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Polticial QuickChat 3: Sept, 7, 2012 194 comments
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That was hilarious. How can such tragedy be framed so glibly?
Weekend, good one, have.
Put Oct 12th on your calendar:
http://bit.ly/Q9n1Kl
Re: Clinton-- He's given up cigars, he's turned another leaf, he's an elder statesman now.
Canada is closing the embassy in Iran!
http://yhoo.it/P8dYLT
That was my reaction, OG. Question is, how long before others follow suit?
As I have written about here and there for the past six months or so, and others have posted links proving this to be so, the US is ever so quietly buiding up Naval power in the Persian Gulf.
Cynical "us Renegades" have been thinking for some time that an outbreak of war would throw the election right into Obama's lap. Wouldn't it be queer if Obama somehow slips in the polls, and all of a sudden Iran becomes headline sucking news?
Recent developments:
Netanyahu wants a "clear red line" about Iran developing nukes:
http://bit.ly/P2gWQz
Oil and banking embargoes toward Iran (oil production in Iran has fallen from 4M barrels per day in May, to 2.9M barrels per day in July):
http://bo.st/Qsi4hS
War with Iran a 48% chance of happening (from the Atlantic, written this past March)
http://bit.ly/Qsi1CI
Then there is this article from "The American Thinker" posted just today:
http://bit.ly/P2gWQB
http://yhoo.it/QnCrJz
Sec. of State officially declares Haqqini Network a terrorists group. I suppose we know where to find the leader and after demonizing him in the press we'll take him out quickly to show America how bin Laden should have been dealt with. Just another possibility to throw into the hat as to how the Prez could use the military to reach for more votes by painting himself as a decisive leader in foreign affairs and the fight against terrorism.
http://bit.ly/QrLZqg
And the indignation expressed by MM media and talking heads about Eastwood's satire tells me they understand he was on the mark and extremely effective.
Given that crude oil supplies are ample at this time and constrictions in refining capacity and transportation of refined products are the market realities, news reports that the Administration is about to announce a large release of SPR crude oil supplies strikes me as one more signal of imminent military conflict. Lead times for SPR withdrawal are 45 - 60 days.
Maybe we should look at it from the standpoint of who Iran would like best in the White House. Afterall, they are the saber rattlers.
I don't care who is in office when it comes to this matter. If Iran has a nuke or five, I want them taken out.
Iran was more than happy to stir the pot in Afghanistan, Iraq, etc. to pin U.S. troops in place, inflict U.S. casualties, and encourage continuing U.S. aid flows bleeding U.S. coffers and weakening the U.S. economy. I rather think Iran would rather see another Obama term than to see a capable, efficient manager in charge and pursuing U.S. interests.
Iran is another kind of rascal altogether.
Syria is hence Iran's client state, in a sense, at second hand...
Much internal political capital is involved with Iran's leadership factions and their surrogates in Lebanon and Syria...
Putting pressure upon Syria puts pressure upon Iran, and along some very tender fault lines...
The eventual fall of Syria may seem anticlimactic (just as with Libya) when it transpires, but the echoes in Iran bear close observation, also Lebanon...
What will be the impact of disruption of Syrian control over the wilder factions in Lebanon? The least to be expected would be more civil war within Lebanon, and more attacks by various groups on Israel.
Will we be seeing some peacekkeeping efforts in Lebanon follow a new Syrian regime? Turkey (NATO member) is involved, with national honor attached and a freshly Islaamo-centric ruling party ready to flex its muscles. The Arab League is very focused and has been building its own military options over the past year. Lebanon is perhaps THE example of a broken national identity in the Middle East, and the history of failed peacekeeping efforts is long and ugly...
I see Syria as the key, the linchpin, holding much of what could be viewed as a "stable structure" (which is a wild exaggeration, really, but for lack of a better phrase...) together in that region. This would not be the first time that the elimination of a noisome, totalitarian dictatorship destroyed stability beyond his own borders, and was the key event that involved both regional and world powers in a dangerous confrontation.
http://yhoo.it/Rvvsy0
The minority of Conservatives who actually care about such things on a regular basis are those whose votes often do coincide with the Libertarian ideology, however, so the overlap is real if difficult to quantify when the shifting of power is uncertain, such as is now the case.
:-) Liberals mouthing positive tones about states rights tells me they have read some handwriting on the wall.
