In NH, Palin’s endorsement a boon in primary, a risk in the general
Kelly Ayotte, former NH attorney general and now candidate for the U.S. Senate
Like Karen Handel here in Georgia, Republican Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire has been endorsed as a “Mama Grizzly” by Sarah Palin in Ayotte’s campaign for the GOP Senate nomination.
That endorsement is likely to help Ayotte considerably in the primary, according to a new poll by Public Policy Polling. In their survey conducted July 23-25, 48 percent of New Hampshire conservatives said they would be more likely to vote for a candidate endorsed by Palin, while 18 percent said a Palin endorsement would be a turnoff.
Last week, I questioned how much credit Palin should be given for pushing Handel to her first-place finish in the Republican gubernatorial primary here in Georgia (Handel still faces an Aug. 10 runoff with Nathan Deal.) The polling results out of New Hampshire suggest that I might have been mistaken — Palin may indeed have been a difference maker.
However, if you dig a little deeper into the PPP crosstabs, you find that Palin’s endorsement cuts both ways. Overall, 51 percent of NH voters say that a Palin endorsement would make them less likely to vote for a candidate, while just 26 percent say a Palin endorsement would make them more supportive. Among self-described NH moderates, just 14 percent see a Palin endorsement as positive, while 65 percent see it as a problem. And according to PPP, moderates make up 47 percent of the NH electorate.
In April, well before the Palin endorsement, Ayotte’s favorable/unfavorable numbers among NH independents stood at 35/23. By last week, they had fallen to 33/38. Ayotte still has a lead over Democrat Paul Hodes, but according to PPP it has closed from 47-40 in April to 45-42. (As of July 12, Rasmussen put Ayotte up over Hodes by 49-37%.)
PS: Here’s the gender breakdown on the effect of a Palin endorsement question:
…….More likely……Less likely
Men…….30……………..48
Women…22……………..53
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Scout
July 27th, 2010
10:29 pm
Has anyone heard anything about the “two year” compulsory civilian service act for young adults that Obama is supposedly pushing (including a draft in time of war) ?
Dusty
July 27th, 2010
10:32 pm
Ah well, the hour is late. Tomorrow I shall have French toast for breakfast. In the meantime, a toast to the FRENCH!!!…Allons enfant de la patrie la la …Bonne nuit, mon amies!!
josef nix
July 27th, 2010
10:34 pm
Jacob
I won’t go so far as to accuse the tea party per se of such, but their amorphous discontent certainly provides an opening for such to coopt…also, I would refrain from the use of patriotism, I would prefer the term jingoism. Patriotism is a love of the land of one’s birth and/or identification and is open to all…jingoism is the narrow, political end of the spectrum…
AmVet
July 27th, 2010
10:35 pm
md, it is funny how some see BHO as a liberal, yet his record is anything but.
AmVet
July 27th, 2010
10:35 pm
No Scout. What’s the skinny? And do you support such an initiative?
josef nix
July 27th, 2010
10:39 pm
Scout
Don’t count out the French Underground…talk about taking care of bidness…!
And no, I hadn’t heard of the Obama plan for two years national service…the details are another matter, but in theory I’m all for it…
JacobLocke
July 27th, 2010
10:44 pm
Josef – yeah, that’s kind of why I put patriots in ” “
Mick
July 27th, 2010
10:47 pm
Scout
How much gas can you buy for $13,500? Well, if you have a 20 gallon tank and gas @ $2.75 that would get you approx 4,909 gallons of gas which would leave you with about 245 fill-ups or get you to 98,000 miles then your electric battery will probably be dead. Cost effective? Not at that price.
Dusty
July 27th, 2010
10:52 pm
Well, Josef,
on my way out
Jingo bells, jingo bells…..may the French show us how to have a bit more jingoism. The tea partiers are more like early patriots who protested the “rule” of government that seemingly ignored the voice of the people.
