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Yeah, This'll Work

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Fenian_Bastard, Oct 17, 2006.

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  1. Fenian_Bastard

    Fenian_Bastard Guest

    The endorsements of the decade.
    http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/elections/bal-md.steele17oct17,0,6725109.story?track=rss

    Only in America.
     
    Fenian_Bastard, Oct 17, 2006
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  2. Fubar

    Fubar Member

    Michael Steele is the guy who was pelted with oreos because he's an african american republican, no? That was pretty classy.

    I'm assuming this is the GOP's attempt to show that there are, in fact, republicans who are african americans. Rice and Watts must have been busy... Either that, or those instances went underreported.

    Here's an example of the pluses and minuses of being a member of a political party. Yeah, you get their money, but you also have to deal with the garbage that comes with it. Unfortunately, the garbage is more interesting to folks than how a candidate actually stands on various issues.
     
    Fubar, Oct 17, 2006
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  3. pallister

    pallister Guest

    Don't you have a job, F_B?
     
    pallister, Oct 17, 2006
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  4. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    Yeah, smart guy. He is head chicken-picker-upper at KFC.
     
    Ace, Oct 17, 2006
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  5. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member

    The repudiation of tools, continues. What's happening to Blackwell in Ohio is beautiful.
     
    Ben_Hecht, Oct 17, 2006
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  6. Flying Headbutt

    Flying Headbutt Moderator Staff Member

    Actually, he wasn't. But the myth is better than the truth. While no one is denying anything about the pretty disgusting tie-in of oreos and his political career since a debate a few years ago, he was never actually hit by any oreos and he's been quoted as saying as much. He's also admitted that some of the so-called "facts" was mere hearsay.
     
    Flying Headbutt, Oct 17, 2006
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  7. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Well, an ex-con and a charlatan probably aren't the best endorsements in most places. But unfortunately, more people were probably jazzed about Don King showing up than they were about the candidate. And if anyone there was going to vote, I'd bet Don King has as much pull with them as anyone else. If you live in a rundown, black neighborhood, I could see how Don King might actually be as much of a role model as anyone who ever pops into the neighborhood. He probably had a greater impact than if the candidate had shown up with Bill Clinton.
     
    The Big Ragu, Oct 17, 2006
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  8. Mystery_Meat

    Mystery_Meat Guest

    I thought that was Bounty.
     
    Mystery_Meat, Oct 17, 2006
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  9. OnTheRiver

    OnTheRiver Active Member

    Beats the hell out of selling Lady Kenmores at Sears.
     
    OnTheRiver, Oct 17, 2006
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  10. tyler durden 71351

    tyler durden 71351 Active Member

    I always thought Michelle Steele was kind of cute...she was certainly the second best looking Bangle.
     
    tyler durden 71351, Oct 17, 2006
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  11. D-Backs Hack

    D-Backs Hack Guest

    The Bangles actually played (I shit you not) the Elkhart, Indiana County Fair this summer. Saw the review (which was pretty positive -- said the show was short but energetic) in the South Bend Trib while the wife, kids and I were back visiting the folks.
     
    D-Backs Hack, Oct 17, 2006
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  12. Fenian_Bastard

    Fenian_Bastard Guest

    The Oreos story is apocryphal.
     
    Fenian_Bastard, Oct 17, 2006
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