Texans know lines

On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:44:28 GMT, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

Dave LaCourse wrote:
rw wrote:
This is politics, not the real world. Cheney's a laughingstock, so he's
finished.

...
Cheney will finish his time as VP, retire from public service with one
hell of a nice retirement, and go fishing/hunting where ever, when
ever he feels the need. ...

This hunting incident may not damage Cheney himself, he
was headed for retirement in 2009 in any case, but it
will hurt the Republican party.

Joe Sixpack will tolerate a lot, **** on the Constitution,
lie to Congress, torture and kill a few towel heads, who
cares. But Joe Sixpack knows that shooting your hunting
companion in the face is, at best, careless stupidity and
if he himself had done it he'd be talkin' to the sheriff
forthwith and not the next day. Joe Sixpack *hates* rich
*******s who think they're above the law.

This will resonate in a negative way at least through the
2006 elections even if Cheney does manage to remain in
office.

Um, Whittington is a lawyer..."Joe Sixpack" would probably lend Cheney a
box of shells...and a gun...and GASP! a good dog...well, OK, so maybe
not the dog, but his wife or truck or something...

Seriously, based on the circumstances and evidence at hand, nobody would
be talking to the sheriff, forthwith or otherwise - it would have
_generally_ been handled the same way. Actually, it probably got more
attention from the local LEOs and TPWD because it was Cheney, et al


And kinda-seriously, "Joe Sixpack" probably doesn't care about what guys
like Cheney and Whittington (or Kerry and Edwards, or Clinton and Gore,
or Aristotle and Plato, or Abbie and Jerry, or Malcolm and Medgar, or
Rush and Al, or...) do, be they shooting at each other or otherwise, as
long as it doesn't affect him in any way he can readily see, taste,
and/or feel. Now, if Jeff had taken a shot at Larry or Rusty at Dale,
it might be a little different...

HTH,
R

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says...
Dave LaCourse wrote:
rw wrote:
This is politics, not the real world. Cheney's a laughingstock, so he's
finished.

...
Cheney will finish his time as VP, retire from public service with one
hell of a nice retirement, and go fishing/hunting where ever, when
ever he feels the need. ...

This hunting incident may not damage Cheney himself, he
was headed for retirement in 2009 in any case, but it
will hurt the Republican party.

Joe Sixpack will tolerate a lot, **** on the Constitution,
lie to Congress, torture and kill a few towel heads, who
cares. But Joe Sixpack knows that shooting your hunting
companion in the face is, at best, careless stupidity and
if he himself had done it he'd be talkin' to the sheriff
forthwith and not the next day. Joe Sixpack *hates* rich
*******s who think they're above the law.

This will resonate in a negative way at least through the
2006 elections even if Cheney does manage to remain in
office.

You're dreaming. Joe Sixpack doesn't even know who Cheney is.
It's a punchline for the next week and then will be forgotten.
- Ken

Still trying to make friends Dave.


"Dave LaCourse" wrote in message
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On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:07:22 GMT, rw
wrote:

This is politics, not the real world. Cheney's a laughingstock, so he's
finished.

And you're a ****in' nitwit.

Cheney will finish his time as VP, retire from public service with one
hell of a nice retirement, and go fishing/hunting where ever, when
ever he feels the need. Meanwhile you will continue your pittiful
life as a ersatz cowboy on Brokeback Mountain. You're already
finished. d;o)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/video/...ckandHarry.mp3

or there is this angle.. " counting up to five...."

yeah, it's stupid, what a circus...

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
om...
Dave LaCourse wrote:
rw wrote:
This is politics, not the real world. Cheney's a laughingstock, so he's
finished.

...
Cheney will finish his time as VP, retire from public service with one
hell of a nice retirement, and go fishing/hunting where ever, when
ever he feels the need. ...

This hunting incident may not damage Cheney himself, he
was headed for retirement in 2009 in any case, but it
will hurt the Republican party.

Joe Sixpack will tolerate a lot, **** on the Constitution,
lie to Congress, torture and kill a few towel heads, who
cares. But Joe Sixpack knows that shooting your hunting
companion in the face is, at best, careless stupidity and
if he himself had done it he'd be talkin' to the sheriff
forthwith and not the next day. Joe Sixpack *hates* rich
*******s who think they're above the law.

This will resonate in a negative way at least through the
2006 elections even if Cheney does manage to remain in
office.

--
Ken Fortenberry

Joe sixpak will love him the more. He likes guns and hunting. Most Joe
Sixpacks that have guns and hunt, have seen someone or felt the sting of
shot from a wayward shot.

Paul Goodwin wrote:
doesn't matter - and I'm not getting into this ****ing contest...

Hey salmonfly - good to see you!
--
Stan Gula
http://gula.org/roffswaps

"Tim J." wrote in message
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rw wrote:

This is politics, not the real world. Cheney's a laughingstock, so
he's finished.

Yeah, there goes his run for President.


Doesn't matter. I don't think he ever had a clear shot at it.

--riverman

riverman wrote:
"Tim J." wrote in message
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rw wrote:


This is politics, not the real world. Cheney's a laughingstock, so
he's finished.

Yeah, there goes his run for President.



Doesn't matter. I don't think he ever had a clear shot at it.

You guys are pretty naive about what "politics" means. It's not just
about running for office. Cheney has another 2 1/2 years as VP, and
since he's the one who really runs things in the "Bush" administration
that's a big deal.

When these guys came to power the story they tied to spin (successfully)
was that they were more competent than the previous administration. Even
though we've seen time and again that they're actually appallingly
incompetent (the Iraq debacle, the Katrina ****up, the Social Security
and Medicare messes, etc., etc.), this hunting accident highlights
Cheney's incompetence in a particularly stark way.

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Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

rw wrote in news:%N%If.2017$UN.1626
@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net:

Even
though we've seen time and again that they're actually appallingly
incompetent (the Iraq debacle, the Katrina ****up, the Social Security
and Medicare messes, etc., etc.), this hunting accident highlights
Cheney's incompetence in a particularly stark way.



I'd use many words to describe Cheney, but incompetent really isn't one of
them. Aside from this latest incident, I believe events are unfolding
largely as he planned them.


--
Scott
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"rw" wrote in message
nk.net...
riverman wrote:
"Tim J." wrote in message
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rw wrote:


This is politics, not the real world. Cheney's a laughingstock, so
he's finished.

Yeah, there goes his run for President.



Doesn't matter. I don't think he ever had a clear shot at it.

You guys are pretty naive about what "politics" means. It's not just about
running for office. Cheney has another 2 1/2 years as VP, and since he's
the one who really runs things in the "Bush" administration that's a big
deal.

And what leads you to believe that this is going to change anything? You
pointed out the salient fact yourself......Cheney runs things.....but you
seem to have missed the primary implication.

When these guys came to power the story they tied to spin (successfully)
was that they were more competent than the previous administration. Even
though we've seen time and again that they're actually appallingly
incompetent (the Iraq debacle, the Katrina ****up, the Social Security and
Medicare messes, etc., etc.), this hunting accident highlights Cheney's
incompetence in a particularly stark way.

True.....but it doesn't matter.

Wolfgang
who knows that lord acton was right too......and also missed the point.