Comments on: Let the Lindsay Graham Countdown Clock Commence http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/10/let-the-lindsay-graham-countdown-clock-commence/ Firedoglake weblog Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:55:23 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: DennisQ http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/10/let-the-lindsay-graham-countdown-clock-commence/#comment-1141701 DennisQ Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:55:22 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/10/let-the-lindsay-graham-countdown-clock-commence/#comment-1141701 <p>>>I don’t get it. Is rug collector inside slang for high priced rent boy? Are you saying Lindsay doesn’t have to pay for it? Gimme a break.</p> <p>Senator Graham ostentatiously bought a rug in a Baghdad market a while back - so that’s why he’s a “rug collector.” Trent Lott is a rug collector of a different sort. Sam Donaldson’s rug ages along with him, a remarkable quality for a toupee.</p> >>I don’t get it. Is rug collector inside slang for high priced rent boy? Are you saying Lindsay doesn’t have to pay for it? Gimme a break.

Senator Graham ostentatiously bought a rug in a Baghdad market a while back – so that’s why he’s a “rug collector.” Trent Lott is a rug collector of a different sort. Sam Donaldson’s rug ages along with him, a remarkable quality for a toupee.

]]> By: shell http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/10/let-the-lindsay-graham-countdown-clock-commence/#comment-1141302 shell Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:37:53 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/10/let-the-lindsay-graham-countdown-clock-commence/#comment-1141302 <p>“The message… “vote for BO because he is black, listen to me because I am a black woman with scads of money.” </p> <p>And just how does this have any bearing on the position of President of the US?”</p> <p>***************************<br /> nomolos –</p> <p>Well, part of the answer is: Because the two are BLACK and FEMALE. Obama is not my No. 1 choice, but I understand why this Oprah tour is so popular with many Americans. Over half of the U.S. population is FEMALE. A good chunk is BLACK. Those 2 groups have never had a president/VP who really REALLY knows what their lives are like. (And I would guess you wouldn’t know either.)</p> <p>Most white men don’t understand. But I do.</p> “The message… “vote for BO because he is black, listen to me because I am a black woman with scads of money.”

And just how does this have any bearing on the position of President of the US?”

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nomolos –

Well, part of the answer is: Because the two are BLACK and FEMALE. Obama is not my No. 1 choice, but I understand why this Oprah tour is so popular with many Americans. Over half of the U.S. population is FEMALE. A good chunk is BLACK. Those 2 groups have never had a president/VP who really REALLY knows what their lives are like. (And I would guess you wouldn’t know either.)

Most white men don’t understand. But I do.

]]> By: wigwam http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/10/let-the-lindsay-graham-countdown-clock-commence/#comment-1141074 wigwam Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:31:30 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/10/let-the-lindsay-graham-countdown-clock-commence/#comment-1141074 <p>How do we get a heads-up to Olbermann on this matter?</p> How do we get a heads-up to Olbermann on this matter?

]]> By: Attaturk http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/10/let-the-lindsay-graham-countdown-clock-commence/#comment-1141027 Attaturk Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:36:30 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/10/let-the-lindsay-graham-countdown-clock-commence/#comment-1141027 <p>It is.</p> <p>And in regard to Lott it refers to his well-affixed hair-helmet many would call a toupee (or “rug”)</p> It is.

And in regard to Lott it refers to his well-affixed hair-helmet many would call a toupee (or “rug”)

]]> By: SanderO http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/10/let-the-lindsay-graham-countdown-clock-commence/#comment-1141024 SanderO Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:33:06 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/10/let-the-lindsay-graham-countdown-clock-commence/#comment-1141024 <p>Does anyone really expect a US political campaign to pay little more than a passing lip service to real substantive issues?</p> <p>It’s all media hype, horse races, pony shoes and kissing babies shit.</p> <p>We’re a nation of idiots led by an elite who know how to keep the slaves in the dark and lovin in.</p> Does anyone really expect a US political campaign to pay little more than a passing lip service to real substantive issues?

It’s all media hype, horse races, pony shoes and kissing babies shit.

We’re a nation of idiots led by an elite who know how to keep the slaves in the dark and lovin in.

]]> By: nomolos http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/10/let-the-lindsay-graham-countdown-clock-commence/#comment-1141015 nomolos Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:25:02 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/10/let-the-lindsay-graham-countdown-clock-commence/#comment-1141015 <p>OT here in NH.</p> <p>In NH yesterday we were witness to the comic opera known as the Obama and Winfrey show. It had nothing to do with the campaign for president. No issues, no positions, nothing but glitz and glamour from two celebrities out of their league. An embarrassment in a year full of campaign embarrassments.</p> <p>The message… “vote for BO because he is black, listen to me because I am a black woman with scads of money.” </p> <p>And just how does this have any bearing on the position of President of the US?</p> OT here in NH.

In NH yesterday we were witness to the comic opera known as the Obama and Winfrey show. It had nothing to do with the campaign for president. No issues, no positions, nothing but glitz and glamour from two celebrities out of their league. An embarrassment in a year full of campaign embarrassments.

The message… “vote for BO because he is black, listen to me because I am a black woman with scads of money.”

And just how does this have any bearing on the position of President of the US?

]]> By: MichaelinParkSlope http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/10/let-the-lindsay-graham-countdown-clock-commence/#comment-1140996 MichaelinParkSlope Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:06:23 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/10/let-the-lindsay-graham-countdown-clock-commence/#comment-1140996 <p>I thought that “rug collector” was a reference to the Baghdad shopping spree (Green Zone Special) that McCain, Lieberman and Graham went on a few months back…</p> <p>-MS</p> I thought that “rug collector” was a reference to the Baghdad shopping spree (Green Zone Special) that McCain, Lieberman and Graham went on a few months back…

-MS

]]> By: Elliott http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/10/let-the-lindsay-graham-countdown-clock-commence/#comment-1140992 Elliott Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:02:38 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/10/let-the-lindsay-graham-countdown-clock-commence/#comment-1140992 <p>A Joint Investigative Committee Should Expose the Torture CoverUp<br /> with <a href="http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/10/a-joint-investigative-committee-and-open-hearings-can-expose-the-torture-coverup/">Scarecrow upstairs</a></p> A Joint Investigative Committee Should Expose the Torture CoverUp
with Scarecrow upstairs

]]> By: jayt http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/10/let-the-lindsay-graham-countdown-clock-commence/#comment-1140991 jayt Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:55:49 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/10/let-the-lindsay-graham-countdown-clock-commence/#comment-1140991 <p>mornin’ all.</p> mornin’ all.

]]> By: Smgumby http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/10/let-the-lindsay-graham-countdown-clock-commence/#comment-1140990 Smgumby Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:44:16 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/10/let-the-lindsay-graham-countdown-clock-commence/#comment-1140990 <p>Lott is a rug collector like <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=a9aBeRVToGk">Pat Boone </a>is a rug collector…</p> Lott is a rug collector like Pat Boone is a rug collector…

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