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27 Mar 08 - 08:33 PM (#2299228) Subject: BS: Putting time and money where my mouth is From: Jack the Sailor I just came back from an Obama organizational meeting today. I was pleasantly surprised to see and overflow crowd of more than a hundred volunteers. I'll soon be registering voters and canvassing my neighborhood. |
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27 Mar 08 - 08:41 PM (#2299237) Subject: RE: BS: Putting time and money where my mouth is From: Little Hawk Aha. Well, good for you. Look, if you run into any of Chongo's "people" out canvassing the same area, be nice, okay? No point burning bridges that may come in handy later. |
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27 Mar 08 - 08:47 PM (#2299241) Subject: RE: BS: Putting time and money where my mouth is From: Jack the Sailor There were a lot of older hippies at the meeting. Some of them look like they might be Chongo's "people". ;-) |
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27 Mar 08 - 08:50 PM (#2299245) Subject: RE: BS: Putting time and money where my mouth is From: Jack the Sailor Its pretty exciting actually. Hundreds of people are mobilizing, on their own without the usual political party people. |
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27 Mar 08 - 10:38 PM (#2299316) Subject: RE: BS: Putting time and money where my mouth is From: wysiwyg Leno's lookalike is so good in his rendition that he's reduced Obama to a caricature (and he doesn't even LOOK like Obama). Spoiled the man for me, permanently. Best of luck, though. ~S~ |
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27 Mar 08 - 11:27 PM (#2299329) Subject: RE: BS: Putting time and money where my mouth is From: Jack the Sailor Did you just say that Leno's look-a-like spoiled Obama for you? Surely your heart was not in it from the start. |
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28 Mar 08 - 12:50 AM (#2299350) Subject: RE: BS: Putting time and money where my mouth is From: katlaughing We are having a peace rally here on Sunday. I plan to go. The college students put up 400 personalised crosses to represent the 4,000 killed in Iraq. At Sunday's rally, I think they are going to have a full 4,000 crosses. I am sure there will some Obama people there and I plan to watch for them. |
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28 Mar 08 - 02:57 AM (#2299368) Subject: RE: BS: Putting time and money where my mouth is From: Ebbie Susan, I too watched the Obama look-alike on the Tonight Show. He was very good. He is a professional and often performs with the Hillary Clinton lookalike. Like any good impersonator he emphasized certain physical quirks and speech patterns. I was taken aback for a moment but after that I had to laugh, as I imagine Obama himself would. The next time I watched Obama speak I was glad to see that he is a lot more toned down than the lookalike was! |
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28 Mar 08 - 10:54 AM (#2299582) Subject: RE: BS: Putting time and money where my mouth is From: wysiwyg I'm just waiting for Leno to trot out the McCain clone to spoil him for millions of voters. :~) ~S~ |
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28 Mar 08 - 11:08 AM (#2299590) Subject: RE: BS: Putting time and money where my mouth is From: Amos That seems a shallow approach to the problems of choosing leadership. A |
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28 Mar 08 - 11:19 AM (#2299606) Subject: RE: BS: Putting time and money where my mouth is From: CarolC Indeed. |
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28 Mar 08 - 12:11 PM (#2299641) Subject: RE: BS: Putting time and money where my mouth is From: Ebbie I would guess - and hope - that Susan has her TIC. I can't imagine anyone being turned off the real thing by an impersonator. |
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28 Mar 08 - 12:53 PM (#2299671) Subject: RE: BS: Putting time and money where my mouth is From: GUEST,Jack the Sailor I actually find the Bush Impersonators to be better leaders. |
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28 Mar 08 - 01:20 PM (#2299687) Subject: RE: BS: Putting time and money where my mouth is From: wysiwyg Yeah, that's me-- shallow simpltoness. ;~) But a lot of folks have not made up their minds yet while the Dems struggle to get their collective sh*t together, and some people WILL be shallow enough to be affected by the humorous portayals as much as (or more than) a mindful look at issues, etc. ~S~ |
