Originally Posted By vbdad55 After spending much of his youth in Arizona, he graduated from Huntington High School in Huntington, Indiana, in 1965. Dan Quayle graduated from DePauw University in 1969 and received his J.D. from Indiana University School of Law at Indianapolis in 1974. hardly illiterate --
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <But I will tell you that if the Democrats run another John Kerry in 2008, they really need to be taken apart and rebuilt from the ground up. They are a very broken political party.< one would hope he has just written himself out of any chance of this - but I agree, if this is what they do, then they deserve whatever they get
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder OH YEAH? HARDLY ILLITERATE??? THEN HOW DO YOU ACCOUNT FOR THE SPELLING OF DEPAUW? EVERYONE KNOWS IT'S DE PAUL..... Oh wait......
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Dland...the search you explain in post #35 is about as prone to possibility of finding the Fountain of Youth. In other words...politics will only get worse...not better. Why? Because one needs a backbone to admit that things aren't working and affect some change.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I don't know about that, Wahoo. My hope is that, as the number of folks turning out to vote continues to dwindle, some bright politician will realize that by playing to the fringes they are fighting over a smaller number while ignoring a huge amount of people looking for something new. All it takes is a few politicians to say, "No, I'm not going to play this game with you" when an opponent tries the usual attack junk.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan In fact, I'm pretty sure a third party would instantly attract a huge number of people simply by being centrist and reasonable -- unlike most of what the Dems and Reps offer.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper That's exacly my point 2oon. It is a lot easier to take a narrow message to a few than a complex message to the masses. The fringes are dictating the direction of the country and the masses have little to say about it anymore. Frankly, I think the politicians prefer a light turnout. That way...they have more control. The GREATEST fear of the two parties is that the Undecideds show up in droves. Then, they have no idea what is going to happen.
Originally Posted By jonvn "If the Dems put up Kerry in 2008, the party is officially dead." Or someone like him. Or Hillary Clinton, Or Obama. Any of these, and they have got to be the most brain dead group of politicians in the history of the country.
Originally Posted By jonvn That is a problem, isn't it. They don't really have anyone. I can see the Republicans putting up McCain. But for the Democrats? Um....
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>Except that he can't spell "potato."<< Except that he could. The flash card the school supplied said "potatoe." But really, who cares any more?
Originally Posted By jonvn If he could spell it, he would know that the flash card was wrong. Is this that complicated a concept? "But really, who cares any more?" Someone must. I didn't bring it up.
Originally Posted By gadzuux >> Who do you think they should put up << It might be gore. As of now, I'd like it to be chuck schumer, but I think he's jewish, and for some reason that would be a problem.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy People need to accept Jews already. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_ENk0lCyV0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =-_ENk0lCyV0</a>
Originally Posted By jonvn Lieberman is why they lost in 2000. Lots of people won't vote for a Jew. Gore might actually be OK. Or what's his name, who ran as VP last time. He might be ok, too. Drawing a blank. All I can remember about him is he had something funny on his lip. That alone qualifies him as Presidential material.
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>If he could spell it, he would know that the flash card was wrong. Is this that complicated a concept?<< For some, apparently. Quayle was shown the flash cards, asked if it was correct, and was assured it was. >>"But really, who cares any more?" Someone must. I didn't bring it up.<< No, but you keep chewing on it.
