City of brotherly love my ass..lol
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/ … e_ice.html
Philly has got some real classy fans.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/ … e_ice.html
Seemed predictable tbh.It's hard to blame Sarah Palin for her booing on the ice in Philadelphia this evening. It's almost a truism of politics that if you send a pol to a sporting event, he's going to get booed. Politicians, as a class, aren't all that popular, and it's what sports fans do. According to legend, Eagles fans once booed Santa Claus. Still, not a great moment.
The Times hockey blog says the boos were "resounding." The Wilmington paper says it was an "avalanche."
The booing of Palin (and her young daughter) was also predicted by sports types who spoke to my colleague Ken Vogel before the game.
“I am surprised that the candidate would go on the ice in Philly — Philly fans threw snowballs at Santa Claus and booed Beyonce(*) because she was wearing a Michael Jordan dress," said Ted Leonsis, owner of the Washington Capitals, a conference rival of the Flyers. "This is dangerous territory.”
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, a former Philly mayor and big fan of the town’s sports teams, also said before the game he didn’t think the puck-drop was a good idea.
“Sports and politics, I believe, never mix,” Rendell told Politico after introducing Barack Obama at a North Philadelphia rally. “But the mayor threw out the first pitch at the Phillies game and he got a standing ovation,” Rendell said of Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, who also attended the rally and was standing beside Rendell.
“It was a strike,” Nutter deadpanned.
Philly has got some real classy fans.
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I'd be careful. That phrase might be taken out of context.Kmarion wrote:
City of brotherly love my ass..
They're Filthadelphia Flyers fans. What did you expect?
Not to say she couldn't have expected them in a liberal area..
Not to say she couldn't have expected them in a liberal area..
Are you hitting on me?TheAussieReaper wrote:
I'd be careful. That phrase might be taken out of context.Kmarion wrote:
City of brotherly love my ass..
Topic: This is just more campaign stupidity. The people steering the gop candidates are idiots.
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Have they been pushing the thought that an entire Democrat majority\Presidency removes all the checks and balances much?Kmarion wrote:
Topic: This is just more campaign stupidity. The people steering the gop candidates are idiots.
Our last election saw Labor states dominate with the prospect of Federal Labor and Prime Minister also. The liberals were really arguing the case that it would be too powerful and take away the bargaining power, etc and be too dominant.
It did become all Labor, but that's probably going to change again come the next state election of NSW.
It already has changed... WA does exist, you know.TheAussieReaper wrote:
Have they been pushing the thought that an entire Democrat majority\Presidency removes all the checks and balances much?Kmarion wrote:
Topic: This is just more campaign stupidity. The people steering the gop candidates are idiots.
Our last election saw Labor states dominate with the prospect of Federal Labor and Prime Minister also. The liberals were really arguing the case that it would be too powerful and take away the bargaining power, etc and be too dominant.
It did become all Labor, but that's probably going to change again come the next state election of NSW.
The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
~ Richard Feynman
~ Richard Feynman
Maybe. We've actually still have a form of checks in balances in the event we have a single party majority in the senate and the whitehouse. I was talking about it last night.. then I saw this today.TheAussieReaper wrote:
Have they been pushing the thought that an entire Democrat majority\Presidency removes all the checks and balances much?Kmarion wrote:
Topic: This is just more campaign stupidity. The people steering the gop candidates are idiots.
Our last election saw Labor states dominate with the prospect of Federal Labor and Prime Minister also. The liberals were really arguing the case that it would be too powerful and take away the bargaining power, etc and be too dominant.
It did become all Labor, but that's probably going to change again come the next state election of NSW.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122420205889842989.html
So congrats GOP.
Game over man.
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All they've got is the Reagan/Atwater playbook and it doesn't seem to be working anymore. Had McCain ran as himself from the beginning he would still have my and many other's respect.Kmarion wrote:
Topic: This is just more campaign stupidity. The people steering the gop candidates are idiots.
One thing to take careful note of, is not only what the Democrat majority will introduce, but what they will take away. They can now roll back any of the past bills, because they will consider it (look out for this term) their mandate.Kmarion wrote:
Maybe. We've actually still have a form of checks in balances in the event we have a single party majority in the senate and the whitehouse. I was talking about it last night.. then I saw this today.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122420205889842989.html
Our Labor govt. concluded that if the people wanted and voted for such a dominant govt, it was because they were so unhappy with the Liberals past legislation. That they had the voters backing to remove previous legislation (in this case it was Industrial Relations reform that had the most prominence) and then introduce their own.
If the Democrats are given that power, it's very hard not to abuse it.
Our Labor govt. was voted in though to remove the IR laws, but they then had free reign to enact anything else they chose.
But he would never have gotten the Republican nomination...which is a damn shame.Reciprocity wrote:
All they've got is the Reagan/Atwater playbook and it doesn't seem to be working anymore. Had McCain ran as himself from the beginning he would still have my and many other's respect.Kmarion wrote:
Topic: This is just more campaign stupidity. The people steering the gop candidates are idiots.
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
I've been asked who I am voting for and why a few times on this forum.Reciprocity wrote:
All they've got is the Reagan/Atwater playbook and it doesn't seem to be working anymore. Had McCain ran as himself from the beginning he would still have my and many other's respect.Kmarion wrote:
Topic: This is just more campaign stupidity. The people steering the gop candidates are idiots.
Phil Hendrie sums up my sentiment here.
I'm just going to reference that link from now on.
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they have a jail in their football stadium. i recommend not listening to anything that happens in phili sports venues.
although when they made destinys child cry because they wore laker jerseys, that was funny.
although when they made destinys child cry because they wore laker jerseys, that was funny.
Last edited by usmarine (2008-10-18 21:04:09)
usmarine wrote:
although when they made destinys child cry because they wore laker jerseys, that was funny.
Last edited by TheAussieReaper (2008-10-18 21:07:48)
well thats funny also. lol.TheAussieReaper wrote:
usmarine wrote:
although when they made destinys child cry because they wore laker jerseys, that was funny.
I think they boo everyone in Philly.
no. they cheer when players get hurt though.SgtHeihn wrote:
I think they boo everyone in Philly.
Well they got shitty sportsmanship, but kick ass sandwiches.usmarine wrote:
no. they cheer when players get hurt though.SgtHeihn wrote:
I think they boo everyone in Philly.
Silly Canuck.usmarine wrote:
well thats funny also. lol.TheAussieReaper wrote:
usmarine wrote:
although when they made destinys child cry because they wore laker jerseys, that was funny.
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palin should be booed everywhere she goes.
No wonder he wasn't the Fresh Prince of West Philadelphia. I sure as fuck wouldn't want to be the prince of a place like that
She's looking kinda sexy on SNL right now.. and that's important.
lol@her raising the roof.
lol@her raising the roof.
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Doesn't she mean glass ceiling?Kmarion wrote:
She's looking kinda sexy on SNL right now.. and that's important.
lol@her raising the roof.
Why she would want to raise a glass ceiling I do not know.TheAussieReaper wrote:
Doesn't she mean glass ceiling?Kmarion wrote:
She's looking kinda sexy on SNL right now.. and that's important.
lol@her raising the roof.
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Women.Kmarion wrote:
Why she would want to raise a glass ceiling I do not know.TheAussieReaper wrote:
Doesn't she mean glass ceiling?Kmarion wrote:
She's looking kinda sexy on SNL right now.. and that's important.
lol@her raising the roof.