A Lost Democrat vs. A Lost Republican
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A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost.
She lowered altitude and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."
The man consulted his portable GPS and Replied, "You're in a hot air balloon approximately 30 feet above a ground elevation of 2346 feet above sea level.. You are 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude and 100 degrees, 49.09 minutes west longitude."
She rolled her eyes and said, "You must be a Republican."
I am," replied the man. "How did you know?"
"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to make of your information, and I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help to me."
The man smiled and responded, "You must be a Democrat."
"I am," replied the balloonist. "How did you know?"
"Well," said the man, "you don't know where you are or where you're going. You've risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise that you have no idea how to keep, and you expect ME to solve your problem. You're in EXACTLY the same position you were in before we met, but somehow, now it's MY fault."
She lowered altitude and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."
The man consulted his portable GPS and Replied, "You're in a hot air balloon approximately 30 feet above a ground elevation of 2346 feet above sea level.. You are 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude and 100 degrees, 49.09 minutes west longitude."
She rolled her eyes and said, "You must be a Republican."
I am," replied the man. "How did you know?"
"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to make of your information, and I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help to me."
The man smiled and responded, "You must be a Democrat."
"I am," replied the balloonist. "How did you know?"
"Well," said the man, "you don't know where you are or where you're going. You've risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise that you have no idea how to keep, and you expect ME to solve your problem. You're in EXACTLY the same position you were in before we met, but somehow, now it's MY fault."
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For your consideration:
Ronald Reagan: Budget deficit
George H Bush: Budget deficit
Bill Clinton: Budget surplus
George W Bush: Budget deficit
How's that for jumpin' off the fence and coming down decisively, Ray? x;-)
Ronald Reagan: Budget deficit-inherited from Sweet Jimmy's misery index spending (remember, Ronnies tax cuts gave the treasury it's largest ever increase of money, giving the Dem's more money to spend)
George H Bush: Budget deficit-from giving into the Democrats spend at all cost
Bill Clinton: Budget surplus-not really a surplus, just a balanced budget and only after the Rep congress shoved it under his nose for the 3rd time
George W Bush: Budget deficit-but going down and not as big as it could have been considering he inherited a recession, Sept 11, and the bubble burst from the era of greed and deceit.
No fence riding here...ah, I feel better.
Ever notice how the Republicans spend a whole lot of time and energy rationalizing a quantitative measure such as surplus or deficit? x;-)
Careful how you use "slogan"
And, how can you be 'more' pro-life. Either you is or you ain't.
One of my favorite talking heads has said multiple times, "Just watch her. She is beginning to pretend to be moving to the center from the far left, and will make herself out to be more accepting of the values of the right and center - and that will be the theme as she moves toward 2008."
Shadow: Al Sharpton does too have a job! He has now publicly partnered with PETA in a nationwide boycott by African Americans of Kentucky Fried Chicken in protest of the way their suppliers crowd chickens and toss them around. I'm serious. The boycott calls for 'more individual wing room' and a more human way of coralling chickens and bringing about their demise'.
Geez, slogan, that's a different rationalization than has been explained to me by my dying-to-share-their-all-enlightened-knowledge Republicans. They tell me the only reason Prez Clinton was able to balance the budget was the boost he got from Regan-omics four years earlier. Course, they can't explain why George Sr. couldn't do the same thing. Makes you want to go hmmmmmm.
Edit: Beags, I posted...I posted!
What do I get? A bunch of Republicans closing in on me from all sides and not a democrat in sight! xflash
/Beags - what I was trying to conjure, although not very artistically was the quote, I think of Groucho, something about not wanting to belong to a club that would have him...in regard to Al Sharpie, that's not necessarily a republican bias, it's just a general bias against buffoons - of which there are several of the republican persuasion, but they seem to keep alower profile than Al.
And Leslie did show up, but I didn't see her standing there. Sorry, Leslie. x;-)
It seems to me that any Democrat or Republican with a working human head would concede the following: Both sides can cite facts that support their own positions; both sides have idiots, zealots, and ne'er-do-wells among their ranks; both sides are equally facile with mantras, slogans and cliches. To paraphrase the bumper sticker, anyone who doesn't realize this hasn't been paying attention....or - worse yet - is so far gone into zealotry themselves that they are beyond the reach of reason, cult deprogrammers, or 12-step programs.
Sore loser-ism is unattractive, but sore winner-ism is both unattractive and ungracious. So let me be polite and beg your pardon for this brief interruption in the sore winner fest.
Beags: Don King is the one with his finger in the socket. Sharpton is the one with the 5W-40 motor oil on his head and the semi-mullet shaped out of Christmas fudge.
Alas, there's no rule book for graciousness. As you said about being pro-life, when it comes to civility and grace, either you is or you ain't. And my point was, them that ain't ain't limited to one party or the other.
I would like to discuss this chicken controversy further, now THAT sounds really interesting.
It doesn't matter what the reality appears to be...if he can't get the press to cover it the way he wants, they get thrown off the plane.. (see recent stories about Dick Cheney's travels)...
He's given a whole new meaning to political spin...and I am in complete awe.
Surprisingly, he was very successful in business - until he went bankrupt.