tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703962950544089758.post3654003307058159903..comments2023-08-25T11:04:37.919-04:00Comments on Three Ball Dead: Spector and Specter: April showers bring...Thomas Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16715804034327241877noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703962950544089758.post-89365082966461333732009-05-04T15:16:00.000-04:002009-05-04T15:16:00.000-04:00ECI: I did get the shake Stroms hand about thirty ...ECI: I did get the shake Stroms hand about thirty years ago at a debate featuring Charles Ravenel (Ravenel was running for governor...later disqualified for having not lived in the state long enough...this after he won the democratic nomination). Strom, in those days, was a firm handshake a glad handing son of a gun. Who knew then that he'd last another 40 damn years...even though it was a little like "Weekend at Bernies" those last few years.Thomas Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16715804034327241877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703962950544089758.post-39275844165006485622009-05-04T14:12:00.000-04:002009-05-04T14:12:00.000-04:00Larry, don't get me wrong: if the choice on the b...Larry, don't get me wrong: if the choice on the ballot is between J. Strom Thurmond (or an over-aged Republican in that mould) vs. J. Democrat Whomever, I would vote for Strom in a heartbeat. Better Strom at age 100 than any Democrat, no matter how good he might be on his own, because the Democrat's only contribution in Washington would be to make Harry Reid or his Left-Wing Clone of the Day the Majority Leader. (Ref. Daschle, Tom [D-SD].)<br /><br />I guess the point I was making is that at a certain age, these guys should bail on elected office and retire. There is something unseemly, I'm sorry to say, about an 80-year-old with nearly 30 years experience in office who is worried about whether he's going to win another term in the Senate.<br /><br />Did you ever meet Strom, btw? An older fellow I know in these parts used to work in SC, and crossed paths with Strom a number of times.El Cerdo Ignatiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00646154540141962389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703962950544089758.post-47715201266987857882009-04-30T15:37:00.000-04:002009-04-30T15:37:00.000-04:00ECI: I'll bet a 79 year old Srom Thurmond could ha...ECI: I'll bet a 79 year old Srom Thurmond could have whipped Arlen Specter's ass, but that's about as far as I'll go in defense of ol "Sperm" Thurmond. He married Miss South Carolina when he was in his 60's (another point for Strom!) and was still doing handstands when he was seventy. He probably hung around politics about thirty years too many. Nevertheless, South Kakalackians kept sending him back to DC...like a bounced check he kept showing up. But the last twenty years were sort of embarrassing for us homeboys; kind of like what West Va. is going through with Grand Kleagle Byrd. You just hope that he keeps his mouth shut and keeps the pork a comin'. I don't think I ever voted for Strom, for in those shaggy days I wore the yellow stripe...I was a liberal democrat. I am not certain that ol Strom wouldn't have gone along with the current situation were he here today. He was, after all, a party switching politician that, once he had a taste of power, wasn't about to give it up. I'd probably vote for him today.Thomas Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16715804034327241877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703962950544089758.post-22678757673898013802009-04-30T13:46:00.000-04:002009-04-30T13:46:00.000-04:00Arlen Specter is a ridiculous person.
He's 79 yea...Arlen Specter is a ridiculous person.<br /><br />He's 79 years old. He has been a United States Senator for 28 years. He has expressed fear of losing a primary vote next year - when he'd 80 years old. If he were to win re-election, he would be planning, in effect, to hold office as a Senator until at least the age of 86.<br /><br />Richard Nixon wrote about this problem of life-long politicians in a terrific memoir in 1988 which he called <I>In the Arena</I>. He said that guys like Arlen Specter should take some of that leftover campaign money and put a down payment on a condo in Florida, and retire. (Nixon's overall point in the book was that there are many, many ways to stay "in the arena" of public life without being a politician.)<br /><br />(I do realize I may be stirring up a hornet's nest, since the hosts of this blog are South Carolinians, and have all that history with J. Strom Thurmond, etc. I'll take the chance anyway.)El Cerdo Ignatiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00646154540141962389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703962950544089758.post-2278866690917536552009-04-30T11:23:00.000-04:002009-04-30T11:23:00.000-04:00Chuck: Arlen ain't much prettier...lol
Mike: that...Chuck: Arlen ain't much prettier...lol<br /><br />Mike: that used to be tin foil hat territory, but I think you're probably right given the first 100 days.Thomas Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16715804034327241877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703962950544089758.post-20227209153029346092009-04-30T10:27:00.000-04:002009-04-30T10:27:00.000-04:00VOTERS? Hissssssss!
There is a third specter that...VOTERS? Hissssssss!<br /><br />There is a third specter that looms large. The specter of death (a.k.a. the man-caused-disaster that is the Obama presidency) hanging over the free market economy of the greatest, most generous nation in history.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03269688115898120963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703962950544089758.post-48731024708965632402009-04-29T20:04:00.000-04:002009-04-29T20:04:00.000-04:00Is this his official Senate portrait?Is this his official Senate portrait?Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02467510776931664234noreply@blogger.com