Are you sure you're not Barbara Boxer?
Posted on 01/27/2005 6:42:32 PM PST by rintense
Holy cow, phancypants! Those are some darn fine pics! Better than anything I've seen from AP or Yahoo.
I am SO jealous that you were THAT close to our handsome, hand-holding First Couple!!!
Hello again we chat again
We were closer than AP was, darlin'! LOL!
I can't even imgagine.
imgagine = imagine.
Great pics.
Good news, snugs.
Hi Wolf,
Compared to all the other surgeries, no big deal.
Today C-SPAN 1 & 2 at the same time had on live Kerry
and Billy Clinton.
Bubba was being interviewed by Charlie Rose (on of the
kool-aid drinkers) from Davos, Switz. and many from
the economic conference there. He was in major spin mode.
Watching his body language and his lies, you can see
what a sick person he is. The people there at the
interview looked like the same type drooling when they
would hear Hitler talk.
They were beyond flirty that night, he ENJOYED dancing with the first lady!
And he spoke to me. My life is complete and I'm only 24!
Spitting distance??
LOL! I know what you mean...........what is there to look forward to after this?? :o)
Seriously, though.......those are GREAT pics (especially as big as they came through in your e-mail to me!).
Good job!
(So describe 'beyond flirty' to us......with some details..... ;o)
Are you sure you're not Barbara Boxer?
Absolutely AWESOME pictures! Wow, you were really close, weren't you?
I am green with envy! ;-)
Good, I'm glad the surgery wasn't too bad for you. I supposed that if I was home in post-surgery mode, I might turn on C-SPAN all-Dims-all-the-time coverage. Would put me to sleep instantly. :-)
Not quite......... Besides which, spit would have frozen in this frigid air before it got all the way to Cleveland. ;o)
**So he wrote a message for his wife and kids on the side of the train in his own blood. Told them he loved them
I can't even imgagine.**
Prayers he made it and if not prayers for the family. Keep us posted Wolfstar if you hear any news about him
Patrick Ruffini rebuts Christy Whitman's claim that moderate Republicans are more electable than conservative Republicans, comparing her dubious electoral achievements with those of GWB: [NOTE: Ruffini's analysis also serves to underscore the magnitude of the President's re-election victory in November!]
Christie Whitman wants to be the Republicans’ Zell Miller – or so says the dustjacket of her forthcoming It’s My Party Too: The Battle for the Heart of the GOP and the Future of America. At the heart of this book is a bitter attack on the strategy that re-elected President Bush with over 62 million votes. In her book, she writes:
"The numbers show that while the president certainly did energize his political base, the red state/blue state map changed barely at all -- suggesting that he had missed an opportunity to significantly broaden his support in the most populous areas of the country," Whitman writes. "The Karl Rove strategy to focus so rigorously on the narrow conservative base won the day, but we must ask at what price to governing and at what risk to the future of the party."
There’s some basis for comparison here. George W. Bush was elected and re-elected President of the United States. Christie Whitman was elected and re-elected Governor of New Jersey. How does Whitman’s re-election in 1997 stack up with Bush’s?
Growth of Support
Bush was the first Presidential candidate since 1988 to win more than 50% of the vote, smashing Ronald Reagan’s popular vote record by nearly 8 million votes, and increasing his total vote by 20% from 2000. In winning re-election, the President’s support surged among the most Democratic-leaning groups: women, Hispanics, African Americans, Jewish voters, citizens of the Northeast.
Whitman faced an unexpectedly close re-election race, receiving fewer votes than when she was first elected. She is the only Governor in modern New Jersey history never to have won more than 50% of the vote.
Beating Expectations
For most of Bush’s re-election year, the majority of the press corps expected him to lose. – especially if turnout exceeded 120 million. On Election Day, 122 million Americans voted, and Bush beat expectations with a solid 3 million popular vote majority.
For most of Whitman’s re-election year, she was considered the prohibitive favorite, leading by up to 30 points. But by Election Day, she was in a dead-heat with a little known, tax-hiking mayor named Jim McGreevey, and won by less than a point. No wonder PoliticsNJ.com rated both Whitman gubernatorial campaigns among the worst in New Jersey history.
A Party of Inclusion
When Bush was re-elected, his percentage of African American votes went up.
When Whitman was re-elected, her percentage of African American votes went down.
Values
Bush was forceful in advancing a values agenda, and effectively put John Kerry on the defensive on abortion and gay marriage. He won handily.
Whitman enraged the Republican base by vetoing a ban on partial birth abortion, spurring serious Libertarian and Conservative candidacies that took a combined 6 percent of the vote. She barely survived.
Campaign Finance
In 2004, Bush and Republicans were outspent by $113 million and won anyway.
In 1997, Whitman outspent McGreevey, with the DNC thinking it would be such a blowout that it stayed out of the state. Whitman barely scraped by.
Party Building
How does the Whitman approach to building the party stack up with the President’s? Well, let’s see…
Under Bush, Republicans regained control of the Senate, unheard of for an incumbent party in a midterm election. In 2004, Republicans gained four seats in the Senate and three seats in the House. Today, there are more Republicans on Capitol Hill than at any time since the 1920s.
During the Whitman era, Republicans blew a once insurmountable lead in the New Jersey legislature – making no headway in her re-election year, losing three seats in her final midterm, and finally losing control in 2001.
To top it all off, on the day Whitman begins her book tour, a poll comes out showing that she’s the most disliked governor in recent New Jersey history, tied with McGreevey. Ouch.
You’ve seen the record. Now, who do you trust when it comes to growing the GOP?
I HIGHLY recommend that you visit Ruffini's excellent website: http://www.patrickruffini.com/
There you go!
Laura kept rubbing his back while they were dancing, and a few times they were whispering and giggling. It was very sweet!
I knew that I had shared these with some of you but I wanted to share the wealth!
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