Krausie typed with his own fat fingers:

"The woman who was ****canned from H-P and who served as McCain's
"economic adviser"? "

Somewhat similar, n'est-ce pas, to the labor union employee who was
"****canned" and who worked for President Bush's father?

"Bill McKee" wrote in message
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"nom=de=plume" wrote in message
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"Bill McKee" wrote in message
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"BAR" wrote in message
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On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:08:19 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:

"We had one race that we were engaged in, it was in northern New
York,
it was a race where a Republican has held the seat since the Civil
War"

Um...no?

It was last held by three different Democrats from January 3, 1979
through January 3, 1993.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York's_23rd_congressional_district

How does she keep getting elected?

Oh wait - San Francisco - that explains everything.

Yeah, but... the *area* hasn't elected a Democrat since sometime in
the
1800s. The 23 District moves around. At one time it was part of
Manhattan.

I used to be in Maryland's 8th Congressional district. But, the
Democrats in Maryland wanted to get Chris Van Hollen elected to
Congress
so the redistricted Connie Morella out and my area got put into the 4th
Congressional district. We didn't move, we just got redistricted from a
majority Republican district to a majority Democrat district.
Gerrymandering of Congressional districts is State House sport that
occurs every 10 years. Elections do matter.

Same here in Calif. The District that has most of the silicon Valley in
it also has a 2 mile wide swath over hwy 152 to include Livingston, CA.
Which about 100 miles across the San Joaquin Valley.

Calif. voted to stop legislators for gerrymandering like this. The next
redistricting will be done by regular citizens.

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Nom=de=Plume


True, but should have been the law a long time ago.

Perhaps, but there's not much point in revisting the many gerrymandered
(over and over) districts.

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Nom=de=Plume

"Bill McKee" wrote in message
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"nom=de=plume" wrote in message
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"Bill McKee" wrote in message
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"mgg" wrote in message
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"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
message ...
"We had one race that we were engaged in, it was in northern New York,
it was a race where a Republican has held the seat since the Civil
War"

Um...no?

It was last held by three different Democrats from January 3, 1979
through January 3, 1993.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York's_23rd_congressional_district

How does she keep getting elected?

Oh wait - San Francisco - that explains everything.

I'll have you know, that I do *NOT* live in San Francisco. I live in
San Jose. The only time I ever go up there is when we have out of town
guests, and they insist on a visit.

--Mike


Actually SF is nicer than SJ to visit. And I have worked in both.

SF is an amazing place. If I didn't work at home in the forest, I'd move
there over any other city.

--
Nom=de=Plume


Live there? No way. Crappy weather, crappy politics. But a fun place to
visit. I grew up across the bay and moved over the hill to a place that
is not foggy 1/2 the year. I worked there and graduated university there,
and still own property there. Just do not get me started on the Assessors
office. But a crappy place to live. Unless you were maybe 21-28 and high
income.

I love the weather. It's restful compared to the heat and cold found
elsewhere. There are places in SF that aren't all that foggy, although many
places are.

The politics is _interesting_ for sure. Very, very local. I have several
friends quite a bit older that 28 who live there, own their home, and they
love it. I seriously considered buying a place on Russian Hill (yes, it's
foggy there), but it just too much of a stretch.

--
Nom=de=Plume

On 11/4/09 11:50 PM, nom=de=plume wrote:
"Bill wrote in message
m...

wrote in message
...

"Tom Francis - wrote in
message ...
"We had one race that we were engaged in, it was in northern New York,
it was a race where a Republican has held the seat since the Civil
War"

Um...no?

It was last held by three different Democrats from January 3, 1979
through January 3, 1993.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York's_23rd_congressional_district

How does she keep getting elected?

Oh wait - San Francisco - that explains everything.

I'll have you know, that I do *NOT* live in San Francisco. I live in San
Jose. The only time I ever go up there is when we have out of town
guests, and they insist on a visit.

--Mike


Actually SF is nicer than SJ to visit. And I have worked in both.

SF is an amazing place. If I didn't work at home in the forest, I'd move
there over any other city.


It's one of my favorite cities, too.

H the K wrote:
On 11/4/09 11:50 PM, nom=de=plume wrote:
"Bill wrote in message
m...

wrote in message
...

"Tom Francis - wrote in
message ...
"We had one race that we were engaged in, it was in northern New York,
it was a race where a Republican has held the seat since the Civil
War"

Um...no?

It was last held by three different Democrats from January 3, 1979
through January 3, 1993.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York's_23rd_congressional_district

How does she keep getting elected?

Oh wait - San Francisco - that explains everything.

I'll have you know, that I do *NOT* live in San Francisco. I live in
San
Jose. The only time I ever go up there is when we have out of town
guests, and they insist on a visit.

--Mike


Actually SF is nicer than SJ to visit. And I have worked in both.

