I used to like Howard Dean.......but

[madfloridian]

But now I like him very much! I am converted. I wanted to post my conversion story.

[windansea]

1. step away from the keyboard

hmmm........ high post count

why did you come here to announce your conversion?

[Kathleen04]

3. lol..

She's lampooning all the other conversion stories..there were quite a few today.

[windansea]

10. I know

I'm lampooning the lampooners

:hippie:

[Kathleen04]

25. Ohh..I was..

lampooning you lampooning the lampooners. ;)

[madfloridian]

40. Well, that sounds funny.

All I see before your post is the word ignore, so I don't know if I was insulted. Probably, you think? You old lampooner, you.

:D

[janx]

45. Thanks for your comments--

[windansea]

67. aaaaaaaaaaaacccccccccckkkkkkk

I am so confused

why can't we all just get along?

is this a big tent or a mosh pit?

[Melinda]

2. I used to like Howard Dean a lot as well...

but now I think he's positively dreamy. :loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya:

[slinkerwink]

4. look at this photo!

[madfloridian]

5. I'm in love.

LOL.

Just kidding...good pic, slinker.

[Melinda]

6. Yummy! Look at this one!

Why, just looking at him makes me all weak in the knees...
:evilgrin: swoon!!

:loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya:
:loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya:
:loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya:

[janx]

26. Just for you, Melinda (and all) -- how we choose a president...

[slinkerwink]

55. he's sporting serious muscles in the last photo!

[janx]

58. We are all beside ourselves at these dreamy pics!

:loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya:

[Cheswick2.0]

71. LOL, this thread is priceless

Isn't this how all women pick their candidate?

[janx]

14. Slinkster, Stop It!! I am dying from laughter!

Thank God there's no speedo pic!

[janx]

16. Come to think of it, where are the other pics,

the "young Howard" pics?

They would be great for this little nugget of satire.

[janx]

18. Or maybe you could find some 50's clip art and military hardware

to accompany your next post!

[diamondsoul]

19. Blech!

Sorry, I just had to say it...and besides I just LOVE your sig pic instead. If I was gonna get the hots for Dean that one would do it, purely because he looks like he's relaxed and being himself in that picture.:toast:

[janx]

21. I don't think getting "the hots for Dean"

is the purpose of that post.

[diamondsoul]

27. And your attitude has finished me off.

I'm done even trying to be nice. Well done.

[janx]

29. It's supposed to be a joke, Diamondsoul.

I intended no offense--just trying to point out that the thread is not supposed to be serious.

[diamondsoul]

31. Ohhhh! Sorry for misreading you!!

LOL Geemoney, we gotta be careful about these exchanges lately!

My post wasn't meant to be serious either. I was just giving a lighthearted personal opinion about the photos.:toast: No hard feelings?

[janx]

32. None at all!

:pals:

[madfloridian]

36. I know what you mean. LOL

Thanks for taking part. We just have to get silly sometimes.

:hi:

[drfemoe]

61. But I agree with your

positive vibes on the guitar pic... I like that one a lot too.

[Cheswick2.0]

72. you were trying to be nice

Oooops

[slinkerwink]

33. awww, thanks!

[janx]

22. He's just...

DREAMY!

[Clark Campaigner]

65. I'd put this picture up against yours any day

[Cheswick2.0]

73. ooo a flag fetish....... Kinky!

whatever floats your battleship!

[janx]

12. Stop it! You're killing me!

LOL!

[janx]

13. LOLOLOL!!!

This sounds familiar somehow...

[CTLawGuy]

7. I used to want him dipped in boliing oil...

but now I want him to have my children. Wait that makes no sense....

:silly:

[janx]

30. We all know what you meant...

[MidwestMomma]

8. You all are BAD but extremely funny.....

Had a real LOL moment there! But now you must take your :spank:!

[madfloridian]

9. Chuckle.

:hi:
Sometimes you have to be silly.

