My arrogant opinions about politics, culture, science fiction, and whatever else I feel like talking about.

The Gift That Keeps on Giving

        I refer to ex.-Senator George McGovern.

        In 1968, when Bobby Kennedy was assassinated, McGovern jumped into the race to 'carry on his ideals.'  He had no chance, but he did get to meet a lot of influential people in the state Democratic circles.

        Then came the Democratic convention.  After the riots in the streets, the Democrats were stampeded into reforming their nomination process.  And whom headed the committee to do the reforms?  Sen. George McGovern.

        By the way, what was the point of changing the nominations process.  The old process had been on the point of choosing Bobby Kennedy until Sirhan Sirhan killed him.  Whom should they have nominated in place of Humphrey, who almost won?  But the rioters tantrum-in-the-streets panicked the bosses.  The liberals no longer believed in their own cause.  The Chicago riots were the Sixties condensed into a few days, though most people never seem to have grasped what the decade was all about, politically.

        Anyhow, in 1972, McGovern was the only candidate who understood the new rules, and what they meant: the nomination was not in the hands of politicians who wanted to win in November, but of "activists" who wanted to "send a message" (though "left-wing fanatics" is more honest than "activists.")  McGovern won the Democratic nomination, then lost the elections in a landslide.

        Since then, the Democrats have only managed to nominate two winning candidates, both times by nominating Southern governors thought to be Democratic centrists by the general population.  Five times, they nominated liberal-to-far left candidates, and lost.

        If Straight-Lyin' John is our next President, thank George McGovern.

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        Lord, Lord, please give me the chance to vote for Monica Lewinsky's ex-boyfriend's wife for President.

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Bad Faking of Journalism?

        Dana Milbank is upset because there's still a Democratic nomination contest going on.  Tim Russert is trying to force her out.  The Obama partisanship seems transparent.

        Milbank quotes Obama: "This has been one of the longest, most closely fought contests in American history."  Oh, really?  In 1972, the contest went to the California primary in June.  Up till the 1940s, the conventions usually decided whom would be the nominee.

        The fact that neither pundit wanted to mention was that Obama wouldn't have much chance against Clinton in the fall elections, but Hillary might be able to beat him.  But that isn't something they'd like to admit.

        I could be wrong about Milbank's and Russert's motivations.  They could just be stuck for something to say, and blathering about whatever pops into their heads.  But I think it's more likely they're projecting their hopes for an Obama presidency.

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        Lord, Lord, please give me the chance to vote for Monica Lewinsky's ex-boyfriend's wife for President.

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This, Though, Could Have Been Made Up

        But it isn't.

        Up next, ASPCP.

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        Lord, Lord, please give me the chance to vote for Monica Lewinsky's ex-boyfriend's wife for President.

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                 End of Exhibit.

Posted by: saintonge at 05:24 | link | comments

For Once, I Agree With the MSM

        You can't make this stuff up.

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        Lord, Lord, please give me the chance to vote for Monica Lewinsky's ex-boyfriend's wife for President.

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Just an Average Couple

        Michelle and Barack Obama, I mean.  You doubt it?  Well, he said so!  Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Ms. Smarty-pants:

        “I do think one of the ironies of the past two or three weeks is this idea that Michelle and I are elitist, intellectual pointy-head types.  The fact is our lives more closely approximate the lives of the average voters than any of the other candidates,” he said.  “We didn’t recognize the caricature that was being painted of us over the last couple of weeks.”

        Just an average couple that attended Princeton, Harvard, and Columbia, made $5.1 million in the last two years, are friends of ex-terrorists and had a Looney-Tunes minister for twenty years who think the government invented AIDS and and has one member running for President.  Isn't there someone like that in your neighborhood?

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        Lord, Lord, please give me the chance to vote for Monica Lewinsky's ex-boyfriend's wife for President.

Posted by: saintonge at 23:27 | link | comments

Really Great Design

        See here.

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        Lord, Lord, please give me the chance to vote for Monica Lewinsky's ex-boyfriend's wife for President.

Posted by: saintonge at 11:55 | link | comments
and now for somthng compltly dif

How Dunnit?

        Naughty, naughty!

        Someone posted video of Mickey Kantor, a Hillary advisor, allegedly from the 1993 documentary The War Room.  In it, Kantor appeared to refer to Indiana voters as "shit" and "white niggers."

        Withing hours, it's shown that the actual soundtrack from the documentary has Kantor saying that the Bush 41 White House is "shitting" over the poll numbers from Texas, and the "white nigger" remark is phony.  It's all a fraud.

        What I want to know, is, whose fraud?  Obama's, hoping to hurt Hillary?  Or Hillary's, hoping to make Obama look bad?  Or maybe some third party playing a prank?

        Inquiring paranoids want to know!

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        Lord, Lord, please give me the chance to vote for Monica Lewinsky's ex-boyfriend's wife for President.

Posted by: saintonge at 04:35 | link | comments

Ah, Obama Supporters

        They're a real class act.

        Media bias?  What are you talking about?

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        Lord, Lord, please give me the chance to vote for Monica Lewinsky's ex-boyfriend's wife for President.

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