donny
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posted on August 15, 2001 02:48:23 AM new
"... but that perception is less likely in one who is below the mean. From that viewpoint if extreme bush could seem bright and Gore strange while Clinton is only unfathomable."
Don't think I can can agree. I've usually found Bush to be unfathomable, Clinton bright, and Gore strange, and many people have noted that I'm right around the mean, sometimes even bordering on the downright mean.
As vice-presidents go, I think Quayle was much more intelligent than the public perceived him to be, probably more intelligent than Gore, but, image is all.
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krs
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posted on August 15, 2001 02:55:05 AM new
But you have agreed, Donny. I'm not trying to be mean, but that you find Bush unfathomable and Clinton bright places you at that side of the spectrum which is opposite the hee haw fans, even though your friends place you at or around the mean. Do you see what I mean?
Oh, Dan Quayle is one of my all time favorites and his bumbling was an act.
[ edited by krs on Aug 15, 2001 02:57 AM ]
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Hjw
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posted on August 15, 2001 05:33:42 AM new
LoL, Remembering Dan Quale...
"What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is."
-Former U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle at a fundraising event for the United Negro College Fund. He was attempting to quote the line "a mind is a terrible thing to waste"
Helen
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arttsupplies
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posted on August 15, 2001 08:53:14 AM new
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[ edited by arttsupplies on Sep 7, 2001 09:25 AM ]
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chococake
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posted on August 15, 2001 08:55:56 AM new
Now imagine George W as president and Quayle as vice president. Boy could we have fun with that, huh?
Quayle did get a bad rap for that potato thing though. There used to be an "e" at the end of the word. I have an old crate label with the old spelling. Does anyone know why and when the e was dropped?
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Hjw
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posted on August 15, 2001 10:12:40 AM new
Chococake
What a team Bush and Quayle would make!
ROTFLOL
http://www.xmission.com/~mwalker/DQ/
Helen
[ edited by Hjw on Aug 15, 2001 10:13 AM ]
[ edited by Hjw on Aug 15, 2001 10:15 AM ]
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Borillar
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posted on August 15, 2001 11:49:05 AM new
"Now imagine George W as president and Quayle as vice president. Boy could we have fun with that, huh?"
Good Lord! >>SHUSH!!<< Don't ever mention such ill things, lest they come true!
Thankx for that link, Helen! 
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chum
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posted on August 15, 2001 12:34:42 PM new
Here is a funny article about dumbyas trip to Colorado. He is so scared from the election theft lol.
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/politics/article/0,1299,DRMN_35_801983,00.html
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Hjw
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posted on August 15, 2001 02:09:27 PM new
Chum, interesting article!
See Bush Run LoL
"What about seeing the president? Was he really in the helicopter, with a stunt double sitting on the passenger side in one of the white SUVs? Or was the presidential profile silhouetted for an instant in one of the dark vehicles?"
"I think I saw him," said David Hildebrand"
As usual he sped through the political heat so fast that he was invisible !!! Making himself available to people with questions should be part of his job.
Helen
[ edited by Hjw on Aug 15, 2001 02:53 PM ]
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Borillar
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posted on August 15, 2001 03:59:04 PM new
Too bad the article didn't also interview the Bush supporters who were there. I wonder just how many of them believe that he's doing a swell job for Americans and what facts are that they base that on. Now we'll never know.
The reason I ask is because since the GOP is so fond of hiring actors and lobbists to pose as working-class people who support Bush for the media, I'm trying to discover a 'litmus test' to discern which are real Bush supporters and which ones are the hired ones.
Worse, is if ALL the political parties start commiting this type of hoax (fraud?). How then would we believe ANYTHING that we see in the media (wag the dog?) Any suggestions?
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Tex1
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posted on August 15, 2001 04:49:17 PM new
Since I just filed my final tax return for 2000, I think I shall vote for the Republican candidate. I know this will upset all of the " Gimme something for nothing democrats", but your time has come and gone.
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Hjw
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posted on August 15, 2001 05:12:48 PM new
http://www.gallup.com/poll/releases/pr010703c.asp
Verbatim reports to gallup explaining why voters like Bush...
Getting a tax refund was one.
Most were not so well defined.
Helen
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Borillar
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posted on August 16, 2001 08:47:54 AM new
Thanks for the link, Helen. After going through the list, I am not sure that it'll make things any clearer for us to spot hired suppoters of political candidates -- but it was very amusing. I think the number one reason mentioned was that he replaced Clinton.
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zilvy
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posted on August 16, 2001 09:07:51 AM new
So, who are you gonna vote for HJW, Borillar inquiring minds would like to know, I'm sure?
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Borillar
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posted on August 16, 2001 09:24:00 AM new
"So, who are you gonna vote for HJW, Borillar inquiring minds would like to know, I'm sure?"
Zivy, can you please restate that using Standard English grammar? The sentence structure is confusing, and I am not sure what you are saying (asking?)
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lofsness
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posted on August 16, 2001 04:39:44 PM new
The next President of the United States of America: JESSIE "THE PRESIDENT" VENTURA!!!
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Borillar
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posted on August 16, 2001 04:49:10 PM new
"The next President of the United States of America: JESSIE "THE PRESIDENT" VENTURA!!!"
I like Jesse much more than many a politican coming up on the campaign horizon. I may not agree with all of his views, but I have very high respect for his saying it how he feels it. I feel that if he did make a run for the Presidency, I feel I could trust him.
LOL! I like where he took that announcer job and the state legislature admonished him for it and people poo-poo'd the idea of a Govenor simulataneously taking on a radio announcer job. Jesse retorted along the line like, "If voters want me to act like the other politicans and make my future campaign money by taking bribes instead of this job, that's what I'll do!" Gotta luv him for that!
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Microbes
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posted on August 16, 2001 05:01:57 PM new
Jessie Ventura being elected Gov of Minn was a breath of fresh air, but I don't know about having him as President. Not that he isn't honest enough, but what does he really know about doing the job?
Of course, the same can be said about our present President 
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Borillar
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posted on August 16, 2001 05:13:06 PM new
Precisely!
If the GOP had picked Jesse Ventura (if they could have) and matched him with a vice-president with foreign diplomacy skills like Henery Kissenger, I might have voted Republican!
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