Comments on: Skippy Calls Bubba http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/26/skippy-calls-bubba/ Firedoglake weblog Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:06:25 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: » Blog Archive » Tail Gunner Joe http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/26/skippy-calls-bubba/#comment-208975 » Blog Archive » Tail Gunner Joe Thu, 27 Jul 2006 18:57:13 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/26/skippy-calls-bubba/#comment-208975 <p>[…] Lieberman has no business pretending that he’s a Democrat. This great graphic is from Firedoglake. […]</p> […] Lieberman has no business pretending that he’s a Democrat. This great graphic is from Firedoglake. […]

]]> By: raj http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/26/skippy-calls-bubba/#comment-208440 raj Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:28:39 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/26/skippy-calls-bubba/#comment-208440 <p>Clinton was always a snake-oil salesman, which is why I never voted for him. I didn’t vote for the Republican either–I voted Libertarian as a protest vote.</p> <p>I’ve never understood Democrats’ fascination with Clinton.</p> Clinton was always a snake-oil salesman, which is why I never voted for him. I didn’t vote for the Republican either–I voted Libertarian as a protest vote.

I’ve never understood Democrats’ fascination with Clinton.

]]> By: bob h http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/26/skippy-calls-bubba/#comment-208435 bob h Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:03:01 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/26/skippy-calls-bubba/#comment-208435 <p>Clinton must see the great energy and progressivism of the Lamont crowd, yet he has chosen to alienate it for a worthless piece of crap like Lieberman. Perhaps it is a side effect of his bypass operation.</p> Clinton must see the great energy and progressivism of the Lamont crowd, yet he has chosen to alienate it for a worthless piece of crap like Lieberman. Perhaps it is a side effect of his bypass operation.

]]> By: skippy http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/26/skippy-calls-bubba/#comment-208236 skippy Thu, 27 Jul 2006 04:11:23 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/26/skippy-calls-bubba/#comment-208236 <p>hi kids,</p> <p>sorry, i was out all day, i didn’t see this wonderful post from jane, thanks so much my friend for the traffic.</p> <p>if anyone was wondering, don’t worry, i didn’t use my nom de blog (skippy tbk) when calling, i used my real name.</p> <p>and tho i was polite, i was also quite passionate, especially at the part about “is this what the democratic party has come to?”</p> <p><a href="http://www.mydd.com/story/2006/7/26/133825/070">matt stoller at mydd</a> is reporting that lieberman’s going to saturate the connecticut airwaves w/pics of him and clinton from the speech on monday, so now’s not the time to let up on our efforts!!</p> hi kids,

sorry, i was out all day, i didn’t see this wonderful post from jane, thanks so much my friend for the traffic.

if anyone was wondering, don’t worry, i didn’t use my nom de blog (skippy tbk) when calling, i used my real name.

and tho i was polite, i was also quite passionate, especially at the part about “is this what the democratic party has come to?”

matt stoller at mydd is reporting that lieberman’s going to saturate the connecticut airwaves w/pics of him and clinton from the speech on monday, so now’s not the time to let up on our efforts!!

]]> By: Adie http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/26/skippy-calls-bubba/#comment-208196 Adie Thu, 27 Jul 2006 03:46:37 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/26/skippy-calls-bubba/#comment-208196 <p>Mrs K8</p> <p>Oh THANK YOU! I was so afraid I was out in left field as to subject matter & how to refer to it. Frankly, it was a bit of a leap on my part guessing what DeW’s newly tweeked legislation amts to. </p> <p>Appreciate the correction on typos, xtra commas & such. It went out in that unedited form to the esteemed Mr DeW. But maybe that can help impress on him that it expresses real feelings of a bonafide constituent, not just a canned copy of something. (besides, poor fella knows me from my earlier pesterings, heh heh)</p> <p>By all means use any & all, if it’ll help you. I often have to ‘borrow’phrasing to pretend I know what I’m talking about to the pols. ‘Reading’ people/animals is kinda my field, but law & govtal workings I need lots of help with, to sound as if I know what I’m talking about.</p> <p>FDL folks are especially helpful that way. Much appreciated.</p> <p>Thanks again. ;-></p> Mrs K8

Oh THANK YOU! I was so afraid I was out in left field as to subject matter & how to refer to it. Frankly, it was a bit of a leap on my part guessing what DeW’s newly tweeked legislation amts to.