It may be why Palin is so popular. She seems to hear and know what the people are saying. She agrees that values matter. that families matter. that character matters. that hard work matters.. You may not like the comparison but she reminds me of Truman. He only finished high school but he had the qualities of a leader. So does Sarah Palin.
josef nix
July 27th, 2010
10:53 pm
Jacob
I missed that on the first read, thanks for pointing it out. I appreciate that distinction. To me, no small amount of damage has been done by those who cannot or will not distinguish between patriotism and jingoism…I think that is much what was at work in my mind when I first responded to you tonight…we, and I readily will include self here, often do not draw the distinction between the religion/philsophy and those who have coopted it for their goals which are anything but…sadly, we lack the vocabulary to do this as clearly as we can with the distinction between patriot and jingoist…
Dusty
July 27th, 2010
10:55 pm
Yeah, BHO is a liberal yet his record is anything but …but,,,but….but…but…but,,,,,,,,,,,,
RW-(the original)
July 27th, 2010
10:56 pm
I would say that Obama is pretty liberal in domestic policy and his foreign policy could only be described as clueless.
josef nix
July 27th, 2010
11:01 pm
Dusty
Nous n’avons pas de besoin de jingoisme…patriotisme, possiblement…et je ne suis pas d’accord que la Madame Palin est une Truman…je ne crois pas qu’elle est une lidere, une “queen maker?” Ouais…quelle qu’une que je me sens que je connais? Ouais. Qu’elle qu’une avec qui j’aimerai boire une bierre? Ouais. Mais, une lidere, non…..
Mick
July 27th, 2010
11:03 pm
Dusty – that would make a very nice tv commercial in favor of palin. However, there really is not a great connect with the people. Mccain put her on the map and if he did not, no one would really care much about her. Once she arrived, she was the flavor of the month. As soon as she started talking, the gig was up. Screechy voice, not very bright about new ideas, just parrots conservative talking points. Finally, she has no qualities as a leader – she quit. Make every excuse in the book for that but winners make it happen, losers let it happen..
josef nix
July 27th, 2010
11:04 pm
RW
@ 10:58
I would agree to a point…I think his domestic policy is wishy-washy. But I agree that his foreign policy is clueless…
RW-(the original)
July 27th, 2010
11:07 pm
josef,
Keep in mind that you use the classical definition of liberal and I use the evolved one.
josef nix
July 27th, 2010
11:11 pm
RW
Which is why I wish a lot of people calling themselves liberals would call themselves progressives…not that there’s anything wrong with that, as Seinfeld would say…but they’re NOT liberals, just like so many using the term conservative are NOT conservatives…
RW-(the original)
July 27th, 2010
11:17 pm
josef,
The progressives that called themselves liberals after progressive became a bad thing started calling themselves progressives after enough time passed and liberal became a bad thing. Now they laughably call themselves independents for the most part.
RW-(the original)
July 27th, 2010
11:23 pm
Just caught some of the O’Reilly Factor which is actually watchable when Laura Ingraham is guest hosting. I’ve got to say that I have the utmost respect for Dennis Kucinich. He may be a moonbat of the first order but he says what he truly believes and he’s not afraid to go Fox News to say it.
md
July 27th, 2010
11:25 pm
“md, it is funny how some see BHO as a liberal, yet his record is anything but.”
You must be looking at the wrong record………………
md
July 27th, 2010
11:28 pm
“The progressives that called themselves liberals after progressive became a bad thing started calling themselves progressives after enough time passed and liberal became a bad thing. Now they laughably call themselves independents for the most part.”
Now hold on a minute……..don’t be poisoning the independent well with all those leftys.
Scout
July 27th, 2010
11:28 pm
AmVet:
Re: Draft/Compulsory Civilian Service
Here’s the article: http://indyposted.com/35036/h-r-5741-mandatory-service-bill-being-debated/
Yes and No
1) I do not support any kind of “civilian compulsory service” as I see that as “involuntary servitude”.
