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2008-04-24 09:15:56
What a shock. Barak is being checked out by a lazy press that should have discovered his shortcomings long ago.
Not as shocking as Karl Rove being implicated in the Rezko trial...aren't you shocked about that ani?
I guess that means that Rove and Obama both have Rezko in common
Yea, it's a good thing Rove isn't running for president.
It's also a good thing that a person running for president doesn't have to answer to unsubstantiated smears about his relationship with someone when he has not even been accused of any wrongdoing.At least not in America.
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""The press is unfair to Barack,"
Whines the Cult of Obama with shock.
Loaded questions, contortions
Of words, and distortions
Now wrong, cuz it's their guy they mock."
"anti-Dem" media bias?? What have they been smoking?
Someone needs to tell these people. Maybe send them an email or something. ;)
http://www.politicususa.com/en/Obama-union-endo...
A man named McCain had a dream
Cons said he would run out of steam
But he rose after a drop
Cons pulled a flip-flop
And claim they were always on his team.
LOL. You're not referring to this are you?
http://politics.propeller.com/story/2008/04/23/...
I believed I endorsed it. ;)
I can't even type English now. I guess the limerick took it out of me.
Also, I don't know how many noticed this unintended humor, but ALPHAGNOSIS' article has a poll on the right side of the webpage that reads:
"Political Madness Poll
Should President Bush be impeached?"
The answer receiving the most responses reads:
"Yes, but only if VP Cheney is also impeached."
Followed closely by:
"Yes, both of them, but only if the Democrat-picked republican presidential replacement (presumably McCain) agress not to pardon Bush and Cheney."
And coming in third:
"Yes!"
I wonder whether she even bothers to read her own article submissions, or whether the article title was as far as she got.
LOL.
I don't think so called "cons" are pulling a flip flop, true conservatives stil can't stand him. However, If I have to hold my nose and vote, I will vote for the lesser of the two evils and vote for McCain. I will feel better about the vote if he chooses a VP who is truly conservative. Regarding the other party, I can't imagine the quandry the socialists are in right now with their party in such turmoil and the possibility of the "elitist" delegates possibly choosing the candidate. Its a bad election year for all of us I guess.
Compared to the banner election years we've had in recent history?
My contribution...
There once was a man from Hawaii,
Who spoke well and looked good to the eye.
But as the election neared,
His various flaws appeared,
Who really wants to vote for this guy?
lol, not me! :D
I do and I'm going to, because:
I'd rather vote for this guy,
and hope for some pie in the sky
than vote for a crook like McCain,
who is also senile and insane,
or a shrew named Hillary,
ruthless, selfish and Shrillery!
Though perfect, Obama is not
I'd just as soon give him a shot.
I find it incredibly strange
that the candidate for real change
is the one who is villified,
his ability to serve, denied;
his reputation unfairly besmirched
by a bunch of prejudiced jerks
with minds so completely closed,
they would just as soon cut off their nose
than vote for the one who is best
and a cut above all the rest,
but has a funny sounding name
for which they hold him to blame!
They claim it's a cardinal sin,
that he does not wear a flag pin,
and the irony is pretty funny,
cause the ones who sell out the country
tend to wear them all of the time
to keep those clowns dumb and blind!
There is a technical term for that type of "poetry"...doggerel.
Still, kudos for the passion and effort.
Yea, I had to give him a pos, too. That was pretty good.
As an award winning poet and author, thank you.
Wow, you're an award-winning poet and author? I guess you didn't give this one your "award-winning" best effort, did you?
SOM Doggerel? No more than your puny effort of poetry. One might call the humor of the article and your effort doggerel also. I cannot with good conscience give you kudos for your effort because you are trying to belittle cushi who stylishly wrote a clever poem in defense of her own beliefs. What I can give you is a negative for your lame attempt of a put down.
Hillary can't win they figure
Cause Obama's lead is much bigger.
But the longer this goes
The more flaws he shows
it turns Obama is just a dumb politician.
As far as doggerel, I don't think that term applies to my effort. The article was about a limerick regarding Mr. Obama. In that spirit, I wrote a limerick about Mr. Obama. It follows the traditional conventions concerning a limerick. It contained five lines. The first, second and fifth lines contain three metrical feet and the third and fourth contain two. The rhyming pattern is AABBA. The first line introduces a person and a place. Admittedly, anyone doing a scansion would see the mix-n-match in stressed versus unstressed syllables, but hey, nobody is perfect.
Without dwelling on it much further, I'll stand by my previous criticism. I'll point out that I was complimentary about passion and effort.
Have a great day, ML2007.
SOM, doggerel definition from Merriam Webster dictionary-
: loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect; also : marked by triviality or inferiority
"marked by triviality or inferiority." In my opinion, SOM yours contained both of these characteristics. What you said was a put down and very trivial. It smacked of superior attitude. Now, those are just my opinion, and I will certainly stand by my criticism. You have a great day also, SOM.
Thanks for your opinions, ML2007. My limerick was certainly not "loosely styled" or "irregular in measure" (those are, however, characteristics of Cushi's poem). Comic effect is also part of the limerick tradition, so that is quite in keeping with the form's conventions. You may consider it trivial or inferior, as you wish, and call it doggerel if that makes you feel better...but it's not doggerel based on the definition you yourself provided.
