tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post1843498506807236598..comments2024-03-28T00:01:43.037-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Apparently We're Doing This Crusade Thing Now...Grimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-4775541697466902122012-02-24T11:56:44.552-05:002012-02-24T11:56:44.552-05:00It is the children we have to remember, yes: and ...It is the children we have to remember, yes: and not only our own, but the ones in the poorer regions of the world, whose lives would be so much worse without an America that held open the trade lanes; and in the regions where less benign powers might stretch their hands forward.<br /><br />I don't know that the feat can be managed even so; the fiscal problems alone are so great that I don't see how they can be resolved. The fact that we have turned into two competing camps who fear and despise each other doesn't help. (If you think your annoyance at Santorum is outstanding, you ought to hear what my liberal friends think of him -- but it's every bit as bad for every Republican in Congress, 'get Romney off my uterus,' and they won't even speak of Gingrich at all.) <br /><br />I'm not sure these problems can be fixed; I wonder how long they can even be managed.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-23285435383246499212012-02-24T10:58:08.614-05:002012-02-24T10:58:08.614-05:00...Obama is going to be re-elected.
In the specia...<i>...Obama is going to be re-elected.</i><br /><br />In the special Hell about which I fantasize for Obama, he would indeed be re-elected--with a veto-proof Republican majority elected in each house of Congress.<br /><br />But my fantasies rarely come true....<br /><br />Eric HinesE Hineshttp://aplebessite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-30620452032989496862012-02-24T10:03:35.415-05:002012-02-24T10:03:35.415-05:00I strongly suspect that whoever we nominate, Obama...I strongly suspect that whoever we nominate, Obama is going to be re-elected. That's just my gut assessment.<br /><br />So in many ways I would almost prefer if Romney didn't get the nomination, except for the fact that I really do think he's what this country needs: someone who doesn't come across as an ideologue.<br /><br />When we can't even pass a budget, you know things have got to change. I understand partisanship, but things have become so poisonous that both sides are paralyzed. More than anything else, it reminds me of a bitter divorce in which both sides have lost sight of what really matters: the kids.Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00083557761155403492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-38720606282480945842012-02-23T20:44:09.230-05:002012-02-23T20:44:09.230-05:00It occurs to me that I've never voted for a pr...It occurs to me that I've never voted for a primary candidate in a contested race who has gone on to win the nomination, let alone the election. In fact, the only time I've ever voted for a nominee who won the general was 2004. If it works out for you, you'll have to let me know what it's like.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-55491263504921524222012-02-23T20:20:01.866-05:002012-02-23T20:20:01.866-05:00I don't want to make any promises about what I...I don't want to make any promises about what I will or will not write about. Chiefly because most mornings I am hard pressed to find time to read anything (much less write about it!) before I have to drive in to work.<br /><br />Some times what jumps out at me (for whatever reason) is going to be related to the primary.<br /><br />That said, I know we have differences. I don't want to aggravate you or pound on Santorum. Often, what interests me about a kerfuffle is what people *don't* talk about. With the Santorum/Satan thing, what genuinely surprised me was that Protestants weren't going... "Duuuuuuude...."<br /><br />So I wrote about it from that aspect: hey, everyone else is exercised about Satan but what leaped out at me was the dissing of Protestants.<br /><br />Admittedly, I often see different things in the news from most folks. But in the end, whoever gets the nomination will get the nomination. I hated McCain and was crushed when it became apparent to me that he was the nominee but he was still better than Hillary or Teh Won.<br /><br />So in the mean time, I'll stick up for what I believe and I fully expect others to do the same :)Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00083557761155403492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-51246142871193594802012-02-23T10:55:09.369-05:002012-02-23T10:55:09.369-05:00I'm giving up truces....
Eric HinesI'm giving up truces....<br /><br />Eric HinesE Hineshttp://aplebessite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-82521147973486436812012-02-23T10:29:14.778-05:002012-02-23T10:29:14.778-05:00Good luck with that.
0>;~}Good luck with that.<br />0>;~}DL Slynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-30300702083202751602012-02-23T09:51:33.575-05:002012-02-23T09:51:33.575-05:00Well, let's have a truce, then. No more about...Well, let's have a truce, then. No more about the primary until Easter.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-47268718626110657442012-02-23T09:25:45.474-05:002012-02-23T09:25:45.474-05:00Exactly :pExactly :pCassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00083557761155403492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-89115900517004875142012-02-23T07:44:38.334-05:002012-02-23T07:44:38.334-05:00"I"m doing it for the children."
I...<i>"I"m doing it for the children."</i><br /><br />If only to temporarily quell the Tourette's outbursts, eh?<br />0>;~}DL Slynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-11540092176054947752012-02-22T13:09:09.428-05:002012-02-22T13:09:09.428-05:00I'm doing it for the children.I'm doing it for the children.Cassnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-39046161589492658932012-02-22T11:10:12.352-05:002012-02-22T11:10:12.352-05:00I might be willing to go along with you in that. ...I might be willing to go along with you in that. However, it doesn't seem like a sacrifice, exactly.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-91310093409761858122012-02-22T09:58:27.261-05:002012-02-22T09:58:27.261-05:00I am more than willing to give up reading or heari...I am more than willing to give up reading or hearing anything more about the GOP primary.<br /><br />It just gets weirder every day, though I would have thought that after a certain point that would be impossible.Cassnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-32239439957757512002012-02-22T09:01:16.510-05:002012-02-22T09:01:16.510-05:00You sound like a certain boy I know. He wanted to...You sound like a certain boy I know. He wanted to give up chores.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-49114310692206402042012-02-22T08:56:13.526-05:002012-02-22T08:56:13.526-05:00I'm giving up giving up things.I'm giving up giving up things.Eric Blairnoreply@blogger.com