#226
Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:36am
I believe that Terri's feeding tube should be reinserted.
#227
Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:43am
actually, by the congressional gop's logic when all is said and done, they'll be able to claim themselves as the "party of life" and slam the democrats as the "party of death." simplistic, but if the last election taught us anything it's that slogans can be powerful. long after people have quit talking about whether terri would have lived or died, they'll be hammered with images and soundbites of democrats pleading for death and republicans pleading for life.
while polls in this specific case may look good to the dnc, i think that the longer term judgement of the american people when faced with life vs. death (at least in political rhetoric) will choose life. it's that intrinsic hopefulness that's still a part of the american spirit that wants to believe in silly things like miracles and the american dream.
either way, it's march. haven't even been through the traditional 100 days yet. it's a long way to '08, even to '06 and so very much can happpen along the way. so if you want to believe that this case is the death knell for the gop, have a victory dance. sing songs and wax poetic. but i don't think that in the long run the institutional memories of the people will remember anything more than life and death and who was fighting for life and who for death.
anyway, i thought that jeff/jim was going to take down the whole bush administration...wasn't he?
while polls in this specific case may look good to the dnc, i think that the longer term judgement of the american people when faced with life vs. death (at least in political rhetoric) will choose life. it's that intrinsic hopefulness that's still a part of the american spirit that wants to believe in silly things like miracles and the american dream.
either way, it's march. haven't even been through the traditional 100 days yet. it's a long way to '08, even to '06 and so very much can happpen along the way. so if you want to believe that this case is the death knell for the gop, have a victory dance. sing songs and wax poetic. but i don't think that in the long run the institutional memories of the people will remember anything more than life and death and who was fighting for life and who for death.
anyway, i thought that jeff/jim was going to take down the whole bush administration...wasn't he?
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
Updated On: 3/24/05 at 10:43 AM
#228
Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:45am
PapaLovesMambo -- I think you hit the nail on the head. I'm definitely -- and always will be -- on the bandwagon of the Democrats, but I think the whole "party of life or party of death" will be exactly what the Repubs hone in on in the future. I don't have much faith in the ability of the American public to be realistic...especially when it comes to the battle of "good and evil", as defined by Ann Coulter.
Updated On: 3/24/05 at 10:45 AM
#229
Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:48am
Good to see you falling in with the opportunistic party line, Papa.
Way to go! Did you get your DeLay in '08 bumper sticker and complimentary pamphlet on the other great "causes" that will energize the base?
Way to go! Did you get your DeLay in '08 bumper sticker and complimentary pamphlet on the other great "causes" that will energize the base?
#230
Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:52am
sorry if i rained on your parade there, bway. i'll let ya'll get back to claiming this as the great victory of 2005.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#231
Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:55am
"jeff/jim" barely registered in the mainstream press.
But all eyes are on the Florida circus.
But all eyes are on the Florida circus.
"Christ, Bette Davis?!?!"
#232
Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:55am
Go back and find where I said it. I certainly said I hope it comes crashing down on them.
But it's nice to see that, like so many Republicans, you're looking forward to the inevitable death of Terri Schiavo and boiling it down to a simple matter of "We tried to preserve life!" Democrats want death! DEATH!"
I think history is going to show that our legislature and president tried to intervene in a VERY personal matter and it backfired on them politically.
But it's nice to see that, like so many Republicans, you're looking forward to the inevitable death of Terri Schiavo and boiling it down to a simple matter of "We tried to preserve life!" Democrats want death! DEATH!"
I think history is going to show that our legislature and president tried to intervene in a VERY personal matter and it backfired on them politically.
#233
Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:57am
Honestly, bwysinger.....after Terri, other "important" news like Michael Jackson, Whitney or something else will divert the public's attention very quickly.
"Christ, Bette Davis?!?!"
Updated On: 3/24/05 at 10:57 AM
#234
Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:58am
But let me add: one thing that DOES give me hope is that the Supreme Court refused to reverse the decision of the lower courts. I half-expected them to get involved in the political quagmire...thank God they didn't.
#235
Posted: 3/24/05 at 11:00am
I pray she dies quickly, since it is inevitable.
#236
Posted: 3/24/05 at 11:01am
Master,
I agree....as important as some of the issues being brought up, the public will soon fixate on the next sensational story.
Just like that Cuban kid that got sent back to his father rather than staying in the US. See! Can't even remember his name, and really nobody cares about him anymore.
