Run In With Mr. Edwards

"mike regish" wrote in message
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There. Now I feel better.


Always glad to help.

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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I recall the media (paper and radio) in this area claiming that
Bush, Sr. would almost certainly have won if Perot had not been
running. NPR in particular assumed that most of the people who
voted for Perot would have voted Republican had Perot dropped out.

Well, they were wrong.

Here's a sample article describing the election outcome:
http://www.fairvote.org/plurality/perot.htm

A relevant quote:
"Exit polls showed that Perot's voters apparently split their preferences
between Clinton and Bush nearly equally, although approximately a third of
them likely would not have voted without him on the ballot."

I don't know what would make NPR make an assumption such as you claim, but
even if you can document their assumption, I'll take exit poll data over an
NPR quote any day.

The article does go on to say that Perot probably hurt Bush more than
Clinton, but not because all the Perot votes would have voted for Bush, and
not in a way that actually affected the end result of the election.

Pete

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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With the exception of the homophobic aspects of your post, I'd like to
thank you for saying what I am sure that many of us here on this board
have been thinking about Mr. Campbell for a long time.

I've followed both of their posts here for years, and they're both a bit
off
the beaten trail, as far as I'm concerned.

But C J never stoops to profanity, nor will he fall to the level of 4th
grade name-calling.

Unfortunately, Jay, I have stooped to profanity in the past, to my
everlasting shame. I will try not to do it again.

I don't claim to represent any mainstream view, least of all a pro-Bush one.
But these guys seem to see a Bush conspiracy behind anyone that contradicts
their opinions in the very least. And they call ME paranoid...

"Earl Grieda" wrote in message
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Good post. Very accurately describes CJ. However, you forgot "grumpy old
man".


I prefer "curmudgeon." He also forgot "greatest genius who ever lived" and
"icon of manliness." But I do have a quibble with the assertion that I find
Bush physically attractive.

"Thomas Borchert" wrote in message
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Mike,

There. Now I feel better.


Me too g.

Nothing like a good enema, eh Thomas?

Jay,

There's this thing called "democracy" growing over there. Give it time --
it might catch.


Oh yeah, I remember reading about it. A place called Abu Graib seems to be a
true stronghold of democracy in Iraq.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Just out of curiosity, suppose you had continued on toward your airplane.
What would they have done about it?

Newps,

What a moron. It is not necessary that I or you go there, ever.


Nope. Watching FoxNews is fully sufficient.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

There are arguments that will go on in the newsgroups for WEEKS about
netiquette, and whether top posting, bottom posting, or intermediate posting is
the "right" way to do it. What everybody agrees on, though, is that to reply to
a very long post with a sentence or two at the top or the bottom is a waste of
bandwidth.

Notice that everything in the message you sent back to me EXCEPT the part that I
am replying to is "snipped", or deleted. Especially if you bottom post, having
the whole group arrow down to find a one-liner is a waste of bandwidth AND time.

Jim



(smackey)
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

-ok,ok-what is "snipping"?



Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com

"Dave S" wrote in message
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Jay Honeck wrote:
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, stating that all we wanted to do was get off the ground before
dark, since neither of us were legal to fly at night.



And yea, you've got it lucky. We get all sorts of TFR's down in my neck
of the woods.. Remember, Bush Jr lives not too many air miles away, and
Bush senior lives across town, but all the dignitaries fly into EFD, one
of the places I fly out of. I dont forsee too many democratic
appearances here.. Texas is hardly considered a "swing state" but enough
of the other VIP's keeps things interesting.

I'm sorry you had a bad experience, but what was reasonable in your mind
was unreasonable in theirs (security staff). They wanted a sterile ramp
before, during and after "Mr Nobody Candidate's" departure and I doubt
there would have been anything you could have done except call more
attention to yourself. As for the VP being a nobody.. lets not kid
ourselves.. we all know Cheney is running things

Dave
Houston, TX

The President has been at his ranch since the 18th. Rice, Rumstud and
Cheney have all been in to visit. Some ex-democrat senator was here to
visit too, but was turned away by the Secret Service. (They can provide a
useful service ). We all just file and fly, I like to have him around!

Allen in Waco, TX