I'm a firm believer that anyone who vehemently tells others what NOT to do is often secretly engaged in whatever behavior outrages them the most.
This is so often, very true. See, Jimmy Swaggert, et.al.
Tell me more good stuff about me.
Kaylee ,'The Message'
Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
beekaytee - Nov 03, 2006 6:30:35 am PST #7093 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Ginger - Nov 03, 2006 6:31:17 am PST #7094 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Has it always been the case that winning politics hinges on mudslinging and scandal?
The Connecticut Courant warned that if Thomas Jefferson were elected, "murder, robbery, rape, adultery and incest will be openly taught and practiced." Federalist campaign literature described Jefferson as "a mean spirited, low-lived fellow, the son of a half-breed Indian squaw, sired by a Virginia mulatto father...raised wholly on hoe-cake made of coarse-ground Southern corn, bacon and hominy, with an occasional...fricasseed bull-frog."
megan walker - Nov 03, 2006 6:32:03 am PST #7095 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
We had a milkman. My mother stopped using the milk delivery service when they abandoned glass bottles. We also had an egg lady.
I get farm eggs delivered to my door every weekend. I love it.
Amy - Nov 03, 2006 6:32:19 am PST #7096 of 10001
Because books.
"a mean spirited, low-lived fellow, the son of a half-breed Indian squaw, sired by a Virginia mulatto father...raised wholly on hoe-cake made of coarse-ground Southern corn, bacon and hominy, with an occasional...fricasseed bull-frog."
I think that qualifies as mud-slinging, yeah.
sarameg - Nov 03, 2006 6:36:01 am PST #7097 of 10001
I don't recall where I saw or heard it, but there was a fabulous piece (pieces?) on the down and dirty campaigning pre-radio and tv. It was fabulously creative, slanderific and crude as is evidenced above.
Allyson - Nov 03, 2006 6:38:56 am PST #7098 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I'd hate to see what woud happen if anyone ran against msbelle for the title of The Nicest.
Jessica - Nov 03, 2006 6:41:03 am PST #7099 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
He's like, "I did something stupid. I'm sorry. But it was one stupid thing against my whole record. Really, I was stupid. And I'm sorry. Vote for me!"
That's kind of great, actually.
Jesse - Nov 03, 2006 6:44:18 am PST #7100 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That's kind of great, actually.
Yeah, I thought so. When do you ever hear anyone say "I was stupid"?!? It was no "mistakes were made." He was just flat out there.
Cashmere - Nov 03, 2006 6:45:43 am PST #7101 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Has it always been the case that winning politics hinges on mudslinging and scandal?
Well, there used to be duels involved, too.
I honestly think the Democrats (generally) weather these scandals better because they don't set themselves up as paragons of virture.
I've just put a ginormous pot of vegetable soup on the stove. Now we just have to let it cook for a few hours.
Tom Scola - Nov 03, 2006 6:47:50 am PST #7102 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Barak Obama admits to cocaine and marajuana use in his book, probably as a way of immunizing himself against future attacks.