tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post6613368200176965942..comments2024-03-28T11:24:19.308-05:00Comments on Althouse: "The problem the Religious Right had in this primary was the hang-up over religion."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8787248209410454232008-02-19T12:17:00.000-06:002008-02-19T12:17:00.000-06:00As for Romney's wealth, note that if it was a big ...As for Romney's wealth, note that if it was a big deal, it was with the rank and file of the party of the wealthy. JFK was, of course, rich. But not at the level of John Kerry, or more specifically of course, his wife. She is worth several times that of Romney, yet that wealth did not turn off very many Democrat Party voters. <BR/><BR/>I find it humorous that in the party of the rich, Romney's level of wealth was a detriment, while in the party of the common many, much more wealth was not.Bruce Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10815293023158025662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57180154566590714232008-02-19T12:13:00.000-06:002008-02-19T12:13:00.000-06:00Women have almost no rights at all within Mormonis...<I>Women have almost no rights at all within Mormonism except to obey. Perfect obedience. And the documentary said that Utah has four or five times the rate of anti-depressant users, since the religion basically destroys the mood of almost everyone except something called the General Election, a handful of dictators who determine everything for their faithful.</I><BR/><BR/>As to the role of Mormon women, I have noted that SOME are that way, but no worse really than you find in many fundamentalist churches. And as for their role in their church, compare it that of Roman Catholics. When was the last time that you saw a female Roman Catholic bishop, cardinal, Pope, etc.? Or even, priest/priestess? But that is somehow acceptable, while Mormonism is not. <BR/><BR/>I have one Mormon friend who occasionally follows this blog and whose wife worked for me as my secretary a number of years ago. That time was quite enjoyable, esp. since she wouldn't let me get away with anything. Of course, I wasn't her husband, but I spent plenty of time around both of them, enough to believe that she didn't mind her role as a Mormon wife. <BR/><BR/>And if her husband reads this, I do miss those Monday lunches, you, I, and sometimes she, had before I moved away.<BR/><BR/>Of course, not all Mormon women/wives are like that. I spent time in SLC, home of the LDS Church, and got along with the Mormon men far better than I did with the Mormon women. With the men, my being a gentile was never much of a deal, but it often seemed to be a big deal with the women.Bruce Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10815293023158025662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81083662763115507542008-02-18T19:21:00.000-06:002008-02-18T19:21:00.000-06:00Wow caplight you are brillant and intuitive.Wow caplight you are brillant and intuitive.titusisgayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11998053465516499243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-77586547451019661032008-02-18T19:06:00.000-06:002008-02-18T19:06:00.000-06:00In the comments on the Jane Fonda post on Friday F...In the comments on the Jane Fonda post on Friday February 15 at 4:34 PM about two thirds of the way through is a series of posts under the name "titusvart" who joined Blogger in February 2008. It was, for this site, uncharacteristically crude to say the least. Then I noticed the comment thread on the religious right posted today the sixth comment at 8:41 AM was from a "titusisgay" who also joined Blogger February 2008. He then picks up again at 12:43 with a crude,juvenile and unimaginative theme on "tits".<BR/>Now "titusisgay" identifdies himself as a member of the religious right in his 8:41 post. I am going to venture an observation that folks who are genuinely of the "Religious Right" do not write the kind of stuff that "titusisgay" has posted and as he has posted probably under "titusvart". I suspect sir you are some sort of troll.caplighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00983163610332465182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14673132446851369552008-02-18T19:03:00.000-06:002008-02-18T19:03:00.000-06:00Political parties are evil wise people would shun ...Political parties are evil wise people would shun them.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, T. Kennedy is looking great lately. Compliments to his embalmer.Chip Ahoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597726289890879627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55354113679790171872008-02-18T18:19:00.000-06:002008-02-18T18:19:00.000-06:00FLS wrote: "I thought Republicans were fiscally co...FLS wrote: "I thought Republicans were fiscally conservative"<BR/><BR/>Nope. Republicans like to use big business to get in power while Democrats like to use the poor to get in power.