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Politics : Piffer Thread on Political Rantings and Ravings -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: arno who wrote (14182)	7/9/2004 11:06:45 AM
From: E	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14610

Did any Republicans plan 4th of July "ceremonies" the last four years? Why not? thinking, thinking There have been "celebrations" of various sorts. Those are routine. You can be sure there have been many speeches over the year in honor of our Independence and in honor of our veterans and service people, too. There has evidently been no Republican or Democratic proposal for a "ceremony" until this (election) year, when they chose a guy with a list of Democrats (only Democrats) he thinks are treasonous. Was it partisan ploy? Try to figure this one out. Did the Republications propose inviting as the speaker to this July 4 ceremony someone who wasn't on record calling the Democratic candidate a traitor? There were thousands of people both sides could have agreed would have conducted a beautiful, meaningful observance of our Independence, honoring our military heroes (among which Dubya isn't included, btw, though Kerry is). They chose this guy. Really. Try to figure out why this was. You can do it.

To: arno who wrote (14182)	7/9/2004 11:06:56 AM
From: Oral Roberts	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14610

This guy is a loose cannon and needs to watch his mouth there is little doubt. Official's 'Dirty Girl' Quip Draws Fire story.news.yahoo.com What is amusing though is the instant assumption that the girl must be black for him to make a statement like that. So the natural thing to do for a Democrat is to organize a protest. Democratic state Assemblyman Mervyn Dymally, who had scheduled a protest by civil rights organizations, canceled the demonstration after an apparent mix-up over the girl's racial background The mix up is that the girl is a blonde haired, blue eyed Scandinavian. Bummer.