Licorice, and I am a hamster. I was
the hamster of Alexandra's sister, Vanessa, and she, on
balance, was a good person, although a bit of a tickler. On
this occasion, as the family gathered on the pier to depart
for a vacation, somebody - I'm not saying it was Alexandra;
I'm not saying it was on purpose - "bumped" my cage, and
the next thing I knew, I was in the water and sinking fast.

(snip)

Yes, it was John Kerry. Help was on the way. Yes, he did
perform CPR. Yes, he did perform mouth-to-mouth
resuscitation. There is no doubt that I owe him my life. On
the other hand, the water went up to his chest, O.K.? I
mean, this wasn't exactly PT-109.

(snip)

And I'm glad I wasn't a Bush family pet. Their hamsters
probably have to rescue them, from the looks of things.

I might wind up speaking at the Republican convention,
though. I'm opposed to stem cell research. With any kind of
research, hamsters always wind up taking it right on the
chin. And we barely even have chins.

Colin McEnroe is a radio talk show host and writer.

[goclark]

1. Don't forget Barney in the WH

Check out the thread hear on Barney,the WH doggie.
Barney really is being treated in a cruel way.

[DODI]

2. Colin is a liberal talk show host here in Hartford

He follows Rush and is great. I love Colin. He helped to take Rowland down too.

[monarch]

3. I've always enjoyed Colin although I rarely

listen to him now that I'm not commuting in the late afternoon. I was really disappointed in his take on Theresa's speech, however. He was very critical saying that she focused too much on herself. I thought that the point of having her speak was to tell us about herself.

[DODI]

4. Bruce wasn't there to keep him in line this week.

Hey, Monarch, check the CT Forum - we are trying to get a breakfast thing together next week in Middletown.

[Fed Up]

5. how long till "Kerry favors hamsters over unborn children" stuff?

I can almost hear it now, Rush Limbaugh, Savage, Laura Ingraham , blah blah. John Kerry will fight to save a hamster, but not the unborn.

The hamster story (from his daughter) was good, and in the end it won't matter, but it will give brain dead Repukes something to debate and talk about that will muddy the waters of this campaign.

I mean, they're already debating whether Jesus prevented the balloons from coming down, because he's angry with the Democrats.

[DrFunkenstein]

6. Print media ate up the Licorice story

Personally, I prefer V.C. the dog that hung out on Kerry's PT boat.