2) I support the military draft only if women are also drafted (you know – equal rights and all).
This is also “involuntary servitude” but the Supreme Court has ruled it is Constutional because the “state” has the right to exist/protect itself.
Mick
July 27th, 2010
11:28 pm
RW-(the original)
Dennis Kucinich is truly a man who cares about the people. It’s a shame he kinda looks like moe howard, that could never be helpful for a politician on the national level. He has fought for the people in his district and state, he is what the democratic party should be.
Mick
July 27th, 2010
11:30 pm
md
**Now hold on a minute……..don’t be poisoning the independent well with all those leftys.**
I guess you’re not as middle of the road as you pretend to be.
josef nix
July 27th, 2010
11:30 pm
RW
I, on the other hand, am a true liberal…
“John Stuart Mill of his own free will
On a ‘alf a pint of shandy was particularly ill…”
Seriously, though, many of those calling themselves liberals haven’t the vaguest notion of what free will means…all for the “right,” but never for the “responsibility…”
md
July 27th, 2010
11:31 pm
What the democratic party should be was recently driven out but what the democratic party is…….what a shame.
md
July 27th, 2010
11:33 pm
“I guess you’re not as middle of the road as you pretend to be.”
I tend to lean right, but see many things on the left.
Lefty’s, on the other hand, only see left.
Mick
July 27th, 2010
11:34 pm
**what the democratic party is…….what a shame.**
Agreed. However what the republican party has become is an abomination to common sense and decency.
Mick
July 27th, 2010
11:35 pm
**Lefty’s, on the other hand, only see left.**
Disagree. That’s a generalization, cannot be proven.
Scout
July 27th, 2010
11:35 pm
Well, I always just stick with the “Word” ……………………..
Ecclesiastes 10:2
“The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.”
josef nix
July 27th, 2010
11:36 pm
md
Whoah… I’m a LEFT liberal…we’ve got our centrists, too and, gasp, even some right liberals!
Kucinich
Now THERE’s an independent!
md
July 27th, 2010
11:36 pm
“Seriously, though, many of those calling themselves liberals haven’t the vaguest notion of what free will means…all for the “right,” but never for the “responsibility…””
And what is “liberal” these days?? Many will say it stands for the lack of responsibility – instead of Big Brother, they want Big Mother to make it better……………for ever and ever.
Actions DO have consequences, but many don’t want to hear that………….
Sarah Palin as de Niro in Cape Fear
July 27th, 2010
11:37 pm
I’m better than youuuuuu
I can out field dress a moose youuuuuu
I can out birth youuuuuu
I can out launch the nuclear codes to send us to End of Days youuuuu
And I can out endorse youuuuuuu, ’cause I’m better than youuuuuu
md
July 27th, 2010
11:43 pm
“Agreed. However what the republican party has become is an abomination to common sense and decency.”
Well, there is a reason I vote with an (I) beside my name. Neither party represents me, therefore I represent neither party. I’ve had my days in both, and “seen the light”.
Mick
July 27th, 2010
11:43 pm
scout @11:35
False prophecy.
Scout
July 27th, 2010
11:43 pm
All I know is that those “Obama Stickers” are pretty scarce around here now.
As Jerry Lee would say, “A whole lot a scrapin goin on!” “Scrape baby scrape!”
Scout
July 27th, 2010
11:43 pm
Mick:
Only if it’s not true …………….
Mick
July 27th, 2010
11:46 pm
md
Yeah – you see the light to the right. Just remember, “deficits don’t matter”, yes I believe I agree with that.
josef nix
July 27th, 2010
11:46 pm
md
Many so called liberals, just the same as many so called conservatives, don’t want to think for themselves, they want a memo. On both “sides,” as you say, the concept of consequences is alien. That would require thought…
Scout
July 27th, 2010
11:47 pm
Libs. !
You can always order one of these !!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=201pgTaEseQ
Mick
July 27th, 2010
11:48 pm
scout
It may be true to you but using that quote in your context is pretty close to blasphemy. “They make themselves god”.
