Craig Crawford's Trail Mix

Bryan, I don't hate negative campaigning between the parties, in fact I rather enjoy it - I hate negative campaigning for the nomination that I hear being echoed against the winner of the nomination. And it's really not the first fall she's had - she's been between 39 and 49% in Rasmussen from the beginnning of October, with a pretty consistent polling in the mid-upper 40s for the last couple of weeks in October. Obama is down 7 points from his high in early October, and your boy is down 4 points from his high last week. I don''t read too much into these things, but expect they will continue to tighten until the voting begins. Jamie's Rasmussen link is very interesting to get into the data and noodle.

C'mon Craig, take your tongue out of your cheek. She said in the debate what she thought - that Spitzer was doing the right thing by trying to address a problem the the Dumya admin had neglected. I expect she still thinks that. Oh, right, that is consistency. Now John and Barack have to defend the strong positions in favor of issuing licenses to illegals they took in the debate - contrary to the position 70% of the voting public takes and that is supported by Chertoff (a.k.a. Skeltor, a.k.a. Bushco spokesman).

Craig,

With regards to the ID's for illegals in New York, the fake ID industry is breathing a sigh of relief.

If they really want to bring illegals out in to the open, they can simply do it with the enticement of better paying jobs.

Jeb Bush and Arnold Schwarzenegger probably two of the more popuar goopers have both supported licenses for undocumented workers and not supported it so itapparently good gooper policy to be against , support it and then possibly turn away.

yeah.... I gotta go with pogo on this one.....

basically Hillary is saying that she supports whatever a governor tries to do in order to do something about undocumented workers.....

only thing where I part with pogo is blaming it all on Bushy....
IMO.... it's a pox on both parties' houses concerning any real legislation on this problem..... the extremes on both sides have made it almost impossible to have any meaningful discussions..... and of course, the MSM has done it's usual brilliant job on this topic also....

I just heard the Obama statement and not exactly true.

Renee

At least you understood what Clinton was trying to say. Honestly, the MSM have been milking the "Hillary mistep" for all they are worth. And Obama jumping on the bandwagon was pure opportunism. Even on the night of the last debate, she was trying to say that the Governors had to do something according to their need and citizens since the U.S. had done nothing about enforcing old laws or creating a new program. That makes her current position with Spitzer totally in line with her previous position.

KGC has it right about a plague for all the Pols. Each party, no matter what they say to the contrary, pander to their voting blocs and do nothing about the issue.

So let's say HRC said "Eliot is way out of line here...as US Senator from New York, I am telling him right now: 'back off Spitzer! I'M the senator here and I command you to stop this nonsense and back off the idea of licensing illegals!" What's that make her look like? It makes her a BULLY!
She handled it just fine...she COULD have stomped all over the governor, and she didn't. And the end result is she and Eliot both kept their dignity , and it was dropped.
And Tim Russert is now the King Maker , of sorts, of New York politics...except this issue made both Hillary and Eliot seems sort of wimpy. But all deals like this make someone look a bit weak.
End result? Damage control report: battleship repaired, damage minor. Battleship 100%....full speed ahead.

Image/Damage Control tonight in Las Vegas, sez the Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/15/us/politics/15dems.html?_r=1&ref=politics&oref=slogin

Renee,

I wasn't blaming it all on Bushy, that's what Hillary said in her response at the debate and in her sxplanation the day after. I agree with you, both parties bear blame for not addressing the issue and coming up with a workable compromise.

Dex, you crack me up.

Immigration is a huge problem for the Republicans, not so much for the Dems. The Repubs have the exploitative businesses on one hand and the racists on the other. (Their two key constituencies.)

Tonight’s two-hour debate is on at 8:00 on CNN. That's 5:00 for Jamie and Katy Crack and Harborwoman . I bet Andy Rooney would tell Harborwoman to call herself "Harborgirl". Andy would say,"Harborgirl, as a name, leaves a little bit to the imagination...the name 'Harborwoman' sounds like an open case from the Bremerton Police Department..."no leads yet on the woman found floating in the harbor last month...case named "Harborwoman"...
HEY! That was Andy Rooney saying that (well...he WOULD have!), not your friendly Dexter. Speaking of which, Michael C. Hall was interviewed by Ronnie B on XM 202 today...he plays a very different kind of Dexter on Shotime...but I don't have Shotime in my package...kind of glad!

Immigration as a Dem wedge issue...
The Dems need a sensible immigration policy. Licenses are just one small issue and by obsessing on it they are missing the big picture. The big picture is that they can CRUCIFY the Repubs on this issue in the general election because the Repubs will NEVER be able to reconcile the opposing views of their business and racist constituencies.

