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candy331 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 03:56 PM
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Old Joe must be smoking something funny, what the hell is this?
Edited on Wed Jan-12-05 03:58 PM by candy331
Why the Ohio vote challenge? (Joe Scarborough)


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And what can you say of John Conyers, a former fellow Judiciary member with whom I served and personally like?

Here is a man who was given 50 turkeys over the holidays so his office could distribute them to the poor and needy. Instead, Conyers and staff reportedly gave a handful of the basted birds to political cronies as flavorful favors. And they lost count of what happened to the rest of those turkeys.

Is this really the man to be criticizing the way Ohio election officials count five million votes? Of course not.



Pass the gravy, because this one is too rich even for my taste.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

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liberalhistorian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 03:58 PM
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1. Well, what else would
you expect from the likes of Scarborough? And I'll have some of that gravy, too, please!
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asthmaticeog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 03:59 PM
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2. Did Conyers also happen to, oh, I dunno,
HAVE A DEAD INTERN TURN UP IN HIS OFFICE SPORTIN' A HEAD WOUND?

No? OK, didn't think so, but thought I should check.
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Kota Donating Member (658 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 04:13 PM
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8. I lkie your response.
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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 04:00 PM
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3. The old Turkey Diversion
One of Tom Tomorrow's rules in "How to Sound Like a Right-Wing Pundit":
Be deliberately obtuse.
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 04:03 PM
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4. Conyers was given only 50 turkeys to hand out to the poor and needy?
come on? I doubt that Conyers would try to decide which of the poor people in his district get those fifty birds, my guess is that they were bought as gifts for his staff and friends and Joe S. is trying to insinuate otherwise.
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BeeBee Donating Member (480 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 04:05 PM
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5. WTF?
:wtf: What do holiday turkeys have to do with voter fraud?
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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 04:07 PM
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6. It's the Chewbacca defense turned fowl :)
Ladies and gentlemen of the supposed jury, I have one final thing I want you to consider: (pulling down a diagram of Chewie) this is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk, but Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now, think about that. That does not make sense! (jury looks shocked)

Why would a Wookiee -- an eight foot tall Wookiee -- want to live on Endor with a bunch of two foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense!

But more importantly, you have to ask yourself: what does that have to do with this case? (calmly) Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not make sense!

Look at me, I'm a lawyer defending a major record company, and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca. Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense. None of this makes sense.

And so you have to remember, when you're in that jury room deliberating and conjugating the Emancipation Proclamation... does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does not make sense.

If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit! The defense rests.

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Gay Ranger Donating Member (86 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 04:10 PM
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7. With God as My Witness...
I thought turkeys could fly!





Sorry, couldn't resist!
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newyawker99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 07:39 PM
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9. Hi Gay Ranger!!
Welcome to DU!! :toast:
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