oh pleeeeeese..give me a break..remember I'M OLD and cannot hardly stand Mr Gephardt...oh yah am I first again??? woooooha

As of this moment- when I post, I will be second--- that is as close to first that I have been in a long time!

"Stroke of the pen"...? "willy-nilly"... ?
Richard "call me Dick" Gephardt may have some issues he needs to work out.

"It was a basic statement you would make about anything," Gephardt said.

"In fact, I plan to make silly statements like that throughout my campaign until people really start paying attention to me. Look at all the attention given to Kerry, Dean, and Sharpton because of the idiotic things that they say. I just hope I can think up enough off the wall stuff before Jerry Springer enters the race."

Gephardt also made it clear that, if he became President, he would do more than just say stupid things.

He would do stupid things too.

"It's about the sound bite, stupid."

Wait a minute Scott, ------I thought you said 'The Gepper' already was President?

Satire imitates reality:

Fleischer's comment today at the press conference was, in fact:

"This is now a state matter."

Sounds to me like a Presidential encouragement to state leaders in Texas to resist a clear constitutional holding by the nation's highest court. My, my.

"And with the stroke of the pen I will eliminate the 50 sovereign states creating in their stead 12 provinces plus the Duchy of Missour-a," said Richard the First earlier today.

"uummm, I mean Miz-er-a." "been in D.C. too long King Richard was heard to mutter as he descended from his throne.

" (close quote)

Gephard is having a nasty flashback to the days of Bill the Sex Maniac and his generous use of the executive order to overturn the will of the people.

Hey old old lady, you can be first but gimme that marble rye you old bag.

(oh I miss the old days)