(2007-07-03) — One of the chief architects of campaign finance reform legislation has shown that he can ‘walk the talk’ when it comes to reducing the corrupting influence of money on presidential candidates.
Sen. John McCain, because he raised only $11.2 million in the second quarter, is “free to be his own man and to follow the dictates of his own conscience when he’s in the White House,” according to campaign manager Terry Nelson, who has decided to work without pay, and to cut about half the campaign’s staff, to reduce the corrupting influence of “political handlers” on Mr. McCain.
By comparison, Democrat contender Barack Obama raised about $32 million from April to June, and GOP rivals Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani are expected to announce totals at least twice as high as Mr. McCain’s.
“Those other guys are essentially beholden to tens of thousands of special interest donors,” said Mr. Nelson, “but John McCain is the maverick master of his own destiny. McCain is nobody’s poodle. He retains the power to walk away from this corrupt process at any time. His ability to keep himself free from the entanglement of broad-based financial support is what makes him, in my mind, the moral frontrunner.”
73 responses so far ↓
1 Darthmeister // Jul 3, 2007 at 6:34 am
Yeah, but how much of that is in pesos?
2 onlineanalyst // Jul 3, 2007 at 6:35 am
Has the McCain campaign been reduced to funds from LaRaza etal. and public coffers? Bets are being taken for when the next demonstration by the “shadow people” will take place.
3 Darthmeister // Jul 3, 2007 at 6:35 am
… besides, when John McCain raises money that’s different than how Fred Thompson or anyone else raises their money.
McCain ought to give all his voters a rebate just for the privilege of running on their behalf.
4 gafisher // Jul 3, 2007 at 6:40 am
That’s not to say McCain’s uncorrupted, just that the cause isn’t popular support …
5 gafisher // Jul 3, 2007 at 6:42 am
And on the eve of our nation’s birthday,
~ May God Bless America! ~
6 Hawkeye // Jul 3, 2007 at 6:58 am
McCain can shake up his staff all he wants to, but the problem isn’t with the staff… the problem is McCain. He’s snubbed the conservative base of the party. He can’t decide if he’s a Republican or a Democrat. He blew off Iowa. He pushed the Immigration Reform bill.
So what’s to like?
7 Hawkeye // Jul 3, 2007 at 7:02 am
P.S.- Funny stuff as usual Scott.
(:D) Best regards…
8 Ms RightWing, Ink // Jul 3, 2007 at 7:18 am
Morning all
9 boberinyetagain // Jul 3, 2007 at 7:24 am
Good stuff Scott!
10 CalGirl // Jul 3, 2007 at 7:53 am
Oh, ouch. Unique perspective on this, ain’t it?
But can you imagine? $11 million is considered a pittance?
11 Fred Sinclair // Jul 3, 2007 at 8:02 am
Dwight D. Eisenhower was an American hero and an American President.
John McCain is an American hero and I think that’s the extent of his capabilities.
He could best serve his country by turning his campaign coffers over to Thompson, Huckabee or Hunter as any of the three would bring honor to the office.
Heirborn Ranger
12 RedPepper // Jul 3, 2007 at 8:03 am
♫ Once in khakhi suits (Gee! We looked swell!)
Full of that Yankee-Doodley-dum
A half-a-million boots went slogging through Hell
And I was the kid with the drum
Say! Don’t you remember? You called me Al
It was Al all the time
Say don’t you remember I was your pal
Hey Buddy! Can you spare a dime? ♫
13 Shelly // Jul 3, 2007 at 8:21 am
Guess the “extracurricular” people have spoken again?
14 Rock Slatestone // Jul 3, 2007 at 8:38 am
Is Mr McCain going for the sympathy vote? Maybe he secretly has workers hiding on a different payroll? I’m not saying he does, I am only wondering.
15 boberinyetagain // Jul 3, 2007 at 8:52 am
Obviously he will be using illegals for much of the “ground” work for this campaign. It’s the American way!
