teflon john

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm ... yanno, i actually sort of thought at one point that i was a republican *gasp* yeah, it's true though. voting dems means your taxes go straight up to pay for all those nifty dem programs ... social programs, education, all that schtuff.

... figured ur taxes?

our great grandkids are gonna still be paying for this war. and quite seriously now ... put on ur thinking caps and let's take a look at some of the other statements ...

• iraq is NOT japan. we leveled two major cities in japan with atomic bombs (even if we KNEW that it would have consequences for generations). true, we've occupied japan since, or at least, we still maintain military forces there. but this war is not like that war. we are taught in history class that dropping the atom bombs was a preemptive strike ... that it was the ONLY way to quickly end the war ... which is completely different from saying we're gonna fight in iraq until they aren't fighting us anymore and then we're gonna stay there until it's become a total democracy like we have ... ummmmmmmmmm ... no, wait, the story changes here ... cos we're gonna fight there till that terrorist group is gone? no, wait, the story changes here cos i THOUGHT those terrorists were why we're in afghanistan? no, wait ... hmmmmmmmmmmmmm ....
• the economy ... hey now ... any common joe or jane who's been struggling to keep their car running, pay the bills, buy groceries, etc knows that the republican "gift" of giving back $300 isn't going to go very far. that isn't even one month of groceries, people. and wait ... i hear there's a catch to it ... because this is supposed to be a target year for the IRS to crack down on those of us who can't even afford to pay those rising taxes (you know, war is NOT a cheap commodity) ...
• health care ... have u seen photo's of this candidate? i would think health care and senior programs might be kind of high on his list ... but maybe i'm wrong. maybe the problem is, i think like that cos i'm one of the common folk
• or maybe i'm not because i just don't think floating the idea of rice on the ticket is going to convince me that he has my interests in mind. i might be female and nonwhite, but i don't switch parties just because there MIGHT be a minority person on the ticket
• speaking of minorities ... son of a gun ... yanno, she's only two out of many ... maybe the republicans will get "LUCKY" and find a loyal republican who is female, nonwhite, physically challenged, economically disadvantaged, .... yeah my parents used to read fairy tales to me, too. the thing is, in a fairy tale, have u ever noticed that something really really bad always happens?

teflon john. i can understand that nick. because he seems to put his foot in his mouth every time he speaks ... and the republicans don't think any of that is gonna stick.

it's sort of the teflon fallacy in cooking. teflon is great cos nothing sticks to it ... but don't forget that you're gonna spend a fortune in accessories like special cooking utensils (so u don't scratch the wonderful surface), special cleaning stuff (so u don't mar the wonderful surface), and it can only be used under certain circumstances ... nothing acidic or base in it (u don't wanna mar the wonderful surface), no high heat (that peels the wonderful surface), or super cold (that can buckle the wonderful surface) ...

no wonder they call him teflon john.

hilaryspeak - clintonese as a second language

been watching the coverage (*cough*) of the presidential hopefuls and i'm like ... huh. robert heinlein was right. dang.

i started out thinking i'd probably vote clinton (despite that it would have put her hubby bubba back in the white house). but now? not in a million years. some of the things she's said and done make me embarrassed to be the same gender, yanno? seriously, ppl ...

• RELIGION ... i'm not christian. does she think i'm in a cult too? (i'm sorry but that was seriously STUPID to try to push that one) i'm american ... last time i checked, the law still granted us freedom of religion ... and as far as that goes, it's seriously desperate to try to hold someone's friends or associates against them ... after all ... look at some of the folks she's associated with (like bubba?)
• RACE ... i'm not white ... that does NOT mean i'm just gonna vote for the nonwhite. i'm not that stupid and i resent the implication. does she think that not being white makes a person less able to grasp government as well? ummm yeah, apparently she does. i don't believe we need to be pushing the race card, folks ...
• EXPERIENCE ... hey now ... she seems to think her being married to he who was once known as the president, means she's got a much better grasp of the issues than the black man. okay but yanno, that implies that she's into kiss and tell. which means that if she gets to the white house, bubba is definitely inner circle. YIKES!
• SPOUSE ... and speaking of married ... with a hubby like bubba, she REALLY ought not to try to take pot shots at obama's wife. i understand EXACTLY what mrs. obama was saying in her comment and if u want to diss the spouse, might i point out that MRS obama didn't actively undermine her spouse the way bubba has ... and for that matter, i don't think we'd have to worry about either obama and white house staff or aides.
• IRAQshock ... i'm not a hawk but i'm still intelligent enough to realize that there's no such thing as "just pull out" ... honey, i don't know if mama ever told u but that doesn't work for sex, and it doesn't work for war, either.
• PREPARATION (we're not talking H) ... folks, just in case u think i'm being unfair, if she's sleep deprived NOW ... what's SHE gonna do when the phone rings at 3am? "*snort* honey, would u get that?" ... now THAT'S a scary thought, isn't it?
• FINANCES ... ooooooooh and okay, so obama has been spending big big money in this campaign ... ummmmmm ... compare the sources ... lots of us little people sending in bucks, versus big expensive fundraisers for big bucks? and at least he pays HIS bills? if they've made so much money since bubba left the white house (including the $$ bubba got for speaking against her campaign platform) and they've been doing these HUGE campaign fundraisers like the one they got elton john to do ... how come unlike us little ppl, they don't have to pay their bills?
• EDUCATION ... and for that matter, i thought she was a big proponent of education? so wouldn't that make it sort of important to at least pay the bill she owes those universities???? or ... does this imply that maybe she really DOESN'T understand the plight of the common man?

... wait. that's RIGHT. the plight of the common man is a fallacy. in hilaryspeak, SHE's the victim, right?

how exactly does THAT work?