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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (109948)	11/15/2007 1:28:58 PM
From: Tommaso	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

In the last year I have quit thinking in terms of Republican vs. Democrat. To me, it's the Stupids vs. the Smarts. Although I have to admit that when Bill Clinton wanted to screw around, he could have been smarter about who he got mixed up with. It should have been an independently wealthy woman, not someone who needed support.

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (109948)	11/15/2007 7:10:01 PM
From: Freedom Fighter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

KT, Ron Paul seems to be picking up some momentum in the NH primary. A very good case can be made that his support in the state is actually stronger than it looks because independents and democrats are likely to be more anti war and many libertarians are probably registered as independents. The polls tend to focus on registered and likely republican voters. But NH is an open state meaning that independents can vote in the republican primary. In addition, there's an effort under way to get democrats that support Paul to switch their party registration in time to vote for Paul in the primary. Even if the numbers in category are small, there's no way the pollsters are catching them all now. "As of 2002, 25.6% of New Hampshire residents are registered Democrats and 36.7% are Republicans, with 37.7% of New Hampshire voters registered as "undeclared" independents". At a minimum, he might give Sean Hannity a stroke that night. (That would make more sense if you ever listened to Hannity's radio show or saw his reaction to post debates polls on Fox). :-)

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (109948)	11/16/2007 5:28:25 AM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

Is anyone this ignorant? Somebody named Kelly Pickerel, a singer from American Idol, appeared on "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" last night. She's a cute blonde and I'd never seen her before. I missed the intro, but I assume she's a country singer. If it turns out she is a soprano with an opera company, I will have to admit to being a cultural bigot. <G> At first, I thought she was doing the dumb blonde act. But it wasn't an act. Two questions stand out. "Is the piccolo a member of the woodwind, percussion or strings family?" Now, keep in mind, this woman is a professional singer and has probably sang before orchestras that contained piccolos. So, brilliant Kelly decided that it was percussion, because percussion and her last name both start with "p". I don't think she even knew what percussion meant. She copied the 5th graders answer and got it right through the back door. Then, the best question. "Budapest is the capital of which European country?" Kelly says, "I've never heard of such a thing. I thought Europe was a country. Well, I know that France is over there, but I don't think it's a country. Still, I'll guess France." This time she used her cheat and the 5th grader knew it was Hungary. The boy was looking at her like "what planet is she from?" Kelly says, "Hungary! There's a place called Hungary?" At the end, Jeff Foxworthy told her, "don't put yourself down, Kelly. You are not dumb." Hey, she's pretty and she can probably sing, but she is definitely dumb AND ignorant. I take back all the times I called Dubya ignorant. He is for normal standards, but there are obviously some very sub-normal people out there who make him sound like Stephen Hawking.