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<DIV>I think we should have the option of voting for NONE OF THE ABOVE. Also, if
in the final election, nobody gets 55%, we should run it again with a new set of
candidates, while the wife of the top vote-getter serves as caretaker.</DIV>
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<DIV>The silver lining for Wisconsin when GWB was elected president was that
Tommy Thompson was kicked upstairs to become secretary of HEW. He played some
funny games there, centralizing press interviews for the entire health
bureaucracy so he would have "one department speaking with one voice." It
sounded sort of like "ein reich, ein volk, ein tommy." But he couldn't do as
much damage as he did when he was governor.</DIV>
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<DIV>I think what most New Yorkers saw in Hillary was that she was not the
lackluster Republican who wasn't the liberal they were more or less inclined
toward, although I sympathized with the people I saw on the street collecting
signatures for a Democratic primary alternative.</DIV>
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<DIV>It is incredible hubris for her to run, no matter how much she aches to get
the reins of power in her own hot little hands, because she is the Democrat most
likely to lose. Even if she ekes out a majority, she won't be able to lead
effectively, because the opposition will be large and intractable. Oh well,
that's enough about Hillary. I don't think she will be nominated. I'm inclined
toward an Obama/Edwards ticket. It would be a disappointment for Edwards to run
for second spot again, but, he probably can't be the nominee, and, he has a lot
to offer. He could have swung a couple of southern states in 04 if Kerry's
strategists hadn't been stupid and written off the entire south.</DIV>
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<DIV>Siarlys</DIV>
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<DIV>On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:53:15 -0500 "Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies
List" <<A href="mailto:gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net">gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net</A>>
writes:</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=949474515-21012008><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial
size=2>Jeanene</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=949474515-21012008><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2>A
sad emoticon is :-(.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=949474515-21012008><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2>Many
New Yorkers talked of moving out of NY if hillary would get elected senator,
but few actually did, as far as i know.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=949474515-21012008><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2>i
can't fathom what NYers saw in her then, or what people see in her now.
of course, one benefit to NYers of her becoming president, would be that we'd
be rid of her as senator.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=949474515-21012008><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2>My
problem is that i don't see any choices that are better.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=949474515-21012008><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2>Too
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>Subject:</B> Re: [GCFL-discuss]
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Candara size=4>Nope, nuh-uh, not happening,
negatory, no way, guess again.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Candara size=4>I was BORN into a Baptist home
and when I moved away from home chose a community church that believed in the
5 points of Calvinism and was reformed (as in The Reformation) in its
theology. My father thought I had joined a cult! For the past 20
years I have been active in the Evangelical Covenant Church which grew out of
Sweden. Our church is friendly, active in the community, and
Bible-based. Sadly, our pastor does NOT believe in predestination or
preach about the sovereignty of God. He believes in the free will of
man.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Candara size=4>I don't even remember a
discussion of Episcopalians and homosexuality/marriage. That must have
been on a different discussion list. I read a book called "Growing Up
Baptist" and I laughed so hard I thought I would bust a gut. It was true
on so many levels and yet wasn't offensive because I felt like I was poking
fun at it myself.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Candara size=4>I have been privileged to attend
Evensong at Oxford University. Was a bishop involved in
that?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Candara size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Candara size=4>I now think of you as a male,
I'll have you know. My elder, but not yet 50. Maybe I'll send you
a picture of me sitting in a pew with a bulletin in my hand with the
piano/pianist in the background and the pastor behind the pulpit. Too
bad I only have memories of those images, not actual pictures.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Candara size=4>And what's up with the last
comment?!? I think it might have hurt my feelings! (Now how do I
make an emoticon that is a crying, sad face?)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Candara size=4>Jeanene</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Candara size=4></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Candara size=4>----- Original Message -----
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Candara size=4>> Jeanene, somewhere way back
when I thought you had said that your family,<BR>> and your entire church,
were among the Episcopalians who were more or<BR>> less pulling out of the
denomination because of its acceptance of<BR>> homosexual ministers,
bishops and marriages. Now my memory is known to<BR>> have errors, I think
the rate is one part per million bytes of data, or<BR>> something like
that, or that's what I recall, but...<BR>> <BR>> IF you were ever
Episcopalian, or Anglican, you would have bishops.<BR>> <BR>> Now you
tell me you are Baptist, which is as great a shock to me as it<BR>> was to
you to find out that I am (a) male, and (b) over 50.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Candara size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800000 face=Candara size=6>Pain makes everyone grumpy. But
it doesn't seem to have changed you all that much.</FONT></DIV>
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