yellowstone
|
posted on November 17, 2000 10:02:08 PM new
The headline at the site reads;
Police Say Florida Democrat Had a ‘Votomatic’ in His Car
I guess all you Democrats can and will probably justify it by thinking that the police had to be Republicans and therefore they were lying.
|
siggy
|
posted on November 17, 2000 11:32:32 PM new
Since that guy just won a seat in the Florida legislature presumably his party affiliation is a matter of public record. No great detective work needed to determine that.
|
HartCottageQuilts
|
posted on November 18, 2000 04:23:41 AM new
Apparently when the cops questioned Mr. Vote-A-Matic about why he had the machine, he said he was "going to use it".
We need more honest thieves.
It gets funnier (IMHO). In the last election, he was accused by his opponents of buying the women's vote. Seems the guy's a handbag manufacturer, and he was giving away purses.
Wouldn't work here at Hart Cottage, but in PBC? Well, clearly one never knows about those folks.
I wish the media would start calling that part of the state "SOUTH Florida." Those of us here in the Panhandle find being lumped with this crowd as painful as I suspect Sonomans do with Angelenos (yes, and probably vice versa).
|
jada
|
posted on November 18, 2000 04:49:19 AM new
Personally, I kinda wish this thing would drag on for the next four years and Clinton would go ahead and retire.
I think it would be fun to find out that we don't need no President. 
|
yellowstone
|
posted on November 18, 2000 07:24:50 AM new
jada, my opinion is, that is exactly what President Clinton wants to have happen except that he wont retire. We wont have an actual President anymore and forget about having a constitution or bill of rights either.
|
jada
|
posted on November 18, 2000 07:50:19 AM new
Well, I kinda believe that we haven't had one for a long time now - at least an effective President that truly wanted the best for this country.
I believe Lincoln might have been the last one (at least that I remember).
|
HartCottageQuilts
|
posted on November 18, 2000 10:20:42 AM new
From Tulane's webpage on the 1860 election:
Lincoln, while receiving a majority vote among northerners, did not receive a majority of all the popular votes. The combined opposition outpolled him by almost one million votes. Lincoln would be a minority President, lacking a clear mandate and, perhaps vulnerable to defeat in the next election.
http://www.tulane.edu/~latner/Background/BackgroundElection.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/12587/contents/timeline/1860/1860.html
And NO, I am not attempting to make any comparison between either candidate and Mr. Lincoln, or the civil turmoil of that age and our petty squabbles. Just pointing out that although we like him now, he was hardly beloved during either his campaign or his term, even by the folks up North. Generally, we don't appear too fond of ANYbody in that office.
[ edited by HartCottageQuilts on Nov 18, 2000 11:57 AM ]
|
lotsafuzz
|
posted on November 18, 2000 12:20:11 PM new
KRS said: "And here I was, thinking that OR and NM didn't make much difference in this election."
HEY!! Now you've gone and hurt my feelings!! 
For the rest of you that think that the sky is falling: Get over it. We will have a new president and then we will have politics as usual.
|
siggy
|
posted on November 18, 2000 12:50:03 PM new
The bill of rights is in the Constitution (first ten amendments). The 22nd Amendment limits Presidents to two terms in office. So how is the Constitution going bye bye? Is Congress packing its bags?
edited for typo.
[ edited by siggy on Nov 18, 2000 12:50 PM ]
|
jada
|
posted on November 18, 2000 04:04:54 PM new
My apologies Yellowstone, HCQ and Siggy. My comments were actually a lame attempt at a joke. Next time, I'll tell everyone in advance as my sense of humor is rather warped at times. (actually most of the time)
|
siggy
|
posted on November 18, 2000 04:16:43 PM new
No apologies needed, Jada. I got your humor.
|
yellowstone
|
posted on November 18, 2000 07:18:37 PM new
So did I jada and I was just going along with it.
I like people with a warped sense of humor.
|
HartCottageQuilts
|
posted on November 18, 2000 07:29:55 PM new
Apology? For what? Lying about your age (i.e., that you "remember" Lincoln)?
|
DoctorBeetle
|
posted on November 18, 2000 08:54:45 PM new
Good point about Lincoln not being beloved in his time. I look forward to the year 2200 when the American electorate finally installs Bubba Clinton in the President's Hall of Fame.
