NattPang
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Mon Jul-07-08 03:23 PM
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Odd version of "The Chicago Way" - The Knifefight |
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Edited on Mon Jul-07-08 03:24 PM by NattPang
Scene 1-
Obama goes to the Knifefight with his gun in holster.
Dem Activists take knives to the knifefight and hold them to Barack Obama's throat.
Obama pulls out his gun, but the Republicans are hiding behind the Dem Activists, so he can't shoot at his targets.
The media has a machinegun trained on both Barack Obama and Dem Activists, and shoot up a clip.
Obama is wounded by bullets with knives still at his throat.
The Democratic Activists are wounded too. they see the blood but think only Obama has been hit.
Republicans, Democratic Activists, and media swear Obama's wounds are self inflicted.
Democratic Activists go home only to realize that they have been hit too.
John McCain is watching it all while sitting in his getaway car.
He speeds away and heads to Speakeasy town hall meeting to meet with moderates and Independents. Media follows.
This is my play on "The Chicago way", Taking a gun to the Knifefight.
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Mon Jul-07-08 03:24 PM
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1. Hope you didn't spend too much time on it |
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Mon Jul-07-08 03:27 PM
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Mon Jul-07-08 03:28 PM
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3. good one, Natt. thanks. k&R |
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Mon Jul-07-08 03:37 PM
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Sad as it is, I closed my eyes, and based on what I hear in the news, and read in editorials and that scene is what imagined.
BTW, everyone was wearing West Side Story Costumes.
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Mon Jul-07-08 03:39 PM
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5. Well, it's imaginative. LOL. |
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I do not expect activists and progressives we've always admired to stop thinking and stop speaking out just because it's Barack Obama they're disagreeing with. They're not being tools of the GOP or the media. They haven't turned into pod people.
And they're certainly not going after him with knives. The criticism they've offered is constructive.
Wow, the melodrama. I'm surprised you didn't envision them nailing him to a cross.
This is the Democratic Party, and it isn't an authoritarian party. You will always see disagreements among Democrats. You need to be able to deal with them. As our nominee, he needs to be able to deal with them. If he can't, he isn't a very strong nominee, and having supporters trying desperately to quash any disagreement will not make him a stronger nominee.
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Mon Jul-07-08 03:46 PM
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6. I'm seeing the disagreement all on the news |
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Edited on Mon Jul-07-08 03:47 PM by NattPang
and the media have turned it into more than it needs to be.
The disagreements are being used as an excuse to smear Obama.
The "knifefight" scene shows that the activists have not hurt Obama with the knives. Only that they incapacitated him long enough to allow the media to do the real damage. and in a long run, I do believe that the Democratic Activists are hurting themselves, but will put it on Obama by blaming self inflicted wounds.
As far as quashing "disagreement", please go ahead and continue. Don't mind me. I don't count.
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