You could be right. I was hoping it might actually be attributable to the idea that there may be some issues that liberals and libertarians agree on. Medical marijuana seems to be such an issue. Legalization and taxation of marijuana maybe only slightly, both because many liberals do not want it legalized and libertarians would only want it taxed as a tactical way to may it legal. The ideal, of course to the libertarian would be to simply make it legal, or in better libertarian phraseology, "stop making it illegal".
When I think of all the federal money we waste arming people to fight weeds, I just have to shake my head. We have foresters running around putting out brush fires (thereby making forest fires ultimately worse) and federal agents running around pulling up weeds. What is it with our need to waste so much money on landscaping?
Now, as time goes on and Libertarian parties evolve at the state and local level and focus on their own backyards, we are likely to see that there are also local variations and schisms within the tiny Libertarian following.
The argument regarding tax revenues is sometimes raised, but properly it belongs within the context of state law, though there are of course ramifications when combined with a NRST or FairTax initiative, which would indeed include the potential for generating revenues at the federal level from these sales.
The war on drugs is an even bigger failure than alcohol prohibition,imo.
I like it when the individual decides what to ingest: alcohol, THC, trans fat, caffeine, sugar. In fact, I believe there is a brownie recipe that contains all of these ingredients. :-)
tb, you have such a way with words!
http://tinyurl.com/8uk...
(The video has been posted previously somewhere on SA boards that I follow so it may not be new to all here.)
http://bit.ly/TCFvGm
Here is the news coverage we got coming out of the rnc convention From not only cable news but all the newspapers as well --
Ryan is a liar.
Romney gave no details and excluded our military because he just doesn't care --nothing else was even mentioned about his speech.p
Eastwood was weird therefore disregard anything he had to say and his endorsement about Romney.
Dnc news coverage --
It was very successful and went off without a hitch with great speeches.
Clinton-- perfectly rebutted Romney and stirred the crowd.
Longoria, johanssen and othe Hollywood personalities were just fun.
Biden gave a stirring and heartfelt speech that redeemed him.
Obama -- energized and stirred the crowd uniting the people to care about other people because repub. don't
The fact Jon Stewart didn't do the exact same piece with msnbc and CNN as well as almost every online news outlet is what is really funny.
http://bit.ly/TCFvGm"
To the extent I watched that Jon Stewart clip (until lack of reference to god in Democratic party platform), jpau, and that was enough to confirm to me that you confuse broadcast columnists with news programs. Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly programs are not now and never have been billed as news programs.
Characterization of Hannity, O'Reilly, Cavuto, etc. as "news" is equivalent to labeling the old Oprah show or the Rachel Maddow or Keith Olberman shows as news programs.
Thank you for your totally false aspersion, what a limited ability at rational thinking it must be, that this was the best you could come up with.
jpau < John Stewart gives yet another great example of how FOX NEWS is just pathetic.
http://bit.ly/TCFvGm
Note: Caps added for emphasis.
Eastwood was great. Yes, the liberal side of the media totally missed the point, except for Bill Maher. Maher gets up in front of people for a living, and acknowledged that what Eastwood did was simple, brilliant and effective.
Steward did another great video that touched on the total lack of specifics delivered at the RNC - basically Clinton had more stats in his one speech than the entire RNC.
http://bit.ly/NTYgFQ
I watched the video or Ryan's speech after having some conservative acquaintances tell me how good it had been. I saw little more than vague promises. It reminded me of the Gilligan's Island episode where the overthrown banana republic dictator wants to take Gilligan back to become a puppet ruler, and in his speech, Gilligan says: "I promise you this, that, and the other thing!" That was Ryan's speech in a nutshell.
http://bit.ly/PcKBos
http://wapo.st/NmpEL7
and representation of respective party supporters in the poll (last question of the poll) was: Dems - 33, Reps - 23, Indep - 37
http://exm.nr/P8jlsL
http://bit.ly/NmpFif
The R's include all the professional liars and theives as well as the far right disney characters and nut jobs.
The folks with thier head screwed on straight are the independents but......they have little hope of effecting the primarys.
End result is everyone is pissed off all to often and this crap is coming to a head. JMHO
The Examiner article, though, suggests Rasmussen claims that the distribution of voters between Ds and Rs is pretty even with shares only slightly higher than Independents.
