That's a good story, although my attention drifted every time I thought about Jeri Ryan.
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > You know the role 'Seven of Nine' played in getting Barach Obama elected? > She helped him become the Senator from Illinois. > > He was a state/local politician who had never served in Washington DC. > He offered to run against Jack Ryan, a young Republican investment banker > (rich) who was 'retired' and teaching school in the ghetto. > > Jack and 'Seven of Nine' had been married and divorced. > The divorce proceedings were sealed in court, 'for the kid's benefit', > but people kept digging. He swore before nomination that it was all good. > > He had financed some minor films for 'Seven of Nine'. When the court > records came unraveled, it was reported the divorce was precipitated by Jack > taking 'Seven of Nine' on a romantic get-away to Paris...where he wanted to > do some performing with her at a live sex club. She said NO, as she had > to other such requests and filed for divorce. > > Of course, this was no good for a Republican candidate for the US Senate, > not with a 'Family Values' platform and all. After about 3 weeks of pressure, > Jack resigned the nomination. No other Republican would take it, and > party leaders brought in a Black conservative radio personality to run, > Alan Keyes from New York. > > Duh, the voters saw right thru that and elected Obama to the US Senate > with a landslide margin. So the unknown state politician with big > ambitions and no record to speak of became one of the top 100 elected > officials in the USA. > > I like Obama, but he really out performed Jack Kennedy in his rise. > And like Kennedy, much of it was based on charisma and future versus > voting record. > > Regards, Bob S. > > > On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 4:16 AM, Cotty <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 29/12/10, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>>Life began at 42. >> >> Life began with Seven. >> >> Of Nine ;) >> >> -- >> >> >> Cheers, >> Cotty >> >> >> ___/\__ >> || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche >> ---------- http://www.cottysnaps.com >> _____________________________ >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
