Election 2008: Bishop Arts Party
Man, here’s the thing. The crowd here is brown, black, and white. We are drinking beer on the streets in Dallas. More than one person has said to me: it needs to be like this all the time.
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Blue is the new black or black is the new blue. White will always be white.
As a Catholic who voted for Obama under threat by my Bishop that my soul would be imperiled, it is deeply meaningful to me to have elected a President who actually cares about the common good. And it was nice to be shedding tears of happiness in the streets of (now turning blue) Dallas rather than tears of disappointment.
Man, here’s the thing. Your party uses the power of government to discriminate against caucasians while calling people who didn’t vote for Obama racists. If you’re disappointed in the current state of race relations, you’ve got no one but yourself to blame.
Mike, as an Obama supporter, I want to reach out to you and give you an e-hug.
Peace and love
Not sure the purpose of Nancy’s statement. Was it really necessary?
RAB, I agree. Nancy, don’t be vague – just what is it you’re trying to say?
Tim, i believe you are referring to Mexico where you can drink in the streets all the time…
96% of black voters voted for Obama. A truer statement is: Black will always be black.
Nice work, Nancy! Instead of celebrating a system of government where power changes hands peaceably, you launch a whole round of ugly comments. Just couldn’t help yourself, could you?
Republicans are cute when they’re in a foul mood. Which they always seem to be.
And Liberals are cute when they are self-loathing.
Have a ball in that dustbin.
@Daniel: You play into the stereotype so perfectly. Let me guess, you most likely rent, but if you actually own a house, it’s over by Skillman or a similar down-market neighborhood; you drive a 10-year-old Saab or Volvo; and you make less than $150,000 per year. You fancy yourself “evolved,” but you’re probably divorced. Your job, what of it there is, is beneath your self-perceived station. You despise anyone of wealth (which you automatically equate to Republicans), but you seethe in anger over your inability to buy nice things or take nice vacations. You think you have a lot of friends, but you’re rarely invited to anyone’s home. Good on you, Daniel. Live long and seethe.
You got it right that I make less than $150,000 a year. The rest, as they say, “not so much.”
Seethe? Hmmm….
P.S. I’m not, in fact, divorced, but I’m puzzled that you posit that as the opposite of “evolved.” Curious.
I would bet that you’re employed by a Republican, because people like you don’t create jobs. Keep chewing on the hand that feeds you. (It’s the ingratitude of the plebs that puts Republicans in a foul mood. We can generally get over it quickly enough, though, when we compare our situation with that of someone like you.)
Wow … you just keep painting a finer and finer self-portrait, don’t you. I fear you shan’t dent my jollity this fine morning, sir or madam.
I noticed Fox’s election coverage included numerous ads for Plavix, a pharmaceutical “proven to help protect against future heart attack or stroke.” Of course, you should discuss it with your doctor first.
Have a lovely day!
“The More Things Change . . .” makes Marty Cortland seem downright progressive.
He needs to keep his cats from pi$$ing in his cornflakes. Sets off his whole day…
You’re right, “The More.” Democrats don’t create jobs, as evidenced here:
http://www.campaignmoney.com/biography/bill_gates.asp
I’ve always liked the quote “The more things change, the more they remain the same”, by Alphonse Karr. I’ve had that same quote in my head for over a week after rewatching the film, “The Leopard”, by Visconti.
It’s a shame that it had to be defiled by the above commenter. Doesn’t he or she understand that they come across as self involved and not inclusive?
Let’s give The More a little credit here. His grouse about “the ingratitude of the plebs [sic]” is truly classic, one for the ages.
Sadly, between The More and Daniel, black will always be black, and white will always be white. The more things stay the same, indeed.
“We can generally get over it quickly enough, though, when we compare our situation with that of someone like you.)”
And WE just laugh at YOU again, you big douche.
Not much of an argument on either end, Swiss. To synopsize:
ME: Nah-na na-na na!
MORE: You must hate yourself.
ME: You’re old hat. Oldie.
MORE: People like you have rickets, bad teeth and mental retardation and live in a trailer swilling Bush tall-boys. And you’re a liberal elitist, too. And I bet you have no friends. And you’re bow-legged to boot, which accounts for your several failed marriages. And you have a gross birthmark.
ME: Just wow.
MORE: And it burns me up that you’re not more grateful to me.
CURTAIN.
Daniel:
I tend to be more liberal on social issues and more conservative on fiscal issues (but slightly progressive, because I think it makes for a better society — and it’s too bad that Bush II made a joke of the concept of “compassionate conservatism”). I would suspect that we would disagree on a lot of things, just as I’m sure I would with The More.
To your credit, though, you’re much funnier. (Loved the rickets.)
@Daniel -freaking hilarious. way to not get all riled up over a blog commentary like More.i bet More is going to be telling ALL his “free” friends at the country club about this tonight. and they are just gonna sh*t their depends…
Swiss, your political guiding lights sound much like my own, actually.
Daniel:
I don’t know. I would actually prefer to have a bit more money than I do. (You know, enough to allow me to enjoy a better brand of beer than Busch every now and then.) Hope that doesn’t make me evil.
You got me wrong, or I misrepresented myself, if you think that I resent or deride wealth creation. I’m fer it! The monumental self-regard of some people with money (witness More) can drive me a little crazy sometimes. Personally, I’ve lived uptown and I’ve lived downtown, so to speak — I hold no stereotypical view of the wealthy or the poor. They enjoy (suffer from?) a highly comparable ratio of decent people to arseholes, I’d say.
A different nature of arseholeness, I would suggest. From my experience with our brothers and sisters on the lower end of the economic spectrum (of all races, creeds, colors, and ages), there is no dearth of arseholes in that group either (or in the middle class, for that matter).
Thankfully, decent people are spread throughout the wealth spectrum. And at the risk of provoking the Bethanys and Amandas on this blog, wealthy people with a charitable bent can make more of impact than similarly-hearted poor people. (There is a painting of Margaret Perot at Presbyterian Hospital that I mentally tip my hat to each time I walk by it)