Pogo - It's a bad one for the Dems as well because of their progressive labor folks. The unions want them and the people in building trades hate it.

BTW The Catholic church may have just thrown their members to the Dems. They have come out with a "be flexible about abortion positions" message, that opens it up for Hispanics to vote Dems or Giulliani and favoring Dems because of poverty positions.

Jamie, H-woman: I visited my cable office 2day to pay my bill & ask about adding RFD-Imus TV...no dice...they didn't know what the hell I was talking about...2 adult women in there and NEITHER HAD EVER HEARD OF IMUS! HELLO! Am I worthy of the non-coveted "STUCK IN STICKS" award or WHAT !! ??? :)

Dexter, Comcast sent me the typical canned response of "Thank you for your proposal, we take all customer suggestions under advisement and in addition comply with local must carry ordinances in deciding channel additions".

blah blah now go away and pay your enormous cable bill.

Dexter. Speaking of names that come up in police reports, "The San Francisco Police Department today released a sketch of the serial hacker known only as 'Dexter.'"

Meanwhile, "The Boston Police department today explained that the 20 shots fired into the body of the terrorist blogger known only as 'Nash' were justified because, 'We thought his mouse was a gun, and he was strung out on espresso.'"

Doesn't it make you gag when some Rep says things like "Move On dot Org crowd" ... Put brain in neutral and spew .... Soros, hollywood liberal, french, defeatist, America hating ...

The Republican Party has handed itself over to the mindless, pasty white boy with side part denizens. They should all go wait for the rapture somewhere so that actual conservatives can vote again.

Can't one get a podcast of the beloved I-man?

I'm not exactly sure what a podcast is. I think it has something to do with alien body-snatchers.

Imus is a space alien, right? (It would explain a lot.)

JAMIE: I listen to a radio show at night and you are right...the building trades are dead-set against wide-open or even tightly regulated immigration.
The construction workers call in sometimes with a familiar story...where thay could make $16 to $20 an hour in construction a short while ago, now illegals will work for $7 to $9 an hour and this cuts into work possibilities for legal US citizens.
And there is no more adamant illegal aliens haters than truck drivers, who may lose 70% of their jobs to Mexican drivers if the superhighway from Mexico to Canada becomes reality.
I'll say this: it's a true mess..a real hot potato.
I live close to US 24 . That's the main connector from Toledo to Fort Wayne. Last night a trucker called in with complaint thet 40% of the trucks on US 24 were Canadian. He didn't even want the Canadians in the US!
Now that one made me think...cuz right now there is a huge chunk of the US population who HATE the fact that espanol is spoken and signs and phone systems are bi-lingual...are we also in for an anti-Francais bias, also?

Nash,

I agree the Republicans have two key constituencies which they need to balance, but I'd draw the line a little differently. I'd say they have to continue to please their business supporters, who are exploiting the immigration situation, while coddling their other racists, who fear immigrants, or anyone who doesn't look American enough for their tastes.

I guess the point I'm trying to make is that there are racists on both sides of the line you were drawing.

In lieu of flowers, send rememberances for the late Nash, who was filled with anti-terrorist lead, in the form of cash in an envelope to the NRA, who will help us arm ourselves against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and the anti-terrorists, too.

When economic conditions are good, racism decreases. When the conditions are bad, it increases. With all the manufacturing jobs leaving the country and the number of other intense labor jobs decreasing both in number and earning power, a lot of people who really aren't trainable for high tech, white collar jobs are really hurting

jamie, I think you meant to address your comment to nash that - the speaker's name appears below the comment on this site. :-)

Typekey hates me. Not surprised. The feeling is mutual.

Anyway, did everyone remember to send Bill Richardson a birthday card?

that...It's a bad one for the Dems as well

sorry - incomplete thought there.

bye, all, gotta go help th' missus so we can pack tomorrow night to go away for a Mexican thanksgiving.

EdVB - Why is wanting no ILLEGAL immigration Racist?

And what happened to the Crawfords good old list, CRAIG MOVED THE CHEESE.. Took a little bit to get on line

ping,
Better to move the cheese than cut the cheese...

Ok, I apologize for that...

Dang! Stepped out for a couple hours and dex had me rubbed out...by Andy Rooney! So...okay...how 'bout harborcutie? harborsweetie? But you gotta' admit that harborwoman at least sounds like a girl with chesticles!

Ping,

I was speaking more to the racial hate I see among some of my supposedly devout Christian relatives. There's an assumption that anyone who has a low paying job and speaks Spanish is an illegal immigrant, who is somehow threatening to their existence.

