Well-son of a gun.

Dynastic, nepotistic politics leads to failure.
I thought it was known by now. Oh well...

Sorry, Ron. I think I'd have a huge problem with supporting anything that came from you, either literally or figuratively.

re: #1 Sharmuta

Well-son of a gun.

Interesting idea, but no.

Will someone please identify whatever is in the water and isolate it so that others may not become contaminated. Oh, I know that this sounds a wee bit like the precious fluids issue that affected one Gen. Jack T. Ripper, but I kid you not, this is a clear and present danger.

re: #1 Sharmuta

Well-son of a gun.

I once heard that this is a more insulting epithet than son-of-a-bitch because the mothers were hookers who came onto ships and had sex by the big guns.

But, I digress.

Anyone know if Pat Buchanan has a son too?

Don't pay much attention to Rep. Paul.

Thought he didn't like this dynasty politician stuff.

Shouldn't he be called Spawn Paul?

re: #1 Sharmuta

Well-son of a gun.

A pop-gun?

We're ceding the battlefield to these people by our refusal to get our boots dirty.

I have thoughts of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster -- sire of kings, though never one himself -- but somehow, Ron Paul simply doesn't rise to the level.

re: #8 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Don't pay much attention to Rep. Paul.

Thought he didn't like this dynasty politician stuff.

Okay for me, not for thee.

At the age of 21, Rand debated Phil Gramm in my US Senate race in my stead.

What? Why in the world would the debate not have been canceled?

re: #7 MJ

Anyone know if Pat Buchanan has a son too?

No kids.

re: #14 Sharmuta

What? Why in the world would the debate not have been canceled?

I'm scratching my head about that one. Is Rand a son or a clone?

re: #15 MandyManners

No kids.

Pardon me for saying this, but thank goodness for small favors.

What's with these abysmal politicians reproducing? And can we do anything about the Kennedys?

...reproducing that is. (Just wanted to make that clear.)

The rise of political dynasties in America is profoundly disturbing, and must be stopped before it proceeds any further. This country already possesses a destructive, full-time class of professional politicians who have never done anything but hold government positions. Adding heritable positions only makes it exponentially worse.

re: #6 MandyManners

I once heard that this is a more insulting epithet than son-of-a-bitch because the mothers were hookers who came onto ships and had sex by the big guns.

But, I digress.

kinda like a 'little bugger'
or
the miners came in forty-nine
the whores in fifty one
and when they got together
produced the native son.

I know the Kentucky GOP is trying to get rid of Bunning, but surely they can do better than this.

re: #17 MrSilverDragon

Pardon me for saying this, but thank goodness for small favors.

Who knows? Maybe a child would've wound up a moonbat?

Not another political dynasty, please.

re: #20 Eowyn2

kinda like a 'little bugger'
or
the miners came in forty-nine
the whores in fifty one
and when they got together
produced the native son.

"If I was a French bawd, I'd go to Sonora."

"If you was a French bawd we wouldn't be having this problem."

re: #22 MandyManners

Who knows? Maybe a child would've wound up a moonbat?

Better the devil you know...

He's a chip off the old blockhead.

OT for those in the NYC metro area:
6/5/2009 1:58:06 PM
All PATH service is suspended, due to a fire at Journal Square. The fire hit the building where the control center for the PATH system is situated.

re: #20 Eowyn2

kinda like a 'little bugger'
or
the miners came in forty-nine
the whores in fifty one
and when they got together
produced the native son.

I've never heard that one.

By the way, the Arab world has no monopoly on misogyny.

At American Thinker today there's an article calling Barack Obama "Our First Female President," chock full of negative stereotypes about women and feminism. A quote:

While some might choose to describe BO as our first metrosexual President, the clincher is that, consistent with all outward appearances, the Obama administration fights like a girl.

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

If Rand is riding his father's coattails as his father's letter suggests, it isn't hard to figure out where he stands.

Is Mrs Paul supporting this with her fish stick fortune?

re: #19 SixDegrees

The rise of political dynasties in America is profoundly disturbing, and must be stopped before it proceeds any further. This country already possesses a destructive, full-time class of professional politicians who have never done anything but hold government positions. Adding heritable positions only makes it exponentially worse.

up-ding

(however ... I can't resist adding)
We have to stop plugging these hair-itable positions or there'll be hell toupee.

Ron Paul's son, Rand. He is a more compassionate kook.

re: #30 researchok

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

If Rand is riding his father's coattails as his father's letter suggests, it isn't hard to figure out where he stands.

I wonder if his son Rue is ever going to run for anything.

re: #29 Charles

By the way, the Arab world has no monopoly on misogyny.

