Fred Thompsom (move, yard, place)

[hiknapster]

Books, apparently, can kill. Who knew?

My dad says, "What can you possibly reading in two weeks?"

"Reference books," I replied.

Some bird books, too, alleycat. How the heck do you think I can identify these birds without you?

Oh, right. Fred Thompson.

Go Thompson! Go Tennessee!

(Do you think MBMouse is buying any of this?)

[happyappy]

Originally Posted by hiknapster

Don't even get me started on Reagan, my political Achilles heel.

I voted for Reagan. I don’t know why exactly. I was one of those people who drive me crazy now; the ones who base decisions on sound bites and photo ops. At the time I was a young father trying to raise a family and build a career—working 60-70 hours per week at times. So, I guess I should cut some of these latter day voters some slack.

The thing I can remember vividly that I did NOT like about the Reagan years was the tinkle-down economic policy.

[alleycat]

That's okay. I voted for Jimmy Carter the first time.

[hiknapster]

I was too young to vote for Jimmy Carter.

Reagan...I was fresh out of high school, no money to get into college and I hit a full-blown recession.

I had friends that he was affecting in a horrible way, but he waved that flag and they thought he was the best thing since sliced bread.

Ketchup as a vegetable. I will never forget that. Linda Ellerbee on the late night news showing people in lines at the soup kitchens.

Reagan's legacy was that he was so scary-senile that the Russians were terrified of him.

He yelled, "Tear down this wall!" and the Russians thought "Star Wars" was going to kill them. Dummies. It was a frickin' MOVIE. And he was an actor, and not a very good one.

[alleycat]

Watch it, hik. I'll start quoting Clinton. "It depends on what your definition of 'is' is . . . "

(I'm just teasing!)

I think Jimmy Carter's election was the first time I got to vote in a presidential race. I haven't cared enough to even vote in the last two or three.

[hiknapster]

Originally Posted by alleycat

Watch it, hik. I'll start quoting Clinton. "It depends on what your definition of 'is' is . . . "

(I'm just teasing!)

I think Jimmy Carter's election was the first time I got to vote in a presidential race. I haven't cared enough to even vote in the last two or three.

Blasphemy. Vote, even if you cancel mine out!

I just missed Carter's.

Jimmy, the laughingstock, turned out to not be that bad.

Better than Reagan.

Do you remember H. W.'s inauguration? Nancy had a clamp on Ronnie and looked terrified. That's when I knew that it was more than rumor. Something was very wrong.

Still, when he died, I sent Nancy a condolence card. No one should die that way. Nancy was a rotten mother, but she loved Ronnie and it was heartbreaking.

I know, I'm a pushover.

[happyappy]

Originally Posted by hiknapster

They can get political and Nielsen ratings!

LauraC started a thread about this topic in the P&OC forum. She queried about what might be considered unfair campaigning if Fred's camp misused his notoriety and whether or not showings of Law and Order might cause problems. I saw her post somewhere as I was looking at older threads.

I don't know what happened to the thread. There are some highly intelligent people posting there, but I think maybe they're not up to her level.

[alleycat]

If I remember correctly, when Reagan was campaigning they wouldn't let the networks show old Reagan movies.

Months without Bedtime for Bonzo! Unfair.

[hiknapster]

No one is better than our Laura C!

Are you trying to get us to go over there, Happy Yappy?

[alleycat]

Originally Posted by hiknapster

Blasphemy. Vote, even if you cancel mine out!

Sorry, I'm one of those weird people who think that sometimes that's the best choice. I wasn't going to vote for either Kerry or Bush.