Thank you, Democratic Convention, NOT!!

Salukulady · Post by **Salukulady** » August 23, 2008 3:44 am

Wino you know wrote:
Salukulady wrote:Thought you'd like that one
About as much as you like your governor.

Actually, I do like Arnold. (my right leg has republican blood flowing through it.) Especially when he first took office. Lately he has been taken in a bit, but I still feel his interests are right on. And he's married to a very sharp woman. Think how exciting their marriage is.

Wino you know · Post by **Wino you know** » August 23, 2008 3:48 am

Salukulady wrote:Especially when he first took office. Lately he has been taken in a bit, but I still feel his interests are right on. And he's married to a very sharp woman. Think how exciting their marriage is.

Even though he's a R.I.N.O., I like the governator too.
But yes, he's fallen into that age-old trap of appeasing the other side in hopes that they'll like him. He (and many other R.I.N.O.s like him) need to understand the other side will NEVER like them, and they should just stick by their principles that got them elected in the first place, or have a repeat of 2006.

Salukulady · Post by **Salukulady** » August 23, 2008 12:18 pm

Wino you know wrote:
Salukulady wrote:Especially when he first took office. Lately he has been taken in a bit, but I still feel his interests are right on. And he's married to a very sharp woman. Think how exciting their marriage is.
Even though he's a R.I.N.O., I like the governator too.
But yes, he's fallen into that age-old trap of appeasing the other side in hopes that they'll like him. He (and many other R.I.N.O.s like him) need to understand the other side will NEVER like them, and they should just stick by their principles that got them elected in the first place, or have a repeat of 2006.

Okay, I'll bite....what's a RINO? And yes, he started out strong. Someone not from the political world that had fresh ideas and stuck to them no matter what the lobbyists did.

Wino you know · Post by **Wino you know** » August 23, 2008 12:26 pm

Salukulady wrote:Okay, I'll bite....what's a RINO? And yes, he started out strong. Someone not from the political world that had fresh ideas and stuck to them no matter what the lobbyists did.

It's a moniker given to liberal Republicans-"Republican In Name Only."
Lots of them run as Republicans because they feel it's the only way they'll get elected, and, once in office, govern, not so much as a Democrat, but as a liberal.
A classic example is N.Y.C. mayor "Bye-Bye" Bloomberg.
He was replacing a very poplular Republican mayor (who was a bit of a liberal himself on occasion) due to term limits, and, apparently, felt running as a Republican was the only way he'd get elected. Either that, or the Democratic field was overcrowded-not uncommon in New York.

Just my own opinion, but I'm guessing your governor would've gotten elected no matter which party he chose to run on. But I do like the guy as an actor, and, as governor, I suppose, like anything else, he's better than some, worse than others.

Salukulady · Post by **Salukulady** » August 23, 2008 12:51 pm

That election was a riot. I kept the ballot to show my kids what a mess our political system can be.

Wino you know · Post by **Wino you know** » August 23, 2008 1:03 pm

Salukulady wrote:That election was a riot. I kept the ballot to show my kids what a mess our political system can be.

I'm sure people have done that with all candidates in all elections.

I don't know if you were around in 1968, but if anyone would've told me back then that segregationist George Wallace would've gotten nearly 19% of the vote in the presidential election, I would've asked them what they were smoking.

Salukulady · Post by **Salukulady** » August 23, 2008 3:06 pm

Wino you know wrote:
Salukulady wrote:That election was a riot. I kept the ballot to show my kids what a mess our political system can be.
I'm sure people have done that with all candidates in all elections.

I don't know if you were around in 1968, but if anyone would've told me back then that segregationist George Wallace would've gotten nearly 19% of the vote in the presidential election, I would've asked them what they were smoking.

I was just a kid, but yes I remember my parents being appalled.

Wino you know · Post by **Wino you know** » August 23, 2008 3:12 pm

Salukulady wrote:
Wino you know wrote:
Salukulady wrote:That election was a riot. I kept the ballot to show my kids what a mess our political system can be.
I'm sure people have done that with all candidates in all elections.

I don't know if you were around in 1968, but if anyone would've told me back then that segregationist George Wallace would've gotten nearly 19% of the vote in the presidential election, I would've asked them what they were smoking.
I was just a kid, but yes I remember my parents being appalled.

