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Sunday, February 10, 2008

An Endorsement

Friends, Americans, Republicans, lend me your ears;
I come to endorse McCain, not to praise him.

The evil Senators do lingers after them;
The good is oft interred with their promises;
So let it be with McCain.  The noble democrats
Hath told you McCain is ambitious:
If it is so, it is a grievous fault,
And grievously shall McCain answer for it.

Here, under leave of the democrats
For Clinton is an honorable woman
So are they all, honorable men
Come I to speak on McCain’s behalf.

He is no friend to me, nor faithful nor just
But Obama too says he is ambituous
And Omama too is an honorable man
He hath urged the release of many captives
Whose intelligence value was great
Did this McCain seem ambitious?

When the poor have cried, McCain hath wept,
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.
Yet they all say he is ambitious
And they are all honorable men.

You all did see that in the Hilton
He was thrice presented with surcease
Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?
Yet they say he is ambitious;
And, sure, they are honorable

I speak not to disprove what democrats say,
But here am I to speak what I do know.

You all did love him once, not without cause:
What cause witholds you then, to vote for him?

Oh judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.  Bear with me;
My heart is in the box their with McCain,
And I must pause till it come back to me.

Comments

Rodney: Still a couple of fortnights or so ‘til the Ides of March…



A troll is someone who only wants to stir up trouble, not have an honest debate.  Some signs that a poster is a troll:
* Dodges questions from other posters * Refuses to give sources
* When one of its arguments is shown to be false, either ignores the proof or moves the goalposts.  Heh. (From the LGF faq)

Proof on February 10, 2008 at 05:03 pm

"Small things make base men proud”.


“If a conservative is still a republican after the last 13 years, he is blind to the fact that his party of choice has failed him utterly.” – Realitybasedbob

realitybasedbob on February 10, 2008 at 05:19 pm

Outstanding, Rodney!

Despite the fact that I’m sure Shakespeare is spinning in his grave like the RPM’s on a Shelby Cobra, I liked it. Even though I wouldn’t endorse the Manchurian Candidate.

It was good, though. Should have thought of that, dammit.


Election ‘08 - We Are So Screwed

Pilgrim on February 10, 2008 at 06:04 pm

Rodney, I like your spunk!

Zsa Zsa on February 10, 2008 at 06:24 pm

Well done.

WOOF on February 10, 2008 at 07:11 pm

thank you for the clarification.


rasberry

Sparkie Arbuckle on February 10, 2008 at 07:45 pm
Avatar for Hawk

The noble democrats
Hath told you McCain is ambitious:

The democrats haven’t attacked him at all, it is all republicans.

With friends like you…

Hawk on February 10, 2008 at 08:21 pm

Hawk,

You should diversify your reading a bit:

The Democratic Party

Dear Rodney,

We need your help to beat John McCainMike Huckabee and Mitt Romney are done. John McCain will be the Republican nominee—he’s the only one with a reasonable path to the nomination.

So how do we beat him? We stand up—right now—start fighting, and show the American people that he’s not who they think he is.

We can’t wait for Hillary or Barack to win the nomination. Now that the Republicans have a candidate, the dollars are starting to pour in from special interests who will do anything to beat the Democratic nominee. They’re just waiting for us to decide so they can start smearing.

Here’s what U.S. News and World Report recently reported about how the RNC is getting ready…
[RNC Chairman Mike] Duncan and his aides want to be ready to go on the offensive against the Democratic nominee presumptive in an effort to define the opposition candidate on GOP terms. Opposition research is already well along, and the plan is for surrogates to talk to the media around the country while a TV ad campaign in key states and media markets as soon as the Democratic nominee is determined.

We must be ready to fight back, and fight back hard, today.

Now that we know our opponent, it’s time to build a national effort on the programs you and I have worked so hard to create over the last four years - from our cutting-edge technology to our voter protection programs, it’s time to shift gears.

