Election 2002

[MyJhongFist]

Originally posted by Inspired
I was thrilled to see one more gay Republican in congress

 

That certainly breaks the mold, and is pretty cool also.  Huh?

 

[Gabriel]

Originally posted by Wolseley
Straight Republican. Straight conservative.

 

AMEN!!

 

[Inspired]

Originally posted by MyJhongFist
 

That certainly breaks the mold, and is pretty cool also.  Huh?

It's awesome, but actually Arizona (Republican Jim Kolbe) , Massachusetts ( Democrat Barney Frank), and Wisconsin(Democrat Tammy Baldwin) — have had homosexuals serving in Congress.


In 1992, Althea Garrison, an African-American Republican, became the first transgender official elected to office, serving one term in the Massachusetts Statehouse. Currently, however, no transsexuals hold government positions.


Harvey Milk was the first Gay city Councilmen, but on November 27, of 1978, Milk was murdered in San Francisco City Hall as was Mayor George Moscone. On that day, former City Supervisor Danny White crawled through a basement window of the building to avoid metal detectors. White had resigned his seat on the Board following the enactment of the Gay Civil Rights bill that he had opposed.

White was convicted of two counts of voluntary manslaughter and sent to prison for seven years and eight months. This stunningly light sentence was granted in response to what is now referred to as the "twinkie defense". White's attorney argued that the defendant could not be held accountable for his actions due to the amount of junk food he had eaten on the day of the crimes. White was paroled after six years in prison and committed suicide shortly thereafter.

 

[Rae]

I'm actually happy with my state's results. Jim Ryan, the guy who kept trying to get that dangerous Rolando Cruz killed for a crime no sane person thought he committed, LOST our governor's race!

And a slim majority by Republicans in the Senate don't mean squat.

 

[ern]

And a slim majority by Republicans in the Senate don't mean squat. [/B]

It means more than you think. For one thing, they will run the senate judiciary committee, so the Democrats can no longer stonewall perfectly quailfied individuals, just because they are conservative.

 

[Blindfaith]

lookin' around for Wols...where are you?  Here I am!!  I'm here!!  Where are you???

Rae,  what state are you from? Sounds like a fascinating race!

 

[TheBear]

Not surprising, a thread started to address the big picture of the election results, the direction and mood of the country, and the media's coverage of it, has been reduced to nothing more than a gay issue, by one member.

Does everything boil down to nothing more than sexual preference to you, Inspired?

Are you so enthralled with your homosexuality, that nothing else in life matters?

If all you have to contribute to this thread is a narrow, sexual preference perspective, I would kindly invite you to post elsewhere. I did not start this thread to discuss you, or your gay issues.

Regards,
John

 

[TheBear]

Here are some observations from the Media Research Center.

Scroll to the bottom for some Dan "Ratherisms".

 

[TheBear]

aaah What the heck. I'll post the Ratherisms here, to make it a little easier.

Enjoy.


From Media Research Center -

It wouldn't be election night without some wacky “Ratherisms” or, if you prefer, “Danisms.” Here are the ones we observed from the CBS Evening News through the end of CBS's 10pm EST hour. MRC analyst Patrick Gregory tracked down most of them:

> Opening the November 5 CBS Evening News: “CBS News has assembled an experienced team of correspondents to bring you the returns and analysis tonight. And we could be in for a long night with the Senate battle as tight as a botox smile.”

> During 9pm EST two minute update before Judging Amy.
-- “Two hands worth of white knucklers still hanging ten.”
-- And, on the Arkansas Senate race: “Polls closed one half hour ago in Arkansas. We can tell you that race is crackling like a hickory fire.”

> During CBS's EST/CST prime time hour at 10pm EST:
-- “Georgia now is colored red. What a big win for the Republicans. And they’ll be breaking out the longnecks in Republican headquarters in Texas and elsewhere, not to mention the White House itself, although Lesley says they pop the caps only on Doctor Pepper ten two and four there.”

-- “Well Bob certainly as recently as a week or ten days ago, the Republicans would have considered this kind of win in Georgia as a situation somewhat like the cat that finds a mouse in the milk: unexpected but very much appreciated.”

-- “Now, we’ll be back with more of our election coverage, and it’s beginning to get exciting as the Democrats’ fingernails are beginning to sweat now, so stick in here with us, we’ll have more after this break.”