[xultar]

11. Fine $5.00 to the Dean campaign n/t

[Hoppin_Mad]

15. Don't forget - Meetup Tomorrow !

More letter writing :-( :-)

[slinkerwink]

17. I'm going!

:hi:

[w13rd0]

59. More letter writing?

But I can't find any rhesus monkeys in that short amount of time? And all I have left are a booklet of 32cent stamps. Won't Homeland Security investigate me if I write letters and use two 32cent stamps each?

[Cheswick2.0]

20. LOL

You had me scared there for a minute.

[cryofan]

23. I used to think Dean was a Liberal, but now I know better!

Even though his website admits he is a "centrist," Dean and his minions surround their campaign with a media propaganda swirl of words and phrases meant to convey the idea that Dean is some kind of populist and radical liberal, but in actuality, he is a conservative, as you can see from Dean's own words (in bold below):

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Most of the Democrats in the legislature rebelled against Dean over the budget cuts, and he ended up depending on Republican votes to pass most of his proposals. At the time, a local Vermont newspaper wrote, "The biggest items on Dean’s agenda for next year are likely to provoke more opposition from the Democrats than the Republicans. Nevertheless, Dean said he feels no particular pressure to deliver the goods to his party or to promote the Democratic agenda."15

In the mid-1990s, Dean even aligned himself with the likes of Republican Newt Gingrich on his stance on cutting Medicare. He opined at the time, "The way to balance the budget is for Congress to cut Social Security, move the retirement age to 70, cut defense, Medicare and veterans pensions, while the states cut everything else."16
....
The Rutland Herald described how one protestor, Henrietta Jordan of the Vermont Center for Independent Living, "said it would be much fairer to raise taxes on people with expensive homes and cars, children in private school and a housekeeper at home than to cut programs that helped the 66,000 Vermonters living with disabilities."17 Dean responded callously, brushing off the pleas of Vermont’s most vulnerable by saying, "This seems like sort of the last gasp of the left here."18"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


The rest of this article is here:
http://www.isreview.org/issues/32/dean.shtml

[hellhathnofury]

24. I did too but then I found out he was just this guy...

Rove definitely want's him to win the nomination. Plastic surgery can do so much these days.

Dean is Dean, nothing more, nothing less.

[RetroLounge]

42. I used to take people here seriously until they refered to

International Socialist Review to back up their agenda.

Whatever...

[janx]

48. Now is definitely not the time to take this board seriously!

[RetroLounge]

70. Yes, I agree...

my bad. back to silliness...

[hellhathnofury]

49. I think the general strategy is to laugh at the BS.

We've responded to everything they've got, why keep doing it?

[madfloridian]

51. Ha ha, I have been fuming about that all week.

Got me nowhere fast. Now we have Moonie Dispatch being proudly quoted. :crazy: :silly:

[drfemoe]

62. I don't know why this song sprung into my head .

The Devil Went Down To Georgia

The devil went down to Georgia
He was looking for a soul to steal
And he was in a bind
'Cause he was way behind
And was willin' to make a deal.

When he came upon this young man playing
a fiddle and playin' it hot
the devil jumped up on a hickory
stump and said,
"Boy let me tell you what:

I bet you didn't know it
but I'm a fiddle player too,
And if you care to take a dare
I'll make a bet with you
Now you play a pretty good fiddle boy
But give the devil his due
I'll bet a fiddle of gold against your soul
'Cause I think I'm better than you."

The boy said, "My name's Johnny
And it might be a sin
But I'll take your bet, your gonna regret
'Cause I'm the best that's ever been."

Johnny you rosin up your bow and play your
fiddle hard 'Cause hell's broke loose in Georgia
And the devil deals the cards
And if you win you get this shiny fiddle made of gold
But if you lose the devil gets your soul.

The devil opened up his case and he said,
"I'll start this show."
And fire flew from his fingertips

As he rosined up his bow
And he pulled the bow across the strings
And it made an evil hiss
Then a band of demons joined in
And it sounded something like this

When the devil finished Johnny said,
"Well you're pretty good ol' son!
But sit down in that chair right there
And let me show you how it's done!"

Fire on the mountain, run boys run
Devil's in the house of the rising sun
Chickens in the breadpan, picking out dough
Granny does your dog bite? No, child, no

The devil bowed his head
Because he knew that he'd been beat,
And he laid that golden fiddle
On the ground at Johnny's feet
Johnny said, "Devil, just come on back
if you ever wanna try again.
I done told you once,
You son-of-a-bitch,
I'm the best that's ever been!"