"Rasmussen Reports recent reporting of partisan trends among voters, based on tens of thousands of voters surveyed, showed the voting electorate made up of 35.4 percent Republicans, 34.0 percent Democrats and 30.5 percent “Unaffiliated” or independent voters. Clearly 6.5 percent of a sample as independents is a large under-sampling of those voters compared to 30.5 percent."
I haven't sought to verify the Rasmussen distro numbers nor have I looked at alternative sources.
I just did a bit of internet search on the question of political affiliation of registered voters. An interesting tidbit I was not previously aware of popped up quickly. http://bit.ly/RUBwjL
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In 2008, the nation experienced a 5.4% increase in registration over 2004, from 177.4 million to 187.0 million registrants. Statistics from the twenty-nine states that have partisan voter registration suggest that the national increase came primarily from Independents and Democrats. Among these twenty-nine states, the number of registrants identifying with the Democratic Party increased 10.8%, compared to 0.5% for Republicans and 12.0% for Independents.
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Distribution of voters by party affiliation for just 29 of 50 States leaves a large unknown. Under the circumstances I believe the Rasmussen evaluation of "partisan trends" is likely a more reliable indicator of probable political party leanings.
http://on.wsj.com/PbREQf
No God, No Jerusalem and Russias military gets put on display during a tribute to the military. These are not stupid people here so this is obviously intentional. THEY ARE NOT THIS STUPID!!!
http://fxn.ws/RM5ZR4
http://tinyurl.com/8uk...
http://bit.ly/PuNwwl
http://bit.ly/OIPkyX
http://bit.ly/U8MyEg
http://bit.ly/S2UVA5
Strong Democrat 29
Not strong Democrat 9
Democrat leaning Independent 12
*Total Dem. = 50*
Just Independent 10
Republican leaning Independent 11
Not strong Republican 8
Strong Republican 20
*Total Rep. = 39*
Other 1
Total 100
Yes, yes, you are so right- there's no one to vote for, it just doesn't matter. Stay home and make your voice heard...
"Some black clergy see no good presidential choice between a Mormon candidate and one who supports gay marriage, so they are telling their flocks to stay home on Election Day. .."
http://yhoo.it/RXCQTb
The only thing about your comment I agree with is keeping what one has is valued, and I darn well intend to pass along to my descendants the legacy of fundamental rule of under constitutional government with enumerated powers that was bequeathed to me by six successive generations.
The Obama administration was able to mislead and disguise the fact their was a terrorist attack on the anniversary of 9/11 on American soil for over a week by focusing on some obscure muslim video. What did the media report on ALL week? Romney's private fundraising video.
A terrorist attack, the Middle East burns and unemployment is 10.5% when factoring in the 4M people who have dropped out of the workforce. What does the media report on the Sunday talk shows today? Negative coverage on Romney's taxes and his fundraising video.
Reuters 10.5% unemployment --
http://reut.rs/RMM1Mu
USA today -- Gibbs denies White House misled on terrorist attack--
http://usat.ly/SMQmJS
A new Gallup poll shows record high 60% of the people do not trust the media...I wonder why. Who are the 40% that do trust media a "fair amount"? Liberals and democrats.
Gallup Poll --
http://bit.ly/SMQmJU
http://bit.ly/QPgRQ3
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Tonight, CBS aired a 60 Minutes interview with President Obama. But curiously enough, the news magazine show did not air a clip of Obama admitting to interviewer Steve Kroft that some of his campaign ads contain mistakes and that some even "go overboard."
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http://bit.ly/SpMJyF
provides the audio on the Loyola U event. Video still not available.
Too little, too late IMO.
MRC research study shows that Romney's 47% remark received 88 minutes and 42 stories from ABC, CBS and NBC while Obama's redistribution remark got 6 minutes and 8 stories.
http://fxn.ws/QXq0pN
I will bet you dollars to doughnuts that Romney's tax remarks also received substantially more airtime than the terrorist attack in Benghazi and the national security leaks combined.
Want to wager?
News in the US seems to lock onto whatever is most sensational (IMO). Violence in the ME is hardly novel - and we've had embassies attacked before. Losing an ambassador, that might have garnered more attention. But when you say something controversial, dumb or ill-advised on tape or camera, it can get lots of play - just ask Alec Baldwin, Christian Bale or Mel Gibson. Of course, those guys had the luxury of ducking out of site for a bit; Romney doesn't have that right now.
The fact that you don't know anything about the confidential security leaks that came out of the white house says it all about your news sources.
