tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post522533644249065451..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: Sigh. James Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-86182982785456850942012-08-23T19:01:35.612-04:002012-08-23T19:01:35.612-04:00The Republicans couldn't give two minor flatul...The Republicans couldn't give two minor flatulences for Akins' beliefs or position at this point; only that he blurted it out, on a Sunday broadcast, at a strategically bad juncture and in such a terse, easily quoted, and pluperfectly offensive, idiotic way that everyone noticed, putting his Senate race in jeopardy, and drawing undue attention to just how crazy the party has gotten. Li'l Innocenthttp://ladysmantle.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-45993876294573285342012-08-23T12:10:14.968-04:002012-08-23T12:10:14.968-04:00'erry Ford said something like "There is ...'erry Ford said something like "There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe".' It was not a slip of the tongue, a 'misstatement' or a confused answer to a "gotcha"-type question -- the astonished moderator asked Ford to clarify and Ford insistently repeated his statement. It was a classic case of doubling down on wrong !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-15517460274430902992012-08-23T07:17:53.191-04:002012-08-23T07:17:53.191-04:00Now THAT's a trenchant blog. Ed of Gin&Ta...Now THAT's a trenchant blog. Ed of Gin&Tacos would especially admire this one. As would Twain. <br /><br />I meant Mark, not Shania. <br /><br />—anotherbozoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-32013213408820287622012-08-22T23:04:53.206-04:002012-08-22T23:04:53.206-04:00What the prior Anonymous speaks of I have no idea ...What the prior Anonymous speaks of I have no idea where he got it. In my part of CA, Walters was a useless tool only good for morning "news", and Reagan was a creep. <br /><br />- Not the same Anonymous, but Anonymous just the same. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-19448816747141212752012-08-22T21:02:50.467-04:002012-08-22T21:02:50.467-04:00Historical note.
About the time Barbara Walters ...Historical note. <br /><br />About the time Barbara Walters got that job, mid-'70's, and I was fresh out of the Peace Corps, I found myself talking to a young couple of hip bank-officer trainees at a party in Berkeley. A bi-racial couple, which was pretty rare in those days.<br /><br />I started in on a rap about how Barbara Walters sucked and television news was going to hell in a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-37298694292208431342012-08-22T13:13:00.476-04:002012-08-22T13:13:00.476-04:00A plank of the Repub party calls for no exceptions...A plank of the Repub party calls for no exceptions. So how can Romney call him on this, when it is what his party stands for ? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com