Dr. Beetle
|
Shadowcat
|
posted on November 18, 2000 09:34:52 PM new
Siggy wrote: Is Congress packing its bags?
We could hope they're taking a looong vacation...to loosely paraphrase Will Rogers-it's the only way we can be sure the Congress isn't causing trouble for us.
|
number47
|
posted on November 20, 2000 10:04:06 AM new
Shadowcat wrote: "The same thing goes for the Bush camp. Both candidates and their people have behaved in manners that have demonstrated that neither one of them deserves to be president."
Except for Katharine Harris cuz she's a real babe.
|
Julesy
|
posted on November 20, 2000 10:26:22 AM new
Except for Katharine Harris cuz she's a real babe.
Yes, if you like that Tammy Faye Baker look... 
|
lswanson
|
posted on November 20, 2000 11:15:32 AM new
The real question, is did the guys get any good bids on the voting machine? I mean, this might be a good market for all of us.
|
HartCottageQuilts
|
posted on November 20, 2000 01:28:26 PM new
As to looks - I am listening to Boies's argument before the Court right now. Comb-over hair and one of the worst-fitting shirts I have ever seen on a living human being.
OTOH and IME, at least in New England, both of those generally indicate the brightest bulb on the tree. Can't stand the guy and don't like his position, but he actually presents some interesting arguments.
|
toke
|
posted on November 20, 2000 03:52:19 PM new
AND...for what it's worth...he doesn't tick off the justices. He handles them very well. Unlike Klock (?), unfortunately.
|
HartCottageQuilts
|
posted on November 20, 2000 04:25:08 PM new
Exactly. I can get pretty bombastic at times, but even yours truly knows enough not to approach her judges snarling "[For crying out loud,] If you READ the law [you illiterate numbskulls], you'd SEE that it says...." The appropriate phrase is "I believe that the law states", delivered in as bland a tone as possible, with the implication that one is looking to the bench for guidance and illumination. No need to be sycophantic, but raised voices will get one nowhere.
|
Shadowcat
|
posted on November 20, 2000 05:16:15 PM new
Idle observation: People keep making reference to Harris' looks...I suppose that's to make up(pun intended) for the digs at Warren Christopher's looks.
Although I can't see what their respective appearances have to do with their actions...
And just when you think things can't get any more ridiculous-Saw a story in the paper today about a Rep. accusing a Dem. of EATING the chads.
|
KatyD
|
posted on November 20, 2000 05:52:08 PM new
I saw that too, HCQ, and wondered about it. I mean his demeanor wouldn't have made any points with me, if I were one of those justices. By the way, am I the only one that thinks he looks kind of like Frazier?
Shadowcat, when this whole thing first started, my husband and I commented that we thought Warren Christopher looked like he was about to keel over..I mean the guy looks AGED! Still and all, he's kinda cute in a hangdog kind of way, and he has a reputation for brilliance. As for the democrat supposedly eating chads, maybe she was pregnant and it was one of those "cravings".
KatyD
|
donny
|
posted on November 20, 2000 06:05:39 PM new
"Just pointing out that although we like him now..."
You're talking about Lincoln? The Mr. Lincoln who spearheaded the War of Northern Aggression (also referred to, by the ladies here, as 'The Recent Unpleasantness')??
Yes, we call it both those things here in Georgia.
|
Shadowcat
|
posted on November 20, 2000 06:24:19 PM new
KatyD: I commented to the tom that although ole Warren looks like a prune that's been in the back of the fridge WAY too long, he sure is a sharp dresser. The tom thought perhaps WC was compensating for prunehood...
Yes, a deep political debate chez Cat.
How hungry does one have to be to snarf down what is essentially confetti? Maybe the FL workers should call out to Domino's once in a while for those poor, starving workers.
|
ubiedaman
|
posted on November 20, 2000 09:58:54 PM new
LOL at donny...I spent 3 yrs in VA, and what u say is true...but guess what?...You lost because of a Republican President!!!
Keith
I assume full responsibility for my actions, except
the ones that are someone else's fault.
|
donny
|
posted on November 21, 2000 01:07:32 AM new
Yeah, it only took about 100 years for us to forgive Republicans for that one, although it was more a case of dislike of Democrats as a result of the policies of JFK and especially LBJ rather than a sudden love of Republicans that changed our minds.
|
