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Tim McNamara
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Howard Kveck <[email protected]> writes:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "Tom Kunich" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I mean, apparently this is an item that you seem to believe needs
>> to be kept in the public eye. Why is that? Do you believe that
>> Kerry will have a chance in the next election when he'll have to
>> run against Bob Kerrey or John McCain?
>
> Is that the same John McCain that heroic John O'Neill spent the
> primary season in the 2000 campaign trashing as "mentally unstable"
> and "brainwashed by the North Vietnamese while he was in captivity"?
> Do you really think that he'll get the Republican nod in '08? He
> simply does not fit in with the plan of action the Repubs are
> running now. Besides, he seems to have some integrity.
There are other candidates warming up on the Republican side, and I am
sure this is also true on the Democratic side. I highly doubt that
John McCain will be the Republican candidate, as he is not rabidly
partisan enough and is seen as too liberal and too independent by the
power brokers in the RNC. It's a shame, really- McCain is one of the
Republicans who does come across as having integrity and intelligence,
in a party co-opted by extremists and idealogues.
Fortunately for the Republicans, the Democrats still have their heads
up their asses, looking for the light at the end of the tunnel. They
will not mount a successful challenge in 2008.
Here's a Canadian perspective on the fallout from the election:
The flood of American liberals sneaking across the border into Canada
has intensified in the past week, sparking calls for increased patrols
to stop the illegal immigration.
The re-election of President Bush is prompting the exodus among
leftleaning citizens who fear they'll soon be required to hunt, pray
and agree with Bill O'Reilly.
Canadian border farmers say it's not uncommon to see dozens of
sociology professors, animal rights activists and Unitarians crossing
their fields at night. "I went out to milk the cows the other day,
and there was a Hollywood producer huddled in the barn," said Manitoba
farmer Red Greenfield, whose acreage borders North Dakota.
The producer was cold, exhausted and hungry. "He asked me if I could
spare a latte and some free-range chicken. When I said I didn't have
any, he left. Didn't even get a chance to show him my screenplay, eh?"
In an effort to stop the illegal aliens, Greenfield erected higher
fences, but the liberals scaled them. So he tried installing speakers
that blare Rush Limbaugh across the fields.
"Not real effective," he said. "The liberals still got through, and
Rush annoyed the cows so much they wouldn't give milk."
Officials are particularly concerned about smugglers who meet liberals
near the Canadian border, pack them into Volvo station wagons, drive
them across the border and leave them to fend for themselves.
"A lot of these people are not prepared for rugged conditions," an
Ontario border patrolman said. "I found one carload without a drop of
drinking water. They did have a nice little Napa Valley cabernet,
though."
When liberals are caught, they're sent back across the border, often
wailing loudly that they fear retribution from conservatives. Rumors
have been circulating about the Bush administration establishing
re-education camps in which liberals will be forced to drink domestic
beer and watch NASCAR.
In the days since the election, liberals have turned to sometimes
ingenious ways of crossing the border. Some have taken to posing as
senior citizens on bus trips to buy cheap Canadian prescription
drugs. After catching a half-dozen young vegans disguised in powdered
wigs, Canadian immigration authorities began stopping buses and
quizzing the supposed senior-citizen passengers.
"If they can't identify the accordion player on The Lawrence Welk
Show, we get suspicious about their age," an official said.
Canadian citizens have complained that the illegal immigrants are
creating an organic-broccoli shortage and renting all the good Susan
Sarandon movies.
"I feel sorry for American liberals, but the Canadian economy just
can't support them," an Ottawa resident said. "How many art-history
majors does one country need?"
In an effort to ease tensions between the United States and Canada,
Vice President **** Cheney met with the Canadian ambassador and
pledged that the administration would take steps to reassure liberals,
a source close to Cheney said. "We're going to have some Peter, Paul &
Mary concerts. And we might put some endangered species on postage
stamps. The president is determined to reach out."
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "Tom Kunich" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I mean, apparently this is an item that you seem to believe needs
>> to be kept in the public eye. Why is that? Do you believe that
>> Kerry will have a chance in the next election when he'll have to
>> run against Bob Kerrey or John McCain?
>
> Is that the same John McCain that heroic John O'Neill spent the
> primary season in the 2000 campaign trashing as "mentally unstable"
> and "brainwashed by the North Vietnamese while he was in captivity"?
> Do you really think that he'll get the Republican nod in '08? He
> simply does not fit in with the plan of action the Repubs are
> running now. Besides, he seems to have some integrity.
There are other candidates warming up on the Republican side, and I am
sure this is also true on the Democratic side. I highly doubt that
John McCain will be the Republican candidate, as he is not rabidly
partisan enough and is seen as too liberal and too independent by the
power brokers in the RNC. It's a shame, really- McCain is one of the
Republicans who does come across as having integrity and intelligence,
in a party co-opted by extremists and idealogues.
Fortunately for the Republicans, the Democrats still have their heads
up their asses, looking for the light at the end of the tunnel. They
will not mount a successful challenge in 2008.
Here's a Canadian perspective on the fallout from the election:
The flood of American liberals sneaking across the border into Canada
has intensified in the past week, sparking calls for increased patrols
to stop the illegal immigration.
The re-election of President Bush is prompting the exodus among
leftleaning citizens who fear they'll soon be required to hunt, pray
and agree with Bill O'Reilly.
Canadian border farmers say it's not uncommon to see dozens of
sociology professors, animal rights activists and Unitarians crossing
their fields at night. "I went out to milk the cows the other day,
and there was a Hollywood producer huddled in the barn," said Manitoba
farmer Red Greenfield, whose acreage borders North Dakota.
The producer was cold, exhausted and hungry. "He asked me if I could
spare a latte and some free-range chicken. When I said I didn't have
any, he left. Didn't even get a chance to show him my screenplay, eh?"
In an effort to stop the illegal aliens, Greenfield erected higher
fences, but the liberals scaled them. So he tried installing speakers
that blare Rush Limbaugh across the fields.
"Not real effective," he said. "The liberals still got through, and
Rush annoyed the cows so much they wouldn't give milk."
Officials are particularly concerned about smugglers who meet liberals
near the Canadian border, pack them into Volvo station wagons, drive
them across the border and leave them to fend for themselves.
"A lot of these people are not prepared for rugged conditions," an
Ontario border patrolman said. "I found one carload without a drop of
drinking water. They did have a nice little Napa Valley cabernet,
though."
When liberals are caught, they're sent back across the border, often
wailing loudly that they fear retribution from conservatives. Rumors
have been circulating about the Bush administration establishing
re-education camps in which liberals will be forced to drink domestic
beer and watch NASCAR.
In the days since the election, liberals have turned to sometimes
ingenious ways of crossing the border. Some have taken to posing as
senior citizens on bus trips to buy cheap Canadian prescription
drugs. After catching a half-dozen young vegans disguised in powdered
wigs, Canadian immigration authorities began stopping buses and
quizzing the supposed senior-citizen passengers.
"If they can't identify the accordion player on The Lawrence Welk
Show, we get suspicious about their age," an official said.
Canadian citizens have complained that the illegal immigrants are
creating an organic-broccoli shortage and renting all the good Susan
Sarandon movies.
"I feel sorry for American liberals, but the Canadian economy just
can't support them," an Ottawa resident said. "How many art-history
majors does one country need?"
In an effort to ease tensions between the United States and Canada,
Vice President **** Cheney met with the Canadian ambassador and
pledged that the administration would take steps to reassure liberals,
a source close to Cheney said. "We're going to have some Peter, Paul &
Mary concerts. And we might put some endangered species on postage
stamps. The president is determined to reach out."