Not to speak for Nash, but I think the original point was that some Republicans are in favor of a free-flow of immigrants, illegal or otherwise, to provide a low cost work force, and others, including my family members want the borders secured because they fear anyone who doesn't fit a certain WASPY mold.

I'll submit that everyone who opposes ILLEGAL immigration is NOT a racist.

Dex,
"I visited my cable office 2day to pay my bill & ask about adding RFD-Imus TV...no dice.."

Just tell them: "rats, now I'm going to have to change my service to direct TV. That gets their attention."

dex...You're not far enough away from NYC for them to have NEVER HEARD of Imus! What's wrong with those people? I didn't find it shocking that folks out here didn't know his name, but OHIO?

And I'm with sturg...they get me RFD-TV or some means of watching Imus, or I'm putting some sort of saucer on my roof...or the side of my house...or wherever those things go.

dnd.... you finally showed up.... I sent him my best wishes over at Jamie's place....

Ping.... don't gripe..... comments are posted immediately.... what's not to love..... and EdVB NEVER said that....

pogo.... have fun in Mexico.....

Dex.... let's do a funeral for Nash..... no taps..... just tapas....
and lots and lots of tequila.......

Harborsweetcakes: Glad you have a sense of humor!
Actually I have DirecTV, too...I have cable AND DirecTV cuz I can't get local stations (Fort Wayne and Toledo) off the dish. I was just curious...but man! They had never heard of Imus? I mean...they sit in front of huge TV there in the office all day! They must just watch soaps & movies, I reckon....

Go, dnd! That's what I told 'em, too! And it seemed as though they paid attention, though I have no illusions that a relative few requests are going to dent their intentions. Time will tell...and I really will go elsewhere for both tv and internet if they're unable or unwilling to provide me a means of watching Imus.

One hope is an article I saw last night that indicated it would be available as an 'On Demand' feature. If they make it available the same day it's on, that could be okay.

tapas, si! tequila, no! Make it Mezcal! Of course, not even CyberDexter can drink so much as a thimbleful or he turns into Crazy Guggenheim!

Renee,
Had you not clued me in on Jamie's blog, I'd still be out in the ozone. Thanks.

And for those who want to send Richardson a happy birthday:

http://www.richardsonforpresident.com/action_center/Happy60thBirthday

This was launched by his wife. The bad news is that he has to spend his birthday at a debate. The good news is that he has to spend his birthday in Vegas.

HIYYY----YAHHH JOE! (Crazy Guggenheim...Jackie Gleason Show...2 score years ago

Dang! Now I'm jealous, dex! Cable AND DirecTV?

Gotta' step out for a bit again, so I can try to get back in time for the debate. No more killin' me off!

HW,

You have nothing to fear from any C-Lister posing as Andy Rooney.

"Harborwoman" reflects dignity and class. If you switch to Harborcutie or Harborsweetie, beware of any C-Lister posing as MICKEY Rooney. He might be trying to measure you up as wife number ex plus one. For Mickey I think that would be number 8 or 9, but for C-Listers it's probably in the 2 or 3 range.

Richardson...both a Yankee fan AND a Red Sox fan! Talk about waffling! He's a true butterfly boy!
(But I'd vote for him in a heartbeat)

Dex,
Put a dime in #10 would ya Mr. Donahee?

Just two times for me , EdVB...I worked with a guy who was married NINE times!!
My mother-in law from the first go-round had had 4 marriages.
Her daughter (my ex) shattered her own mom's record...last I heard she was in Cal with #5 !

Dex,
Richardson is a BoSox fan. Not a Yankee fan. Pisses me off that he's not a Rockies fan, since he's from the west.

Dex,

"How you doing Mr. Danahee-he-he?"

Barry Bonds indicted..will the democratic candidates be asked if they wold pardon him and or vote for him to be in the Hall of Fame

Ah, dnd...I heard him say at the end of one of these debates he was a fan of BOTH! Anyway...here's our boy:

http://www.tvparty.com/headers/crazygoogface.gif

funny thing.....imus was pumping RFD long time ago......he knew it was coming, the break with msnbc, he just was caught by surprise as to how and when it came....they weren't prepared for THAT firestorm.......so now, the beat goes on......and the DJ gets a bigger contract......I have a feeling RFD is being "considered" by every tv provider company iin the country......

...nowadays , in the post-Imus world, a TV show would be yanked if they "made fun of the disabled" by showing a Crazy Guggenheim type.

whoa..... Barry Bonds indicted....