AmVet
July 27th, 2010
11:50 pm
md, IF as you claim , BHO is such a liberal, why did he keep Bush’s Gitmo open? Why did he surge into Bush’s Afghanistan? Why hasn’t he brought back the boys from Bush’s Iraq? Why has he kept Bush’s fascistic suspension of habeus corpus in place? Why hasn’t he implemented widespread prosecutions of the banksters, casino capitalists and other wall Street criminals who were ultimately empowered and given free reign by Bush?
No, jonix and I are correct. In many,many ways, he is sadly just a younger, half-black George Bush. And the cons absolutely hate that.
Especially as they foolishly fell for that tripe that Bush and Gang were conservatives. Laughable! But shameless, they cannot bring themselves to admit they were royally duped. And even in hindsight most of the “base” cannot see that they were anything but conservative. And vis a vis BHO, it is patently obvious now, just as then, they can no more correctly assess a politician than can a young child…
Mick
July 27th, 2010
11:53 pm
scout
Watched that sophomoric video, that guy is a dyck!! Let’s see, who was the last president that was sooo disgraced that he was not allowed to attend his parties presidential nominating convention? Here’s a hint – w.
md
July 27th, 2010
11:55 pm
Jo,
It is always easier to blame others than it is to blame oneself………..
Mick,
As I’ve said, depends on the issue. Fiscally conservative but do believe in taking care of those that can’t care for themselves. (not much sympathy for those that choose not to care for themselves) Personal choices without gov’t intervention.
We choose everything we do……everything we do has consequences………own up to one’s choices………….
RW-(the original)
July 27th, 2010
11:56 pm
Well, there is a reason I vote with an (I) beside my name
md,
That’s one thing I love about the system in Georgia. We don’t have to register as any party and can vote in whatever primary we want without having to do a party ID change.
amvet,
As you well know, but insist on pretending otherwise, the biggest complaint the conservatives had on these pages was that GWB wasn’t a conservative at all.
Mick
July 27th, 2010
11:57 pm
md, scout
Just having some fun with you. You both have always been civil about these exchanges and I thank you for it.
amvet
Hope your florida trip was gangbusters..
md
July 28th, 2010
12:00 am
Well Am, that is all part of the “clueless” foreign policy……….
Now explain hc, union deals, special bankruptcy treatment, credit card bill, finance reform, crap and trade, stimulus chock full of every dem pork project sitting in DC for years waiting for release………..
Don't forget
July 28th, 2010
12:01 am
Palin is like a hot house orchid. Take her out of her preferred environment and she’ll wilt before your eyes.
Scout
July 28th, 2010
12:12 am
Mick
10-4 Good Buddy !
Scout
July 28th, 2010
12:13 am
TAPS !
“And so he bowed.”
josef nix
July 28th, 2010
12:13 am
Well, it’s time to take the responsibility for liberally loading the lil bastid up on chocolate and say night-night prayers…”and G-d bless Uncle Harry and his roommate Jack who we’re not supposed to talk about…”
So, as Mr. Skelton would say, “G’night and G-d bless!”
A CONSERVATIVE
July 28th, 2010
5:03 am
JAY……I CAN NOT REALLY SEE WHY YOU WOULD CARE….I really…really don’t..
A CONSERVATIVE
July 28th, 2010
5:03 am
JAY……I CAN NOT REALLY SEE WHY YOU WOULD CARE….I really…really don’t..
A CONSERVATIVE
July 28th, 2010
5:07 am
SARCASTIC COMMENTS FROM IDIOT LEFT-WING BLOGGERS IS LAUGHABLE…LIBERAL ALWAYS MADE JOKES ABOUT THE GIPPER TOO…SARCASTIC LIBERALs will telegraph to you who they fear the most
A CONSERVATIVE
July 28th, 2010
5:31 am
JAY…..YOUR ANALYSIS IS SEVERELY FLAWED….YOU JUST DON’T like conservative, attractive women….JANE FONDA IS MORE YOUR TYPE…..a left-wing FIREBRAND..
