The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[alphabassettgrrl]

I thought Bush was a terrible owner when he had the team? Maybe I'm wrong.

It was a Prius with an Obama bumper sticker that yelled at me yesterday when I rode my bike to school.

[BarTopDancer]

The kids don't like it when mom and dad fight.

[Alex]

When we were in Tahoe over the weekend we saw a giant pickup with a McCain sticker idling at a light next to a Prius with an Obama sticker.

Seemed to encapsulate all of the stereotypes.

Yes, Bush was the managing partner in the Texas Rangers ownership group for five years. No, he didn't suck. As to whether he was good, that probably depends on how you define good? He turned a $1MM investment into $10MM when he sold. And his tenure includes the original agreement that lead to the Ballpark in Arlington. But the team was around .500 through his era.

Was that asked because of my "coach the Green Bay packers" comment?

[BarTopDancer]

Your comment and the comparisons made by Fiorina. And I knew even less about baseball back then.

I just saw you google searched shiny taco boobies. That mental image is hilarious.

[innerSpaceman]

Yes, and i daresay better than anything he was hoping for with that word combo on google images.

[scaeagles]

Just to go along with my conspiratorial Hillary-working-behind-the-scenes-to-defeat-Obama theory, a couple of interesting things of note.

First,

Lynn Forester de Rothschild, a prominent Hillary Clinton supporter and member of the Democratic National Committee’s Platform Committee, will endorse John McCain for president on Wednesday, her spokesman tells CNN.

And secondly, while I have no exact quote, one of Hillary's (former? not sure if he still is) chief strategists - Mark Penn - has been chastizing the media for their treatment of Palin, basically saying that Obama as the presidential candidate has not received anything close to the anal exam Palin is getting (this is not to spark a debate as to if that's true or not, just citing what he's said).

I am sure these two individuals are relatively close to Hillary. These two things in particular seem to support my theory that while she's going to play nice for appearances sake, she does not want Obama to win, and will have those close to her doing the dirty work and saying the critical words.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Just to go along with my conspiratorial Hillary-working-behind-the-scenes-to-defeat-Obama theory

And in other breaking news, the sun did in fact rise today on schedule.

[flippyshark]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Just to go along with my conspiratorial Hillary-working-behind-the-scenes-to-defeat-Obama theory, a couple of interesting things of note.

I can't be sure you aren't right. If so, it's dispiriting, as is just about everything involved with this and nearly every election. Somebody ( I wish I could remember who) once said something along the lines of: those people who have the drive and ambition to become president are those we should least want to lead us.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by flippyshark

Somebody ( I wish I could remember who) once said something along the lines of: those people who have the drive and ambition to become president are those we should least want to lead us.

Originally Posted by Douglas Adams

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

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[scaeagles]

Not everyone here subscribes to my conspiratorial theory - in fact, just the opposite, really.