I need you to contribute $25, $50, or $100 to help us fight John McCain right now:

http://www.democrats.org/FightMcCain

John McCain is a media darling, but don’t trust his carefully-crafted image - he’s worked for years to brand himself. From Iraq to health care, Social Security to special interest tax cuts to ethics, he’s promising nothing more than a third Bush term.

After championing campaign finance reform and ethics legislation to score political points, he now has a staggering amount of lobbyists involved in every aspect of his campaign. In fact, two of the top three sources for John McCain’s campaign cash are D.C. lobbying firms, and he looked the other way as Jack Abramoff bought and paid for the Republican Party and the Culture of Corruption.

On immigration reform, he’s run as far to the right as he can, aligning himself with the most extreme elements of the Republican Party.

On the war, McCain scoffed at Bush’s call to leave troops in Iraq for 50 years, saying “Make it a hundred!”

On a woman’s right to choose, McCain has vowed to appoint judges who would overturn Roe v. Wade.

On the economy, one of the issues that the American people care most about, McCain has said: “I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues. I still need to be educated.”

We can’t afford four more years with a President who drives the economy into the ground. We can’t afford four more years with a President who fights an endless war in Iraq. We can’t afford four more years with a President who gives tax cuts to companies who ship jobs overseas; with a President who can’t get every American the health care they deserve; with a President we just can’t trust.

I don’t just want to beat John McCain - I want it to be a landslide. If you’re as committed as I am, I need you to make a contribution today:

http://www.democrats.org/FightMcCain

Only the Democratic Party is legally allowed to spend unlimited amounts of money to back our nominee and tell the real story about John McCain. We proved that our strategy worked in 2006, and it will work again this fall.

Help us today:

http://www.democrats.org/FightMcCain

Let’s get going,

Howard Dean


Out Here
Rodney G. Graves

Ceterum censeo Parthia esse delendam
Latin: “Furthermore, Parthia (Persia aka modern day Iran) should be destoyed”

Rodney Graves on February 10, 2008 at 10:24 pm

Proof,

As regards the Ides of March, I have no intention of being a part of that quorum of the Senate…


Out Here
Rodney G. Graves

Ceterum censeo Parthia esse delendam
Latin: “Furthermore, Parthia (Persia aka modern day Iran) should be destoyed”

Rodney Graves on February 10, 2008 at 10:46 pm

Rodney
As a lover of the Bard and his work I take no umbrage at the use of this.  You did a great Job.

I might have changed it up a tiny bit, but I won’t.

Somehow when Julius Cesar comment on the lean and hungry look re Obama seems to fit as well.  And who better than Hillary scorns the base degrees by which she did ascend. 

I’m impressed Rodney, I checked in with the Bard, he’s smiling.


the AVATAR
Old Tigers are more dangerous when they believe this could be their last hunt.

From , “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen”
Old tigers, sensing the end,
they’re at their most fierce. 
And they go down fighting.

Gene on February 11, 2008 at 06:50 am

gene
your avatar is effing sweet. its like the pissed tiger is back to avenge Jesus… and its purple. Damn.


rasberry

Sparkie Arbuckle on February 11, 2008 at 07:01 am

Sparkie,
That’s exactly what it is and I just tried to upload an explanation of what it means. It was made my one of my congregation for me after a sermon I gave on spiritual recklessness. 

When you have nothing to lose, you have everything to gain.

Thanks for noticing.


the AVATAR
Old Tigers are more dangerous when they believe this could be their last hunt.

From , “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen”
Old tigers, sensing the end,
they’re at their most fierce. 
And they go down fighting.

Gene on February 11, 2008 at 07:10 am

Hawk,

And don’t miss this either:

Sneak preview: The DNC’s attack ads against McCain


Out Here
Rodney G. Graves

Ceterum censeo Parthia esse delendam
Latin: “Furthermore, Parthia (Persia aka modern day Iran) should be destoyed”

Rodney Graves on February 11, 2008 at 10:37 pm
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