CattleArmy
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http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081215/entertainment/quotes_of_the_year?printer=1
Can all of you name the papers you read? :wink:
Can all of you name the papers you read? :wink:
President-elect Barack Obama didn't make the list
reader (the Second) said:CattleArmy said:http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081215/entertainment/quotes_of_the_year?printer=1
Can all of you name the papers you read? :wink:
I doubt that she reads papers because she does not have time. I would bet that she does get reports of current events and news that affect Alaska from her staff. Whether she gets broader news is debatable. If it's not germane to her job or her son's deployment or her husband's job, why would she?
Once you are Governor or a legislator -- state or Federal -- you are fed information and rushed around from meeting to meeting and media event to media event. I am sure that some politicians do read papers but many may only read clipping services or pre-digested staffer reports.
I read my news on Google but I can name the primary papers I read. However I jump around depending upon where the news took place and read a lot of international papers just for an article on a particular topic.
I bet Sandhusker can name the papers I read![]()
President-elect Barack Obama didn't make the list, not even for his much-criticized remark in which he said some small-town Americans "cling to guns or religion."
"To me it didn't seem like a very remarkable or very foolish quote," said Shapiro, who describes himself as a liberal Democrat. "Ultimately I decided against it, but it was a close call."
However, a crude remark about Obama by Rev. Jesse Jackson did make the list. Jackson apologized for the comment during what he thought was a private conversation in July.
"It indicates Republicans do not have a monopoly on quotes that are deplorable," Shapiro said.
While Obama dominated the year and produced memorable quotes, "quotes from people like Palin were more celebrated and said more about our times than anything Obama said."
reader (the Second) said:Yeah I have to say that I had the same reaction as you to this article.
I think if you choose the quotes you put based on how much buzz and repetition of the quote there is or upon how influential the quote is, it might be more useful. This guy's quotes made it sound very subjective and partisan.
Personally you know that I think McCain made a mistake with Palin. Lots of politicians shoot themselves in the foot with their mouths, no kidding, but bringing someone into a national campaign fresh like that, someone a bit "out there" and unusual like Palin who was not vetted was unfair to her and to the voters. I would have been more impressed with someone experienced with national campaigns and national political scene and their media blunders would have been fewer due to experience.
However all in all, the economical debacle is what lost McCain the election. And Palin despite all the jokes got amazing branding and will be back on the national scene wiser and more coached.
I would have been more impressed with someone experienced with national campaigns and national political scene and their media blunders would have been fewer due to experience.
Steve said:President-elect Barack Obama didn't make the list
and how many states do we have?
hurleyjd said:I quite reading any newspapers or magazines. I get all of the news on Ranchers.net's Bull Session.
VanC said:President-elect Barack Obama didn't make the list, not even for his much-criticized remark in which he said some small-town Americans "cling to guns or religion."
CattleArmy said:VanC said:President-elect Barack Obama didn't make the list, not even for his much-criticized remark in which he said some small-town Americans "cling to guns or religion."
Risking the chance of being typed alive I wonder was Obama so far base in saying small-town Americans "cling to guns or religion"? Before you eat me alive read some of the posts made on this site and really think of views that are expressed here. Not to sure ole Obama was off base in saying that. Would have been smarter not to for popularity reasons, but I'm not so sure the man was wrong.
And that's what you all should be lobbying for, just as you should be lobbying for sex education and teen age counseling so that abortion is not even an issue because pregnancy is prevented or avoided or teen age sex is postponed...
Steve said:R2And that's what you all should be lobbying for, just as you should be lobbying for sex education and teen age counseling so that abortion is not even an issue because pregnancy is prevented or avoided or teen age sex is postponed...
do you really think that anything a gray haired senator does will convince a hormone controled child to keep his business to themsleves in this day and age?
Steve said:CattleArmy said:VanC said:Risking the chance of being typed alive I wonder was Obama so far base in saying small-town Americans "cling to guns or religion"? Before you eat me alive read some of the posts made on this site and really think of views that are expressed here. Not to sure ole Obama was off base in saying that. Would have been smarter not to for popularity reasons, but I'm not so sure the man was wrong.
his error is in that most don't cling to guns or religion.. We just know when the gun and religious rights start getting eroded, they will soon be gone.. so we fight and defend our rights..
it seems easy to compromise, but the anti-gun atheists seem to forget that we did compromise, and they want more concessions..
I like Santa.. and Frosty.. and feel the Menorah and the Crest are fine next to the Christmas tree and Nativity.. but the sign really p****d me off..
I could agree with commonsense gun laws if they would enforce the laws already on the books.. but they just want more laws.. not even better laws, just more of the same laws that only seem to effect the law abiding and more guns banned..
Is that such a radical stand that Obama can say I cling to guns and religion?
and I am sure by the next time I post it will be a full blown argument..
Steve said:R2And that's what you all should be lobbying for, just as you should be lobbying for sex education and teen age counseling so that abortion is not even an issue because pregnancy is prevented or avoided or teen age sex is postponed...
do you really think that anything a gray haired senator does will convince a hormone controled child to keep his business to themsleves in this day and age?
Sandhusker said:Steve said:R2And that's what you all should be lobbying for, just as you should be lobbying for sex education and teen age counseling so that abortion is not even an issue because pregnancy is prevented or avoided or teen age sex is postponed...
do you really think that anything a gray haired senator does will convince a hormone controled child to keep his business to themsleves in this day and age?
The kids listen to the "Don't do it" message for a period in school one year and then they watch TV for a few hours and see not only people doing it, but gays doing it, they see sex in the movies, on the internet, etc... Society can't tell them one thing, do another, and expect the kids to do anything other than what they see.