16 Shelly // Jul 3, 2007 at 9:12 am
Was just browsing Michelle’s site and read about the illegal immigrants who are DEMANDING that deportation orders not be carried out and threatening to “halt this government and economy” because we didn’t give them amnesty. Maybe they started with McCain’s campaign? (Who knew “in the shadows” was a synonym for loud, delusional attempts at extortion?)
17 Just Ranting // Jul 3, 2007 at 9:25 am
McCain’s biggest problem raising money is his inability to commit to conservative values, particularly immigration. A friend sent the following to me. I do not know who the wise person was that wrote it, but the analogy is dead on.
“A man bought a bird feeder. He hung it on his back porch and filled it with seed.
“Within a week he had hundreds of birds taking advantage of the continuous flow of free and easily accessible food. But then the birds started building nests on trees above the patio and its table, and next to the barbecue.
“Then came the poop. It was everywhere: on the patio, the table, the chairs, the barbecue … everywhere.
“Then some of the birds turned mean: They would dive bomb the man and try to peck him even though he had fed them out of his own pocket. And others birds were boisterous and loud: They sat on the feeder and the trees and squawked and screamed at all hours of the day and night and demanded that he fill the feeder when it got low on food.
“After a while, he couldn’t even sit on his own back porch anymore. He took down the bird feeder and in three days the birds were gone. He cleaned up their mess and took down the many nests they had built over the patio.
“Soon, the back yard was like it used to be…quiet, serene and no one demanding their rights to a free meal.
“Now let’s see… Our government gives out free food, subsidized housing, free medical care, free education to our citizens who need it -and anyone born here to be a citizen automatically.
“Then the illegals came by the tens of thousands. Suddenly our taxes went up to pay for free services. Small apartments are housing 5 families: You have to wait 6 hours to be seen by an emergency room doctor: Your child’s 2nd grade class is behind other schools because over half the class doesn’t speak English. Corn Flakes now come in a bilingual box. You have to press “one” to hear your bank talk to you in English. And on top of it all, people waving flags other than “Old Glory” are squawking and screaming in the streets, demanding more rights and free liberties.
“Maybe it’s time for the government to take down the bird feeder.”
18 hwy93 // Jul 3, 2007 at 9:55 am
You know at some point you would expect McCain to look at his fundraising and shrinking staff and realize that his Rino song and dance doesn’t play well in the rest of the country. I’ve been traveling to Phoenix a lot lately with work and the people I’ve talked to are livid about illegal immigration. I know it’s anecdotal, but I expect Big Mac may have a little difficulty in his home state gaining support. Much like my very own soon to be ex senator Lindsey (look at me) Graham.
19 boberinyetagain // Jul 3, 2007 at 10:06 am
hwy, long time no see! How have you been?
20 hwy93 // Jul 3, 2007 at 10:29 am
Hey Bober,
I’ve been ok, I’ve been traveling a lot with work for about the last year. It’s been a long project but it’s almost over. I also gat married (after several delays). I’ve been lurking whenever possible though. I hope everyone in your family as well as here has been well.
21 hwy93 // Jul 3, 2007 at 10:30 am
gat married, got married. you know what I mean,
22 gafisher // Jul 3, 2007 at 11:38 am
Whew! “I also gat married …” sounded like a mob version of a shotgun wedding! (-:
Congratulations, hwy93.
23 Laughing@You // Jul 3, 2007 at 11:39 am
“He could best serve his country by turning his campaign coffers over to Thompson, Huckabee or Hunter as any of the three would bring honor to the office.” That so true, and I’m sure any Democrat President welcome a brief visit.
Fred, … Fred, … it’s over! Our fry cook Dumbyah has burnt everything in your column. You may pick any of our gourmet items in the other column, at the same price, or may I suggest fasting may help purge the Kool-Aid.
24 Laughing@You // Jul 3, 2007 at 11:48 am
Hwy93, Congrats!
Best wishes, and may you prosper in all things.
I hope you choose a Democrat! There much better at everything you know, and their honest!
If not put him on, I’ll convert him like I have Henry.