USinUK
July 28th, 2010
5:41 am
decaf, conservative … decaf.
(or at least lay off the crack so early in the morning)
A LUNATIC
July 28th, 2010
6:11 am
JAY…. YOUR SUCHA LOOSER… NOT A REALMERKIN… WE REALMERKINS ALL MISS BUSH… HIS ENDORSEMENT MATTERS… NOT BACROCK BIN OSAMA..
USinUK
July 28th, 2010
6:26 am
Lunatic –
– I believe RealMerkin is registered with the GOP – you might need to include a (TM) after it!!
Saul Good
July 28th, 2010
6:32 am
Perhaps A CONSERVATIVE thought those little white powdery rocks were sugar when putting them into his coffee. It’s okay…all hyper, doped up, and slipping away from reality is exactly the way the Tea Party likes their faithful followers.
USinUK
July 28th, 2010
6:36 am
g’morning Saul!
well, when all you got is nuttin, buy ad time on a billboard …
http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2010/07/27/freedom_billboards_of_texas/index.html
Saul Good
July 28th, 2010
6:53 am
Mornin’ USinUK… never saw that one… still always loving the Birth Certificate ones that Joseph Farah from World Net Daily has made hundreds of thousands of dollars in profit off of (he being a “good christian” and all)…
K…dogs are hungry….might as well feed them early and get it out of the way!
stands for decibels
July 28th, 2010
7:14 am
mornin’.
I believe RealMerkin is registered with the GOP
As is this guy…
http://www.ntoddblog.org/photos/atriots/merkinpatriote.html
USinUK
July 28th, 2010
7:17 am
dB – (snert)
don’t forget about these phine pholks …
http://www.minnesotaindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/000638.jpg
@@
July 28th, 2010
7:21 am
Good morning, ladies.
And who, this fine morning, is the target of your “affections” errrr
obsessions?
Schnirt…
Off to the track.
Normal
July 28th, 2010
7:23 am
Morning, all y’all…. Not in the best of moods this AM. Pain sucks!
Reading about Palin, both by admirers and detractors, is fun. All I can say is
her mantra must be, “When the going gets tough, the tough quit their jobs, leave Alaska, get an agent, write a book, join the talk show parade and make a million dollars exploiting white, conservative, middle American’s fears…”
USinUK
July 28th, 2010
7:26 am
@@ – well, we’re just flattered to be the subject of yours.
no. really.
@@
July 28th, 2010
7:27 am
Oooooo, something tasty before I go:
In the last fortnight: 1) The NAACP called the tea party racists; 2) Andrew Breitbart called the NAACP racist; 3) Shirley Sherrod called Republican opponents of Obamacare racists; 4) Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack called Shirley Sherrod racist; 5) many in mainstream media called Andrew Breitbart racist; 6) Howard Dean called Fox racist; and, 7) it was revealed that liberal journalist Spencer Ackerman proposed calling Fred Barnes and Karl Rove racist.
Thus, through a confluence of bizarrely unlikely events, the vicious act of falsely accusing people of racism became a laughing stock. It went from being a career killer to a punch line; from villainy to vaudeville; from knife in the back to pie in the face.–Tony Blankley
Couldn’t have said it better myself.
Saul Good
July 28th, 2010
7:27 am
“When the going gets tough, the tough quit their jobs, leave Alaska, get an agent, write a book, join the talk show parade and make a million dollars exploiting white, conservative, middle American’s fears…”
Fears? You mean like teaching your kids about Safe Sex and using Birth Control so they don’t become pregnant while still in HS? Even better… exploiting your own child and making her the poster-child of Abstinence Only Sex Education who you also send out with your blessings onto the speech for money circuit?
I’m just waiting to see which one of her kids comes out of the closet first?
K…off for a run!
