congratulations

#1

congratulations

Posted: 11/5/08 at 5:47am

i thought about going back four years and pulling up the generous threads congratulting dubya and his supporters on their win, but gosh, who has the time to pick only the best from the myriad threads of non-partisanship that we saw back then.

i was wrong. i forgot pt's old adage. so good luck. i pray that i am as wrong about what the next four years holds.

the country's yours, folks. and remember "but, but, bush" is not a defense any more than "but, but, clinton" was. oh who'm i kidding?

enjoy your time in office. i'll be over here being as bi-partisan as paljoey, romantico, the fenchurch mpd collective and all the rest of y'all.

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pray to st. jude

i'm a sonic reducer

he was the gimmicky sort

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#2

re: congratulations

Posted: 11/5/08 at 6:23am

jonny mac was a little more gracious than you.

But thank you.

#3

re: congratulations

Posted: 11/5/08 at 8:04am

Thank you for your congratulations, but you'd be better off emulating NYadgal, whose bipartisanship puts me to shame.

My politics are now and have always been petty, childish, vindictive and vengeful.

Will you still call him Bammy?

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#4

re: congratulations

Posted: 11/5/08 at 8:27am

I love "congratulation" wishes like this. It reminds me of when people say, "Happy Birthday! So how does it feel being one year closer to DEATH?"

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#5

re: congratulations

Posted: 11/5/08 at 8:29am

LOL, Miss P! I was thinking the same thing.

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KFTC!!!!!

#6

re: congratulations

Posted: 11/5/08 at 9:02am

I know this was a tough election for my Republican friends. I am glad it's over and hope they will come to be as proud and excited as I am right now.

#7

re: congratulations

Posted: 11/5/08 at 9:09am

Bush/Cheney/Rove made the critical and myopic mistake of taking their administration far to the right. If Obama makes a similar mistake by governing to the left, he will prove some of the fearmongers correct. That would be a singularly stupid thing to do, and he doesn't strike me as a stupid fellow. He has the opportunity to work with moderate Democrats and Republicans and accomplish much. He would be a fool to blow this opportunity, and he doesn't strike me as a fool.

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#8

re: congratulations

Posted: 11/5/08 at 9:26am

Well if you wanted to use the last two elections as an example, President Obama has won an unprecedented mandate to do exactly as he pleases. A record number of voters have indicated overwhelmingly that they want universal health care, an immediate end to the war in Iraq and much higher taxes on the upper brackets. More people cast their ballots for Barack Obama than any other candidate in history; He's accumulated political capital and now he can spend it. As Rush Limbaugh said "Elections have consequences."

#9

re: congratulations

Posted: 11/5/08 at 9:27am

papa seems to be channeling Mr. Roxy in this thread.

That was as self-undermining a "congratulations" as I've ever heard.

Gee, um, thanks.

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#10

re: congratulations

Posted: 11/5/08 at 9:39am

"Well if you wanted to use the last two elections as an example"

Why would anyone want to use the last eight years as an example, other than what NOT to do? The Democratic party has a unique opportunity to be more inclusive and grow. If allowed, the Republican party looks eager to move even further to the right, alienating themselves from moderates. A chance like this does not come around often, and moving the Democratic party to the left at this moment would be a monumental mistake.

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"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson

#11

re: congratulations

Posted: 11/5/08 at 9:44am

Let's all try to take it in the spirit in which we wish it were intended.

#12

re: congratulations

Posted: 11/5/08 at 9:48am

It's okay, Papi, I'll still send you dirty PMs.

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#13

re: congratulations

Posted: 11/5/08 at 10:27am

take it however ya want. in the meantime, i'll take shamey's knockers for $2000, alex.

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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

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#14

re: congratulations

Posted: 11/5/08 at 10:30am

papa, I sincerely hope Obama turns your sarcasm and suspicion in to grudging respect.

#15

re: congratulations

Posted: 11/5/08 at 10:34am

so do i, ywiw. i'm sure stranger things have happened. somewhere. surely.

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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

#16

re: congratulations

Posted: 11/5/08 at 10:43am

You certainly written zippier stuff, papa. Have Mandrake refill your fluids.

#17

re: congratulations

Posted: 11/5/08 at 10:59am

eh, the string in my leg is gone.

been a long 2 months with a longer two to go.

the country'll survive this. hell, it survived fdr and jfk and lbj and rmn and gwb. if i manage to stay of debtor's prison and keep my job, the bammy obama years will seem like a breeze. i have bigger concerns nowadays, anyway.

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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

#18

re: congratulations

Posted: 11/5/08 at 11:01am

Buy you a Scotch?

I think you bought be a glass of Sancerre after Kerry lost.

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#19

re: congratulations

Posted: 11/5/08 at 11:06am

i'll take a rain check, pj. i have to make the early train on a regular basis or deal with two very pissed off ladies in westchester. maybe when i get back from constantinople.

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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

#20

re: congratulations

Posted: 11/5/08 at 11:08am

Well, it was nice of me to offer.

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#21

re: congratulations

Posted: 11/5/08 at 12:01pm

Yes, it was nice of you to offer pj.....

And Sancerre..........yum!

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#22

re: congratulations

Posted: 11/5/08 at 1:49pm

it was more than kind of you to offer and under any normal circumstances, i'd gladly take you up. you know i enjoy knocking back a few with you.

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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

#23

re: congratulations

Posted: 11/5/08 at 2:52pm

I, for one, appreciate the cross out and the do-over.

Any chance you can take some candid pictures of men in Constantanople? You know the type I love, shutterbug.

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#24

re: congratulations

Posted: 11/7/08 at 9:21am

#25

re: congratulations

Posted: 11/7/08 at 11:49am

OK, that's hilarious!

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KFTC!!!!!