First, I never, never said that what Romney said was more newsworthy than the terror attack. I very clearly said that it was more newsworthy than a 14 year old clip of Obama saying what one would expect to hear from democrats, especially back then.
Second, me stating that news locks onto the sensational does not equate to me approving of it. I only acknowledged the perception.
As for the security leaks, do you mean the stories from back in July? What it says is that the news is 2 months old and isn't fresh in my head.
I'd also like to point out that Romney didn't just 'tell the truth' about 47 percent of Americans receiving entitlements. He stated that they refused to take personal responsibility and care for their lives. That's insulting to the millions of Americans included in the 47 percent, who worked all their lives, paid into social security and medicare and now collect what they were promised.
jakurtz, in the future, could you at least argue against what I actually say, and not what you wish I had said?
If your definition of 'the media' includes all the pundits, commentators and the like - I think some folks, especially those who want Romney to win, might find it easier to claim media bias rather than admit he's running a terrible campaign. I would very much compare this line of thinking to the Fox News Channel screed that the polls must be skewed because they don't favor Romney. Colbert did an excellent take-down of this:
http://bit.ly/VWqOOL
On the polling, Colbert is a funny dude but here is the sampling of the latest polling from the CBS/NYT polls in Ohio, PA and Florida, which ire the polls he cited...
Likely Voters --
PA OH FL
REP. 28% 26% 27%Dem. 39% 35% 36%IND. 27% 35% 33%
That is sampling Dems. 3-4x more than their turnout compared to republicans in 2008, which was an aberration for Dems itself. I guess Fox news has it right, but what comedian or partisan wants to look at facts?
Here is a link to the polling data
http://cbsn.ws/QlN3JN;contentBody
According to whom? please provide link
Here's a Reuters story that says it is happening, but mostly because more voters identify themselves as democrats. http://reut.rs/S7MLMd
And here is a TNR article, which I only include because there is a table with the poll numbers along with the exit poll numbers from 2008 for those states; unless you can show that their 2008 exit numbers are incorrect, the 3-4x you claim looks incorrect. http://bit.ly/Uz2Kio#
If you are going to claim that you need more gravel to fill in a hole, wouldn't it make sense to see if you have enough gravel to actually fill in the hole.
http://bit.ly/wczf8w
I just hope that all conservative and constitutionally minded voters who won't give Romney a chance because he does not fit their perfect mold will be extremely pleased with themselves in 2016 when we sit $22T in debt, 70M people on food stamps and three quarters of the country receiving entitlements while the other quarter that make $50K and up are paying 100% of the taxes. We will also get the words "mother" and "father" banned from official documents as part of passing gay marriage like france is attempting to do.
http://fxn.ws/SmwBZp
It will be a wonderful day as long as everyone stuck by their own short-sighted ideals.
(I usually keep social issues out of it, but banning words "mother" and "father"...really?)
I don't find that credible at all.
The article goes on to say that, as China increases investment in theUS, it could mean employment for 200-400k Americans by the end of the decade.
http://thedc.com/UELB6N
http://bit.ly/VhPseW
Even bill maher tweeted, "I guess he does need a teleprompter."
CNN's flash poll of registered voter after the debate showed Romney won 67% to 25%. Who was best able to handle the economy? Romney 57% to 42%. -- the funniest part is that the dems on the talking panel started saying the poll was skewed to the reps. that cracked me up since they have been belly-aching about conservatives complaining all the other polls are skewed to dems.
http://huff.to/Qw69yy
http://bit.ly/UhxSsd
And JP Morgan analyst writes Democrats tax proposal could hit stocks 15% while Romney 10% cut on corporate taxes could boost them 7-14% -- that helps the middle-class that have been hit the most during these past four years in their 401k's and have a positive effect on housing prices as the middle-class begins to feel more secure financially with a stronger retirement plan and a business friendly, economic growth centered administration. (of course, I like analysts when I agree with them:)
http://bit.ly/SFhQ41
http://wapo.st/PUKNd6
Success doesn't make excuses, and excuses doesn't bring success.
http://bit.ly/SJGabb
Careful, don't want the kids thinking about Thanksgiving and axed Big Birds at the same time.
http://bit.ly/SLsRa6
Biden probably did better if you listened on the radio.
RYAN: "There were requests for more security."
Maybe if Obama went to his security briefings he'd have known how many requests were made to beef up security. In fact, security was diminished.
