The Guild 12-06-2003 Brrrrrrrrrrrrr!

[daisyscarlett]

Gosh it is good to see you. Hope all is well, Looking forward to an update about your Dad.

[daisyscarlett]

Was there really an earthquake in West Virginia?

Gore seems to be creating one for the dems, lol. Clark just announced that he has not ruled out Hillary for his running mate...ha ha...link

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) speaks to reporters following a speech to the New York/National Housing Conference in New York, December 9, 2003. When asked by reporters to comment on former Vice President Al Gore's endorsement of former Vermont Governor Howard Dean (news - web sites) for president, Clinton said, 'I am not getting involved in the primary campaign.' REUTERS/Mike Segar

[mountaineer]

'I am not getting involved in the primary campaign.'

Translation: "I'll wait till the convention to make my move."

What's up with that tooth? Yikes. As for the earthquake, I don't know - things have been pretty darn calm around here.

[lodwick]

Ak! As I feared, shrill made it to the People's Republic of Austin...thank goodness I was out of town.

[lodwick]

Good job @ 9...thanks for sharing your thoughts here.

[Timeout]

Lod, you're back! I've been out of circulation today. Are you back home?

[Timeout]

The little bit of news I've heard today contains one constant refrain....how angry the Gore voters remain after the "Supreme Court ended the voting in 2000".

They ignore how furious Republicans were with the Florida Supreme Court! The way it's referred to today, it sets Dems up as victims, pubbies as thieves. MediaCrats...what a waste of good air.

[mountaineer]

Once upon a time, the Clintons and the Gores shared everything, from political tickets to intimate White House dinners. But those days seemed long gone yesterday after the former vice president charged that the Democratic Party - the party of Bill and Hillary Clinton - needed to be "remade" as "a force for justice and progress and good in America."

The usually loquacious Sen. Hillary Clinton offered a stony, one-word answer when asked whether she agreed with her husband's once-loyal veep.

"No," said Clinton.

Behind the scenes, observers said the frosty response had more to do with 2008 - when both Gore and Hillary Clinton are projected as potential presidential contenders - than current affairs. Under this view, Gore's endorsement of Howard Dean yesterday was aimed at seizing long-term control of the Democratic Party, in part by gaining favor with front-runner Dean and his growing base of active, left-leaning Democrats.

That Gore chose to make his endorsement in Harlem - down the street from former President Bill Clinton's office - was just an added twist of the knife. "This was not Al Gore taking a shot across [Sen.] Clinton's bow," said Larry Sabato, a political science professor at the University of Virginia. "This was him putting one right into the solar plexus of both Clintons."

For her part, Clinton (D-N.Y.) has insisted that she has no plans to run for President against President Bush next year. But she has refused to rule out a run in 2008. Clinton confidants yesterday said she had no desire to get into a philosophical debate with Gore about the direction of the Democratic Party, which is now chaired by Clinton pal Terry McAuliffe.

"Hillary Clinton is focused on reclaiming the White House in '04," said Democratic operative Howard Wolfson, who ran her Senate campaign. "And a big fight with Al Gore is a distraction from that effort."

When pressed yesterday on Gore's comments, Clinton said only that she had no plans to endorse any presidential contender until the primaries are over. She held out the possibility that Dean could still be beaten, noting that her husband was at only 4% in December 1991 before he went on to win the nomination. "I think we are in the middle of a primary campaign, and I want to see who emerges as the candidate," Clinton said. "And I will support whoever that nominee is." Daily News

[mountaineer]

Clinton made a stealth visit to Winnipeg yesterday.

Details of the visit remain shrouded in secrecy. The U.S. Secret Service has been in Winnipeg for several days making sure all the details are under control. Clinton will arrive by private plane sometime on Tuesday. He'll attend a private dinner for 30 people at a local restaurant; tickets for the meal were $1,100 per person and have sold out.

Next, Clinton will go to the Winnipeg Concert Hall for a sold-out meet-and-greet with 150 people. After shaking hands and taking photos, he will give a speech on "embracing our common humanity, security and prosperity in the 21st century" [Same old blather] as part of the My Life Our Times speaker series, which brought Dr. Ruth Westheimer to town last month and will bring Ed McMahon and Wolf Blitzer next year. [Wow, he's really among some luminaries, the brightest lights in the intellectual constellation!]

About half of the 2,100 tickets for the speech are still available for between $150 and $250 each. ... full story

[Timeout]

I'm still totally irritated at the coverage of "the new Al Gore". I've read that

1) he's doing this to take on the Clintons.

2) He's still the "centrist" but his opposition war in Iraq made Dean appealing.

3) His anger at the 2000 outcome has informed his "evolving" to Dean's more liberal tendencies.

NOWHERE have I read the obvious truth. Gore is, was and always has been a far-left, liberal radical. The reason his previous "remakes" didn't take is because....they were fake! What we are seeing now is the Algore we would have had as president.

Watch now as Gore becomes Dean's proxy on the extreme anti-war message while Dean moves to the middle. It's notable that Gore didn't address any issue but the war...not the economy, not the gov't run health care he now espouses. Only the war. That spewing, hand-waving, angry, liberal, preachified Al Gore we saw yesterday is the "Real Al Gore" and it irritates the heck out of me to see the media ignore it.

[lodwick]

Thanks to everyone for your concern and for your prayers.

My father is making slow, but steady, progress with each passing day.

There's lots to get done so I may be absent for a while.

Cheers.

[lodwick]

Thanks for the thoughts and prayers, Gran.

Off for the annual poking, probling, and bloodletting.

Cheers up there.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

I am glad that your father is doing better.

[lodwick]

Hi back there - I'm starting to feel overwhelmed by "things" and stuff - thanks much for the thoughts and prayers.

Cheers.

Now back to it.

[Carolina]

Thanks for the report, J. Take care.

[Endeavor]

Hey Lod,

I was AWOL last week and hadn't heard about your dad. Will keep you guys in my prayers.

[Teacup]

Hey everyone! Wow what a week. First we have Hitlery in pink making the morning talks shows. And then, Al Gore the gay Butler, endorses Howie Dean. OMG! What a hoot!

We had an earthquake yesterday. I left California and moved to Virginia to escape earthquakes. I think they're following me, LOL.

[lodwick]

Thanks for the good thoughts and concern guys.

Aging is certainly not for sissies...

[Carolina]

We had an earthquake yesterday. I left California and moved to Virginia to escape earthquakes. I think they're following me, LOL.

Uh-oh. We were supposed to have felt it down here. Didn't feel a thing. I was in my evil SUV dropping off kids to various locations.

[Aggie Mama]

Sorry it took me so long to stumble upon the news about your dad. I saw it on the daily prayer threads. Prayers for all your family.