He most definately had no chance of getting elected, but the fact that he received ANY electoral votes was a disaster.
To think that there were that many people in the country who thought the way HE did back then was more than scary.

Post by **SMLCHNG** » August 24, 2008 5:36 pm

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx? ... &catid=339

Protestors force temporary lockdown at Pepsi Center

9NEWS Reporter Kyle Clark reports police have shut down Broadway at Colfax so protestors can go to Lincoln Park. The protestors have left the intersection of 15th and Colfax. They dispersed on their own. No violence or unrest has been reported. Expect traffic delays along Broadway.

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx? ... &catid=188

Hotel threat evacuates Speaker of House

Mountains and molehills I tell ya..

Wino you know · Post by **Wino you know** » August 24, 2008 5:44 pm

KOOKS!
FRIGGIN' KOOKS, EVERY G.D. ONE OF THEM!

Tequila Revenge · Post by **Tequila Revenge** » August 24, 2008 7:41 pm

Salukulady wrote:
Wino you know wrote:
Salukulady wrote:Thought you'd like that one
About as much as you like your governor.
Actually, I do like Arnold. (my right leg has republican blood flowing through it.) Especially when he first took office. Lately he has been taken in a bit, but I still feel his interests are right on. And he's married to a very sharp woman. Think how exciting their marriage is.

Favorite Arnold tee shirt: My Governor Can Kick Your Governor's Ass

Wino you know · Post by **Wino you know** » August 24, 2008 8:40 pm

Tequila Revenge wrote:Favorite Arnold tee shirt: My Governor Can Kick Your Governor's Ass

I wish your governor WOULD kick my governor's ass.

Elrod · Post by **Elrod** » August 24, 2008 9:13 pm

Wino you know wrote:
Tequila Revenge wrote:Favorite Arnold tee shirt: My Governor Can Kick Your Governor's Ass
I wish your governor WOULD kick my governor's ass.

Ours could use a good ass kicking.

chippewa · Post by **chippewa** » August 24, 2008 9:46 pm

Our governor is a Harvard law grad and a former Miss San Carlos (Calif.). But she was born in Canada, so my dream ticket of her and Arnold can never be....

Tequila Revenge · Post by **Tequila Revenge** » August 24, 2008 10:35 pm

Elrod wrote:
Wino you know wrote:
Tequila Revenge wrote:Favorite Arnold tee shirt: My Governor Can Kick Your Governor's Ass
I wish your governor WOULD kick my governor's ass.
Ours could use a good ass kicking.

Arnie's gonna be busy

PHAW Webmistress · Post by **PHAW Webmistress** » August 26, 2008 4:41 pm

Thought I'd share some of the sights - I have been walking downtown each day during the lunch hour.

THE absolute best thing I saw all day today

Could someone please explain this one to me?

Hawking thier wares

Obama in a bottle

Pins pins everywhere - the most sold thing I think on the 16th Street Mall than anything!

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » August 26, 2008 4:47 pm

have you seen the guy selling the "a black man is running but the police aren't chasing him" t shirts on the corner of 15th and stout (I think)?

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » August 26, 2008 4:55 pm

PHAW Webmistress wrote:Thought I'd share some of the sights - I have been walking downtown each day during the lunch hour.

THE absolute best thing I saw all day today

wenches

Frank4 · Post by **Frank4** » August 26, 2008 5:04 pm

Wino you know wrote:
Tequila Revenge wrote:Favorite Arnold tee shirt: My Governor Can Kick Your Governor's Ass
I wish your governor WOULD kick my governor's ass.

I agree with you there. I wish Arnold would come to Illinois and grab Slick Rod by his scrawny little neck....

PHAW Webmistress · Post by **PHAW Webmistress** » August 26, 2008 5:13 pm

buffettbride wrote:have you seen the guy selling the "a black man is running but the police aren't chasing him" t shirts on the corner of 15th and stout (I think)?

No I missed that one - I'll look for it tomorrow and take a picture

HOG - you were the first person I thought of when I saw Captain Morgan with the wenches

I got a kick out of his "secret service" detail - they never once cracked a smile