25 Laughing@You // Jul 3, 2007 at 11:52 am
OK, change “there” to “they’re”, you fastidious twit.
26 gafisher // Jul 3, 2007 at 12:06 pm
Also “their” to “they’re” L@Y, to be consistent though inaccurate. (-:
27 Laughing@You // Jul 3, 2007 at 12:08 pm
gafisher yer right! My bad!
28 Beerme // Jul 3, 2007 at 12:31 pm
As I see it Huckabee doubled the tax burden in Arkansas during his two term tenure. I wouldn’t want that for president…
29 Beerme // Jul 3, 2007 at 12:34 pm
So there…their…and they’re!
30 Darthmeister // Jul 3, 2007 at 12:52 pm
The lawless Congress: Congressional Democrats abusing their oversight privileges to make political points with their whacko base.
Imagine that.
31 gafisher // Jul 3, 2007 at 1:50 pm
“… doubled the tax burden in Arkansas …”
That was by repealing the tax embargo a predecessor had ordered for Whitewater Development Company investors …
32 Ms RightWing, Ink // Jul 3, 2007 at 3:41 pm
FROM THE BUBKERS’ “IF THIS WAS A REPUBLICAN GIG,” DEPARTMENT.
You just know this would be on the national evening news:
http://www.newsnet5.com/news/13613052/detail.html
33 Ms RightWing, Ink // Jul 3, 2007 at 3:42 pm
um, where am I?
34 Ms RightWing, Ink // Jul 3, 2007 at 3:42 pm
er, THE BUNKERS’
35 Ms RightWing, Ink // Jul 3, 2007 at 3:43 pm
i’M LOST AGAIN
36 Darthmeister // Jul 3, 2007 at 5:11 pm
Expert: Most Terrorists Are Educated and Not Poor
Oh really? What have conservatives been saying all along, it isn’t poverty that drives terrorism but rather the ideology of Islamic extremism which radicalizes these people. Another libtard myth exploded.
NEW BRITISH PM: Don’t Say Terrorists are Muslims; Drops Phrase ‘War on Terror’…
Another European dhimmie. Prepare to serve your Islamic overlords ya PC dimbulb!
Solar ‘Greed’? Humans accused of overusing the Sun!
This is considered to be cutting-edge intellectualism among liberal enviro-whackos. Whatever happened to use it or lose it? I doubt dolphins are capable of taking advantage of the coal resources we don’t use. The last time I checked, humanity was a part of nature. Every species alters the environment in which they live, that’s why cattle farmers hated sheep. Doh!
37 Mack // Jul 3, 2007 at 5:29 pm
I had a chat with one of McCain’s people the other day and broke his heart. McCain is more prone to compromise when he should stand his ground. He supported the immigration / amnesty bill and the sell out when the Republicans still held the majority in the Senate so I can’t support him.
Yes he got shot down and was a prisoner of war, but he is also a left of center moderate. Campaign finance was a flash in the pan non-issue much as the hype Al Gore has generated over climate change. Much like our pal L@Y does here.
There is a real issue, a war on terrorism and the Democrats want you to look at other things so they run around the barnyard screaming “the sky is falling.” Hoping you won’t notice that they are cut and run cowards.
38 kajun // Jul 3, 2007 at 5:33 pm
Don’t blame the “solar greed” on me; my blood pressure medication says “Don’t even look at sunshine out a winder” while using this drug!
39 JamesonLewis3rd // Jul 3, 2007 at 6:09 pm
Just for the heck of it I put my name on a John McCain Email list. Lately, they have been rather pathetic, pleading for money with great, melodramatic (but generic) obsequiousness. If he’d switch parties, he might do better.
He has a weird idea of what the people want.
‘Course, they all have weird ideas of what the people want.
They’re not used to actually hearing what the people want. It is like Sanskrit to their ears. It’s the language of accountability for the Democrat, the Republican or whatever.
Personally, I want a bare-bones government.
