Hat tip to NewMexiKen. That one is a bit wordier than most Groucho quotes – almost like Mark Twain or Will Rogers.
NewMexiKen gathered some goodies here:
Trip to DC October, 2010
Merri and I returned to Alexandria and the DC-area in early October for the wedding of my Droog and our friend, Robert Coontz (who introduced us on October 30, 1981), and Jolene Jesse. We stayed nearly a week, most of that time as happy guests of our gracious host (and Droog), Fred Reiner.
These photos hint at the great time we had among old friends. It was a great visit.
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| Trip to DC 10/2010 |
Trip to DC 10/2010
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The best photos of the trip except for wedding photos. Date: Oct 31, 2010 |
Two years are not enough to clean up 8 years of disaster. Democrats deserve more time and Republicans do not deserve a second/third/fourth chance.
Vote.
In NM, Democrats Can’t Lose Unless They Give Up
Add to the following important facts: Republican registration is around 32% and Independents less than 20%. Even if every non-Dem votes Republican (and they won’t), Republicans only win if Dems don’t vote or do vote Republican.
Democracy for New Mexico: NM Democrats Beating Republicans in Early Voting by 8000+ Votes
Here are the facts:
- 8,000 more Democrats than Republicans have voted early, according to the most recent data provided by the Secretary of State. This data does not include Early Voting that took place on Saturday, traditionally the busiest Early Voting day of the cycle, which is expected to increase the Democrats’ early vote margin considerably.
- Democrats also have a lead among “infrequent voters” — those who typically don’t vote in non-presidential year elections — a group that most experts consider a key turn-out target in order to win in 2010.
- And internal polling from just a week ago showed a much closer governor race — 45-46 — among likely voters. The internal polling in other campaigns also shows tight races, not romps.
Democracy for New Mexico: NM Democrats Beating Republicans in Early Voting by 8000+ Votes
Wishing for Destruction Says More About “Conservatives” than About Reality – but what do they know about reality
ABQJOURNAL OPINION/LETTERS: Hear Us Roar!
Obama Is Indeed Miracle Worker
OBAMA MAY NOT be the Messiah, but he certainly is a miracle worker. He’s caused (1) the destruction of the Democrat Party, (2) the reformation of the Republican Party, and (3) the Journal to endorse conservative candidates.
And, while the ocean levels may have not dropped, hell has frozen over.
WILLIAM NAEGELE
Albuquerque
ABQJOURNAL OPINION/LETTERS: Hear Us Roar!
Funny. Two years ago, we said something similar about DUHbya: He destroyed all Republican prospects just two years after Karl Rove declared a generation of Republican dominance. By “reformation,” Naegele can’t intend the implication of reform as in make better (not bitter), because the Republican Party is no better than before. To their long-time one-note of Taxed Enough Already, they have added stopping Obama at all costs. Reformed? Hell, they aren’t even re-formed, just badgered into shape by the lunatic fringe. But that’s “conservatives” for you: They fanatically yearn for the past without actually remember how it really was. But why should their hindsight be any better than their foresight.
As for #3: LOL. Naegele, and Belen’s Christiansen, are favorites at Abqjournal because they are the only people who think Abqjournal is the least bit liberal. Snort. Yeah, it was a shock – a shock, I tell you – that Abqjournal endorsed the Republican.
The Single Most Important Republican Goal
Are you going to let this happen? Vote!
From the moment Obama entered office, right-wing conservatives embraced the posture of hell-bent opposition. Recall, in Jan. 2009, hate radio host Rush Limbaugh expressed his hope that Obama fails. One month later, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell proudly embraced Limbaugh at a conservative conference. The fringe rhetoric of far right activists had quickly become the de facto governing strategy of the Republican leadership, as they adopted a posture of obstructionism.
Believing that the Republican strategy of opposition has played to his political benefit, McConnell is pledging to do more of the same if Republicans win back the Senate. In an interview with the National Journal’s Major Garrett, McConnell candidly acknowledged that he feels his “single most important” job is to defeat President Obama in 2012:
MCCONNELL: We need to be honest with the public. This election is about them, not us. And we need to treat this election as the first step in retaking the government. We need to say to everyone on Election Day, “Those of you who helped make this a good day, you need to go out and help us finish the job.”
NATIONAL JOURNAL: What’s the job?
MCCONNELL: The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president.