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Subject: Bush
Bart,
Not sure if you remember me, I was pretty active
a few years back.
I havent been reading your site for a few months,
until a couple weeks ago
i started checking it again. Been thinking for
over a week about sending this message....
Dude, what has happened to you??
I've been asked that question maybe 100 times
this year.
I am the same consistent guy you've always known.
If, as time goes by, we find ourselves on slightly
different paths,
there's no evidence to suggest that *I* was the
guy who took the detour.
First, I was an Edwards supporter.. and worked
for Howard Dean in 2004-04.
But to see you support a heavy DLC'er like Hillary..
with the likes of pink tutu Dems
like Begala, Mark Penn, Terry Mcauliffe, etc
etc.... WTF?!
Are you trying to insult me or are you doing it
accidentally?
For the purpose of this conversation, let's just
say I prefer winning to losing.
The DLC claims the only back-to-back Democratic
president in 60 years
and maybe I'm just tired of losing with candidates
who avoid the center.
And thought I would never see you attack people
like Keith Olberman
... Randi... Edwards.. on and on.
I didn't change - they did - at least Randi and
Keith..
Both of them re-invented themselves and their
careers as Hillary haters.
Both of them spend all day every
day screaming insults at Bill and Hillary
and you ask what happened to Ol' Bart?
On the other hand, what specific changes do you
see in me?
I might be a little more frustrated than the
last time you read me,
but that's because I think we traded certain
victory for some gamble..
Will I live long enough to see a Democrat back
in the White House?
Whats next, are you going to start attacking people
like Will Pitt? ... Jon Stewart? ...
What about Howard Dean?
Will Pitt is to my left, but he hasn't made a
new career out of slamming Hillary.
He writes an anti-Hillary column now and then
- and he moves on.
Pitt doesn't live on I-Hate-Hillary Street, so
he's OK by me..
We're not on exact wavelengths, but I'd never
write to him and say
"What happened to you?"
if he liked a different Democrat than me.
Neither Will Pitt nor I need to be forgiven.
Wait, you said you started out for Edwards, then
Dean... I assume you're 100%
all-out Obama now, so why should I defend myself
when you changed twice?
Jon Stewart is in comedy trouble.
Maybe they stretched their writing staff too
thin, but Jon is about 1/3 as funny as he was
before the writer's strike. Don't take
my word for it - when he comes back, watch him
with a pencil and paper. Each time Jon tells
a joke and nobody laughs, make a check mark.
It's kinda sad - his comedic timing tells him
to end the joke, then wait for the audience to laugh.
But slowly, he realizes there's no laugh coming
so he starts back up again. It hurts to watch.
He takes cheap shots at Hillary because it's
easy and it's a guaranteed show stopper,
like a 10 year old Monica joke. Jon is
on my "forgive list" when this is all over.
I've always liked Howard, but he bungled this
MI and FL thing bad.
Also, compared to Obama and the Clintons, he's
powerless.
Maybe Chairman of the Party should've gone to
a wartime consiglieri.
If you dont remember me then this might sound
strange... but I consider you like an old friend.
And I tell you this as a friend... its over,
the race for the Dem nominee has BEEN OVER
for some time now. If you cant do the math in
your head, get a calculator... its statistically
IMPOSSIBLE for Hillary to win.
Its almost like you need an intervention.
Again, as a friend I'm asking you....Please stop
it!
Lets move forward and start hitting at McCain.
Best
Kelley
Kelley, your attitude puzzles me - so let me try something.
Let's say you were born gay - with me so far?
You enjoy looking at men, but I enjoy watching women.
But you can't leave that situation alone.
You want to stand there and demand an explanation of why I don't
prefer men.
It seems you refuse to allow me the rights you claim for yourself.
Why can't you believe in, "We all have our preferences?"
You can say, "This race is over,"
ten thousand times, but that's not true.
If it was true, you'd be all smiles and singing and whistling with
glee, but instead,
you're angry with me because I don't lust after men. That makes no
sense.
Seems like an old friend might say, "I like
my candidate, you like yours,
so good luck and may the best candidate win
and then we'll join forces
and kick McCain's ass."
But
no, you're not saying anything close to that.
Then you tell me to get a calculator like I'm some fucking 5 year old who can't add?
Then you suggest I might need an intervention?
Because I like women instead of men?
And the dumbest part?
The score is maybe 47-45
in the fourth quarter and WE have the ball.
And you just can't figure out why we're not ready to lay down and surrender?
Are you sure this is the page you used to read?
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