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A Possum in Every Pot !!!

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When I first heard this "Vero Possumus" term on the radio today- I thought Obama was taking a page out of old Herbert Hoovers "a chicken in every pot" book- And with King George driving the country broke faster than Hoover did - was only going to promise us roadkill in every pot when he becomes President.... :wink:

June 20,2008
Obama gets a new Latin slogan: “Vero Possumus

CHICAGO - Barack Obama’s presidential campaign rolled out a new slogan on Friday: “Vero Possumus.”

The Latin phrase roughly translates to his main campaign mantra, “Yes, we can.”

The words made their debut on a seal on the Democratic White House hopeful’s podium as he met with governors from his party in Chicago. The seal resembled the official presidential seal, complete with a picture of the American eagle with “Vero Possumus” inscribed above it.

It helped complete a presidential-looking setting for Obama’s meeting with the governors. In addition to the seal were a row of American flags lined up behind Obama and long blue curtains that also adorned the backdrop of the roundtable meeting.
 

fff

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Oldtimer said:
When I first heard this "Vero Possumus" term on the radio today- I thought Obama was taking a page out of old Herbert Hoovers "a chicken in every pot" book- And with King George driving the country broke faster than Hoover did - was only going to promise us roadkill in every pot when he becomes President.... :wink:

June 20,2008
Obama gets a new Latin slogan: “Vero Possumus

CHICAGO - Barack Obama’s presidential campaign rolled out a new slogan on Friday: “Vero Possumus.”

The Latin phrase roughly translates to his main campaign mantra, “Yes, we can.”

The words made their debut on a seal on the Democratic White House hopeful’s podium as he met with governors from his party in Chicago. The seal resembled the official presidential seal, complete with a picture of the American eagle with “Vero Possumus” inscribed above it.

It helped complete a presidential-looking setting for Obama’s meeting with the governors. In addition to the seal were a row of American flags lined up behind Obama and long blue curtains that also adorned the backdrop of the roundtable meeting.

Funny. You have to consider that most of the people in this country have probably never seen a possum. Nor do they understand Latin. He'd probably have been better off to use "Yes, we can." :roll:
 

Mike

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fff said:
Oldtimer said:
When I first heard this "Vero Possumus" term on the radio today- I thought Obama was taking a page out of old Herbert Hoovers "a chicken in every pot" book- And with King George driving the country broke faster than Hoover did - was only going to promise us roadkill in every pot when he becomes President.... :wink:

June 20,2008
Obama gets a new Latin slogan: “Vero Possumus

CHICAGO - Barack Obama’s presidential campaign rolled out a new slogan on Friday: “Vero Possumus.”

The Latin phrase roughly translates to his main campaign mantra, “Yes, we can.”

The words made their debut on a seal on the Democratic White House hopeful’s podium as he met with governors from his party in Chicago. The seal resembled the official presidential seal, complete with a picture of the American eagle with “Vero Possumus” inscribed above it.

It helped complete a presidential-looking setting for Obama’s meeting with the governors. In addition to the seal were a row of American flags lined up behind Obama and long blue curtains that also adorned the backdrop of the roundtable meeting.

Funny. You have to consider that most of the people in this country have probably never seen a possum. Nor do they understand Latin. He'd probably have been better off to use "Yes, we can." :roll:

He'll surely get the black southern vote with that slogan.

They'll figure anybody that uses "possum" in a slogan are "theys brotha".

"Possum" is considered as soul food down south..................

Jesse, Al, and the gang might be a little turned off, but they'll still vote strictly along color lines.....................
 

fff

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Mike said:
Jesse, Al, and the gang might be a little turned off, but they'll still vote strictly along color lines.....................

That seems only fair since a good number of whites will vote strictly along color lines.
 

Sandhusker

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Vero Possumus what? Vero Possumus how? Vero Possumus at what cost, who foots the bill?

I can't believe the liberals are falling for just a headline without asking about the story.....oh yes, I guess I can... :roll:
 
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Sandhusker said:
Vero Possumus what? Vero Possumus how? Vero Possumus at what cost, who foots the bill?

I can't believe the liberals are falling for just a headline without asking about the story.....oh yes, I guess I can... :roll:

COST- What is cost? BILL- what is a bill? GW and the borrow and spend Republican Congress didn't seem to think about those questions for 6 long years as they mortgaged away our childrens and grandchildrens lifestyles....Possibly led our country into bankruptcy!

Obama- or Barr- or Mickey Mouse couldn't do any worse job :roll: ....

