tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post1314208875389239470..comments2023-10-16T08:25:47.205-05:00Comments on PARSLEY'S PICS: Election 2010: A Little PuzzledLeslie Parsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-80165994015392665662010-11-07T20:03:27.244-06:002010-11-07T20:03:27.244-06:00Frodo: It will be a tough climb I'm afraid. Bu...Frodo: It will be a tough climb I'm afraid. But anything can happen and it often does.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-68180053049251636812010-11-07T19:48:20.721-06:002010-11-07T19:48:20.721-06:00True to his character, Frodo likes to wait until a...True to his character, Frodo likes to wait until all that needs to be said lies before him. In this instance, he notes the wisdom of the infidel, who documented that which is most significant. "Off-year elections," are what they are, and they are not comparable to Presidential erections (not a typo). Few there were who went to the polls merely to support the young President. There Frodo, sharpening his sword againhttp://loveysdaddyga.tripod.com/blogdirectory/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-78105816863340119952010-11-06T00:21:59.467-05:002010-11-06T00:21:59.467-05:00Tom - I didn't know that. How interesting.Tom - I didn't know that. How interesting.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-83388702394773596672010-11-05T22:33:35.252-05:002010-11-05T22:33:35.252-05:00George Carlin NEVER VOTED
good comedian, bad citiz...George Carlin NEVER VOTED<br />good comedian, bad citizentomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12900119600864490344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-1755591443692946722010-11-05T17:20:43.410-05:002010-11-05T17:20:43.410-05:00Me too, Darlene.Me too, Darlene.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-87392993797594050842010-11-05T14:58:31.159-05:002010-11-05T14:58:31.159-05:00Good post and I share your views, as you know. I ...Good post and I share your views, as you know. I am getting tired of preaching to the choir but know I will continue in the hopes that I get through to one of those righteous tea party types. Maybe when pigs fly.Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373134676852496647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-78608022995822660072010-11-04T20:54:39.064-05:002010-11-04T20:54:39.064-05:00Hugh: Oh, ho, ho. Ice cream? You betcha.Hugh: Oh, ho, ho. Ice cream? You betcha.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-37401398448610062272010-11-04T20:43:11.747-05:002010-11-04T20:43:11.747-05:00I was just watching Lewis Black on Olbermann. He s...I was just watching Lewis Black on Olbermann. He said everytime he puts on political news on TV he has to tell himself he stopped doing illegal drugs years ago, because what he's seeing is real and not an illusion.<br /><br />You know, I'm glad I'm not the only one who experienced that. Thanks Lewis!<br /><br />Forgive me.....I was going to say something else, but the thoughts Hugh Jee From Jerseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04607469531806734788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-51144480980700594422010-11-04T17:21:10.193-05:002010-11-04T17:21:10.193-05:00BJ: We for sure need campaign reform but we'll...BJ: We for sure need campaign reform but we'll never get it with the Party of the Rich in control of the House. In fact, I don't think we can expect much of anything during the next two years except gridlock.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-4877688678274634042010-11-04T15:49:27.054-05:002010-11-04T15:49:27.054-05:00‘Tis a puzzlement, isn’t it? And, I guess we could...‘Tis a puzzlement, isn’t it? And, I guess we could talk it to death. As you noted in one of your quotes at the top of your blog: these bad politicians were elected by those who didn’t vote.<br /><br />One thing that came out of this election cycle is the need for REAL campaign finance reform. The media aren’t going to back that, because they’re the ones who get the money. And one of its B.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12004309077511856506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-60410341313580790592010-11-04T11:55:25.964-05:002010-11-04T11:55:25.964-05:00JC, Superstar: Tsch, tsch but you're right.
