lol- if being wrong on Virginia and Indiana was wrong, then I didn't want to be right. Uh, fool me once it's on you...fool me twice...I won't get fooled again.
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lol- if being wrong on Virginia and Indiana was wrong, then I didn't want to be right. Uh, fool me once it's on you...fool me twice...I won't get fooled again.
Hey man, there are known knowns. There known unknowns. There are unknown knowns and there are unknown unknowns.
(that was surprisingly difficult to type)
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Seems like Jack picked up on your reference - there's really no getting anything past that guy
Palin sorts clothes to see what belongs to the RNC
WASILLA, Alaska (AP) ? Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin spent part of the weekend going through her clothing to determine what belongs to the Republican Party after it spent $150,000-plus on a wardrobe for the vice presidential nominee, according to Palin's father.
Palin and John McCain's campaign faced a storm of criticism over the tens of thousands of dollars spent at such high-end stores as Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus to dress the nominee. Republican National Committee lawyers are still trying to determine exactly what clothing was bought for Palin, what was returned and what has become of the rest.
PREVIOUS: Records: GOP spent $150K on Palins' clothes, accessories
Palin's father, Chuck Heath, said his daughter spent the day Saturday trying to figure out what belongs to the RNC.
"She was just frantically ... trying to sort stuff out," Heath said. "That's the problem, you know, the kids lose underwear, and everything has to be accounted for.:mj07: :scared
"Nothing goes right back to normal," he said.
Heath dismissed the clothes controversy as "ridiculous," and said his daughter told him the only clothing or accessories she had personally purchased in the last four months was a pair of shoes.
RNC lawyers have been discussing with Palin whether what's left of the clothing and accessories purchased for her on the campaign trail will go to charity, back to stores or be paid for by Palin, a McCain-Palin campaign official said Friday, speaking on condition of anonymity because the campaign hadn't authorized comment.
The McCain-Palin campaign said about a third of the clothing was returned immediately because it was the wrong size, or for other reasons. However, other purchases were apparently made after that, the campaign official said.
On Friday, Palin told reporters: "Those are the RNC's clothes. They're not my clothes. I never forced anybody to buy anything."
PREVIOUS: Sarah Palin's $150,000 clothing spree turns heads left and right
Amid speculation in Alaska and nationwide about Palin's political future, the candidate has scheduled a series of national interviews on Fox News Monday night, NBC's "Today" show Tuesday and CNN on Wednesday. She also plans to attend the Republican Governors Association conference in Florida this week.
Palin has been mentioned as a possible presidential candidate in 2012. She also could seek re-election in 2010 or challenge Sen. Lisa Murkowski. Still uncertain is the fate of Sen. Ted Stevens, who is leading in his bid for another term but could be ousted by the Senate for his conviction on seven felony counts of failing to report more than $250,000 in gifts, mostly renovations on his home. Palin could appoint herself to replace Stevens.
Heath said his daughter "hasn't shown her hand" about her political plans, but he doesn't believe she'd appoint herself should Stevens' seat become vacant.:scared
In Wasilla, her hometown backers welcomed her, putting aside their disappointment over her unsuccessful bid.
Jessica Steele can't wait to see what Sarah Palin does next ? not with her political career, but with her hair.
"That's something I want to talk to her about: What's our vision for her hair?" says Steele, proprietor of the Beehive Beauty Shop and keeper of the governor's up-do since 2002. "I can't wait to see her and say, 'OK, I've got you alone for three hours. Just relax, and how are you, really?'"
While Palin remains popular, the reality of defeat is evident.
Bags of fan mail, as many as 400 letters a day, partially fill a room at her parent's house. But parents no longer encounter Secret Service agents when they pick up their children at Cottonwood Creek Elementary, which Palin's youngest daughter, Piper, attends. A thick layer of ice covers Lake Lucille, next to the Palin's home, and it's no longer patrolled by Coast Guard boats.
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There are alot more important things to be thinking about than fawking global warming
Like Sarah is giving back any clothes at all ?
do they think we are stupid.
we voted Obama in . that should tell her something
:scared
WASILLA, Alaska (AP) ? Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin spent part of the weekend going through her clothing to determine what belongs to the Republican Party after it spent $150,000-plus on a wardrobe for the vice presidential nominee, according to Palin's father.
Palin and John McCain's campaign faced a storm of criticism over the tens of thousands of dollars spent at such high-end stores as Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus to dress the nominee. Republican National Committee lawyers are still trying to determine exactly what clothing was bought for Palin, what was returned and what has become of the rest.
PREVIOUS: Records: GOP spent $150K on Palins' clothes, accessories
Palin's father, Chuck Heath, said his daughter spent the day Saturday trying to figure out what belongs to the RNC.
"She was just frantically ... trying to sort stuff out," Heath said. "That's the problem, you know, the kids lose underwear, and everything has to be accounted for.:mj07: :scared
"Nothing goes right back to normal," he said.