Appreciate the correction on typos, xtra commas & such. It went out in that unedited form to the esteemed Mr DeW. But maybe that can help impress on him that it expresses real feelings of a bonafide constituent, not just a canned copy of something. (besides, poor fella knows me from my earlier pesterings, heh heh)

By all means use any & all, if it’ll help you. I often have to ‘borrow’phrasing to pretend I know what I’m talking about to the pols. ‘Reading’ people/animals is kinda my field, but law & govtal workings I need lots of help with, to sound as if I know what I’m talking about.

FDL folks are especially helpful that way. Much appreciated.

Thanks again. ;->

]]> By: Mrs. K8 http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/26/skippy-calls-bubba/#comment-208129 Mrs. K8 Thu, 27 Jul 2006 03:15:39 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/26/skippy-calls-bubba/#comment-208129 <p>Adie –</p> <p>That’s a TERRIFIC letter. One teensy little oopsy there, though, a missing word:</p> <p>“by allowing the Executive branch of government operate without proper oversight”</p> <p>should be </p> <p>“by allowing the Executive branch of government <b>to</b> operate without proper oversight”</p> <p>Oh, one more little thing: lose the comma between “DISagree” and “on the method of governance” in the third sentence from last.</p> <p>Other than that? Perfect, IMO. Very well expressed!!! (May I “borrow” from you??)</p> Adie –

That’s a TERRIFIC letter. One teensy little oopsy there, though, a missing word:

“by allowing the Executive branch of government operate without proper oversight”

should be

“by allowing the Executive branch of government to operate without proper oversight”

Oh, one more little thing: lose the comma between “DISagree” and “on the method of governance” in the third sentence from last.

Other than that? Perfect, IMO. Very well expressed!!! (May I “borrow” from you??)

]]> By: Melina http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/26/skippy-calls-bubba/#comment-208078 Melina Thu, 27 Jul 2006 02:53:54 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/26/skippy-calls-bubba/#comment-208078 <p>…And now, Clinton is calling us CT Dems on behalf of the great one…. this in the form of a piece of his speech given at Waterbury that says something to the effect of Joementum is a wonderful Dem and a great American for condeming me for lying..I’m a bad boy, spank me Mommmy…<br /> um, not exactly, but its an auto call on my answering machine and it pisses me off because, as usual with Joe and the rest of the Republicans, I have no say and there is no room for my reply!<br /> Dont Call me, Lieberman campaign…or if you do, do it in person so I can tell you exactly what I think of your boy!</p> <p>Bill Clinton…youve got some splainin’ to do! I know that there is some misguided effort to distance yourself from Hillary or something…maybe guilt for Monica or some deep horrible truth still left to surface…the old self destructive streak in action, but think of your party, Bill…Fer chrissakes! we’re fighting for our lives here!</p> <p>Melina<br /> <a href="http://www.RIPCoco.blogspot.com">www.RIPCoco.blogspot.com</a></p> …And now, Clinton is calling us CT Dems on behalf of the great one…. this in the form of a piece of his speech given at Waterbury that says something to the effect of Joementum is a wonderful Dem and a great American for condeming me for lying..I’m a bad boy, spank me Mommmy…
um, not exactly, but its an auto call on my answering machine and it pisses me off because, as usual with Joe and the rest of the Republicans, I have no say and there is no room for my reply!
Dont Call me, Lieberman campaign…or if you do, do it in person so I can tell you exactly what I think of your boy!

Bill Clinton…youve got some splainin’ to do! I know that there is some misguided effort to distance yourself from Hillary or something…maybe guilt for Monica or some deep horrible truth still left to surface…the old self destructive streak in action, but think of your party, Bill…Fer chrissakes! we’re fighting for our lives here!

Melina
http://www.RIPCoco.blogspot.com

]]> By: Jenny from the Blog http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/26/skippy-calls-bubba/#comment-207966 Jenny from the Blog Thu, 27 Jul 2006 02:05:05 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/26/skippy-calls-bubba/#comment-207966 <p>Leisler NYC -</p> <p>Yeah, I know. SIGH.</p> Leisler NYC -

Yeah, I know. SIGH.