N...JC, Superstar: Tsch, tsch but you're right.<br /><br />Nance: There's nothing Beohener likes more than to see himself on the TV monitor. If you think about it, every time the cameras span the House, he makes sure he positions himself so he can look right in the eye and he uses his own bedroom eyes to his advantage. He's so pathetically transparent.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-84840262431421961022010-11-04T11:45:49.507-05:002010-11-04T11:45:49.507-05:00Oops, a slip of the keyboard! Meant to say that I ...Oops, a slip of the keyboard! Meant to say that I look forward to seeing how Boehner goes about "never letting down" the new tea party representatives. May become addicted to C-SPAN over the next two years!Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166865250789996825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-7902687768128099032010-11-04T11:18:12.949-05:002010-11-04T11:18:12.949-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166865250789996825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-41228837660623840402010-11-04T10:09:59.587-05:002010-11-04T10:09:59.587-05:00I guess Lisa the Loon prefers a good fucking over ...I guess Lisa the Loon prefers a good fucking over a slow but sure approach.Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-37510082932757022672010-11-04T07:58:17.388-05:002010-11-04T07:58:17.388-05:00Steve: I can't argue with you there - darn it....Steve: I can't argue with you there - darn it. It's the hypocrisy, especially amongst the religious right and the family values types, that I find so maddening. And they're so damn self-righteous about it while supporting the types of people whose behavior is what they are supposedly against. I think this goes beyond just voting against their self-interests. But the latter certainly Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-64729367055544999542010-11-04T07:08:47.622-05:002010-11-04T07:08:47.622-05:00The reason the results were so different from thos...The reason the results were so different from those of 2008 is that it wasn't the same electorate. Check out the figures at Politics Plus <a href="http://www.politicsplus.org/blog/?p=3276" rel="nofollow">here</a>. 38.2% of eligible voters voted this time, compared with 62.2% in 2008 -- less than two-thirds as many.<br /><br />Younger people voted strongly Democratic, but not enough of them Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-91290496732482252132010-11-04T06:41:59.249-05:002010-11-04T06:41:59.249-05:00You cite, "As Robert Ruiz writes, “The folk o...You cite, "As Robert Ruiz writes, “The folk of the nation have spoken---inarticulately, incoherently and far from lucidly but they have spoken.”," (not sure how to do that cite correctly). My impression, without researching the question, is that this is how the "folk of the nation" always speak in elections. Its not new and it will happen again.<br /><br />At several pointsUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17111657960130898121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-4962910868516838292010-11-03T21:08:01.793-05:002010-11-03T21:08:01.793-05:00Shaw: I don't understand our country anymore e...Shaw: I don't understand our country anymore either. Just seems people are getting meaner and more selfish by the day.<br /><br />Kay: I actually almost called this "The Hypocrisy of it ALL."Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-77121163384856446352010-11-03T20:50:02.689-05:002010-11-03T20:50:02.689-05:00They want transparency and fairness from everyone ...They want transparency and fairness from everyone but themselves. Hypocrites -- every last one of them.Kay Dennisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02646717192332313215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-35566408793238172922010-11-03T20:47:20.410-05:002010-11-03T20:47:20.410-05:00Well written righteous post, tnlib! Would have lo...Well written righteous post, tnlib! Would have loved to sit at your kitchen table and cry in my beer last night.<br /><br />The guy in the WH has a loving wife and an all-American family--everything the Christianists admire, and whom did they return to office in Looosiana? A frequenter of prostitutes!<br /><br />Go figure. The conservatives construct this narrative of what is a REAL 'Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-50936691209044210402010-11-03T20:44:20.906-05:002010-11-03T20:44:20.906-05:00TAO: I guess I don't understand why older citi...TAO: I guess I don't understand why older citizens would vote for a party that's doing everything they can to destroy it. The job thingy is a serious problem but I don't see the GOP coming up with any viable options to stimulate the economy.<br /><br />Truth: Spoken like a true Christian. ; )<br /><br />Sue: Maybe but we have to start planning and get to work.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-44083681893726958792010-11-03T20:10:33.088-05:002010-11-03T20:10:33.088-05:00surprised, puzzled, disappointed....Yes to all, bu...surprised, puzzled, disappointed....Yes to all, but in 2 years the fickle voters will have had their fill of the thugs, especially since it will be quite obvious they can't govern when they have their heads up their asses...Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18303260031729868857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-57347874795411871162010-11-03T20:02:04.411-05:002010-11-03T20:02:04.411-05:00In defense of us white guys that are pushing 50, w...In defense of us white guys that are pushing 50, who among us hasn't thought of Sarah Palin and a diaper? <br /><br /> Vitter lived the fantasy. Who am I to insult his diaper fetish?Joe "Truth 101" Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08875151516978133598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-25401379803751386442010-11-03T19:41:52.372-05:002010-11-03T19:41:52.372-05:00TnLib...
Its real simple, old white people are an...TnLib...<br /><br />Its real simple, old white people are angry at the black guy in the White House and they voted in droves. Young people, gay people, Latinos, and blacks didn't go to vote...<br /><br />The 50+ year old, high school educated white guy is the most likely, next to a black man, to be unemployed and most likely permenantly. The average age of a Fox News listener is 60 years TAOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452702225885449029noreply@blogger.com