Heath dismissed the clothes controversy as "ridiculous," and said his daughter told him the only clothing or accessories she had personally purchased in the last four months was a pair of shoes.
RNC lawyers have been discussing with Palin whether what's left of the clothing and accessories purchased for her on the campaign trail will go to charity, back to stores or be paid for by Palin, a McCain-Palin campaign official said Friday, speaking on condition of anonymity because the campaign hadn't authorized comment.
The McCain-Palin campaign said about a third of the clothing was returned immediately because it was the wrong size, or for other reasons. However, other purchases were apparently made after that, the campaign official said.
On Friday, Palin told reporters: "Those are the RNC's clothes. They're not my clothes. I never forced anybody to buy anything."
PREVIOUS: Sarah Palin's $150,000 clothing spree turns heads left and right
Amid speculation in Alaska and nationwide about Palin's political future, the candidate has scheduled a series of national interviews on Fox News Monday night, NBC's "Today" show Tuesday and CNN on Wednesday. She also plans to attend the Republican Governors Association conference in Florida this week.
Palin has been mentioned as a possible presidential candidate in 2012. She also could seek re-election in 2010 or challenge Sen. Lisa Murkowski. Still uncertain is the fate of Sen. Ted Stevens, who is leading in his bid for another term but could be ousted by the Senate for his conviction on seven felony counts of failing to report more than $250,000 in gifts, mostly renovations on his home. Palin could appoint herself to replace Stevens.
Heath said his daughter "hasn't shown her hand" about her political plans, but he doesn't believe she'd appoint herself should Stevens' seat become vacant.:scared
In Wasilla, her hometown backers welcomed her, putting aside their disappointment over her unsuccessful bid.
Jessica Steele can't wait to see what Sarah Palin does next ? not with her political career, but with her hair.
"That's something I want to talk to her about: What's our vision for her hair?" says Steele, proprietor of the Beehive Beauty Shop and keeper of the governor's up-do since 2002. "I can't wait to see her and say, 'OK, I've got you alone for three hours. Just relax, and how are you, really?'"
While Palin remains popular, the reality of defeat is evident.
Bags of fan mail, as many as 400 letters a day, partially fill a room at her parent's house. But parents no longer encounter Secret Service agents when they pick up their children at Cottonwood Creek Elementary, which Palin's youngest daughter, Piper, attends. A thick layer of ice covers Lake Lucille, next to the Palin's home, and it's no longer patrolled by Coast Guard boats.
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There are alot more important things to be thinking about than fawking global warming
Like Sarah is giving back any clothes at all ?
do they think we are stupid.
we voted Obama in . that should tell her something
:scared
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Bush-Obama Meeting: Hard Feelings and Hand Sanitizer
As President Bush and President-elect Barack Obama prepare for their post-election meeting at the White House on Monday, memories of their first encounter linger.
FOXNews.com
Sunday, November 09, 2008
President Bush and President-elect Barack Obama are probably hoping their meeting Monday goes better than their first get-together, which left a bad taste in the mouths of both men.
Four years ago, Obama and other newly elected members of the Senate were invited to the White House for a breakfast meeting with Bush, who pulled the young Chicagoan aside.
"Obama!" Bush exclaimed, according to Obama's account of the meeting in his second memoir, "The Audacity of Hope." "Come here and meet Laura. Laura, you remember Obama. We saw him on TV during election night. Beautiful family. And that wife of yours -- that's one impressive lady."
The two men shook hands and then, according to Obama, Bush turned to an aide, "who squirted a big dollop of hand sanitizer in the president's hand."
Bush then offered some to Obama, who recalled: "Not wanting to seem unhygienic, I took a squirt."
The president then led Obama off to one side of the room, where Bush said: "I hope you don't mind me giving you a piece of advice."
"Not at all, Mr. President," Obama told the commander-in-chief.
"You've got a bright future," Bush said presciently. "Very bright. But I've been in this town awhile and, let me tell you, it can be tough. When you get a lot of attention like you've been getting, people start gunnin' for ya. And it won't necessarily just be coming from my side, you understand. From yours, too. Everybody'll be waiting for you to slip, know what I mean? So watch yourself."
Bush then noted that he and Obama had something in common.
"We both had to debate Alan Keyes," the president said. "That guy's a piece of work, isn't he?"
Obama laughed and even "put my arm around his shoulder as we talked," he recalled, although he added the gesture "might have made many of my friends, not to mention the Secret Service agents in the room, more than a little uneasy."
Despite this display of bonhomie, Obama said the president's demeanor turned downright frightening when he laid out his agenda to the freshly minted lawmakers.
"Suddenly it felt as if somebody in a back room had flipped a switch," Obama wrote. "The president's eyes became fixed; his voice took on the agitated, rapid tone of someone neither accustomed to nor welcoming interruption; his easy affability was replaced by an almost messianic certainty. As I watched my mostly Republican Senate colleagues hang on his every word, I was reminded of the dangerous isolation that power can bring, and appreciated the Founders' wisdom in designating a system to keep power in check."
