[lit-ideas] Re: Rumsfeld doubts Saddam Laden link
- From: Judy Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 19:39:29 +0100
Hello Marlena
There's a blatant Kerry office in Miami now, and the younger
generation of Florida Cubans are changing their views and allegiances:
of particular concern to some is Bush's deciding they can only go to
see relatives in Cuba once every three years.
I had no idea there was any restriction at all! (I knew Ry Cooder got
into trouble for working with Cuba musicians -- under the Trading With
the Enemy Act -- and that they cannot enter the US.) It's all a bit
like the good old Soviet Union...
Tuesday, October 5, 2004, 7:11:08 AM, Eternitytime1@xxxxxxx wrote:
Eac> Hi,
Eac> Okay, this is another one of those times when Bush's well-paid political
Eac> handlers get to earn their money, right? <g>
Eac> They sit in their little room and smack themselves on the forehead every
Eac> time he or one of his buds make statements like this...and then they
figure out
Eac> a way to 'spin' it. (and often do a fairly good job...as spinning goes.)
Eac> We like to sit around and do a dramatic smack to the forehead as we imagine
Eac> that they must be doing every time we read/hear something like this.
Eac> Or, we say 'I'm feeling just like Bush's handlers!' when we have said/done
Eac> something silly...
Eac> We did our phone calling for the Kerry-Edwards campaign yesterday. Then
Eac> found out they have opened an Independence Office (would be closer and no
I435
Eac> barrier to cross <g>)
Eac> I even drove to Kansas to pick up some signs (they were out of them
Eac> again--the bad is that someone is driving around Prairie Village KS now
just like in
Eac> my suburb (Lees Summit) and slashing them...<sigh>
Eac> So we have a Kerry-Edwards sign in the yard...looking right across to my
Eac> neighbors Bush-Cheney sign. We're hoping they still maintain the good
Eac> relationship with us--but they did put their sign up first even while
knowing how *I*
Eac> feel...<wry look> I have 9 more signs in my car--two are called for and
Eac> another two most probably. So, do the math...<g>...how many more to find
matches
Eac> for? The structured part of me gets cranky when I deal with situations
Eac> which seem practical and yet are not done. While we were calling, if we
got a
Eac> person who was very obviously for Kerry, we were to ask if he/she would be
Eac> interested in volunteering. If the person said 'no', I ended up having
him ask
Eac> if they wanted a sign. (since I was getting a bunch and these were all
people
Eac> in Eastern Jackson County who would be even less likely than I was to
drive
Eac> to go get some--which might explain the dearth of Kerry-Edwards signs in
our
Eac> area... [in fact we got very positive responses for that...] When I
Eac> mentioned that it might be another option for people to be asked, I got a
kind of
Eac> pat on the head...both from the hq part where we were as well as on the
phone
Eac> today to 'an intern' at the Independence location--who also added that
since
Eac> they run out of them, they didn't like to ask that. Well, I said, you
could
Eac> get a list of people who would like them and then when you get a shipment
in,
Eac> they could be told ... and I would even deliver them out to their area...
Eac> Oh, well. *I* thought it was a good idea...[and still do...several of the
Eac> people Ben talked to on the phone said they had wondered how to get a
sign to
Eac> show they were going to vote for Kerry as they kept, like me, seeing the
Bush
Eac> signs everywhere... Kind of curious why people do what they do. Like the
Eac> signs for the Missouri governor--they all mention her first name
"Claire"...and
Eac> yet, the Republican candidate's sign only says his last name...which is
the
Eac> same as his grandfather--who was governor a long time ago. Was talking
about
Eac> this to someone else who mentioned that the problem with using the first
name
Eac> is that people see the last names first on the ballots ... so if they are
Eac> unfamiliar with Claire's last name, they might not pay attention [given
how
Eac> people are the way they are <wry look>] and end up voting the one which
has the
Eac> most name recognition [the main point with signs as I see it, anyway...]
Eac> Ben wore his new Kerry-Edwards t-shirt to school today and plans on wearing
Eac> his Kids for Kerry button tomorrow (can you tell I like to shop--even for
Eac> political stuff...<g>). We live surrounded by Bush-Cheney people. Poor
kid.
Eac> However, it fit in well with his new social studies unit as they are now
Eac> studying Democracy and Voting--and he does not seem to mind the fussing
that
Eac> occurs to his viewpoint. They do "Kids Voting" at his school, in this
school
Eac> district. He had to figure out how to defend his point of view at scouts
tonight
Eac> as the topic came up when we were going to visit the assistant scoutmaster
Eac> and his son with a couple of other of new scouts to get their gear looked
over
Eac> in order to go on this big backpacking/hiking trip they are taking this
Eac> weekend. (We mentioned we wanted to get back in time to watch the vp
Eac> debate...<sigh>) The big phrase around here is still the 'flip-flop'
buzz word (which
Eac> at least Ben is able to point out to others who keep mentioning the term).
Eac> His one stumper was when the fellow told him that it was not Bush who had
Eac> started outsourcing jobs but Clinton with NAFTA. Ben didn't know what to
say at
Eac> that point...was honest about it and said that all he knew was that he
Eac> believed Kerry would figure out a way to bring jobs back to the
US...somehow. We
Eac> agreed for no politics tomorrow--though we will still try to get back in
time...
Eac> Speaking of hiking and backpacking. Who are some of your favorite authors
Eac> and poets who speak of such things?
Eac> Wishing all a good night,
Eac> Marlena in Missouri
-- Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK mailto:judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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