Interestingly I was doing some reading last night about Paul O'Neill- GW's first treasury secretary- and its apparent he brought these shortfalls to the attention of the President- who in true King George form just arrogantly hid them- and got rid of O'Neill- so he could find a "yes man" that agreed with him (a systematic pattern that shows up thruout his entire administration :( ).....

A report commissioned in 2002 by O'Neill, while he was Treasury Secretary, suggested the United States faced future federal budget deficits of more than US$ 500 billion. The report also suggested that sharp tax increases, massive spending cuts, or both would be unavoidable if the United States were to meet benefit promises to its future generations. The study estimated that closing the budget gap would require the equivalent of an immediate and permanent 66 percent across-the-board income tax increase. The Bush administration left the findings out of the 2004 annual budget report published in February 2003.

O'Neill's private feuds with Bush's tax cut policies and his push to further investigate alleged al-Qaeda funding from some USA-allied countries, as well as his objection to the invasion of Iraq in the name of the war on terror - that he considered as nothing but an simple excuse for a war decided long before by Neoconservative elements of the first Bush Administration - led to his resignation in 2002 and replacement with John W. Snow.
 

fff

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With all that, the last poll I saw said well over 50% of registered Republicans think Bush is doing a good job as President. :shock: Here's one that shows a drop to 60% support!

http://www.pensitoreview.com/2008/05/08/poll-bush-support-drops-slightly-in-gop/
 

Sandhusker

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You can't prop up one man with the failures of another. That's just making excuses and facilitating the continued deterioration of government. I agree with you that Bush is a moron and that he's done far more harm than good, but what the heck is Obama going to do? So far, all he does is shout over-uses slogans that idiots chant back like it's the first they've heard of them. He doesn't say WHAT or HOW he's going to change, or yes he can WHAT?

His resume is only half a page long but what it does have suggests that he is just a corrupt as anybody else, has exhibited more poor judgement with his associations than most everybody else, is a racial bigot and hipocrite, and is a political marxist. How in the hell does anything that Bush, or anybody else, screwed up excuse that?
 

fff

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Sandhusker said:
You can't prop up one man with the failures of another. That's just making excuses and facilitating the continued deterioration of government. I agree with you that Bush is a moron and that he's done far more harm than good, but what the heck is Obama going to do? So far, all he does is shout over-uses slogans that idiots chant back like it's the first they've heard of them. He doesn't say WHAT or HOW he's going to change, or yes he can WHAT?

His resume is only half a page long but what it does have suggests that he is just a corrupt as anybody else, has exhibited more poor judgement with his associations than most everybody else, is a racial bigot and hipocrite, and is a political marxist. How in the hell does anything that Bush, or anybody else, screwed up excuse that?

Bush didn't screw up by himself. He had the Republican Congress passing whatever he wanted. He had the Republican Congress refusing to question any of his power grabs. There are two viable political parties in this country, and as far as I'm concerned, today, and for a long time to come, anyone with an (R) after their name will not get my vote or support. You want to cop out and vote for an Independent or Libertarian, go for it. But don't pretend they're going to fix anything. I well remember Ross Perot saying if he couldn't get Congress to work with him that he'd take them all in a room and no one would leave until they worked out an agreement. Is that stupid or what? Congress is an equal wing of the government. The President doesn't have the power to take them in a room and keep them. And an Independent or Libertarianl will have little to no support in Congress to get anything done.

Most of your rant is simply wrong, but you want to use lies to support your refusal to vote for Obama, go for that, too.
 

Sandhusker

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fff said:
Sandhusker said:
You can't prop up one man with the failures of another. That's just making excuses and facilitating the continued deterioration of government. I agree with you that Bush is a moron and that he's done far more harm than good, but what the heck is Obama going to do? So far, all he does is shout over-uses slogans that idiots chant back like it's the first they've heard of them. He doesn't say WHAT or HOW he's going to change, or yes he can WHAT?

His resume is only half a page long but what it does have suggests that he is just a corrupt as anybody else, has exhibited more poor judgement with his associations than most everybody else, is a racial bigot and hipocrite, and is a political marxist. How in the hell does anything that Bush, or anybody else, screwed up excuse that?

Bush didn't screw up by himself. He had the Republican Congress passing whatever he wanted. He had the Republican Congress refusing to question any of his power grabs. There are two viable political parties in this country, and as far as I'm concerned, today, and for a long time to come, anyone with an (R) after their name will not get my vote or support. You want to cop out and vote for an Independent or Libertarian, go for it. But don't pretend they're going to fix anything. I well remember Ross Perot saying if he couldn't get Congress to work with him that he'd take them all in a room and no one would leave until they worked out an agreement. Is that stupid or what? Congress is an equal wing of the government. The President doesn't have the power to take them in a room and keep them.

