Why is Bush trying to make his cabnet so diverse?

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[Michael]

NFS4 - thanks for the insight.

Michael

 

[Thorn]

<< Powell in succession for VP, that is a wise choice. People would love to have him. I also feel that Cheney would feel good backing out because of his health knowing that such an excellent person is there to fill his shoes. >>


Yep, I think it'll be interesting to see Powell running as VP in 2004 (I don't believe Cheney would be able to hold up for another 4 years if Bush were reelected). There'll be a lot fewer places for the Dems to run if they can't play their &quot;race card&quot; anymore. Rev. Jackson may actually have to get a church and become a real minister if he doesn't have any racial discrimination &quot;fires&quot; to put out (or start). 😉

Not to short Bush, but I don't see GW is the &quot;Uniter&quot; but more as the fore-runner of the Uniter (if Powell doesn't get killed by some white supremacist group).

 

[NFS4]

<< NFS4 - thanks for the insight. >>


Thanks Michael. I was beginning to feel that I had wrote all of that for nothing...

 

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<< You know maybe we ought to stop polluting these threads with our inane flames. I went to post one last insult and when I looked at the title of this thread I felt kind of embarrassed for crapping in it. I doubt that anybody else is interested in our little personal dispute so lets cool it for a while and give the others a break. I think by now we both understand that each of us has little or no respect for the other. Maybe we can show some respect for the rest of the membership. I'm going to go back and delete all the flames I posted in this thread tonight maybe you might want to dop the same thing... >>

Well, there may be some hope for you after all Mike. 🙂 Contrary to what you may believe, engaging in the sort of behavior that I have of late is completely anathema to me. I had hoped that by doing so you might get a small glimpse of what you yourself have been guilty of for quite some time now. Hopefully you have.

Now, if a few others here can open their eyes to the same realization we might can get back to some good high-spirited debate instead of all the baseless and utterly useless personal attacks. To disagree and defend one's beliefs and positions is honorable, but the type of behavior that has been engaged in by some here lately is totally uncalled for and an utter disgrace.

As for our respect for each other, I guess I'll have to agree. I used to think of you as a friend which is why I asked you several times to lay off the unwarranted personal attacks towards me and so many others here, which for some reason that still baffles me you took as some sort of &quot;threat&quot;. For whatever reason though, you chose not to do so and that decision is what brought us to where we're at now. Unfortunately, you're absolutely right. I will never again think of you as a friend nor will I ever respect you again, and I am resigned to the certainty that that works both ways.

Perhaps we could both agree that what we've been engaged in is wrong and stop doing it, not only to each other but to everyone else as well. Of course a little &quot;off color&quot; commentary directed towards a total wanker is always appropriate, but not at the level its risen to of late. I'm certainly willing to cut it out myself. I don't even like doing it, and I also know that that fact was apparent to you because I'm not very good at it. Giving more respect than I'm given is more in keeping with my nature and I'm hopeful that I can get back to doing so soon. I will do as you have done and have suggested and remove my half of our tryst here, as well as those directed at Shux. Perhaps he will do the same.

 

[BoberFett]

Brandon

I rather enjoyed reading that part of your life story also. I just didn't want to say anything, and make it sound as though I were using what you wrote for a stepstool for getting on my soapbox. 😱

 

[Shuxclams]

Just thought I would post and break up the monoteny of the &quot;Elite&quot; posts..........





SHUX

 

[NFS4]

<< I rather enjoyed reading that part of your life story also. I just didn't want to say anything, and make it sound as though I were using what you wrote for a stepstool for getting on my soapbox. >>


That's OK, I understand 😉

 

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<< You are losing it Bubba. Just back off and try to regain your composure. Maybe you can discover the old you who use to be part of this Forum. While we might not have agreed on much at least you were respected by others here. You are going to a place you do not want to be. Let the others deal with us in their own way, nobody needs you to try and make us conform to your idea of what this place should be like. >>

Oh well, you certainly can't say that I didn't try. Swords drawn it is then. I'm not your &quot;Bubba&quot;, asswipe, and I have never &quot;lost my composure&quot;. You, on the other hand, never seem to have had any.

There is no &quot;old&quot; me because there is no new me. Any difference YOU perceive is due to my lack of deference towards you because I once considered you a friend. That deference doesn't exist anymore because you're too damned bull-headed and stupid to accept anyone's friendship. You're a cold-hearted, bitter, and self-centered old man who has shown not one ounce of compassion, concern, or respect for anyone else here, and even worse you actually enjoy being that way. That's pretty damned sick, sadistic, and perverted if you ask me. You didn't used to be like that either, so I'm left wondering just what the hell happened to you. Even now, you can't listen to reason and good-sense because you're too busy flinging insults, belittling others, and being so full of yourself that there is no room left for anything else except your own overblown ego.

As for what respect I did, do, or don't have from anyone here I don't really care. What I do care about is carrying myself in an honorable fashion and having at least some sense of where the line is that borders common decency and having enough self-respect to try not to cross it. You not only don't respect that line, but you gleefully leap over at every opportunity that presents itself. You act as though you have absolutely no idea how to behave amongst others and that you're actually entitled to their deference. Again, I wonder why? What demon is it that drives you to behave so?

Going somewhere I don't want to be? Fat chance of that. I know exactly where I've been, where I'm at, and where I'm headed and I can tell you for sure that its certainly NOT the place you seem so hell-bent on reaching with such passion. I have no desire to make anyone here conform to anything short of common decency, but I can tell you what this place will not become, and not only because of me. It will not become a pig wallow, no matter how much you and a few others wish it to. You WILL show the minimum amount of respect that one human being deserves from another or I will hound you to hell Mike at every opportunity that I get. If you think thats crazy, well then just call me crazy 'cause thats exactly the way its going to be. Now, there's the gauntlet. Pick it up if you wish.

 

[Pennstate]

Man, it's smokey in here.

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