YES!.... there is some justice in this country afterall.....

I have a vinyl album called Frank Fontaine sings Crazy Guggenheim.........or vice versa........

4 those of yas who don't know...RFD-TV is the CORNIEST TV network EVER! County fairs, horseshoe contests, calf roping, bull riding, and lots of evangelical singing..LOTS of it...it's DirecTV 379...I never watch it, hell, one day they showed a lawnmower race! I caught that while surfing one day, like I did the other shows I mentioned.

Who's taking bets on OJ? Walk or to the slammer?

dnd,

Tim Russert told Richardson he couldn't be both a Yankee fan and a Red Sox fan. Russert was wrong. A kid who grew up playing ball when Richardson did, would have dreamed of playing centerfield in Yankee Stadium. In his adolescent years, he was exposed to the Sox and liked them too. That wasn't waffling. That was a young man recognizing and appreciating two good organizations. He's just not a fan in the "fan"atic sense of the word.

Similarly, I like the moonlight. But just because I'd like to take a walk in the moonlight with one of my ex-wives or Harborwoman, that doesn't make me a lunatic. (Or maybe it does.)

HW, no offense intended to you, or my ex, - only to me.

J Edwards is pulling out the big guns in Iowa. I just got invited to an event next week with JE, Jackson Browne, and Bonnie Raitt. Hmmmm. Even I am weak enough and might have to go to that one.

nice chattin' with y'all cowpokes! Now I gotsta go to Wal%Mart, cuz poor Lulu & Fred's General store is down to canned lima beans and canned okra on the shelves...they'll be shut down for good in a few days...ain't Wal*Mart benevolent?

Hey dex....it's the singer, not the song........

and OJ......sheeeeeeee-it....that could go either way.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

JACKSON BROWNE? SHA-ZAAM! i love that man's music...and david Lindley on the slide is a world-class artist!

CNN 8:00 Eastern Time ! C YA !

I wish they hadn't included reference to the number of soldiers, who have died in Iraq, but other than that, this story from The Onion has an interesting take on recent events in college football.

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/u_s_military_wasting_all_its

I love Bonnie Raitt -the Edwards event sounds great.

Dex,
"a TV show would be yanked if they "made fun of the disabled" by showing a Crazy Guggenheim type."

I never thought they made fun of Crazy Guggenheim. Remember the look on Gleason's face when Fontaine would sing? I thought they were very inclusive. Craze was part of the family.

That's the take away I had, but I was just a kid.

But you're right. in today's PC climate of tolerance, that would not be tolerated.

i got to see jackson and browne and david lyndley in the mid-seventies in barnwell SC at the nuclear place upstate......just them two.....grand piano, guitar and david's lap steel.....no nukes, y'all

Dex,
"cuz poor Lulu & Fred's General store is down to canned lima beans and canned okra on the shelves"

Lima beans and okra sounds pretty good to me. Ya need to season it with a lot of hot chili's, and maybe some canned tomatoes. Where's Shelia?

dnd & Dex,

We grew up in innocent times. I never thought of Crazy G as handicapped or disadvantaged, just a funny looking guy, who could really sing.

I have to admit I thought of him when my brother sent me a clip of a guy on what I think is a British version of American Idol. I can't access it right now in my office, but I'll try to post it here when I get home. You may have already seen it. A cellphone salesman with a great operatic voice.

I always saw Crazy as just what he was.....the neighborhood guy who would come into the neighborhood bar and talk some shit, and then sing a song for the benevolent bar owner who would then give him a short one.......

his history and his history with the bar coulda been damn near anything....it was the genius of gleason......

Pat Buchanan just made fun of people who work for Habitat for Humanity. For a seventy year old man who lives in a crypt in the basement of msgop and whose only contribution is hate ,for him to make snarky comments about other people's charitble giving is outrageous. The least he could do is make arguments he finds some place other than Drudge. MSGOP is really cheap to have such a low rent conservative who can only spew the party line even when it makes no sense. Rachael Maddow has handed him his head the last couple of times they were on together.

It's for charity! Who wouldn't wanna do something for a good cause?
http://blog.mlive.com/ann_arbor_news_extra/2007/11/go_blue_beat_osu_activities_pl.html

donahue was canned.....buchanan works on......

When I was a kid there were two reasons I watched the Jackie Gleason Show (other than that's what Dad was watching):

1. the June Taylor dancers (and it wasn't because of their choreography) at the beginning.
2. the Crazy Guggenhiem segment at the end.

The stuff in the middle was above me.

