KOEB 1/30/08 Rudy and John, We Hardly Knew Ye Edition

And Keith's wearing The Gray Suit...



Come one, come all...! *cough* *cough*

I'm still so sad about JRE dropping out. He's been my guy since he first ran for Prez in '04. :cry:

& wants to cheer me up a bit. :loveya:

:hi:

dg

Does that help?

and it's through The Gray Suit. :loveya:

The majority of Edwards supporters I know are now jumping on the Obama bandwagon.

dg

were going. I am one of them. I have to look at their records and their stances again before I make up my mind.

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

In late summer or early fall I went to an Edwards event in Columbus @
a union hall. Edwards was late so I got up by the rope line that was close to the
stage so I could see him coming in and when he left. Well, he shook my
hand and then went on to give his stump speech all nice things but that
is not the point of this post.

After John was done talking and as he made his way out of the building he
shook hands and signed pictures for different people and then John met
this elderly women who couldn't get up out her chair. John got down so they
were on the same eye level to talk. Well the women got so overwhelmed
she started to cry and then John reached out and held her face in his hands.
He thanked her for coming out to see him and spent a few minutes just
with her. John also waved away cameras too.

That happened 10 feet from me. America is a better country because of John.

What a beautiful thing.

What a great story. Man, first I wanted Gore. And he won't run. Next, I went for Edwards. And now he's stopping. Maybe I should go for McCain. Then maybe HE'LL GO AWAY!

:hi:

Well I can say with some certainty, this Edwards supporter won't be going anywhere...yet. I have no choice.

:hi: Berry and :hi: to my fellow KOEBers!! :grouphug:

Please don't tell the others

Can I have just one?

Yes they are very nice. They love everyone! :)

Great Dogs!

She was our first doggie. We found out that she had a cancerous tumor in her heart. The Vet wanted us to put her to sleep. We couldn't just then. We gave her THE BEST WEEK she ever had. The night before we were supposed to take her in, she passed away in our room, on her pillow. I miss her so much. So yes you're right. Goldens ARE very nice.

:loveya:

:hi:

and the girl's kinda cute too.

:hi:

Sweet girl...and if that is your daughter she is beautiful, too.

And yes, that is my little girl whose growing up faster everyday.

:hi: Always good to see you here.

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :cry:

:hi: But it sure should be easy now to see who the REAL front-runner is (she says, whether or not that's necessarily true).

And I must say, Keith is sure fond of that Daffy Duck analogy--he uses it a lot.

Now I feel absolutely sure that at some point in 2003 while I was flipping channels looking for something to watch, in my pre-Countdown-fan days, I landed on the last few minutes of Countdown. It would have been on a night when Courtney Love was the #1 story because she was breaking down. I just remember a split screen, two guys talking about Courtney Love, and one of them making that Daffy Duck analogy--that she might self-immolate and get a lot of attention for it, but the trouble is, you can do it only once.

Damn. It MUST have been Keith.

:patriot: :loveya:

Hi, everyone!

'scuse me for still sniffling. The headline of JRE dropping out was the first thing I saw when I turned on my computer this morning, and it made me so sad.

I heard it on Steph. :(

He should have stuck it out a bit longer.

The timing seems rather strange. Well, they SAY it has nothing to do with her, so we're going to have to take it on faith.

I don't know if you saw the post by someone in GD: P about the conference call they were on today with John and Elizabeth, but Elizabeth said, about JRE dropping out, that it was "complicated". I wonder what she meant by that.

Oh shit. :cry:

John said today that Elizabeth was fine, so I will take that as real.

What I think is that the behind-closed-doors machinations are at work, and we may never ever know the true reason for him dropping out now.

One thing he DID do, though, was get Clinton and Obama to talk more about the things he feels are important, and that's no small thing.

I'll miss him.

Well I knew the story was going to be about John's dropping out
but what made me choke up was the last 15 seconds of the broadcast
from New Orleans .... Shot # 1 John Edwards with his son screwing in
a wood baluster (railing) for a house to help some Katrina victims. He was
holding his son and smiling .... talk about really getting "it" boy does
John get "it." Shot # 2 Elizabeth being bugged by a reporter well what
do they do now ..... "Well it is complicated." She said with a smile and
walked away.

My dream for John Edwards and family is really a simple one ... I want them
to have many days together such as a perfect fall afternoon where his younger
kids and John jump into a big leaf pile as Elizabeth and Cate look on and laugh.
After that I hope they have a nice family dinner and watch a DVD with some popcorn
and drinks. As Neil Young once said, "Long may you run."

***************************************

John dropping out now allowed his supporters to make their votes count in
Clinton v Obama

as for me ..... Obama bandwagon .... do you have room for me?



eat up!

BTW did i ever tell you that you are my Fav?

don't tell the others

Yes, I second your lovely wish. I hope complicated just means complicated.

I try to remember that. I also try to remember that, as Keith says, "We're all day to day."

Don't tell the others but being a Daddy seeing him hug his kid and
work on that house made me cry ..... please don't tell the others.

You know how they are :rofl:

Why wouldn't you cry?

I really think that's why he did it now. Going forward, he and Obama won't split the vote against Hillary. I think it will really help Obama.

:hi:

or Guantanimo for rape???? I would guess not!! Grrrrrrrrr :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :grr:

It's bad enough that one of your colleagues called Caroline Kennedy "Katherine" by accident last night. Et tu??
Get your mind back on the NEWS, my friend.