40 Effeminem // Jul 3, 2007 at 7:02 pm
It occurs to me that Congress is afraid to act because to act in this case would be to actually do something.
When is the last time an act of Congress had any visible effect? Increasing funding for some commision doesn’t really do anything. Increasing minimum penalties for possession of pirated copies of Doom IV doesn’t really do anything. Invading Iraq was proactive, but apparently Congress thought Bush wouldn’t really carry through with it.
Here, there would be bulldozers and police raids and boatloads of exiles dumped in the Yucatan. Congress would have to see the consequences of their actions for once.
So instead, they choose to tinker with paperwork requirements in a federal bureau.
41 The Great Santini // Jul 3, 2007 at 10:25 pm
♪ ♪ ♪ YOU’RE McCAIN ♪ ♪ ♪
[Tune: “You’re So Vainâ€, music, lyrics and performed by Carly Simon;
© 2007, Santini Parody Serenades]
[Verse]
Thumbed you nose at the base of your party
Dreamed your campaign funds wouldn’t stop
Always dissin’ those right-wing troglodytes
You maniacally busted their chops
Now your “maverick†shtick has lost its sheen
Your campaign’s belly-flopped
Poll numbers are saggin’, your handlers are gaggin’
Your derriere’s draggin’, but…
[Chorus]
You’re McCain
Your shopworn act is always about you
You’re McCain (You’re McCain!)
Small wonder that conservatives
Doubt you, flout you, clout you, out you
[Verse]
Ah, you’re hot stuff inside the Beltway
With BICRA, Gang of 14, you obsessed
Then you bragged of your “centrist†exploits
On Hardball® and meet the Depressed®
But your condescending attitude
Derailed the Straight-Talk Express
It’s vapor-locked, in drydock
Campaign’s in hock, buoyant as lead rock, and…
[Chorus]
You’re McCain
You’ve earned your stripes as Senate’s chief RINO
You’re McCain (You’re McCain!)
Your campaign’s cold-cocked, just like a wino
On moonshine-o, whine-o
[Verse]
Your name on two shamnesty bills said all
That really had to be said
You strutted, you preened, and you cross-dressed
Danced two lambadas with Fatso Ted
Just like those bills, you’ve augered in
You shoulda channeled Fred
Your donors got shtupped, Betty-Booped
By you, chumpster, so you’re in the dumpster, and…
[Chorus]
You’re McCain
All those peasants with pitchforks disgust you
You’re McCain (You’re McCain!)
You’re done because you’ve shown they can’t trust you
They bust you, dust you, distrust you…ah…
[Tag, to fade]
You’re McCain…
Campaign meltdown hotter than fondue…
You’re McCain…
Up to your butt in RINO deep doo-doo…
You’re McCain…
42 JamesonLewis3rd // Jul 4, 2007 at 6:23 am
Words cannot express the intensity with which I loathe that song.
This is not in any way meant to besmirch the world-class, infinite genius of The Great Santini.
43 JamesonLewis3rd // Jul 4, 2007 at 6:26 am
Happy Birthday to The United States of America!
May God Bless You and Keep You.
Happy Fourth to whoever might read this.
God Bless You.
44 Ms RightWing, Ink // Jul 4, 2007 at 9:12 am
Bang, bang, whistle, pop, kapow
Now a word from our sponsors
“Thank you America for attending my birthday party. Be ever vigilant and keep the Saviors words close to your heart. He gave us this land. Thank you again. Learn from history for it will often repeat itself.”
Your dear Uncle Sam
Bang, bang, whistle, pop, kapow
45 RedPepper // Jul 4, 2007 at 9:19 am
Happy Fourth of July, everyone!
Kudos, Santini! McCain reminds me of the star athlete who could never quite grasp the concept of a “team sport”. Oh well … Adios, jéfe d’oro!
46 MargeinMI // Jul 4, 2007 at 9:25 am
Happy Independence Day, Scrappleville!
47 nylecoj // Jul 4, 2007 at 9:48 am
“We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States… And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.”