-- “If, Bob, if it turns out that Republicans regain control of the Senate, and thus President Bush has the White House, both houses of Congress, and a very substantial majority on the U.S. Supreme Court, would or would it not be too strong to say that this night has been the 'Bushification’ of America?” Schieffer gave in: “You could say that.”

 

[mac_philo]

I'm not generally sympathetic to californian politics, but I'd like to point out that the coffee referendum is not as absurd as it immediately seems. Most Americans are completely unaware of where their chocolate and coffee comes from; there are literally *no* nationwide distributors of either commodity (aside from these 'fair-trade' companies) that do not involve de-facto sharecroppers and even slave laborers. This is not liberal paranoia; I'm a libertarian. The coffee and chocolate industries need serious reform, because they get their product from distributors who often deprive their "employees" of the most basic rights. The brands of cocoa and coffee you find at the supermarket are all involved in child labor and *worse*--not directly, through their suppliers.

 

[TheBear]

Good to see you, Mac_Philo.

Long time no see.

Any comments about the election outcome, or the media coverage of it?

 

[Wolseley]

lookin' around for Wols...where are you? Here I am!! I'm here!! Where are you???

I've been right here all the time, blindfaith.

How are ya??? Did you ever buy any of the German military marching music I recommended to play for your obnoxious next-door neighbor?

The news has all been good. We can finally, finally, at long last, get some decent conservative jurists appointed to the Supreme Court without having the Democrats throwing up roadblocks in front of every worthwhile candidate.

Unfortunately, we ended up with liberal pro-death Democratic governor here in Michigan, but you can't have everything, I guess.

 

[shout2thelord]

Im from the UK still learning about elections in the USA currently studying american studies. Ive been following them on the Fox news website

 

[Gabriel]

Originally posted by shout2thelord
Im from the UK still learning about elections in the USA currently studying american studies. Ive been following them on the Fox news website

Fox News rocks.  If you want real news, not just liberal propoganda, you are on the right website with them.

 

[Force]

Yeah I like Sean Hannity, hes pretty cool!

 

[MyJhongFist]

Hannity is great. Very smart and quick witted. I like O'Reilly also. He doens't take any bunk.

 

[Blindfaith]

WOLS!!  {{{{HUGS}}}}  I've missed you my brother!  I'm here for good, and a couple of "others" are coming over too...pm me and we'll chat about it I didn't buy the German military music as I have thought of doing more than a couple of times, but you'll be very proud of me when I say that every time they act up (which isn't as much as it used to be), I do the insta-prayer.  It's helping to give me some peace.

 

Bear ~ I'm very sorry for this slight hijack on your thread, but I've missed my Wols terribly while I was at another board.  But now y'all are stuck with me here As far as the media coverage is concerned, as a whole, can you spell w-a-n-n-a  c-r-y?  I got a kick out of the somber sour faces I saw...teehee.....

But just think, if one, just one thing goes wrong, can you imagine the hype and coverage that the Rep's will receive?  It'll be a field day, and I'm sure lil' miss Katie "you can't take me seriously" Couric will be slobbering over the prospect of grilling GW over a spit.  *gag*

Sorry for the rant folks, please continue.....

~Peace in Christ,

Terri

 

[Rae]

Illinois. I am not normally a one-issue voter, but the death penalty is a major issue for me, and knowing Ryan (the Republican) had tried to prosecute Cruz after the evidence came forward that Brian Dugan actually killed the child Cruz was supposed to have....well. Ryan had to learn the hard way.

Ern: Good! Now the Demos can vote out the extremist conservatives Bush is nominating!

 

[Caffeine Socialism]

Fox News = fair and balance reporting? I don't know whether or not that was meant to hide their extreme conservative bias, but now it's just amusing to hear.

 

[Rize]

I think O'Reilly said it best yesterday.

He showed two letters, the first was sent in by a liberal and the second was sent in by a conservative. Both attacked him for being biased against their view point.

What does that tell you? Well, it told Mr. O'Reilly that he's doing his job right...

Fox news is not at all biased towards conservatives. You're just so used to watching the liberal press that it feels like bias.

Also, since the liberal point of view is fundamentally flawed, some of the fair and balanced reporting will seem to go against liberal ideology