Hey, don't forget California! I want to vote for "none of the above" for Governor. -Ben
> -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Corrigan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 11:08 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Trent Lott, certifiable looney > > > I agree totally. I personally don't care who nails who. I > don care that both Lott and Daschle have stalemated the > political process for purely partisan reasons. They disagree > and I say GOOD! We need disagreement. But to not allow > appointments to be allowed out of committees, to not allow > bills that you (one single person) don't like to even be > debated in an open forum is horrible. Toss em both out. > Daschle is giving back what he got which makes him no better > than Lott. If anything it makes him worse. I can't stand > either of them. > > As an aside, Illinois politics are in full steam and it's > absolutely depressing to listen to the debates, hear the > campaign ads because they're all about how they can spend > more of your tax money. No one is talking about cutting an > already overly inflated budget. Our state is in on the brink > of serious financial trouble and the solutions by the > politicians are how they're going to suck more out of the > casinos. I can't find one candidate for governor that I > support. Not one and that is really bothering me. > > Michael Corrigan > Programmer > Endora Digital Solutions > 1900 Highland Avenue, Suite 200 > Lombard, IL 60148 > 630-627-5055 ext.-136 > 630/627-5255 Fax > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Braver, Ben > To: CF-Community > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 12:47 PM > Subject: RE: Trent Lott, certifiable looney > > > Michael, Larry, etc.: > > honestly, what I think started this "dilution" of > leadership in American > politics was the Gary Hart presidential campaign. > > Until that time, there was apparently an agreement among > journalists to keep > candidates' personal lives and quirks private, unless it > were something > egregious that might affect their fitness to hold office. > So you had a lot > of good, human, and decidedly imperfect people willing to campaign. > > Well, Hart threw down the gauntlet, and challenged the > press to follow him, > said it would be "dull". So they followed him, and it was > anything but dull. > > Since then, it seems to be "anything goes" in terms of the > press digging for > dirt on candidates and office-holders. So anyone with > either something to > keep buried, or any desire for a "private" life, would > probably not run at > all. > > What do we get, then? The kind of politicians we've got, on > *both* sides of > the aisle. > Sad, isn't it? > > Gee, where is Jimmy Stewart when we need him? > > -Ben > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Michael Corrigan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 10:43 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Trent Lott, certifiable looney > > > > > > No it's not and it was wrong then. I don't like Trent Lott. > > I think he was a bad leader and bad for the Republican party. > > If we were having this same discussion a year ago, I would > > be saying the same thing except about Lott and not Daschle. > > I think that the political leadership on both sides are a > > bunch of self-indulgent children. They lack principles. > > They lack morals. They lack honesty and integrity. I'm > > praying for the day when all of these guys are seen for what > > they are and get booted. > > > > My criticisms of Daschle are not, by default, an endorsement > > of Lott. Therefore, not hypocritical in and of itself. > > > > Michael Corrigan > > Programmer > > Endora Digital Solutions > > 1900 Highland Avenue, Suite 200 > > Lombard, IL 60148 > > 630-627-5055 ext.-136 > > 630/627-5255 Fax > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Larry Lyons > > To: CF-Community > > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 12:22 PM > > Subject: RE: Trent Lott, certifiable looney > > > > > > Is that any different from what Trent Lott did when he was > > in charge of the > > Senate? If you look at the actual numbers to date, the > > current senate has > > confirmed 39 of the republican judicial nominees. In > > contrast at this point > > in the Clinton administration the republican senate had > > only confirmed less > > than 30. > > > > I guess that obstruction in the appointments process is ok > > when a republican > > does it, but not when a democratic party leader appears to > > do something > > similar. Kind of hypocritical don't you think? > > > > larry > > > > -- > > Larry C. Lyons > > ColdFusion/Web Developer > > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > > EBStor.com > > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > > tel: (703) 393-7930 > > fax: (703) 393-2659 > > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > > http://www.pacel.com > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > > -- > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Michael Corrigan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 1:10 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: Trent Lott, certifiable looney > > > > > > > > > I suppose you like the fact that Daschle wont allow judges to > > > be voted on in the Senate? What about bills that HE doesn't > > > want to pass? They don't even get a debate on the floor? You > > > think that's ok? You've really got your priorities in the > > > wrong place. > > > > > > Michael Corrigan > > > Programmer > > > Endora Digital Solutions > > > 1900 Highland Avenue, Suite 200 > > > Lombard, IL 60148 > > > 630-627-5055 ext.-136 > > > 630/627-5255 Fax > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Howie Hamlin > > > To: CF-Community > > > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 11:56 AM > > > Subject: Trent Lott, certifiable looney > > > > > > > > > Sunday, March 10, 2002 8:52 p.m. EST > > > > > > Lott Blames Lewinsky Affair for 9-11 Vulnerability > > > > > > Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., suggested > > > Sunday that ex-President Clinton didn't do enough to counter > > > the terrorist > > > threat against the U.S. because he was too busy having sex > > > with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. > > > > > > Appearing on "Fox News Sunday," Lott made the connection > > > while complaining about a campaign ad run by North > Carolina Senate > > > candidate Erskine Bowles, who was Clinton's chief of staff > > > during the Lewinsky affair. The ad features Bowles and Lott > > > side by side, > > > smiling at each other. > > > > > > "It's very curious to me. Here he is - the former chief of > > > staff to President Bill Clinton. [The ad] doesn't show > > him with Bill > > > Clinton. It shows him with the [then] Republican Majority > > > Leader of the Senate." > > > > > > Lott continued: > > > "My question would be, you know, as chief of staff to > > > President Clinton, where was he when Monica Lewinsky was in > > > the Oval Office? > > > Where was he when they should have been doing more on the > > > war on terrorism?" > > > Lott is the highest elected official to publicly draw a > > > link between Clinton's preoccupation with seeking sex from > > > underlings and > > > his failure to pay more attention to national > security concerns. > > > > > > Former senior Clinton adviser Dick Morris has contended > > > that Clinton met with Lewinsky more often than he did > > with his own CIA > > > director. > > > In September, Morris told NewsMax.com that the Lewinsky > > > affair rendered the ex-president unwilling to take the kind > > > of political > > > risk that any serious effort to eliminate Osama bin Laden > > > would have entailed. > > > > > > "My sense is that the affair made him passive and > > > risk-averse," Morris said just weeks after the 9-11 attacks. > > > "As a result, I think he was less inclined to interfere > > > with the military or to order long-term involvement." > > > > > > Lott stressed to "Fox News Sunday" that, instead of backing > > > Bowles, he enthusiatically supports his opponent, > > Republican Elizabeth > > > Dole. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