48 nylecoj // Jul 4, 2007 at 9:49 am
A safe and memorable Independance day to all of you.
49 Darthmeister // Jul 4, 2007 at 10:51 am
The Great Santini is now copyrighting his material! Excellent, sir! May the Farce be with you.
50 Shelly // Jul 4, 2007 at 11:12 am
Happy Independence Day, all! And congrats to hyw93! I hope everyone enjoys our birthday, and also reaches out to one of the nations finest, via web-site, card, care package, or bended knee. It is the individuals serving in the greatest military in human history who deserve our deepest thanks for their continued protection of our freedoms. May the soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen, as well as their families, be as richly blessed as we are blessed to have them.
51 hwy93 // Jul 4, 2007 at 11:34 am
Happy Birthday America! Ribs…Check, Mom’s potato salad…Check, Pyrotechnics…Check, Frosty adult beverages…Check, Family and friends… Check. Let the celebrations begin!
52 JamesonLewis3rd // Jul 4, 2007 at 11:51 am
Flames leaping with a whoosh 20 feet into the air (threatening the beloved, helpless cable line as I gape, pop-eyed and slack-jawed, and remind my heart to pump) upon starting the grill…..Check
53 Darthmeister // Jul 4, 2007 at 11:51 am
President Abraham Lincoln’s Independence Day Speech shortly after the Union victory at Gettysburg, July 7, 1863:
Fellow-citizens: I am very glad to see you to-night. But yet I will not say I thank you for this call. But I do most sincerely thank Almighty God for the occasion on which you have called. [Cheers.] How long ago is it? Eighty odd years since, upon the Fourth day of July, for the first time in the world, a union body of representatives was assembled to declare as a self-evident truth that all men were created equal. [Cheers.]
That was the birthday of the United States of America.
Since then the fourth day of July has had several very peculiar recognitions. The two most distinguished men who framed and supported that paper, including the particular declaration I have mentioned, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, the one having framed it, and the other sustained it most ably in debate, the only two of the fifty-five or fifty-six who signed it, I believe, who were ever President of the United States, precisely fifty years after they put their hands to that paper it pleased the Almighty God to take away from this stage of action on the Fourth of July. This extraordinary coincidence we can understand to be a dispensation of the Almighty Ruler of Events.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt:
For 166 years this Fourth Day of July has been a symbol to the people of our country of the democratic freedom which our citizens claim as their precious birthright. On this grim anniversary its meaning has spread over the entire globe-focusing the attention of the world upon the modern freedoms for which all the United Nations are now engaged in deadly war.
On the desert sands of Africa, along the thousands of miles of battle lines in Russia, in New Zealand and Australia, and the islands of the Pacific, in war-torn China and all over the seven seas, free men are fighting desperately-and dying-to preserve the liberties and the decencies of modern civilization. And in the overrun and occupied nations of the world, this day is filled with added significance, coming at a time when freedom and religion have been attacked and trampled upon by tyrannies unequaled in human history.
Never since it first was created in Philadelphia, has this anniversary come in times so dangerous to everything for which it stands. We celebrate it this year, not in the fireworks of make-believe but in the death-dealing reality of tanks and planes and guns and ships. We celebrate it also by running without interruption the assembly lines which turn out these weapons to be shipped to all the embattled points of the globe. Not to waste one hour, not to stop one shot, not to hold back one blow-that is the way to mark our great national holiday in this year of 1942.
To the weary, hungry, unequipped Army of the American Revolution, the Fourth of July was a tonic of hope and inspiration. So is it now. The tough, grim men who fight for freedom in this dark hour take heart in its message-the assurance of the right to liberty under God-for all peoples and races and groups and nations, everywhere in the world.
President Harry S. Truman, July 4, 1945
Again this year we celebrate July 4 as the anniversary of the day one hundred and sixty-nine years ago on which we declared our independence as a sovereign people.
In this year of 1945, we have pride in the combined might of this nation which has contributed signally to the defeat of the enemy in Europe. We have confidence that, under Providence, we soon may crush the enemy in the Pacific. We have humility for the guidance that has been given us of God in serving His will as a leader of freedom for the world.