When I quoted from this passage to Bush during an Oval Office interview, the president seemed irritated to learn he had been taken to task by the senator he once counseled.
I thought I was actually showing some kindness," Bush said indignantly. "And out of that he came with this belief?"
The president added with a bit of a scowl: "He doesn't know me very well."
Bill Sammon is Washington Deputy Managing Editor for FOX News.
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Bush is scary
So Bush needed the hand sanitizer because
1. he touched a black man
2. he touched a democrat
3. he is just one weird piece of work
:shrug: :shrug:
As President Bush and President-elect Barack Obama prepare for their post-election meeting at the White House on Monday, memories of their first encounter linger.
FOXNews.com
Sunday, November 09, 2008
President Bush and President-elect Barack Obama are probably hoping their meeting Monday goes better than their first get-together, which left a bad taste in the mouths of both men.
Four years ago, Obama and other newly elected members of the Senate were invited to the White House for a breakfast meeting with Bush, who pulled the young Chicagoan aside.
"Obama!" Bush exclaimed, according to Obama's account of the meeting in his second memoir, "The Audacity of Hope." "Come here and meet Laura. Laura, you remember Obama. We saw him on TV during election night. Beautiful family. And that wife of yours -- that's one impressive lady."
The two men shook hands and then, according to Obama, Bush turned to an aide, "who squirted a big dollop of hand sanitizer in the president's hand."
Bush then offered some to Obama, who recalled: "Not wanting to seem unhygienic, I took a squirt."
The president then led Obama off to one side of the room, where Bush said: "I hope you don't mind me giving you a piece of advice."
"Not at all, Mr. President," Obama told the commander-in-chief.
"You've got a bright future," Bush said presciently. "Very bright. But I've been in this town awhile and, let me tell you, it can be tough. When you get a lot of attention like you've been getting, people start gunnin' for ya. And it won't necessarily just be coming from my side, you understand. From yours, too. Everybody'll be waiting for you to slip, know what I mean? So watch yourself."
Bush then noted that he and Obama had something in common.
"We both had to debate Alan Keyes," the president said. "That guy's a piece of work, isn't he?"
Obama laughed and even "put my arm around his shoulder as we talked," he recalled, although he added the gesture "might have made many of my friends, not to mention the Secret Service agents in the room, more than a little uneasy."
Despite this display of bonhomie, Obama said the president's demeanor turned downright frightening when he laid out his agenda to the freshly minted lawmakers.
"Suddenly it felt as if somebody in a back room had flipped a switch," Obama wrote. "The president's eyes became fixed; his voice took on the agitated, rapid tone of someone neither accustomed to nor welcoming interruption; his easy affability was replaced by an almost messianic certainty. As I watched my mostly Republican Senate colleagues hang on his every word, I was reminded of the dangerous isolation that power can bring, and appreciated the Founders' wisdom in designating a system to keep power in check."
When I quoted from this passage to Bush during an Oval Office interview, the president seemed irritated to learn he had been taken to task by the senator he once counseled.
I thought I was actually showing some kindness," Bush said indignantly. "And out of that he came with this belief?"
The president added with a bit of a scowl: "He doesn't know me very well."
Bill Sammon is Washington Deputy Managing Editor for FOX News.
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Bush is scary
So Bush needed the hand sanitizer because
1. he touched a black man
2. he touched a democrat
3. he is just one weird piece of work
:shrug: :shrug:
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Worse yet I voted for him twice. And even worse yet, I still wouldn't vote for Gore or Kerry.
I would just take them back and vote Libertarian.
Oh well. It's tough to think that it wasn't so long ago where I though Bush was actually going to turn it all around.
new SUV's will be a thing of the past in 5 years, everyone will be forced to drive on of those toyota gas hybrids if Obama gets his way
I bought my hybrid because I don't like Saudi Arabia and want to use as little of their heroin as possible. I'm amazed there aren't more people on the right with a similar attitude.:shrug:
Smurph I agree with you. We will all be better off by developing alternative energy and rendering the Middle East irrelevant. Our next purchase will be a hybrid but I'm gonna drive my paid for 10 year old car til the wheels fall off.
BTW paid $1.79 for Saudi heroin today.
BTW paid $1.79 for Saudi heroin today.
I guess when Obama and Pelosi close off shore drilling again, people will blame George W Bush for high gas prices. JMO.
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Believe all the biased reports you want, but we simply don't have our own oil resources to support our current consumption rate.
If I hit you in your hybrid in my Tahoe, I win
I can't justify spending 10K more for a hybrid, that is a ton of gas at less than 2 bucks a gallon, I could careless about the environment aspect
plus I have a family and need a big SUV
