CatherineM Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 Southern hospitality is alive and well, it has just never been directed universally. We never cared for carpet baggers for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kujo Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 [quote name='ilovechrist' post='1553293' date='Jun 1 2008, 08:39 PM']i was scared to death the other morning when i went to go have my car fixed at the dealership... two elderly gentlemen were discussing politics in the waiting room, and one brought up the slip-ups by Obama and his family during his campaign trail... the one Southern man responded very quickly with the thought of "i'd have more respect for Hilary if she just stood up during one of those debates, pulled a pistol out and shot that man"... what happened to Southern hospitality? or did it ever exist? no matter, i already know who i'm voting for.[/quote] Southern hospitality has always lived alongside a healthy dose of racism and ignorance. Sadly, it's not exclusive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrockthefirst Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 [quote name='Justin86' post='1552006' date='Jun 1 2008, 07:00 AM']1. "Most conservative hardly describes Bush. 2. While Bush went to Yale because of his family's legacy at the school, he has actually done some things he can add to his name with his political career, even before the White House. Hillary and Obama on the other hand...[/quote] Bush is a rich little daddy's boy who got to where he is because of that. He's failed at everything he's attempted, including the presidency, and has had to be continually rescued by daddy's connections. Heck, Bush wouldn't even [i]be[/i] president if it weren't for daddy's connections. The reality in life, of course, is that it's not what you know but who you know. We all benefit from the connections of family and friends. In Bush's case, it's just that the effect was particularly profound and, for the country, unfortunate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kujo Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 [quote name='kenrockthefirst' post='1554413' date='Jun 2 2008, 02:54 PM']Bush is a rich little daddy's boy who got to where he is because of that. He's failed at everything he's attempted, including the presidency, and has had to be continually rescued by daddy's connections. Heck, Bush wouldn't even [i]be[/i] president if it weren't for daddy's connections. The reality in life, of course, is that it's not what you know but who you know. We all benefit from the connections of family and friends. In Bush's case, it's just that the effect was particularly profound and, for the country, unfortunate.[/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socrates Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 [quote name='kenrockthefirst' post='1554413' date='Jun 2 2008, 12:54 PM']Bush is a rich little daddy's boy who got to where he is because of that. He's failed at everything he's attempted, including the presidency, and has had to be continually rescued by daddy's connections. Heck, Bush wouldn't even [i]be[/i] president if it weren't for daddy's connections. The reality in life, of course, is that it's not what you know but who you know. We all benefit from the connections of family and friends. In Bush's case, it's just that the effect was particularly profound and, for the country, unfortunate.[/quote] Oh yes, we'd all be so much better off if that nasty rich little Bush hadn't stolen the election from those self-made Proletariat Men of the People, Albert Gore Jr. and John Kerry (who had to work his way up from humble beginnings on the Kennedy's yacht)! Get over it, please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kujo Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 [quote name='Socrates' post='1555191' date='Jun 2 2008, 11:03 PM']Oh yes, we'd all be so much better off if that nasty rich little Bush hadn't stolen the election from those self-made Proletariat Men of the People, Albert Gore Jr. and John Kerry (who had to work his way up from humble beginnings on the Kennedy's yacht)! Get over it, please![/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrockthefirst Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 [quote name='Socrates' post='1555191' date='Jun 2 2008, 09:03 PM']Oh yes, we'd all be so much better off if that nasty rich little Bush hadn't stolen the election from those self-made Proletariat Men of the People, Albert Gore Jr. and John Kerry (who had to work his way up from humble beginnings on the Kennedy's yacht)! Get over it, please![/quote] Dude, that's the point! Bush has positioned himself as the "guy you'd like to have a beer with." That's nonsense. He's as elitist and spoiled as the latte-sipping, Volvo-driving, sushi-eating, body piercing-having folks derided by conservatives. His faux Texas accent - "nucular," anyone - and his "brush clearing" notwithstanding, Bush is a member of the moneyed class [i]par excellence[/i], and has enjoyed all the benefits appertaining to such a position. He hasn't done or achieved anything that wasn't bought and paid for by daddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socrates Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 [quote name='kenrockthefirst' post='1555893' date='Jun 3 2008, 07:42 AM']Dude, that's the point! Bush has positioned himself as the "guy you'd like to have a beer with." That's nonsense. He's as elitist and spoiled as the latte-sipping, Volvo-driving, sushi-eating, body piercing-having folks derided by conservatives. His faux Texas accent - "nucular," anyone - and his "brush clearing" notwithstanding, Bush is a member of the moneyed class [i]par excellence[/i], and has enjoyed all the benefits appertaining to such a position. He hasn't done or achieved anything that wasn't bought and paid for by daddy.[/quote] Um, yeah - politicians are a bunch of rich guys. Any other startling insights you wish to share with us? And how Bush pronounces "nuclear" or whether he likes to clear brush are irrelevant to anything. And, personally, I'd rather have a beer with Bush than with Gore or Kerry (or Obama, for that matter), but that's neither here nor there. And all politicians, Republican and Dem alike, play the "populist" game, so I'm not really sure what your point is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kujo Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 [quote name='Socrates' post='1556719' date='Jun 3 2008, 10:52 PM']Um, yeah - politicians are a bunch of rich guys. Any other startling insights you wish to share with us? And how Bush pronounces "nuclear" or whether he likes to clear brush are irrelevant to anything. And, personally, I'd rather have a beer with Bush than with Gore or Kerry (or Obama, for that matter), but that's neither here nor there. And all politicians, Republican and Dem alike, play the "populist" game, so I'm not really sure what your point is.[/quote] I think he is trying to say that Bush is the same as all other politicians, Democrat and Republican alike. Not exactly groundbreaking, but not something to be mocked for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apotheoun Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Bush isn't running for office this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kujo Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 [quote name='Apotheoun' post='1556817' date='Jun 3 2008, 11:42 PM']Bush isn't running for office this year.[/quote] Really? What's this I keep hearing about a 3rd Bush term? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineM Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Maybe McCain will pick Jeb as a running mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kujo Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 [quote name='CatherineM' post='1556833' date='Jun 3 2008, 11:49 PM']Maybe McCain will pick Jeb as a running mate.[/quote] Do you think he [b]wants[/b] to lose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autumn Dusk Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 [quote name='kenrockthefirst' post='1555893' date='Jun 3 2008, 09:42 AM']Dude, that's the point! Bush has positioned himself as the "guy you'd like to have a beer with." That's nonsense. He's as elitist and spoiled as the latte-sipping, Volvo-driving, sushi-eating, body piercing-having folks derided by conservatives. His faux Texas accent - "nucular," anyone - and his "brush clearing" notwithstanding, Bush is a member of the moneyed class [i]par excellence[/i], and has enjoyed all the benefits appertaining to such a position. He hasn't done or achieved anything that wasn't bought and paid for by daddy.[/quote] Ummmm....dosn't he have a ecologically friendly self-sustaining ranch? That he's had for decades in texas? Sure he's wealthy, but texas is hardly a state of poor people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alycin Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 [quote name='Autumn Dusk' post='1557124' date='Jun 4 2008, 08:36 AM']Ummmm....dosn't he have a ecologically friendly self-sustaining ranch? That he's had for decades in texas? Sure he's wealthy, but texas is hardly a state of poor people.[/quote] Texas is huge. There are poor people and rich people and everything in between here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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