This year, the men and women of our armed forces, and many civilians as well, are celebrating the anniversary of American Independence in other countries throughout the world. Citizens of these other lands will understand what we celebrate and why, for freedom is dear to the hearts of all men everywhere. In other lands, others will join us in honoring our declaration that all men are created equal and are endowed with certain inalienable rights-life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Here at home, on this July 4, 1945, let us honor our Nation’s creed of liberty, and the men and women of our armed forces who are carrying this creed with them throughout the world.
54 The Great Santini // Jul 4, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Happy Independence Day to all Scrapplers! Supposed to be 105 today here in the Sacramento Valley…ugh. But that’ll just make my wife’s homemade potato salad, Caesar salad, BBQd ribs, french bread, and cherry pie taste better. Yum…
Send up prayers today to HQ for the well-being, safety, and victory of our brave and noble troops in harm’s way in faraway lands. They make it possible for us to enjoy a day off, good food, and fellowship with our friends and families. May God watch over our forces and keep them in His hands.
JL3d: I hate the real tune, too. But “McCain” and “You’re So Vain” went together, like peas and carrots. An’ that’s awl Ah got t’ say ’bout that.
RedPepper: Thanks. Ol’ Johnny-Boy is about to learn something about team sports-on the bench, with the rest of the scrubs. Grab some pine, Meat!
Darthman: I just put the © in there because someone showed me the alt/magic numbers to make it appear. In other words, it’s a Farce ©, which is only fitting….
55 Fred Sinclair // Jul 4, 2007 at 3:43 pm
Effiminem - “It occurs to me that Congress is afraid to act because to act in this case would be to actually do something.
When is the last time an act of Congress had any visible effect?”
In case you missed it they did something VERY IMPORTANT (to themselves) - They managed to vote themselves a pay raise of $4,400.00 per annum. I suppose it was due to their excellent performance ratings.
The military had an “EWQ” program where the enlisted personnel who proved themselves to be “Exceptionally Well Qualified” got preference at promotion time and some other benefits. I guess congress voted themselves an EWQ rating which of course justified their new $170,000.00 annual pay.
Heirborn Ranger
56 Ms RightWing, Ink // Jul 4, 2007 at 3:49 pm
The 4th of Food is finished here at the bunker. Both conservatives (minority) and liberals sat down in the same room and supped together with nary a word of anger between us.
My fear? Eating to much smoke while flipping over 60 burgers and likely as many dogs. Gasping for breath now, but praying my stupidity will soon be forgiven-asthmatics should not eat/breath smoke.
Oh well, all is fair in love and barbecue
57 Darthmeister // Jul 4, 2007 at 4:11 pm
Are we creating a bigger carbon footprint with all the Fourth of July BBQin’ goin’ on today?
The Global Warming whackos will probably attempt to outlaw this next.
BTW, the WWII and Vietnam POWs, the local VFW units, WWII GIs and re-enactors, Vietnam Vets, and Iraq/Afghanistan War vets were getting thunderous applause down the parade route. A smattering of tepid applause and people glaring or turning their backs on the anti-war rent-a-ranters as they minced by.
58 EXT // Jul 4, 2007 at 5:39 pm
I note our resident troll is not in residence today.
Perhaps (wisely?) in hiding for the duration out of fear that massed people who support American freedom might hold his feet to the fire.
Literally.
59 EXT // Jul 4, 2007 at 7:58 pm
Breaking News!
Global Warming Al who knows so well what YOU need to do with your life may have a bit of a family problem.
According to The Associated Press one of his offspring may be so upset over the prospects of climate change that he has found a need to console himself with medication.
Al Gore III, aka algore3, was pulled over for doing 100 MPH in a Prius (doesn’t that defeat the carbon reduction benefits — I guess honoring a family tradition).