The Greatest Speech Ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOmQJhHfGf8

I had to watch Honeymooners, Topper, and Friday night fights wit me old dad.....old squiggley zenith black and white.....

two anti choice men, Tucker Carlson and Pat Buchanan talking about universal health care --
"Reublicans are all about personal freedom and not telling someone what kind of medical care they have to have."

then they both tried to make this discussion an antigay rant. They both add nothing to civil public discourse. Tucker is the village idiot and Buchanan is the mean old man with his zipper half way down leering at young women and touching himself iappropriately.

As promised, here's the link to the cell phone salesman with the great voice. There are two separate clips, if you're interested and have time watch them both.

Subject: Journey of a cell phone salesman........

Watch the faces of the judges as this guy walks out on the stage. And be sure to watch Part 2 - just scroll down the page when you finish the first performance.

http://www.maniacworld.com/Phone-Salesman-Am aze s-Crowd.html

Buchanan talking about Bill and Hillary: "When he puts her back in the wife role, he reduces her."

Any of the wives, or former wives here want to comment on that stupidity?

Tucker says the memory has faded and that's why Democrats view Bill's presidency fondly. I have to accept that because I say the same thing about their beloved Ronnie.

Haven't been around for a while. Too much outrage and shock with national events after my last posting to even be able to put my thoughts and words to paper {blog} since then.

Just getting myself back in the fray and hope to have something new up this weekend.

On another note I to have seen the Nazi Tancredos new fear mongering ad.

So lets just have someone make a similar one starting off showing the Reichstadt burning. Following along the same script show someone leaving a bag by a government building and go dark while hearing an explosion.

Than use the line that if we do not wake up than the Jews will attack us again.

Than in caption say this is what Hitler said about the Jews in Nazi Germany and Tancredo's ad is saying the same thing only he's targeting Muslims and Hispanics instead of Jews.

dnd....
Sheila is tied up with a new friend.....
she may come back to the blog when she has to go back to work in Palm Beach, Fl.

I miss her here too.....

Tweety just can't help himself. If there is a way to slam a Clinton, he will do it even if it means twisting the facts or acting like a complete dunce and misunderstanding her position.

Oh goody now Edwards is for it before he was against it and now for it .... In other words exactly the same position as Clinton .

I agree. Obama really seemed out of his league tonight. Floundering at times even. I believe he has been out fundraising, etc. the last few days and probably should have been getting more rest and debate prep. Hillary did great, IMO. However, I am still undecided who I will support.

EdVB: I knew right away you meant Paul Potts. He's a real big-timer now...i saw him the other day...can't recall what the occasion...he sang "God Save the Queen"...mighta been that Giants. Miami football game from London, England.
I didn't see your clip yet...but he kills Ave Maria.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Good , spirited debate tonight. Nothing settlled. Obama clearly is trying to separate himself from the field as the great American hope, but it ain't washing.
Kucinich has the best message for my ears, and Dodd amazed with hos fluent espanol.
The drivers licenses issue seems like small potatoes to me in light of Iraq.
For a no-nonsense man-with-a-plan, Biden would be an interesting president. Would his grand plan for Iraq/Iran work? Who knows?
Edwards wants us to see how he is so much not like Hillary. PAC money vs. no PAC money. I honestly don't think John Q. Public cares whether or not Hillary is deep in PAC money. If they like HRC, PAC money issues are furthest from their minds.
Wouldn't Bill Richardson make a fine president?
And I miss Crazy Uncle Mike.

Paul Potts has a CD out...called "One Chance". I loved the looks on Cowell et al's faces after he started to sing.

God, Paul Potts KILLED on that show...but it wasn't Cowell and crew...it was the British counterparts.

dex...

It wasn't Simon Cowel and the crew from the US show, but I'm pretty sure he's the guy who runs the British show, too. I'll do some checking before I swear I'm right and you're wrong....

Yep, dex...I'm right. Take a look at the attached link. The lead judge is Simon Cowell....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHYYz_mGP1U

I've seen Paul Potts but didn't find the video there. I did find this though.

"Man Who Turned Into a Tree"

http://www.healthbolt.net/2007/11/14/the-man-who-turned-into-a-tree/

Here it explains what he has. HPV! From a cut and lowered immune system, it says.

HPV is an STD. Ewwww....The anti-sex, overly sexed, Neo-Con crowd could show the video to promote celibacy. And mind the lesson themselves.

Glad Sheila isn't MIA any longer.

tt

This one, of Paul Potts' first audition at Britain's Got Talent, brings me to tears every time I watch it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxOytYLlhiQ&feature=related

Very interesting... as always! Cheers from -Switzerland-.