Yail Bloor Wrote:
Cap'n Squirrgle Wrote:
Lemme tell you why I wouldn't cross the street to piss on Rudy if he were on fire.
Back when W was going for Round Two, (and I worked for them folks who fired me), they had him come out to give a talk. It was supposed to a generic morale booster / something to do (it's nowheresville WI, there's nothing else going on). He proceded to stump HARD for W, throwing out (and I quote) "we all know he's going to win anyway, right?" etc. He didn't hint at it, he didn't flirt with it, he didn't spend fifteen seconds on it, he didn't just mess around with it.... he knocked it up AND married it. He saw an opportunity to stump for that asshat and he took it, dispite any expectations or crowd feedback. And half the crowd walked out on him.
I have never been able to look at him the same since. And I wonder what his stance on W is now?
Good story and I TOTALLY see your point; Now for a hypothetical: Could you vote for Hillary even though she refuses to admit that voting to give the president the authorization to go into Iraq was a mistake? Cuz, that's really not that much different (in political terms) than stumping for W, IMHO.
I really don't have a lot of love for Hillary, per the "I'm not wrong" syndrome, because that's been my biggest beef with W's character. If she's not willing to eat some humble pie on that, she loses respect from me. Just say you were swindled, Hil.
Big-n-Stupid Wrote:
Also, you might should be mad at YOU if you didn't know he was right. Also, if he knew people were 'agin it' when he said it, then I like him even better.
I'm not sure I follow you. Are you suggesting that;
1. It's totally cool that Rudy got paid by my company to talk
at me about one candidate right before an election (under the guise of NOT talking about it), while we got to either stand there and take it or walk out,
2. I should be mad at myself for not giving up hope that we wouldn't have that turd twice in a row,
3. You did give up hope, and that makes you awesome?
My issue was not with his being correct or not, it's with his unabashed cock nibbling. You and I had all the information we needed at that exact second to know W was making a fucking mess of his presidency. If Rudy didn't see it, and he now distances himself from W when it's fashionable, why then does he get your respect? Again, I'm missing something.
edit: reading comp issues, re: "he had to do it." Meh. He was enthusiastic. I still hold him accountable.