According to the testimony on the hill yesterday by the State Department, Ambassador Stevens was repeatedly denied additional security that he requested.
2. The Democrats said that the Republicans voted to reduce embassy security. Well, maybe some of the embassy security in Ottawa, Berlin or Panama could have been diverted to the consulate in Benghazi.
Have you spent any time in the military? It's not what people imagine.
It's a tragedy what happened in Libya. It's not helping that those who hate Obama want to make this into a mountain, when so many of them hardly made a peep when Bush invaded the wrong country, and found no wmd's - costing over 4k soldiers lives, countless Iraqi dead, and $1 trillion down the drain.
My Dad was a career Marine and I served in the Air Force.
Stilldazed: I served in the Army, and while maybe the USAF does things differently, I can tell you that we didn't always carry live ammo on guard duty, and that there were good reasons for it.
I know the standard reasons for some guard positions not having a clip of live ammo in the weapon (though if they had a weapon they still had a loaded clip on them). However, Marines that guard the Captain and his quarters on board ship had loaded weapons as did all Marines carrying weapons on embassy duty, when did we become such wussies? Have we turned into a parade ground military? All for looks and no bite?
I have thought for some time that BO could lose by a wide margin and two recent developments really strengthen that perception. The first development was emergence of the 2007 Norfolk (?) video showing BO accusing the Bush Administration of anti-black racism in delaying waiver of Stafford Act local funding requirements for rebuilding New Orleans in the aftermath of Katrina. Overall, the video came across as anti-white pandering to a receptive cheering and clapping audience of black American ministers. I suspect a significant number of voters cast 2008 ballots for BO in some part on the premise it would help diminish racial divides and bring the country together, but that video is pretty clearly inconsistent with the premise and hope.
I see the "mile high melt down" as more pivotal but not entirely responsible for the apparent shift in public sentiments about the two candidates.
But consider the source. It is biased I'll admit, but the guy does have some decent logic for his prediction. And it squares with the U of CO model that has correctly predicted every presidential election since its inception in 1980. http://bit.ly/SGE4qs
http://bo.st/RVDVim
She is the administrator in charge of State and is surely culpable to some extent along with Obama and the national security adviser.
Oh, and it took 8 months for the brief to be made public.
"Determined to strike in the US" is considerably more general and less actionable than specific threats and acts of violence against specific target in specific location. There is no comparability between the two circumstances.
Would you have a link to those?
"There were 230 security incidents in Libya between June 2011 and July 2012. With 48 taking place in Benghazi, two at the U.S. diplomatic compound where Ambassador Stevens and three other Americans were murdered on Sept. 11, 2012, a date that by itself should have prompted enhanced security..."
Read More At IBD, an excellent op-ed, imo:
http://bit.ly/RqYZul
Undercover CIA Operation in Libya on C-SPAN washingpost, Jason Chaffetz Admits House GOP Cut Funding
For Embassy Security: 'You Have To Prioritize Things, just a headsup 4 my peeps@ sa p.s. jama's ropadope worked much better than any neocon, or "liberal media" would like to admitt.....
http://bit.ly/PxUimL
http://bit.ly/P5KKQf
http://bit.ly/RNjXUV
http://on.wsj.com/PzA1NM
So same old story we have seen from this White House again and again and again, they deny deny deny and then shift the blame away from the head honcho, it insulates him from fallout and responsibility for anything.
I guess this move might help her retire the rest of her debt from the 2008 campaign. There's got to be something in it for her.
http://yhoo.it/TqLGu0
A123 Systems CEO David Vieau showered Barack Obama, the Democratic National Committee and key Democrats on Capitol Hill with nearly $17,000 before receiving the stimulus injection.
Michigan, former Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm gave them money to keep jobs in her state. (another stimulas).
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the company headquarters and hailed it as a “great example of how Recovery Act funding is helping American companies.” In addition to nearly $300 million in Obama Recovery Act funds, Granholm kicked in another $135 million in tax credits and subsidies to bribe the company to keep jobs in her state.
They got a loan from Energy department. (another chunk of money that wont be paid back)
Feb 2012, U.S. Energy Department had cut off what was left of its $528.7 million loan it had previously received.”
source for above info
http://bit.ly/TtTxGV
Abound Solar (Loveland, Colorado), manufacturer of thin film photovoltaic modules.