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. Deputies loved the fragrance coming from the car; their search yielded:
Marijuana
Xanax
Valium
Vicodin
Soma
Adderall (amphetamine for attention deficit problems)
The deputies noted that the wee lad doesn’t have a prescription for any of that stuff. They didn’t know whether anybody else in the family might…… In any case he’s back on the streets after posting twenty grand in bail.
You might think he’d have learned something between December, 2003 and now. That’s when he was bagged for marijuana possession in Maryland on a break from his studies at Hahhhhvvvvvarrrrrd. The AP says that matter was settled through substance abuse counseling. One more demonstration of the effectiveness of such programs on the whelps of Democrat politicians.
Could it be that Tipper was too busy trying to have recordings banned and couldn’t devote enough time to their only son? Or did family Gore think it should be up to “a village” as Hillary feels a child should be raised?
Maybe McCain will share some of his campaign money to help his fellow liberal defend the kid?
60 onlineanalyst // Jul 4, 2007 at 8:34 pm
Happy birthday, United States of America! Let us be thankful for our blessings of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Let freedom continue to ring.
61 Ms RightWing, Ink // Jul 4, 2007 at 10:02 pm
EXT
It is never easy to be a bore, er Gore
62 Harry Daschle // Jul 4, 2007 at 10:20 pm
Thanks EXT for the story! I wanted to comment on it, but was going to have to go back to Mack’s comment at #37 to “say” I was “on topic”.
Al Gore the 3rd, (or turd, as his peers call him), is writing a book also. It is tentatively called, “Back on Drugs and Speed, Al Gore 3, a REAL Inconvienent Truth”!
The younger Gore also states that although his car that was traveling more than 100 mph was NOT a hybrid, he has since this incident purchased some “carbon offsets” from his daddy.
Keep in mind that this story, while small now, will COMPLETELY disappear within days, (just like li’l Gore’s previous drug and alcohol incidents), unlike when one of the Bush girls was caught drinking, (while NOT driving AND years ago), and is talked about to this day!
63 EXT // Jul 4, 2007 at 11:31 pm
Sooner or later each of us will have the opportunity to meet algore in a public venue. At that time each of us will have the opportunity to solicitously ask about his son’s health which seemed to require so much medication.
When we get thrown out that’ll make news! Who knows, maybe ungentle enough to bring about a messy civil lawsuit.
They couldn’t be that stupid….oh wait, they’re liberals! There IS hope!
BTW, had algore3’s little incident occurred in Massachusetts he could also be charged with impersonating a Kennedy.
64 JamesonLewis3rd // Jul 5, 2007 at 8:28 am
Hundreds (I’m guessing) of people across this great country currently find themselves in circumstances similar to the Algorical kid’s.
I pray for them all and their families.
Almighty God healed me and He can heal them, too. For real.
65 JamesonLewis3rd // Jul 5, 2007 at 8:29 am
cough
66 Laughing@You // Jul 5, 2007 at 8:41 am
I flew my Cowpens Flag yesterday! That was my family’s first “America Flag”.
Great (4th) Grandpa Stephen was at the Battle of Cowpens with The Third Maryland Line.
Just thought you’d like to know that Henry.
67 Laughing@You // Jul 5, 2007 at 9:07 am
JamesonLewis3rd
“Hundreds (I’m guessing) of people across this great country currently find themselves in circumstances similar to the Algorical kid’s.”
While you’re guessing, maybe you might consider adding the Bushical twins to your estimate?
We can only hope that the Algorical son doesn’t start rolling on bar floors without regard for whose watching, or WHAT’S showing!
I guess my double standard may be showing, but it seems to me the actions of the Bushical twins are more than twice as bad as the Algorical son.
Driving under the influence could kill an old classmate, or a discarded boyfriend, like Laura Bushical’s “accident” did.
Then there’s the admitted alcoholic like Dumbyah himself, not to mention all that white powder around Lt. Bushical’s nose.
Who knows maybe AlGores kidical may yet be president like Dumbyahical.
100mph! Puts that there Prius in a whole new lightical, don’t it?