<BR/><BR/>Conservatives do indeed believe in being fiscally conservative!<BR/><BR/>Many Conservatives end up voting Republican, but we are NOT Republicans, and more and more of us are waking to that truth.<BR/><BR/>TreyTMinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221261635305430323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-87711897048257526532008-02-18T17:27:00.000-06:002008-02-18T17:27:00.000-06:00Tits quench your thirst.So do grapes.Tits quench your thirst.<BR/><BR/>So do grapes.titusisgayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11998053465516499243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-40698609794522063982008-02-18T17:20:00.000-06:002008-02-18T17:20:00.000-06:00Sometimes tits don't get along with other tits.Sometimes tits don't get along with other tits.titusisgayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11998053465516499243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79964787628084082652008-02-18T17:10:00.000-06:002008-02-18T17:10:00.000-06:00Hillary! is equally culpable of violating the righ...Hillary! is equally culpable of violating the rights of whomever has the patent on "talk is cheap" and "actions speak louder than words."<BR/><BR/><BR/>Don't forget, she has the solution. The final solution.Peter V. Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04209902525167395224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91707964596534670812008-02-18T14:10:00.000-06:002008-02-18T14:10:00.000-06:00Re Obamaplagiarism: Patrick could get only a very ...Re Obamaplagiarism: Patrick could get only a very thin copyright indeed on "words matter". If Obama's a plagiarist for citing two of the most familiar examples of inspirational speech in living memory, Hillary! is equally culpable of violating the rights of whomever has the patent on "talk is cheap" and "actions speak louder than words."former law studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196697206046544350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79484526225566093272008-02-18T14:08:00.000-06:002008-02-18T14:08:00.000-06:00They all use speechwriters, sure....it's just that...They all use speechwriters, sure....it's just that so much is made of Obama's orations...amusing to learn that his peroration is a nearly a word-for-word lift from another politician...<BR/><BR/>At least with Clinton, we know all the dirt under her fingernails....plus I like watching Ol' Bill lay into people who give him a hard time....George M. Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07818413936028778734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68075099361539578712008-02-18T14:07:00.000-06:002008-02-18T14:07:00.000-06:00I'm having second thoughts about supporting McCain...I'm having second thoughts about supporting McCain today, after he committed to continuing the huge deficit W. ran up.<BR/><BR/>I thought Republicans were fiscally conservative -- another myth shattered<BR/><BR/><I>In my book Roman Catholicism is the quintessential mainline Christian denomination, indeed the sine qua non of it.</I><BR/><BR/>That's because Quinn's Irish Catholic. Out in Prod land, Catholics are weird cultists, much like Mormons in their refusal to stick to the Bible as the only authority. Put down your Aquinas and your Augustine, and stop listening to Papa Ratzi. Fathers of the Church, indeed.former law studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196697206046544350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-32259784081350599722008-02-18T13:55:00.000-06:002008-02-18T13:55:00.000-06:00Cedarford, you do realize I was writing about McCa...Cedarford, you do realize I was writing about McCain and not Huckabee right? I feel like you were saying why I was wrong to support Huckabee, as your points fit him much more than McCain. But I dislike Huckabee more than any of the Republicans who have ever been in this race. And I voted for Thompson in the CA primary... out of principle. <BR/><BR/><I>Paddy O - So we went with the Southwesterner, as we Republicans are apt to do.<BR/><BR/>And in so writing, Paddy O shows why Republicans are a shrinking Party, now nearly absent in the Northeast and Left Coast, in steep decline in certain Midweast States, and watching formerly Red Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Virginia, Florida, Missouri becoming more Purple.</I><BR/><BR/>Well, I'm a Californian, not a Southerner. And if the Republican party has been shrinking for choosing those from South or Western states, with bias shown elsewhere, it's not because of me or my ilk. It's the 20th century, and has seen some of the Republicans biggest successes.