The American Public, for the most part, has a very short memory span, and loves nothing more than having somebody else make the decisions for them.
I agree....as important as some of the issues being brought up, the public will soon fixate on the next sensational story.
Just like that Cuban kid that got sent back to his father rather than staying in the US. See! Can't even remember his name, and really nobody cares about him anymore.
The American Public, for the most part, has a very short memory span, and loves nothing more than having somebody else make the decisions for them.
#238
Posted: 3/24/05 at 11:06am
wac, if only he'd had a decent split finger fastball he'd still be here.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#239
Posted: 3/24/05 at 11:07am
Thank god we have men like Ann Coulter (yeah, I said men; the woman has a bigger piece than any other male in the Bush administration) telling us how wrong we are, how Republicans really are the only people who love America, yadda-yadda-yadda (oh, wait, that phrase was made popular by Seinfeld and he's Jewish, not Christian. Strike it).
Gooooooooo, Ann!
Gooooooooo, Ann!
Updated On: 3/24/05 at 11:07 AM
#240
Posted: 3/24/05 at 11:10am
how does ann figure into this? or has this just become a "fill in the rant" thread?
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#241
Posted: 3/24/05 at 11:11am
Nah, just read her website today.
He's a good man, that Ann.
He's a good man, that Ann.
Updated On: 3/24/05 at 11:11 AM
#242
Posted: 3/24/05 at 11:14am
The Jeff Gannon scandal did its job. It let the media know that Bush was paying journalists to parrot the party line, which was an insult to all journalists, effectively saying that the Administration considers all journalists to be whores.
That they hired Karl Rove's personal piss whore was simply too embarrassing to cover.
Plus I guess it wasn't such big news because ALL Republican politicians seem to cheat on their wives.
That they hired Karl Rove's personal piss whore was simply too embarrassing to cover.
Plus I guess it wasn't such big news because ALL Republican politicians seem to cheat on their wives.
Updated On: 3/24/05 at 11:14 AM
#244
Posted: 3/24/05 at 11:55am
WCA - did you see the Tribune cartoon? Typical for that rag.
#245
Posted: 3/24/05 at 12:09pm
WCA- Nice pick. Rob Rogers is a GREAT political cartoonist.
"During this performance, please feel free to let your cell phones and pagers ring willy-nilly. However, do remember that there are heavily-armed knights on stage and you might well be dragged up and impaled."
(Pre-curtain announcement at the new Broadway musical Monty Python's Spamalot)
#246
Posted: 3/24/05 at 12:12pm
Lwyr, which Tribune? Chicago? Got a link to the cartoon?
I love reading Mr. Coulter and Mrs. O'Reilly so I wouldn't mind seeing the right-leaning political spin on a cartoon...
I love reading Mr. Coulter and Mrs. O'Reilly so I wouldn't mind seeing the right-leaning political spin on a cartoon...
#247
Posted: 3/24/05 at 12:15pm
Ah, that party of life:
Iraq: 1,500 able bodied Americans dead, AMERICANS! (that is not counting the Iraqis.)
Florida: 1 brain dead woman who has been useless to anyone but her parents for 15 years.
That's LIFE?
Iraq: 1,500 able bodied Americans dead, AMERICANS! (that is not counting the Iraqis.)
Florida: 1 brain dead woman who has been useless to anyone but her parents for 15 years.
That's LIFE?
PEACE.
#248
Posted: 3/24/05 at 12:16pm
No, Sueleen, it's a strategy. :)
We don't talk about those dead soldiers, nor do we attend a single military funeral (a first, or a Frist, for a US President) because we don't want to draw attention to it.
Poor old folks being cut off from Medicaid dying? It's ok, they're old. This woman is a political animal. Which is ok, since she's nothing else to them.
We don't talk about those dead soldiers, nor do we attend a single military funeral (a first, or a Frist, for a US President) because we don't want to draw attention to it.
Poor old folks being cut off from Medicaid dying? It's ok, they're old. This woman is a political animal. Which is ok, since she's nothing else to them.
#249
Posted: 3/24/05 at 12:17pm
Has David Horsey weighed in on this yet? I like his work.
http://community.livejournal.com/ltd_brands_suck/
#250
Posted: 3/24/05 at 12:17pm
wca - Chiago Trib, but it originated in the LA times on 3/22:
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-include-ramirez,0,819189.ssipage?coll=la-util-op-ed
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-include-ramirez,0,819189.ssipage?coll=la-util-op-ed
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