He played:
Fire on the mountain, run boys run
Devil's in the house of the rising sun
Chickens in the breadpan, picking out dough
Granny does your dog bite? No, child, no.

[w4rma]

68. "minions"? bitter? (n/t)

[Cheswick2.0]

74. Eeyore?

Please come back and say something funny.

[Lobo_13]

28. I'd do him

Hell, I'd even let him be the pitcher. And I'm a straight male.

[LittleDannySlowhorse]

34. Back off! He's mine!

I'm married and straight, but I want to have a "meetup" with Dr. Dean, pronto! I want him to grease up one of his beefy forearms and tell me to turn my head and cough!

[Lobo_13]

43. Don't make me slap you

like you've never been slapped before.

[LittleDannySlowhorse]

50. Talk to the hand, girlfriend!

Leave me Dr. Dean and I'll let you have whatever is in Clark's bulging Speedo's.

[Lobo_13]

56. ewww

Now why would I wan't some skinny, hairy little man like that, when I could have the good Doctor?

[tinanator]

35. send more money!

$10 today, $20 tomorrow. Gee, isnt democracy great?

[janx]

37. Dean's taking off like a

[Donkeyboy75]

44. That's not a lead balloon, is it?

n/t

[janx]

53. Definitely not!

[thebigthink]

57. No, silly.

It's a bird! No, it's a plane. No, wait it's....

The Hindenburg.

http://www.vidicom-tv.com/tohiburg.htm

:-(

[madfloridian]

39. Democracy was never like this before.

Never, there is no precedent. Fasten your seatbelt. Bumpy road ahead.

:hi:

[bain_sidhe]

38. Thanks for the laugh

They've been sorely lacking lately...

But if you wanna talk dreamy, I gotta go with that Edwards pic somebody has in their sig (or had)...and then there was that Young Gore picture from before he dropped out...

(Confession: I know I'm a traitor to my candidate, but that speedo pic of Clark just doesn't do anything for me. But don't tell anybody, 'k?)

[madfloridian]

41. Clark is a good-looking guy, but too young for me.

:hi:

[bain_sidhe]

46. Actually, they're all pretty good looking...

except Lieberman. I just hope nobody posts a beefcake shot of Lieberman. ::shudder:: Ok, or Sharpton, although I suppose there are those who like the chunky guys, and far be it from me to deny them their pleasures... but, please, put a orange alert in the header if you do, ok? 'Cause I'd consider it visual terrorism!

[LittleDannySlowhorse]

52. I actually think it would be beautiful

for Lieberman and Sharpton to make love as a form of Democratic party consensus-building.

They are both men of God.

It's the morally correct thing to do.

Who's with me?

[bain_sidhe]

60. EEEWWWWWW I have to go wash my brain now

Think I'm going to have to use bleach or something to get that image out of it. Thanks a lot.

[drfemoe]

64. LOL

I think Lieberman is as cute as a snarky little attack dog .. ruff .
I jest want to pet his cute little head and give him a gravy bone.

[Melinda]

47. MMmmm Edwards is double plus dreamy good.

Seriously dreamy. Dean and Edwards... now there's a sammich I wouldn't mind being the center of! :loveya:


I'm a wicked, wicked girl!! :evilgrin:

[madfloridian]

54. Edwards is what you call classically handsome.

Yes,he is. We have some good looking candidates, and they all have good brains. Some use them more than others.
:evilgrin:

[burning bush]

63. I like Dean

But I'm one of those stuffy, hung up, buttoned down, white, heterosexual,male-for-Dean types. Yawn.

I really don't want to have to have sex with him...

:shrug:

But, my wife thinks he's cute. Can I still be in the club?

[Andromeda]

66. Only if you watch.

:evilgrin:

[Atlant]

69. You naughty person! :-) (NT)

[edzontar]

75. Thanks for the hilarious thread....

The perfect antidote to the Clark-Tiger Beat threads.

Dream on--go Dean!