Do they have overflow bandwagons?

Something about it...

:rofl:

Hill asked Bill to campaign with the passion and intensity that Fred Thompson showed for his own campaign.

:rofl:

Keith seems to enjoy saying "BOOOOSHED." :-)

"Terry Gilliam-Gate"?

I'm really bummed about Edwards. Of course, I'll support the Democratic nominee. I do have a question, though, and I figure it's safer to ask over here than on "other places" on DU.
Will Edwards still be on the ballot in states on Super Tuesday??? What about the states with early voting? If one were still to vote for Edwards, would the vote be counted?? Would he still get Super delegates or anything??? Or would it be a wasted vote, i.e., not counted??
I'm just wondering about all the political ramifications. I mean, jeez, Louise, I was gonna vote for Edwards, but why should I change my mind RIGHT NOW to one of the other two??
Help, please.......:cry:
Thanks in advance to anyone who responds.

Someone asked that question on Thom Hartmann's program this morning, and he said that in states that use printed ballots, it's probable that JRE would still be on them, as it may be too late to reprint them (not to mention expensive).

For the states that use those horrid e-voting machines, they may be able to reprogram them before Tsunami Tuesday.

I mean, if you wanted to, you could still vote for him if your conscience dictated it...but I don't think it would have any effect.

It may be too late to take him off the Super Tuesday ballots but that may just mean those votes don't count.

That was a shout-out to you in midweek.

:loveya:, Keith!

I like how they think.

:hi:
I live in Georgia where there is early voting. I'll try tomorrow and see what happens.
I'm still bummed out, though, about John. :cry:

:hi:

Sorry to disappear, but one of the cats did something to the laptop :eyes: & now it's weirding out on me. So I have to say farewell for the evening & join you again online tomorrow.

dg

Oh dear. :-(

:eyes:

dg

My cat knows more keyboard shortcuts than I do.

sucks.

get me started.

I have the experience; I've engaged the enemy. I know how they work, for the most part. And I'm prepared to make sure that fanatical Islamofascists never turn filter keys against us.

:patriot:

I'd run across the countless miles for that too.

but does she tell ME what she did so I can un-do it? No. :grr:

No opposable thumbs, my ass. I bet she uses her tail.

dg

Didn't know they were that special.

And: Samuel Yo Soy. :rofl:

He can pop-culture snark in many languages.

Yeah. Right. :shrug:

:eyes:

Hey hey, kids: "Django!"

That is Django

Maccaferri's with the signature D-hole.

The only 2 songs I can still play are Penny's From Heaven & Misty ...

and I can do the lead to "When the Saints come marching in."

BTW Eugene Oregon ... years ago ... Garcia & Santana played
gaiter for about an hour on stage .... me in a "happy glow"
and then Bobby Weir came out and they did "Don't Murder Me"

Something tells me we'd find a lot of Django Reinhardt on his iPod right now.

:loveya:

Just listen.

Oh, Keith..."He was born Richard Morris but that's not why they call him Dick." :rofl:

Oh, and I love the ad for Keith's show tomorrow night.

Do you think that was a shout out?

Tonight we got Davie and Django.

:hi:

Isn't there a fronton there?

:7

LOL. :hi:

He loves us!

we've got that going for us, which is nice.

Django!!

So Pats gets two shout-outs tonight and Wolfie gets one with the suit...doesn't Keith love me anymore? :cry:

Leave it to him to apply the Mendoza-line concept to Rudy. Oh look, Dana's torturing him with a Rudy baseball.

had said jai-alai, I would have plotzed a chicken.

A great big slimy dick!!!

:puke:

of the Rudy non-concession concession last night:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4277310&mesg_id=4277310

Just like Dolly Parton's Cross-Your-Heart Bra.

But seriously, folks. Uplifting it was. Doesn't thinking about 9/11 always make YOU feel good?

:rofl:

See you all tomorrow night for a Special Comment and Bonus Keith at 10 ET!

:rofl:

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

He didn't get the Patsy Vote.

:rofl:

You figured it out.

For $50,000,000 and no chance for it to make a damn bit of difference, however, I'd gladly be Rudy's delegate.

That doesn't make me a shallow person, does it?

Listen for $50,000,000 you can go to Minnesota and flip me $10,000,000
and I will go to Ely MN and then spend 2 months in:





Hell we can use the extra and go bug Rev Cheese for a couple of years

I can't believe you played the Boundary Waters card.

Me I am more of Quetico sort of guy ....

Agnes Lake, Silence Lake, Lake Nym, and Trousers Lake.

I once got a 20+ LBS Lake Trout .... we started laughing
and sent him/her back home .... too much fish!



Later that day we got 2 1.5 lbs walleye for dinner ....
the next day a Bay Air watched us for about an hour
from shore ... i think he was laughing @ us.

Sweet.

I hope you cooked the other ones in a way befitting their sacrifice. :patriot:

Bot wants all the women to check out the "trout" he caught in "Trousers Lake."

Look how many inches it is!!

And if you think THAT one's big, you should see the one that got away!

Suuuuuure...

That would probably be enough to buy her dinner with Brett, too.

with Reagan's (i.e., OUR) plane behind him.

:boring:

LOL

p.s. So does Ron Paul.

Van de ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha...

I think McCain is lip-synching.

That was so tasty. I'm actually looking forward to seeing "history" text books in 10 years to see what they call this period in our country's history. The new dark ages?

Keith's one of the few bright spots.