Beacon Power (Tyngsborough, Massachusetts), designed and developed advanced products and services to support stable, reliable and efficient electricity grid operation.
Ener1 (Indianapolis, Indiana), built compact lithium-ion-powered battery solutions for hybrid and electric cars.
Energy Conversion Devices (Rochester Hills, Michigan/Auburn Hills, Michigan), manufacturer of flexible thin film photovoltaic (PV) technology and a producer of batteries and other renewable energy-related products.
Evergreen Solar, Inc. (Marlborough, Massachusetts), manufactured and installed solar panels.
Mountain Plaza, Inc. (Dandridge, Tennessee), designed and implemented “truck-stop electrification” technology.
Olsen’s Crop Service and Olsens Mills Acquisition Co. (Berlin, Wisconsin), a private company producing ethanol.
Range Fuels (Soperton, Georgia), tried to develop a technology that converted biomass into ethanol without the use of enzymes.
Raser Technologies (Provo, Utah), geothermal power plants and technology licensing.
Solyndra (Fremont, California), manufacturer of cylindrical panels of thin-film solar cells.
Spectrawatt (Hopewell, New York), solar cell manufacturer.
Thompson River Power LLC (Wayzata, Minnesota), designed and developed advanced products and services to support stable, reliable and efficient electricity grid operation.
One thing that really puzzles me is what is so horrible about Romney's saying "a binder full of women."
I know how I reacted and nothing more. I watched enough of the debate to observe Crowley's interruption (and unjustifiable contradiction) of Romney on Libya and cutting him off on the auto bailout. It was clear to me "the fix" was in for Obama and I turned off the TV.
Only time will tell how the public reacted to the debate and Crowley's participation in it. Drudge report yesterday linked an article on breitbart.com that Crowley interrupted Romney 28 times versus 9 times for Obama. In comparison with the first debate, Lehrer reportedly interupted Romney 15 times vice Obama 5 times.
Drudge also linked http://bit.ly/T1Ctra
"Bizarre Coincidence: Democrats Get More Time in All Three Debates"
I'm thinking my future visits to CNN TV channels and website will be minimal after I compile a list of major advertisers with them.
However, since there were no highlights, you won't find out what happened. ;-)
Reported viewer counts will be an interesting statistic. I think that count will rest heavily on how it is calculated. I would not be surprised is large numbers of viewers did a lot of channel switching between "the debate" and other programs -- Republicans looking for Romney to deliver a knock out punch, Democrats looking for ammunition to psych up their lukewarm members enough to get those lukewarmers to the polls, undecideds looking for another datapoint they consider significant, and mortal combat buffs looking for entertainment.
I have also noted in what seems to be going on in this election cycle a mentality where we are trying to drag down the strong not lift up the weak and of course the attacks on wealth in general instead of the corrupt will just make the rich poorer not the poor richer which will lead to a poorer nation overall!!!
Funny joke....until you realize what it is saying about our country, then it becomes a horor story.
A Republican, in a wheelchair, entered a restaurant one
afternoon and asked the waitress for a cup of coffee.
The Republican looked across the restaurant and
asked, "Is that Jesus sitting over there?"
The waitress nodded "yes," so the Republican
requested that she give Jesus a cup of coffee, on him.
The next patron to come in was a Libertarian,
with a hunched back. He shuffled over to a booth, painfully sat down,
and asked the waitress for a cup of hot tea. He also glanced across the
restaurant and asked, "Is that Jesus, over there?"
The waitress nodded, so the Libertarian asked
her to give Jesus a cup of hot tea, "My treat."
The third patron to come into the restaurant was
a Democrat on crutches. He hobbled over to a booth, sat down and
hollered, "Hey there honey! How's about getting me a cold mug of Miller
Light?" He too looked across the restaurant and asked, "Isn't that God's
boy over there?"
The waitress nodded, so the Democrat directed
her to give Jesus a cold beer. "On my bill," he said loudly.
As Jesus got up to leave, he passed by the
Republican, touched him and said, "For your kindness, you are healed."
The Republican felt the strength come back into his legs, got up, and
danced a jig out the door.
Jesus passed by the Libertarian, touched him and
said, "For your kindness, you are healed." The Libertarian felt his back
straightening up and he raised his hands, praised the Lord, and did a
series of back flips out the door.
Then, Jesus walked towards the Democrat, just
smiling. The Democrat jumped up and yelled, "Don't touch me .... I'm on
disability."
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