USinUK
July 28th, 2010
7:29 am
Normal – hey boo-boo … sorry your injuries are playing up – Advil cures everything!
As far as Palin goes – “just when you thought the bar couldn’t get any lower … you betcha”
Doggone/GA
July 28th, 2010
7:31 am
“Pain sucks!”
Yep, no doubt. Try this: try humming up and down the scale until you hit a note that makes your painful area “vibrate” – then keep humming that note. It won’t make the pain disappear, but it will help to ease it. I used to use that technique on migraines
Donovan
July 28th, 2010
7:32 am
The PPP? Sounds to me that this newbee might be a liberal polling group. Nevertheless, the Dems cannot get past the mighty Palin enchantment. Like I have said before, when someone or something threatens the Democrat agenda, character assassination is not far behind. Go Sarah!
Normal
July 28th, 2010
7:37 am
Gotta hand it to Sarah though. She may never hold public office again, but she IS laughing all the way to the bank…thanks to the gullibles who believe her. She couldn’t do any better if her name was Venus Teal and pole danced. Of course this is my opinion and in no way reflects or assumes that this is the opinion of Jay…
USinUK,
Advil? Nah…Oxycodene…
USinUK
July 28th, 2010
7:40 am
Normal – Oxycodene? be careful … we don’t want you to go Full Rushbo on us.
stands for decibels
July 28th, 2010
7:42 am
The PPP? Sounds to me that this newbee
They’ve been around since 2001.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling
If they’re “noobs” then Rassmussen (founded in 2003) must still be in the embryonic stage.
Normal
July 28th, 2010
7:43 am
USinUK,
Thanks,
I just cut them in half and use them to take the edge off. I once hurt myself worse being fully medicated for pain. Lesson learned for me.
TaxPayer
July 28th, 2010
7:43 am
By the way, does anyone know how Sister Sarah’s Gwinnett charity events turned out and how much of the proceeds she gave over to charity versus keeping for herself. I noticed that she promoted herself as a person who served as governor of Alaska from 2006 until 2009. That just doesn’t seem to do her “quitting” proper justice.
USinUK
July 28th, 2010
7:45 am
dB – 7:42 – personally, I love how Donovan starts his post by denigrating something with which he disagrees – then follows it up with “when someone or something threatens the Democrat agenda, character assassination is not far behind”
Irony. It’s what’s for breakfast.
Normal
July 28th, 2010
7:50 am
“There’s a sucker born every minute”
P.T. Barnum
“You betcha”
Sarah Palin
stands for decibels
July 28th, 2010
7:54 am
Irony. It’s what’s for breakfast.
More like projection (see also that “Messiah” discussion upthread, if you can stomach it) but, whatever.
stands for decibels
July 28th, 2010
7:58 am
apropos of nothing, I felt strangely compelled to google “Tony Wankley” and came up with a story containing this priceless image.
Doggone/GA
July 28th, 2010
8:00 am
“(see also that “Messiah” discussion upthread, if you can stomach it)”
Yeah, no kidding. I just love it when “liberals” or “lefties” are called “godless” in dicussions that revolve around religion…but at the same time ALSO get accused of some kind of “messiah” complex about Obama. Is it even possible for “godless” people to accept a “messiah”?
TaxPayer
July 28th, 2010
8:04 am
Looks like Pity Party Polling last night to me.
barking frog
July 28th, 2010
8:05 am
A Palin endorsement is probably not worth the moose hide it’s written on.
Palin-Bush anytime.
USinUK
July 28th, 2010
8:06 am
dB – “also that “Messiah” discussion upthread, if you can stomach it”
just sitting down for lunch …
USinUK
July 28th, 2010
8:09 am
Doggone – these are the same people who don’t understand the difference between religionless-ness and godlessness …
stands for decibels
July 28th, 2010
8:13 am
Is it even possible for “godless” people to accept a “messiah”?
