Yes, we can.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

And for both your punishments, an acting exercise: Scaeagles has to spend the next week advocating for Obama, and CP has to spend it advocating for McCain.

Good thing I'm going on vacation beginning tomorrow

McCain has served his country all of his life. In years past he was the largest critic of his own party and reached across the aisle to support many high profile bills.

I'd write more but I need to do research, no time this morning...



iSm - I know about the Biden RAVE act. The RAVE act never passed, and thank goodness, because it could make a promoter of any party involving the selling of water bottles and glowsticks a criminal, as they were "providing a place for people to do drugs". The rest of congress figured it out and wouldn't support it.

See, but I'm not voting for a VP.....and unlike what you've said regarding gay marriage, I believe that we can't win on every front with a ticket.

Lieberman, Ted Kennedy, and Hillary Clinton were big proponents of the RAVE act, BTW.

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

See, but I'm not voting for a VP.....

This is why I'm finding it so incomprehensible that there has been so much coverage of Palin, and so much comparison between Palin and Obama in terms of experience. Compare Palin to Biden. Compare Obama to McCain. Compare the tickets.

However, having said that, I think the coverage of Palin has been a HUGE boost to the McCain/Palin ticket.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

However, having said that, I think the coverage of Palin has been a HUGE boost to the McCain/Palin ticket.

Totally. McCain is boring at this point. Obama needs to shift the focus back onto him.

BTW - I am fine with related political derails in this thread. Shall I tell Wendybeth "Thanks, but no thanks"?

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Totally. McCain is boring at this point. Obama needs to shift the focus back onto him.

BTW - I am fine with related political derails in this thread. Shall I tell Wendybeth "Thanks, but no thanks"?

It wasn't so much the derail- it was more the way they were going after you, which I thought not-very-nice considering the original intent of this thread. Never mind- y'all have at it and enjoy yourselves.

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. ~Barack Obama


Yes, I'm fired up about Obama. If you feel the same way, this thread is for you. According to the Super Tuesday poll, we have more than a few supporters here. (May I say, I'm calling the State of LoT's Democratic Primary results - Obama wins with 77%. Now how does our state divvy up delegates?)

So, now it's on to other states. Louisiana, Nebraska, and Washington are up next. Sitting here twiddling my thumbs, I realized I needed to do something to help, even though the action is far from me.

Obama's site has the goods, of course. Ways you can help:

• Donate. I did.
• Urge Edwards to endorse Obama.
• Make phone calls to the states that are coming up. There are ways to do this online, and there are phonebank parties IRL. In Santa Ana they're calling Washington state tonight. I have to admit that I'm not a fan of this strategy, but it's there if you want to go for that.
• Volunteer. I put my name in, and I'll keep an eye on local events - I'd like to help fundraise, if possible.

Yeah, I'm not exactly an activist, which is why I encourage Obama supporters to do just a little something. Our little something makes a difference.

From the OP. Granted, our threads tend to go off in all directions, but I was a little irritated by iSm's urging Scaeagles on, and his semi-mild condemnation of CP for her enthusiasm regarding Obama. I think the first post does make it clear that she intended this to be a positive thread, and while you can (and do) do whatever you want; I just thought it might be nice to consider her feelings . It's not like there aren't fifty thousand other threads around here where you go and slam Obama to your heart's content.

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

I was a little irritated by iSm's urging Scaeagles on, and his semi-mild condemnation of CP for her enthusiasm regarding Obama.

I have never been critical of her enthusiasm.

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

I have never been critical of her enthusiasm.

iSm. ("Mad passion" and "please don't let CP's individual displeasure stop you from posting any interesting tidbits or any damn thing you feel like posting.")

Like I said, no problem. Have fun.

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

iSm. ("Mad passion" and "please don't let CP's individual displeasure stop you from posting any interesting tidbits or any damn thing you feel like posting.")

Like I said, no problem. Have fun.

Perhaps "Mad" passion could imply, like, crazy passion, but I seriously didn't mean it that way. I was just using hyperbole to up the already enthusiastic quality of the word "passion."


I stand by the latter quoted statement, and I don't see how by any stretch of the English language it impunes Jen's enthusiasm for her candidate.



For the record, I Heart Cadaverous Pallor. I may not believe in her candidate as much as she, but I admire her passion greatly.



Have fun in Scotland, CP. What are they saying about our election over there???

[scaeagles]

Get a room.

[Morrigoon]

Sigh. Politics has gotten boring at this point. We've talked about all we have to talk about. Either one of the candidates needs to do something shocking soon or I'd just as well we have at the vote now.