68 Darthmeister // Jul 5, 2007 at 11:34 am
#66, I still don’t believe a word you say. You’re character and actions here bely the words you speak.
As to #67, to mock someone involved in an accident that resulted in the unfortunate death of someone else is equally despicable. The police report filed regarding Laura Welch’s (aka Laura Bush) accident indicates neither driver had been speeding, drinking or doing drugs. An inexperienced driver, Laura Welch, distracted by her conversation with her female passenger, ran a stop sign on a dark night and T-boned a Corvair driven by an High School classmate some claimed was her boyfriend at the time - a tragic accident becomes even more tragic. This is the kind of stuff of which 1950s teen-angel songs are written, not mocked.
But leave it to a disgusting troll like you to turn an accident into something even uglier to satisfy your pathological hatred for Laura and George Bush.
Who here has denied George Bush may have snorted coke? I say “may” because we’re dealing with second and sometimes third hand information from people out to make a buck. And from what I understand, that kind of lifestyle occurred well before George W. became a Christian. Isn’t that what Jesus taught, what we did before we were Christians (and as Christians) have been nailed to the Cross? That’s the whole point of Jesus dying, wasn’t it, to provide redemption to those who believe?
But why are you crowing about Bush’s cocaine use when according to a Dr. Sam Houston your pal and bosom buddy Bill Clinton was brought to an Arkansas hospital for a cocaine overdose by Hillary who subsequently railed that anyone leaking this story would be financially and publicly destroyed?
Even Roger Clinton, who himself had been busted for illegal drug possession, claimed Bill Clinton snorted coke like a Hoover vacuum cleaner. I guess that didn’t keep you from enthusiastically embracing and voting for Clinton now did it? His own brother ratted him out! Full story of Bill Clinton’s profound drug abuse can be found here.
If either men engaged in drug abuse in years past, then that kind of behavior should be equally condemned and not on the basis of some double-standard which advances some pernicious troll’s politics of personal destruction. It looks to me there is far more evidence for Bill Clinton being a bona fide cokehead than there is for George W. Bush, but the behavior is to be equally condemned in both if true and I would hope both have repented of such behavior, though liberals are seriously prone to want to decriminalize drug use. Hence their faux “outrage” at allegations that George W. may have done coke is rather puzzling. Now, if either man was doing coke while President of the United States, that would be entirely indefensible.
69 EXT // Jul 5, 2007 at 12:07 pm
RE 67.
So algore3 learned nothing from all his daddy’s diatribes (inaccurate as they might have been) about other folks.
Funny; I thought the one thing that differentiated humans from animals was the ability to learn from the experience (real or ginned up) of others.
So if algore2 spawned a non-human (unable to learn…see above), does that mean he, too, is non-human? But wait! That’s OK! The U.S. Constitution doesn’t seem to preclude non-humans from being president. Which is OK, I guess, because so many sheep vote liberal.
Sounds Mrs. Caleeforneah Governor is pressing to have “impersonating a Kennedy” interperted as an affirmative defense for any vehicle violation committed while driving an Earth-Friendly car.
Wonder what this is gonna do for Prius sales?
Will police now target them as they once allegedly did with red sports cars? Really should! Odds are they’re driven by loons-of-the-left with too much money to spend…money to “invest” in “happiness”.
70 Laughing@You // Jul 5, 2007 at 12:42 pm
“I still don’t believe a word you say. You’re character and actions here bely the words you speak.” Comment by Darthmeister — July 5, 2007 @ 11:34 am
Then, why bother answering!
71 Laughing@You // Jul 5, 2007 at 12:45 pm
Henry,
Your stuff is dumb, and laborious. Eat a worm!
72 Laughing@You // Jul 5, 2007 at 1:39 pm
Another thing Henry, most of your sources are just other pajama clad droolers, like you!
73 EXT // Jul 6, 2007 at 1:08 pm
Incredible disrespect for elders!
Careful, Liberal Leftist Loon, you’ll be old someday.
Unless we are very, very lucky.
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