SF is an amazing place. If I didn't work at home in the forest, I'd move
there over any other city.


It's one of my favorite cities, too.

You two should hook up. You have so much in common.

On Nov 5, 7:47*am, H the K wrote:
On 11/4/09 11:50 PM, nom=de=plume wrote:





"Bill *wrote in message
om...

*wrote in message
...

"Tom Francis - *wrote in
messagenews:f694f5dabb0fugjhfej9s8s5srm2031cvq@4ax .com...
"We had one race that we were engaged in, it was in northern New York,
it was a race where a Republican has held the seat since the Civil
War"

Um...no?

It was last held by three different Democrats from January 3, 1979
through January 3, 1993.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York's_23rd_congressional_district

How does she keep getting elected?

Oh wait - San Francisco - that explains everything.

I'll have you know, that I do *NOT* live in San Francisco. I live in San
Jose. The only time I ever go up there is when we have out of town
guests, and they insist on a visit.

--Mike

Actually SF is nicer than SJ to visit. *And I have worked in both.

SF is an amazing place. If I didn't work at home in the forest, I'd move
there over any other city.

It's one of my favorite cities, too.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I lived there. Nice place to visit, not so great to live.

thunder wrote:
On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:08:19 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:

"We had one race that we were engaged in, it was in northern New York,
it was a race where a Republican has held the seat since the Civil War"

Um...no?

It was last held by three different Democrats from January 3, 1979
through January 3, 1993.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York's_23rd_congressional_district

How does she keep getting elected?

Oh wait - San Francisco - that explains everything.

Yeah, but... the *area* hasn't elected a Democrat since sometime in the
1800s. The 23 District moves around. At one time it was part of
Manhattan.

She hasn't gotten to where she is by being stupid.

There is an argument that can be made that Bush Jr. did get to be
president by being stupid. He did nothing before except failing
businesses, any success coming from family influence, and then there's
the baseball team that received public funding for the new stadium.

If he had a known past he never would have been considered. Nancy
Pelosi's is easily looked up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi

She has been a public figure for a long time.

In a book everyone should read, "Crazy for God," by Frank Schaeffer, it
is noted that the Bush parents considered Jr to be incapable of anything.

And his presidency proved it.

Republicans spend way too much energy deamonizing their opponents. Some
people believe it.

Go ahead and prove me right with your comments.

H the K wrote:
On 11/4/09 10:29 PM, thunder wrote:
On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:23:55 -0800, Bill McKee wrote:

Boxer gets elected because it is San Francisco. Pelosi, because she
runs as a Democrat.

I just heard Carly Fiorina announced she's running against Boxer.


The woman who was ****canned from H-P and who served as McCain's
"economic adviser"?

snerk

McCain's choice of a VP proves his abilities to make choices.

"Jim" wrote in message
m...
H the K wrote:
On 11/4/09 10:29 PM, thunder wrote:
On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:23:55 -0800, Bill McKee wrote:

Boxer gets elected because it is San Francisco. Pelosi, because she
runs as a Democrat.

I just heard Carly Fiorina announced she's running against Boxer.


The woman who was ****canned from H-P and who served as McCain's
"economic adviser"?

snerk

McCain's choice of a VP proves his abilities to make choices.


My edit...

McCain's choice of a VP proves his abilities to make asinine choices.

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Nom=de=Plume

"Loogypicker" wrote in message
...
On Nov 5, 7:47 am, H the K wrote:
On 11/4/09 11:50 PM, nom=de=plume wrote:





"Bill wrote in message
om...

wrote in message
...

"Tom Francis - wrote in
messagenews:f694f5dabb0fugjhfej9s8s5srm2031cvq@4ax .com...
"We had one race that we were engaged in, it was in northern New
York,
it was a race where a Republican has held the seat since the Civil
War"

Um...no?

It was last held by three different Democrats from January 3, 1979
through January 3, 1993.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York's_23rd_congressional_district

How does she keep getting elected?

Oh wait - San Francisco - that explains everything.

I'll have you know, that I do *NOT* live in San Francisco. I live in
San
Jose. The only time I ever go up there is when we have out of town
guests, and they insist on a visit.

--Mike

Actually SF is nicer than SJ to visit. And I have worked in both.

SF is an amazing place. If I didn't work at home in the forest, I'd move
there over any other city.

It's one of my favorite cities, too.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I lived there. Nice place to visit, not so great to live.


Why? What didn't you like about it? There are great restaurants everywhere.
There are so many that even great ones fail all the time. There's culture
like crazy. There's amazing diversity. It's a physically beautiful city.
Transportation is a snap without a car. There are too many street people,
but some of them have a unique outlook. There's crime for sure. There are
earthquakes. You can get to the mountains in a few hours and you can swim in
the ocean on short notice.

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Nom=de=Plume