Well sure, in the eyes of people looking to save souls; they likely figure we unrepentant sinners/skeptics/suchlike are vulnerable to being drawn to false messiahs.
(As opposed to legitimate prophets, like Sarah Palin, George W. Bush, and Ronald Reagan, who were sent by God to keep us proles from getting too uppity.)
I’m not being entirely snarky here: I actually understand their concern. They’re wrong; but they’re not entirely illogical, within the confines of a well-regulated belief system..
Doggone/GA
July 28th, 2010
8:16 am
“these are the same people who don’t understand the difference between religionless-ness and godlessness ”
yep, I have noticed that
Doggone/GA
July 28th, 2010
8:17 am
sfd – good points. If only they would stick to their beliefs and stop trying to mind-read others.
USinUK
July 28th, 2010
8:21 am
dB – 8:13 – don’t know if you’ve been following the McBeatdown of McMegan McCardle … but your “proles” comment reminded me of the best analysis of her attack on Elizabeth Warren
“Is this the sound of the proletariat seizing the means of production? Comrades: rise up and plan your monthly budget in a smarter way!”
http://rortybomb.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/megan-mcardles-hack-post-on-elizabeth-warrens-scholarship/
larry
July 28th, 2010
8:26 am
Looks like the Feds are wanting to give Nathan the real deal.
http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/federal-grand-jury-sought-579989.html
Normal
July 28th, 2010
8:28 am
nybody see this yet?
http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/new-council-could-make-579990.html
USinUK
July 28th, 2010
8:29 am
“The AJC reported in August 2009 that Deal personally intervened with Graham and other state leaders to protect an obscure state program that earned his company nearly $300,000 a year. ”
holy crap.
stands for decibels
July 28th, 2010
8:30 am
“these are the same people who don’t understand the difference between religionless-ness and godlessness ”
Well, they also have difficulty with the opposite, which is that there are plenty of devout people of organized religious faith who do not have an activist God-with-a-capital-G poking His nose into everyone’s personal nooks and crannies.
I mean, sheesh. What are the Buddhists, chopped liver? There are somewhere between a quarter- and half-billion of them on the planet, fercryinoutloud.
@@
July 28th, 2010
8:30 am
Before I do my laps in the pool, just wanted to let you ladies know that you’re reading a whole lot more into the “messiah” discussion than was actually there.
Women’s need for emotional support. Never could understand that one.
Don’t forget to wipe the dribble from your chins…..the tears from your eyes.
USinUK
July 28th, 2010
8:32 am
Normal – ’bout damned time.
feds need to do the same.
throw EVERYthing on the table … restructure … simplify
unfortunately, they can’t do it in Cheney’s “undisclosed location” and remain untainted by lobbying …
USinUK
July 28th, 2010
8:35 am
“just wanted to let you ladies know ”
people – particularly women – calling men “ladies” as a derogatory … that must take some spectacular kind of self-loathing
stands for decibels
July 28th, 2010
8:36 am
don’t know if you’ve been following the McBeatdown of McMegan McCardle …
hasn’t really been on my radar, looks like there’s comedy gold in them thar hills.
(but still… at first blush, it seems kinda like work to get too worked up about Atlantic columnists. Guess you have to have been following this for awhile to appreciate it.)
and speaking of work, more concentrated food-on-fambly time awaits. Later, all.
USinUK
July 28th, 2010
8:36 am
dB – “What are the Buddhists, chopped liver?”
given their beliefs, that would be a definite “no”
Dave R.
July 28th, 2010
8:42 am
“If only they would stick to their beliefs and stop trying to mind-read others.”
Why not? It’s such an easy read and doesn’t take very long to do.
Saul Good
July 28th, 2010
8:44 am
dB – “What are the Buddhists, chopped liver?”
given their beliefs, that would be a definite “no”
Wholefoods sometimes sells Vegetarian Chopped Liver (mostly during Jewish holidays)… anyway….that could work for Buddhists… most of all the one’s who converted from Judaism and still have that “acquired taste”…