<BR/><BR/>The last Republican to be elected President who didn't come out of working in the West or South was Calvin Coolidge, if my history memory is right. <BR/><BR/>So it's nothing new. Romney was fighting a long trend. <BR/><BR/><I>Which may precipitate a little "Interfaith dialogue" after the 2008 election between Western Republicans and Southern Republicans on the status of Mormons within the Republican Party</I><BR/><BR/>Not really necessary. If Romney had the politics that would have won in Utah, he would have won the nomination. Instead he was a Mormon in religion, but not in his political expressions. It's not the Mormon we don't like, it's the Massachusetts politician. The political smell of Kennedy is like the BO in <A HREF="http://www.seinfeldscripts.com/TheSmellyCar.htm" REL="nofollow">Jerry Seinfeld's car</A>. Very difficult to get out. <BR/><BR/><I>The 3 most famous, Lincoln, Nixon, and Reagan - were out of office 11, 8, and 5 years respectively before claiming the White House after 2nd place finishes.</I><BR/><BR/>So it is possible I suppose. Though Lincoln was from a very, very, very, very, very, very different political era. And he had whiskers and was ugly, and was homespun and told folksy stories from his time in the log cabin out West. And talk about a single issue party. Sheesh. All Republicans cared about, the reason they joined together, was slavery. So alienating to the border states! <BR/><BR/>Reagan was world famous. Like Governor Arnold, his time in office was by no means the only way people got to know him. Plus, he was a westerner. People like westerners better. <BR/><BR/>Nixon is an anomaly. He had at least a national stage under Eisenhower. And maybe too we feel like it's best to not have another Nixon. I don't think Romney has the fire in his belly like Nixon. <BR/><BR/><BR/><I>Your choice appears to be to reject being a broad-based Party into a narrow unelectable ideological one.</I> <BR/><BR/>ha! This is my favorite. McCain is much more broadly accepted than Romney. Yet because McCain offends your particular issues you feel he's narrow. Very open-minded. It's a big tent as long as everyone agrees with what you think is important. But what others think is important will lead to the narrowing of the party. <BR/><BR/>It might be a little narrow for you, but it's widening in other directions under McCain, a little too wide on some issues in my estimation, but certainly wider. And certainly just as, if not more, expressive of Reagan Democrats and Republican politics of the last decades.Paddy Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10442537362540160512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27178562002500640312008-02-18T13:54:00.000-06:002008-02-18T13:54:00.000-06:00Given all the ice around here, I don't think many ...Given all the ice around here, I don't think many of Hillary's arguments will have traction. Obama will win tomorrow in Wisconsin.MadisonManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212179466758420208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49513399250578351982008-02-18T13:53:00.000-06:002008-02-18T13:53:00.000-06:00You know when I used to go to the strip clubs, the...You know when I used to go to the strip clubs, the girls always dressed up as Presidents for Presidents Day at the Doll House. There was this girl from Boston who always said:<BR/><BR/>Ask not what my tits can do for you, but what can you do for my tits.<BR/><BR/>Stuffing a dollar bill between them would usually suffice.<BR/><BR/>Happy Presidents Day Besty, wherever you are.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91863465330573816962008-02-18T13:45:00.000-06:002008-02-18T13:45:00.000-06:00George said... Finn--What say you to the "plethora...George said... <BR/>Finn--<BR/><BR/>What say you to the "plethora of [speechwriting] resources" (i.e. plaigarism) that Clinton is accusing Obama of?<BR/><BR/><BR/>Is anyone dissecting Hillary’s speeches to check if they are her original words or plagiarism? This is a non-issue that shows how desperate Hillaryland is. All politicians plagiarize speeches. They rarely cite the original wordsmiths.<BR/><BR/>Remember “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.” No one, to this day, accuses JFK of plagiarism. He never cited Oliver Wendell Holmes.Peter V. Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04209902525167395224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-43128386523694388102008-02-18T13:25:00.000-06:002008-02-18T13:25:00.000-06:00I thought we were talking about tits. You know Ced...I thought we were talking about tits. You know Cedarford, Jewish girls often have very nice tits.<BR/>Just sayn'Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-17969885948844170182008-02-18T13:10:00.000-06:002008-02-18T13:10:00.000-06:00Paddy O - Romney won because he is a Northeastern ...Paddy O - <I>Romney won because he is a Northeastern governor with a record that didn't altogether match his rhetoric. <BR/>So we went with the Southwesterner, as we Republicans are apt to do.