Most of your rant is simply wrong, but you want to use lies to support your refusal to vote for Obama, go for that, too.

If you think my "rant" is wrong, point it out where I'm wrong. Also, if you think you'll find me making exuses for the Republicans, don't hold your breath - I've been a registered Independent for 15-20 years. Yes, they've screwed up, but where can the Democrats point fingers? You guys had a nice sweep into power the last election and what has happened since then? How many of the promises have been lived up to? You can't blame Bush unless you can show vetos. Your congress has a lower approval rating than Bush does, so who the heck are you?

I won't vote for Obama because;
1) He's a gawdamm Marxist as proven by his short voting record
2) He's a hypocrite on race
3) He's shown terrible judgement on who he associates himself with

I have no problem voting for a Democrat - I've voted for Ben Nelson for years. I even did volunteer work for Bob Kerrey when he ran. But I will never EVER vote for Obama. I can't think of a worse candidate.
 

kolanuraven

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Sandhusker said:
You can't prop up one man with the failures of another. I agree but so many here want to drag Clinton into every conversation about Bush...and compare the two



That's just making excuses and facilitating the continued deterioration of government. I agree with you that Bush is a moron and that he's done far more harm than good, but what the heck is Obama going to do? Many were so upset with Clinton, that they gave Bush a chance, even those knowing all about him, hoping for better but got a ' pig in a poke' on that deal. Why not give this man , Obama,a chance?


So far, all he does is shout over-uses slogans that idiots chant back like it's the first they've heard of them. He doesn't say WHAT or HOW he's going to change, or yes he can WHAT?
His resume is only half a page long but what it does have suggests that he is just a corrupt as anybody else, has exhibited more poor judgement with his associations than most everybody else, is a racial bigot and hipocrite, and is a political marxist. How in the hell does anything that Bush, or anybody else, screwed up excuse that?
 

fff

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Sandhusker said:
fff said:
Sandhusker said:
You can't prop up one man with the failures of another. That's just making excuses and facilitating the continued deterioration of government. I agree with you that Bush is a moron and that he's done far more harm than good, but what the heck is Obama going to do? So far, all he does is shout over-uses slogans that idiots chant back like it's the first they've heard of them. He doesn't say WHAT or HOW he's going to change, or yes he can WHAT?

His resume is only half a page long but what it does have suggests that he is just a corrupt as anybody else, has exhibited more poor judgement with his associations than most everybody else, is a racial bigot and hipocrite, and is a political marxist. How in the hell does anything that Bush, or anybody else, screwed up excuse that?

Bush didn't screw up by himself. He had the Republican Congress passing whatever he wanted. He had the Republican Congress refusing to question any of his power grabs. There are two viable political parties in this country, and as far as I'm concerned, today, and for a long time to come, anyone with an (R) after their name will not get my vote or support. You want to cop out and vote for an Independent or Libertarian, go for it. But don't pretend they're going to fix anything. I well remember Ross Perot saying if he couldn't get Congress to work with him that he'd take them all in a room and no one would leave until they worked out an agreement. Is that stupid or what? Congress is an equal wing of the government. The President doesn't have the power to take them in a room and keep them.

Most of your rant is simply wrong, but you want to use lies to support your refusal to vote for Obama, go for that, too.

If you think my "rant" is wrong, point it out where I'm wrong. Also, if you think you'll find me making exuses for the Republicans, don't hold your breath - I've been a registered Independent for 15-20 years. Yes, they've screwed up, but where can the Democrats point fingers? You guys had a nice sweep into power the last election and what has happened since then? How many of the promises have been lived up to? You can't blame Bush unless you can show vetos. Your congress has a lower approval rating than Bush does, so who the heck are you?

I won't vote for Obama because;
1) He's a gawdamm Marxist as proven by his short voting record
2) He's a hypocrite on race
3) He's shown terrible judgement on who he associates himself with

I have no problem voting for a Democrat - I've voted for Ben Nelson for years. I even did volunteer work for Bob Kerrey when he ran. But I will never EVER vote for Obama. I can't think of a worse candidate.

