No, not by a longshot. Class warfare, IMO, is exactly what's going on. A couple of years ago, I had to go to Grady to get my scrips rewritten. (For the record, Grady is the biggest hospital here in Atlanta, and doing anything in there is an all-day proposition). As I'm waiting, sitting next to a man who's coughing up a lung, his wife at the point of shattering because they'd been there since five that morn (it was almost four in the afternoon at this time) and the docs *still* didn't know what was wrong with him, and hadn't even bothered to consider the need to admit him), a story popped up on Headline News, that then-Governor Pataki (NY) had been hospitalized for a ruptured appendix. According to the report, he felt ill at five that morn, his driver took him to the hospital at six, and he was in surgery at seven. It was a nice laugh-and-cry session.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: so you think Edwards went too far in his righteous anger? -------------- Original message -------------- From: Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> IMO, Edawrds could'v epulled in that younger ticket as easily as Obama did, had he not opted to take the hyper-reformist tack that he did. Many on both sides of the aisle are veiwing it as something akin to class warfare, and Republicans are uniting against him for that reason. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: agreed. It points out a few things. One, that every generation there's a man or woman who can reach those still young and idealistic enough to believe that a true change is a-comin: the Kennedy's, Bill Clinton, now Obama. Two, the only problem is that sometimes the young and idealistic don't stay all the way to the end, and the old cynical fogeys turn out in greater numbers. Not always, but often. Three, Clinton has really been staying put, as you said, not really standing *for* anything, just saying "I have more experience and I'm tougher". Static message heard too many times. Finally, i believe that *any* frontrunner would have seen a decline in the numbers because this went on too freakin' long. had Obama started out as the clear frontrunner and gotten all the focus, all the attention, all the attacks, I believe that after a campaign this long, people would have started picking at him, too. I know enough folks right now who aren't enamored of him. If he'd been in front all along this might have been a three-way day, or Edwards might have pulled ahead simply by dint of seeming to be newer and fresher. -------------- Original message -------------- From: Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I just had a look at some of the voter breakdowns, and it seems that Obama won through youth more than gender. He's energized the kids out there. Hillary standing pat hurt her in the voters' eyes, IMO. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 1/4/2008 2:48:10 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: or a Black man. the only thing i'm sure of is you won't see them on the same ticket! no way America'd elect a woman and a Brother in the same year! So they go with the man because they really dobn't want to see a woma? **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] "There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia." -Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A Country" --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] "There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia." -Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A Country" --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] "There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia." -Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A Country" --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