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28 Mar 08 - 02:34 PM (#2299775) Subject: RE: BS: Putting time and money where my mouth is From: Little Hawk That's the great thing about Chongo. He is so extreme in his personal characteristics already that no caricature of him can seem any odder than the real thing. This makes him bulletproof, in the satirical sense. This is an advantage no other candidate can boast. |
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28 Mar 08 - 02:38 PM (#2299783) Subject: RE: BS: Putting time and money where my mouth is From: GUEST,Jack the Sailor >>>He is so extreme in his personal characteristics already that no caricature of him can seem any odder than the real thing. <<< It worked for George W Bush. |
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28 Mar 08 - 05:10 PM (#2299920) Subject: RE: BS: Putting time and money where my mouth is From: GUEST,Jack the Sailor We are off to loan them a fan and a table. |
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28 Mar 08 - 06:54 PM (#2299995) Subject: RE: BS: Putting time and money where my mouth is From: Little Hawk Yeah, it did work for Bush, didn't it? ;-) And he's been in for eight years (well, almost)! I predict an administration that will last if Chongo is elected, and one that will leave an indelible mark on the history of both its nation AND the world. I predict that bananas will double in value by 2012. Put your money in banana futures NOW....and put a REAL chimp in the White House for a change! |
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28 Mar 08 - 09:48 PM (#2300105) Subject: RE: BS: Putting time and money where my mouth is From: CarolC George W and Congo |
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06 Apr 08 - 08:40 PM (#2308642) Subject: RE: BS: Putting time and money where my mouth is From: GUEST,Jack the Sailor We had volunteered to bring food for the volunteers who are here from out of town. So we brought them Brunswick Stew and fresh baked soda bread. We also spent $54.00 on yard signs and buttons. Next mission, fried fish. Then canvassing the neighborhood. |
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07 Apr 08 - 01:47 PM (#2309270) Subject: RE: BS: Putting time and money where my mouth is From: Little Hawk Try tarring the neighbourhood instead. It sticks a lot longer. |
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07 Apr 08 - 10:38 PM (#2309722) Subject: RE: BS: Putting time and money where my mouth is From: GUEST,Guest Lord save us from the recently converted. Obama humping Clinton sketch on MadTV was good. |
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07 Apr 08 - 11:30 PM (#2309745) Subject: RE: BS: Putting time and money where my mouth is From: CarolC Heh... I just noticed a typo in my post. It should say, George W and Chongo |
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08 Apr 08 - 12:57 PM (#2310220) Subject: RE: BS: Putting time and money where my mouth is From: Little Hawk Have you ever seen better presidential material than the guy on the right? I know I haven't. It's time to put a REAL chimp in the White House! |
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08 Apr 08 - 01:21 PM (#2310246) Subject: RE: BS: Putting time and money where my mouth is From: Donuel We had an Obama canvasser here at the house. He was very nice. The Clinton canvasser was at the grocery store and was pushy and obstanent. |
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09 Apr 08 - 08:06 AM (#2310952) Subject: RE: BS: Putting time and money where my mouth is From: GUEST,Convidado Odd, the Progressive magazine's pages are showing that the most rabid Dems seem to have lined up behind Obama this year. That would be the same rabid Dems who have attempted to destroy Nader, and hand elections to the Republicans by trying to out Republican the Republicans. The rabid Kerry supporters of 2004 pretty much have gone to Obama as a bloc. |
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09 Apr 08 - 01:15 PM (#2311245) Subject: RE: BS: Putting time and money where my mouth is From: Little Hawk It could be because Obama just naturally sparks more enthusiam in people who are strongly interested in partisan politics than Hillary Clinton does... ;-) After all, what does "rabid" mean in the political context? It means strongly partisan. Is that bad or is it good? Depends on your given set of prejudices, I guess. I don't belong to any political party, and never shall, by the way. So I'm a bit wary of people who are overly partisan. |