He's not a Marxist. I don't believe he's a hypocrite on race. His associates are no worse than many lobbyist that other politicans normally associate with. YOU may disagree, but that's your OPINION. So I say you're wrong. I can think of worse candidates: John MCcain. Age, flip flopper, doesn't know the difference in Shiite and Sunnis, against a woman's right to choose, against healthcare for poor children, supports 100 years in Iraq, refuses to suggest how much it's going to cost to keep troops in Iraq, will continue Bush's tax cuts even as our Federal deficit grows and the dollar falls, hypocrite on public funding for campaigns.......
 

Sandhusker

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He's not a Marxist.
Yes he is. Check out his voting record.

I don't believe he's a hypocrite on race.
He gives speeches on improving race relations and then uses the phrase, "Typical white person"? Come on...

His associates are no worse than many lobbyist that other politicans normally associate with.
Idoit Rev. Wright? The guy he bought his house from? Don't make excuses for unacceptable associations.

He also doesn't have a clue on the "Bush tax cuts" and has no idea on how capital gains taxes effect the treasury. Even when he was told to his face on national TV that raising taxes has been proven to lower receipts, he stuttered and stammered and said he was still going to do it. Now what kind of a flipping idiot does that?
 

fff

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Sandhusker said:
He's not a Marxist.
Yes he is. Check out his voting record.

Are A+ in drag? Show us his votes that make him a Marxist.

I don't believe he's a hypocrite on race.
He gives speeches on improving race relations and then uses the phrase, "Typical white person"? Come on...

Where did he use that phrase? I thought it was his wife that used that phrase. But, wait, no one ever came up with the alleged tape where she used that term. :roll:

His associates are no worse than many lobbyist that other politicans normally associate with.
Idoit Rev. Wright? The guy he bought his house from? Don't make excuses for unacceptable associations.

I'm not making excuses. I don't believe he's worse than John McCain. You do, that's fine. It's your OPINION. Not a FACT. Do you understand the difference?

He also doesn't have a clue on the "Bush tax cuts" and has no idea on how capital gains taxes effect the treasury. Even when he was told to his face on national TV that raising taxes has been proven to lower receipts, he stuttered and stammered and said he was still going to do it. Now what kind of a flipping idiot does that?

Good grief.
 

Sandhusker

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The point I was making was not that my grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn't. But she is a typical white person who, uh, if she sees somebody on the street that she doesn't know there's a reaction that's been been bred into our experiences that don't go away and that sometimes come out in the wrong way and that's just the nature of race in our society. We have to break through it..." - Senator Barack Obama
 
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Thing is I could see myself saying the exact same thing- as I remember many times when my mother saw a group of Indians coming down the street- she would cross the street (and make her kids/grandkids come with her)- to the other side rather than meet them...

This was because of a "sterotype" she had picked up of Indians and their propensity for often being intoxicated and rowdy when downtown....It never shocked me, as in our town which is next to the Reservation, it was a typical white person reaction......
 

fff

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Sandhusker said:
The point I was making was not that my grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn't. But she is a typical white person who, uh, if she sees somebody on the street that she doesn't know there's a reaction that's been been bred into our experiences that don't go away and that sometimes come out in the wrong way and that's just the nature of race in our society. We have to break through it..." - Senator Barack Obama

Where's the link? Are you sure you're not confusing the tape that had Mrs Obama talking about "whitey". The tape that never was? You know how those brown people are to many whites: they all look alike. Maybe you have the two confused? :shock:
 

Larrry

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ffffff you forget, the whitey tape was a liberal fabrication trying to get the conservative to jump on it. It PO'd the liberals when all the conservatives did was laugh at the feeble attempt at baiting the opposition. Oh well didn't expect any better from those stupid liberals.
 

Sandhusker

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fff said:
Sandhusker said:
The point I was making was not that my grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn't. But she is a typical white person who, uh, if she sees somebody on the street that she doesn't know there's a reaction that's been been bred into our experiences that don't go away and that sometimes come out in the wrong way and that's just the nature of race in our society. We have to break through it..." - Senator Barack Obama

Where's the link? Are you sure you're not confusing the tape that had Mrs Obama talking about "whitey". The tape that never was? You know how those brown people are to many whites: they all look alike. Maybe you have the two confused? :shock:

Geeeze, Frankie, do you live in a cave? This was all over the news when he said it. Do a quick google search on "Typical white person".
 

aplusmnt

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fff said:
Mike said:
Jesse, Al, and the gang might be a little turned off, but they'll still vote strictly along color lines.....................

That seems only fair since a good number of whites will vote strictly along color lines.

Not nothing like the 90% of blacks that will vote for Obama. 90% clearly shows it is a black white issue, not a who's better for America issue!

You wont see any number close to 90% of whites voting for McCain!
 
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