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Old 07-29-2004, 11:05 PM
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Go balloons....go balloons!

What the heck are you guys doing up there...Jesus!!

Go balloons...I wanna see more balloons!!!

Why aren't there more balloons?!?!?

Go confetti....go confetti!



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What the F are you guys doing up there!?!?!
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My ballons will magically get more foreign support than yours.
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I'd bet that you guys are laughing rather nervously...
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My ballons will magically get more foreign support than yours.
We USED to have such a thing as foreign support. That, of course, was before dubya jr.
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We USED to have such a thing as foreign support. That, of course, was before dubya jr.
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We USED to have such a thing as foreign support. That, of course, was before dubya jr.
Yeah...I can't wait until we get Flipper in there so we can sit on our hands waiting for France to tell us what to do....


Also...if there is ever a Gerbil in the White House in need of CPR at least we will have a qualified man to "report for duty".....
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DNC CONVENTION DIRECTOR DON MISCHER AIRED ON CNN AS KERRY ENDS SPEECH, HEARD WORLDWIDE:

'Go balloons, go balloons! Go balloons! I don't see anything happening. Go balloons! Go balloons! Go balloons! Standby confetti. Keep coming, balloons. More balloons. Bring it- balloons, balloons, balloons! We want balloons, tons of them. Bring them down. Let them all come. No confetti. No confetti yet.

'No confetti. All right, go balloons, go balloons. We need more balloons. All balloons! All balloons! Keep going! Come on, guys, lets move it. Jesus! We need more balloons. I want all balloons to go, goddammit. Go confetti. Go confetti. More confetti. I want more balloons. What's happening to the balloons? We need more balloons.

'We need all of them coming down. Go balloons- balloons? What's happening balloons? There's not enough coming down! All balloons, what the hell! There's nothing falling! What the **** are you guys doing up there? We want more balloons coming down, more balloons. More balloons. More balloons'...

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Aw come on, even the most ardent Bush hater should find good humor in that...
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Yeah...I can't wait until we get Flipper in there so we can sit on our hands waiting for France to tell us what to do....


Also...if there is ever a Gerbil in the White House in need of CPR at least we will have a qualified man to "report for duty".....

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I can't wait until we get Flipper in there
Haha! He said "Flipper"!

Good chance that could be "President Flipper" in the near future Bake.
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Haha! He said "Flipper"!

Good chance that could be "President Flipper" in the near future Bake.

More than a good chance....I am guessing.

Hell, I'll vote for him if it would shut his treasonous ass up while we have troops in harms way.....
He sure isn't thinking about what he is saying...
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More than a good chance....I am guessing.

Hell, I'll vote for him if it would shut his treasonous ass up while we have troops in harms way.....
He sure isn't thinking about what he is saying...
He knows exactly what he's saying. It is important for Kerry to distinguish himself and his policy ideas from Bush/Cheney. We have troops in harms way all over the globe and if we don't change the perception of America which has been so damaged by the arrogant tactics of BushCo, those troops will be the targets of every twisted idiot with a grudge for decades to come. I don't understand the logic that dictates quiet acquiescence in the face of failed policy. That doesn't seem consistent with the principles of democracy.
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Haha! He said "Flipper"!

Good chance that could be "President Flipper" in the near future Bake.
Yeah, I luv it when I hear people paint Kerry with that bush...I mean brush.
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He knows exactly what he's saying. It is important for Kerry to distinguish himself and his policy ideas from Bush/Cheney. We have troops in harms way all over the globe and if we don't change the perception of America which has been so damaged by the arrogant tactics of BushCo, those troops will be the targets of every twisted idiot with a grudge for decades to come. I don't understand the logic that dictates quiet acquiescence in the face of failed policy. That doesn't seem consistent with the principles of democracy.

Oh, you mean the policy Kerry voted to the assent for, sending troops in under Bush's plan?
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Sorry ltl, et. al., but all of the rhetoric about flip-flopping is falling on deaf ears at this end. For me, it shows stronger character to admit one's initial mistake/belief regarding a wrong issue, rather than NEVER admitting a mistake. I think you know to whom I'm referring.
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He knows exactly what he's saying. It is important for Kerry to distinguish himself and his policy ideas from Bush/Cheney. We have troops in harms way all over the globe and if we don't change the perception of America which has been so damaged by the arrogant tactics of BushCo, those troops will be the targets of every twisted idiot with a grudge for decades to come. I don't understand the logic that dictates quiet acquiescence in the face of failed policy. That doesn't seem consistent with the principles of democracy.

You say that as if quiet acquiescence was the only option...

Explain to me why it's important that Kerry distinguish himself from the Bush policy if it's one he agreed with in the first place. He's a big boy and had to understand the amount of inertia people like him were creating by beating the war drum. In fact with his personal experience, I would say that he was uniquely qualifed to foresee the consequences.....

Now he changes his tune to fit his own personal political gain...?!?!

That makes him worse than Bush....
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Sorry ltl, et. al., but all of the rhetoric about flip-flopping is falling on deaf ears at this end. For me, it shows stronger character to admit one's initial mistake/belief regarding a wrong issue, rather than NEVER admitting a mistake. I think you know to whom I'm referring.

Bush doesn't feel he made a mistake....nor do a lot of his supporters....
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Sorry ltl, et. al., but all of the rhetoric about flip-flopping is falling on deaf ears at this end. For me, it shows stronger character to admit one's initial mistake/belief regarding a wrong issue, rather than NEVER admitting a mistake. I think you know to whom I'm referring.
Bush still thinks he chose the right path. So do I. My problem is with his execution.

Like Zen pointed out, it is all about politics for Kerry. He has to "distinguish himself" from Bush, so that means going against his prior vote. Kerry is not a man of conviction or morals or really of any kind of stance that I can see, other than what is popular at the moment.

If that piece of **** ends up in the White House, it will be very very interesting to see what he does. The man has never passed a piece of legislation or enacted a program worthy of note. Heaven forbid, when he's in the White House, all this "I'm not Bush" **** ends, and he has to show what kind of man he is....his history shows him to be wanting.
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Bush doesn't feel he made a (shitload of) mistake(s)....nor do a lot of his supporters....
Exactly - and that is what's scary...

Sorry to tweak your quote.
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Like Zen pointed out, it is all about politics for Kerry.
Well duh! These guys are politicians, and it is an election year.

We have mostly all made up our minds. The undecideds will be the ones who push this election to the right or left - should be quite interesting. But I have another question, one that has not been brought up or discussed much: what about environmental issues? These are very important to me, and Georgie-Porgy and his cronies definitely get a huge "F" on this one.
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