]]> By: Leisler NYC http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/26/skippy-calls-bubba/#comment-207959 Leisler NYC Thu, 27 Jul 2006 02:01:46 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/26/skippy-calls-bubba/#comment-207959 <p>Jenny, my other Clinton memory is when Hillary was running for Senate — the Times had sniffed down their nose at her, and the electronic media was still hostile (my how they’ve all changed), and they were gleefully predicting her loss. I remember standing on 5th Avenue near 14th St watching the Gay Parade go by that June — suddenly, down the canyon of buildings there was this slow roar building up — for Hillary, the crowd went into this frenzy. I knew at that moment she would win, despite the media smears and the like. And it happened, she did win, which makes the subsequent history, well, you know.</p> Jenny, my other Clinton memory is when Hillary was running for Senate — the Times had sniffed down their nose at her, and the electronic media was still hostile (my how they’ve all changed), and they were gleefully predicting her loss. I remember standing on 5th Avenue near 14th St watching the Gay Parade go by that June — suddenly, down the canyon of buildings there was this slow roar building up — for Hillary, the crowd went into this frenzy. I knew at that moment she would win, despite the media smears and the like. And it happened, she did win, which makes the subsequent history, well, you know.

]]> By: Adie http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/26/skippy-calls-bubba/#comment-207942 Adie Thu, 27 Jul 2006 01:54:37 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/26/skippy-calls-bubba/#comment-207942 <p>Maybe OT, if there is one at this point, but important to me. I DID IT!</p> <p>Below is what I sent to Sen. DeWine just now, in what is an ongoing(?) dialog tw’ me & at least staff-member(s) in his ofc over the latest Specter-follies. I tried to pry [them] out of [pre-canned statement mode].</p> <p>Again, I’m out of my normal element here. If I made major boo boo’s, someone PLEASE let me know. I’m not too shy to “fix” a re-mailing to make corrections of content or emphasis.<br /> Without further ado, here’s the latest earnest salvo ;-><br /> …………………<br /> e-mail 20060726</p> <p>Dear Senator DeWine:</p> <p>I appreciate your reply and nice long message I received today but, in the end, I want to know how your proposed legislation differs from that of Sen. Specter which, basically, released the Executive Branch from ANY oversight by Congress unless the Executive Branch voluntarily sought such scrutiny of their activities.</p> <p>In short, how does Senator Specter’s scenario or your S. 2455, either one, answer the problems created by allowing the Executive branch of government operate without proper oversight by the other branches of our government, as written into law by the founders of our country?<br /> How, and WHY, are you so willing to sign away this basic part of our government’s foundation?</p> <p>If it is hard for you to imagine the danger from your support of such a risky change, try to imagine an Executive branch filled with people with whom you totally, fundamentally DISagree, on method of governance. Would you then feel the same about offering S. 2455 for adoption as law of our precious land?</p> <p>I look forward to hearing from you on this issue.</p> Maybe OT, if there is one at this point, but important to me. I DID IT!

Below is what I sent to Sen. DeWine just now, in what is an ongoing(?) dialog tw’ me & at least staff-member(s) in his ofc over the latest Specter-follies. I tried to pry [them] out of [pre-canned statement mode].

Again, I’m out of my normal element here. If I made major boo boo’s, someone PLEASE let me know. I’m not too shy to “fix” a re-mailing to make corrections of content or emphasis.
Without further ado, here’s the latest earnest salvo ;->
…………………
e-mail 20060726

Dear Senator DeWine:

I appreciate your reply and nice long message I received today but, in the end, I want to know how your proposed legislation differs from that of Sen. Specter which, basically, released the Executive Branch from ANY oversight by Congress unless the Executive Branch voluntarily sought such scrutiny of their activities.

In short, how does Senator Specter’s scenario or your S. 2455, either one, answer the problems created by allowing the Executive branch of government operate without proper oversight by the other branches of our government, as written into law by the founders of our country?
How, and WHY, are you so willing to sign away this basic part of our government’s foundation?

If it is hard for you to imagine the danger from your support of such a risky change, try to imagine an Executive branch filled with people with whom you totally, fundamentally DISagree, on method of governance. Would you then feel the same about offering S. 2455 for adoption as law of our precious land?

I look forward to hearing from you on this issue.

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