</I><BR/><BR/>And in so writing, Paddy O shows why Republicans are a shrinking Party, now nearly absent in the Northeast and Left Coast, in steep decline in certain Midweast States, and watching formerly Red Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Virginia, Florida, Missouri becoming more Purple -<BR/><BR/>Republicans from those Outside Dixie parts of the Party fail the Southern Baptist religious and ideological purity test.<BR/><BR/>(So do Northern Reagan Democrats, ethnic Catholics, "as bad as Mormon" Jews and Latin Pentacostalists plus jungle Christians like African Methodists, and all Midwest Republicans who to serve in office must embrace certain secular heresies..) <BR/><BR/>All while seriously dissing the Reddest of States - Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho for the apparant crime of being infested with heretics...<BR/><BR/>Which may precipitate a little "Interfaith dialogue" after the 2008 election between Western Republicans and Southern Republicans on the status of Mormons within the Republican Party<BR/><BR/>As James Lipton would say; "Brilliant! Absolutely....brilliant!"<BR/>*******************************<BR/>Paddy O - <I> Romney is out of office. He has no way to improve on what he has already said. All those who had come back from 2nd place finishes before had an office in which to continue and develop their national presence. </I><BR/><BR/>Not true. The 3 most famous, Lincoln, Nixon, and Reagan - were out of office 11, 8, and 5 years respectively before claiming the White House after 2nd place finishes. <BR/><BR/>*****************<BR/>More Paddy O - <I>I'm an Evangelical, and I liked McCain over Romney not because of Romney's religion but because I didn't really believe his conversion to true conservative was really solid.</I><BR/><BR/>Your choice appears to be to reject being a broad-based Party into a narrow unelectable ideological one. Until, of course, another agnostic ex-Democrat with a 2nd or 3rd wife and a ton of gay and union friends comes to seek the office after signing the most liberal abortion law in the nation in his <BR/>progressive state, runs for office.<BR/><BR/>Then, 30 years later, you can light candles at his Party Memorial Shrine and call him the purest and best of the "true" Jesus-Loving Republican conservatives.<BR/><BR/>******************Cedarfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00602418702398818596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20792239470493467542008-02-18T13:08:00.000-06:002008-02-18T13:08:00.000-06:00Grab a cab, come on, See the wizard at Park and 73...<I>Grab a cab, come on, See the wizard at Park and 73rd</I>MadisonManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212179466758420208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-37182860997854770442008-02-18T12:53:00.000-06:002008-02-18T12:53:00.000-06:00More than a mouthful can be wasteful. But you can ...More than a mouthful can be wasteful. But you can put a nipple in each ear and tune in the radio.<BR/>You can pick up Venus.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-21412776570035039942008-02-18T12:51:00.001-06:002008-02-18T12:51:00.001-06:00the smaller tit is there and demands to be respect...the smaller tit is there and demands to be respected<BR/><BR/>large tits tend to get the most attention and credit but small tits are nice tootitusisgayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11998053465516499243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-59788016332995468042008-02-18T12:51:00.000-06:002008-02-18T12:51:00.000-06:00Ta-ta's. Fun bags. Breasses. Grand Tetons. Mom, ap...Ta-ta's. Fun bags. Breasses. Grand Tetons. <BR/><BR/>Mom, apple pie, Cheverolt.<BR/><BR/>And tits.<BR/><BR/>God bless America.<BR/><BR/>I miss Jeri Thompson.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70707971474515610372008-02-18T12:50:00.000-06:002008-02-18T12:50:00.000-06:00large tits to lay my head down on after a rough da...large tits to lay my head down on after a rough day at work.<BR/><BR/>the comfort of the large tit enveloping my head.<BR/><BR/>titstitusisgayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11998053465516499243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-77499663882589517552008-02-18T12:49:00.000-06:002008-02-18T12:49:00.000-06:00tits during an aerobic class,swaying to and fro to...tits during an aerobic class,<BR/>swaying to and fro to the classics<BR/><BR/>tits standing at attention<BR/><BR/>titstitusisgayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11998053465516499243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28198974685461974422008-02-18T12:48:00.000-06:002008-02-18T12:48:00.000-06:00I think even Mormons like tits.Something we can al...I think even Mormons like tits.<BR/><BR/>Something we can all agree on. Gay<BR/>and straight. Protestant and Catholic. Trolls and serious boring nerd guys. <BR/><BR/>Everyone loves tits.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.com