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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (55904)	11/21/2008 3:19:00 PM
From: lorne	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224669

Ken..."Marc Elias, lead attorney for the Franken campaign, in a teleconference call today declared that the gap in votes between Al Franken (D) and Norm Coleman (R) is now only separated by a double-digit total vote margin."..... So did you mail in a couple of votes to help out the franken fool?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (55904)	11/21/2008 3:21:44 PM
From: lorne	4 Recommendations Respond to of 224669

Serious though ken ...EVEN you have to be wondering what has happened to America when a thing like franken could be voted into any office anywhere.? And what does it say for people who would vote for a thing like that?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (55904)	11/21/2008 4:35:06 PM
From: MJ	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224669

Another recount will be demanded by Franken and the Dems if he doesn't pull it off with this recount. Kenneth, for your pleasure: Don't ever forget...."someone must feed the cow"! "The most eye-opening civics lesson I ever had was while teaching third grade this year. The presidential election was heating up and some of the children showed an interest. I decided we would have an election for a class president. We would choose our nominees. They would make a campaign speech and the class would vote. To simplify the process, candidates were nominated by other class members. We discussed what kinds of characteristics these students should have. We got many nominations and from those, Jamie and Olivia were picked to run for the top spot. The class had done a great job in their selections. Both candidates were good kids. I thought Jamie might have an advantage because he got lots of parental support. I had never seen Olivia's mother. The day arrived when they were to make their speeches Jamie went first. Jamie had specific ideas about how to make our class a better place. He ended by promising to do his very best. Every one applauded. He sat down and Olivia came to the podium. Olivia's speech was concise. She said, "If you will vote for me, I will give you ice cream." She sat down. The class went wild. "Yes, Yes! We want ice cream." She surely would say more. She did not have to. A discussion followed. How did she plan to pay for the ice cream? She wasn't sure. Would her parents buy it or would the class pay for it? She didn't know. The class really didn't care. All they were thinking about was ice cream. Jamie was forgotten. Olivia won by a landslide. Just like Olivia, every time Barack Obama opens his mouth, he offers ice cream, and fifty percent of America reacts like nine year olds. They want ice cream. The other fifty percent know they're going to have to feed the cow. " Came from a teacher friend---mj