As far as my criticism of Cushi's poem, your definition of doggerel seems quite supportive of my thoughts. Thank you.
Cordially yours...
Well, SOM, many people read and hear what they want to, and in this case, that is exactly what I think you are doing. Thanks for giving me your permission to have my opinion, but I really don't need it. Our opinions are what this forum is all about, and the last time I checked it doesn't require permission. Again, your writing sometimes smacks of your own sense of superiority in that you feel you must be in control by giving me permission, and to me, that is the most inferior type, hence, doggerel.
That's what I usually get from SOTM's posts - they smack very highly of his own sense of superiority - self-righteous - looking down his nose at us inferior libs. (us meaning me - I'm a lib and a dem). Very high and mighty (in his own mind) just like most of the repugs. who look down at us lowlifes (meaning me - I've been insulted up down and sideways by most of the repugs. - not SOTM - but he falls into the same crowd as far as I'm concerned).
Tess, to state it starkly, based on the comments I've seen you make, neither of us could claim to be completely blameless with respect to what we've posted on Netscape/Propeller.
That being said, when you consistently "neg" people and make comments like "repug" and similar insults, you're not making any inroads towards a better forum. I don't suggest that you or other Democrats/Liberals are always the instigators and that the Republicans/Conservatives are the poor, hapless victims. But, don't try to suggest the reverse is true either. I've seen just as many "liberals" that are every bit as "self-righteous" and intent on looking down their noses (to use your language above) as you suggest is the case with "repugs".
My opinion is that you are mistaken and misguided here, ML2007. First, I never said anything at all about giving my permission for you to have your own opinion. Where does that whole idea come from on your part? Second, I agree that this forum is all about opinions, so what is your beef if it's my opinion that cushi's poetry is doggerel? Especially when you looked up the definition of that term and it fits Cushi's peom perfectly?
I apologize for being a bit critical here, but I think you're inventing the whole "permission to your own opinion" and "sense of superiority" stuff to avoid my previous comments. But, that's just my opinion...
You have always been welcome to have you own opinion, SOM, and I know you know that I am reasonable when debating. I always try to stay on track, but when I suspect or feel, just an opinion in itself mind you, that someone is trying to put another down and make it personal, that is what I usually give a negative for. If they stay on task in a debate, I don't bother. I may not give a positive, but I usually don't neg them either. In this case, I said it was my opinion in that I used the word "think", and as to translating that I didn't need your permission, that also is my opinion. I interpreted your writing as indicating such, and I still think it did, but in light of your apology, I will give you the benefit of the doubt and accept it. Thanks for your willingness to debate, but it benefits none of us to get personal, something I also do when my opinions run deep with emotion.
Not for the crowd it's written for, no.
Cushi, of course you are for Obama. He is for CHANGE. It is not just words, he believes in CHANGE and feels Americans believe in CHANGE also. I am sure a lot of people like you want to give him a shot since he is for CHANGE. We all need a CHANGE.
I am all for CHANGE and from what I hear, he is for REAL CHANGE, not the SAME OLE, SAME OLE. The funny thing is, if we didn't elect a president at all and just went with congress, that would be CHANGE, as a matter of fact, Obama can't deliver on anything without congress, and that includes Hillary and McCain.
I guess the election is all about CHANGE,WORDS, and HOPE. Kinda reminds me of John Kerry's campaign. I am all for CHANGE, I think tomorrow, anytime Obama comes on television, instead of watching his proposals for CHANGE, I will turn the channel.
Keep hoping for that pie in the sky, if you get intellectually honest with yourself, that is what it is.
Even if it is, it's light years better than what we've got!
better a pie in the sky than a hole in the ground
SonOfTheMask,
It's better than the limerick about Obama supporters.
Son, wish I could rhyme one about bullets flying and health care plans that top economist and agencies show will not work; and then say when the phone rings 3 or 4 in the morning, the voice will say you have even more flaws than Obama.
all I know is I said this guy was a fraud after the Democratic convention 4 years ago. I am even more sure now.
Alpha, is Obama is ahead. You call it whining? Boy did you miss the conservative revolution. Win some, lose some, but Obama is winning the most. Meantime, the obvious winners who couldn't keep the many advantages they had will get to see that the responsible Americans want Change we can believe in. The tall tales by some and refections of the last 7 years by others won't cut it in the end. All the stretches of the facts barely got Hillary a little slack in a race that was a done deal, that she could not close. I don't know why the Americans who will stand up for truth are underdogs; suppose it is because making your own decisions require thinking for yourself. The American people may get use to thinking without a Decider; learning to take the blame for corruption and ineptness that leads to wars, injustice and loss of the top economy in the world. Just continue to let someone tell you they have experience; so silly.
"I don't know why the Americans who will stand up for truth are underdogs"
coz it's the topdogs that p!ss on it
...and DizzyDavy has been a fraud the entire time he's been on Netscape/Propeller...
I, Alpha, I'm inalian and don't understand "Sycophants" what it means??