Open Comment — Olympic edition!!
Up for a little fencing? Ready to dive in? How about a sprint to the finish?
Politics, at least its verbage, has a lot in common with sports — beyond the fact that the hallowed 2 weeks every four years known as the Summer Olympics coincides with our presidential election cycle.
Whatever. While taking a break of today’s TV recaps or live coverage, or after taking in today’s uncharacteristic coolness for an August Sunday, make a pit stop here at Political Fix for Open Comment time.
What’s your best event? Telling us what we missed covering, promoting your favorite candidate, or venting over current issues?
As usual, keep your comments civil, concise and focused on regional/local matters.
There’s no medals or scoring involved, but you still can achieve a slam dunk!
On your mark. Get set. Go!!
I would like to give the gold metal to myself for being out front telling the Edwards story and picking up on the self-centeredness of Edwards from the start have known since I posted it last October that this man was lying about his affair. His affair is not the issue and not why it is news. It is news because he was running for president.
I also disappointed that the people who called me names and doubted that I was right did not have the decency to apologize to me. Those people that called me evil and you know who you are.
Sorry - hit enter before finishing and proofreading.
I am not happy nor gloting because Edwards had an affair. I am just happy that he came clean and admitted his affair after being such a phony and lying about it. I feel awful for Elizabeth as my X had an affair and left me when I was pregnant so I have an enourmous amount of sympathy for her and her family.
I will take your apologies here now.
Yes, I realize it was supposed to be “medal”!
Enjoy the olympics, we’re the ones that will get the tab when we have to pay back the Chinese for the trillions we’ve borrowed to fight in Iraq.
Had enough vote Democrat!
The Missouri Secretary of State told Missouri Citizens for Property Rights that they had failed to turn in enough signatures for one of the six required congressional districts. The signatures are needed to place amendments to the Missouri constitution on the November ballot that would end eminent domain abuse for private profit in Missouri. Ron Calzone is going to challenge the ruling since he believes enough signatures were turned in. I wonder if other pressure can be brought on the Secretary of State to recount the signatures.
http://www.mo-cpr.org/
But what a nightmare! After all that hard work by people like Darla Maloney and the Calzones, to just miss. My wife was in charge of collecting 20,000 signatures for St. Louis City for another amendment to the Missouri constitution. This sort of situation is the one she feared most.
Not sure if this is the correct venue to vent, but my husband and I have been VERY disappointed with the camera work during the rowing events. We have watched 2 heats that the US was in and there was never a close up of either of the US boats, but many close ups of other boats. Who is doing the camera work? Who do they think their public/market is? Watching rowing has been very irritating and frustrating while we have enjoyed watching the other events. Please hve NBC talk to that camera person! Thanks.
Bill,
I agree with you. But I have a culprit to blame.
The eminent domain people allowed their petitions to be tainted by allowing Ward Connerly and his out of state paid professional canvassers to carry both the eminent domain and affirmative action ban at the same time. Many people who wisely refused to sign the affirmative action ban also probably missed out of the eminent domain ban because they did not want to deal with these out of state pushers. Perhaps in two years when I am sure the eminent domain people will be back at it they will be more careful with you they are associated with.
No thoughts or mention of the Georgia and Russia war going on? I wonder why, have not gotten the go ahead on this one yet?
I would give Gold Medals to Jo Ann Emerson, Kenny Hulshof and Mike Huckabee would zeroed in on the important issues at Saturday night’s Emerson annual picnic in Cape Girardeau. An awesome, inspiring event with over 1,200 in attendance. Good, common sense, down-home values will succeed in this election - not the failed politics of the past as proposed by the Obama/Nixon campaigns. As Huckabee said Saturday night, “The greatness of this country is not the people who run for office. It is the people who help us keep our freedom.” We are lucky to have leaders like Emerson, Hulshof and Huckabee.
I would give Gold Medals to Jo Ann Emerson, Kenny Hulshof and Mike Huckabee would zeroed in on the important issues at Saturday night’s Emerson annual picnic in Cape Girardeau. An awesome, inspiring event with over 1,200 in attendance. Good, common sense, down-home values will succeed in this election - not the failed politics of the past as proposed by the Obama/Nixon campaigns. As Huckabee said Saturday night, “The greatness of this country is not the people who run for office. It is the people who help us keep our freedom.” We are lucky to have leaders like Emerson, Hulshof and Huckabee.