At American Thinker today there's an article calling Barack Obama "Our First Female President," chock full of negative stereotypes about women and feminism. A quote:

And people wonder why I think misogyny still runs too deep in our culture for us to elect a woman.

re: #27 lawhawk

All train service from NYC to NJ shut down?

Get out! Get out now!

Modern "dynasties":
Kennedy,
Bush,
Clinton,
Schlafly,
Paul.

Any more?

re: #35 Sharmuta

And people wonder why I think misogyny still runs too deep in our culture for us to elect a woman.

I'd vote for you Shar...

re: #19 SixDegrees

The rise of political dynasties in America is profoundly disturbing, and must be stopped before it proceeds any further. This country already possesses a destructive, full-time class of professional politicians who have never done anything but hold government positions. Adding heritable positions only makes it exponentially worse.

Theyve been around for awhile.
The Adams
The Roosevelts
The Kennedys
The Gores
The Bushes
All Chicago politics
The Clintons (husband and wife, when does Chelsea join)

It is prevalent even in individual states and small towns.

re: #37 MandyManners

Kim Jong
Assad
Saud

re: #36 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

All train service from NYC to NJ shut down?

Get out! Get out now!

I don't know who may benefit the most from that situation, NY or NJ?

re: #21 doppelganglander

I know the Kentucky GOP is trying to get rid of Bunning, but surely they can do better than this.

Why is the Kentucky GOP trying to get rid of Bunning?

re: #29 Charles

By the way, the Arab world has no monopoly on misogyny.

At American Thinker today there's an article calling Barack Obama "Our First Female President," chock full of negative stereotypes about women and feminism. A quote:

The recent Guy Cimbalo Hate*** list and the followup (liberal writer Tommy Christopher got fired for taking exception to the misogyny) is a prime example of that.

re: #33 Lawrence Schmerel

Ron Paul's son, Rand. He is a more compassionate kook.

Yeah, but Rand always has to be on the look out out for Aes Sedai and Forsaken, so I doubt he would be an effective legislator.

/

Southern Kentucky Lions Eye Clinic? I didn't know we had enough lions in Kentucky to support a clinic.

re: #32 pre-Boomer Marine brat

up-ding

(however ... I can't resist adding)
We have to stop plugging these hair-itable positions or there'll be hell toupee.

[Groan]

re: #37 MandyManners

Alou?
Ritter?
Fonda?

re: #36 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Get out? I'm stuck here - or will have to take NJ Transit from Penn Station to transfer at Secaucus to get home... no word on when it'll be fixed.

May I unequivocally state my shame as a Kentuckian

re: #41 Walter L. Newton

hahahahahaha!

re: #38 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Thanks.

re: #29 Charles

By the way, the Arab world has no monopoly on misogyny.

At American Thinker today there's an article calling Barack Obama "Our First Female President," chock full of negative stereotypes about women and feminism. A quote:

You obviously aren't comparing that quote to religiously sanctioned battery.

re: #41 Walter L. Newton

NY - because that's where I am at the moment. If I were in NJ, I'd say NJ. :)

re: #37 MandyManners

Landrieus, Udalls.

Dr. Paul has been married to his loving wife, Kelley, for 18 years and has three boys. Rand Paul is a career doctor, not a politician. His entrance into politics is indicative of his life’s work: a desire to diagnose problems, and provide practical solutions.

So, why not stay doing what you do best?

re: #29 Charles

While some might choose to describe BO as our first metrosexual President, the clincher is that, consistent with all outward appearances, the Obama administration fights like a girl.

While I understand and certainly don't support the mysogynistic undertone of the statement, I have to say I know quite a few women that would wallop my backside were I to even consider a fight.

re: #48 lawhawk

Leave now. You should get home in time to get ready to go to work on Monday.

Sorry, dude. Sucks to be you.

Can you get a hotel for the night? Catch a show?

re: #48 lawhawk

Get out? I'm stuck here - or will have to take NJ Transit from Penn Station to transfer at Secaucus to get home... no word on when it'll be fixed.

I use to take the Erie Lackawanna from Dover to Hoboken, PATH from Hoboken into Manhattan, I loved all that train service.

re: #46 SixDegrees

[Groan]

*grin* ... Thank you very much!

re: #48 lawhawk

Get out? I'm stuck here - or will have to take NJ Transit from Penn Station to transfer at Secaucus to get home... no word on when it'll be fixed.

Aaahhh...NEW JERSEY.

re: #58 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Leave now. You should get home in time to get ready to go to work on Monday.

Sorry, dude. Sucks to be you.

Can you get a hotel for the night? Catch a show?

Pick up a... never mind.

re: #28 MandyManners

Little Green Footballs
Education with an Attitude

re: #12 pre-Boomer Marine brat

I have thoughts of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster -- sire of kings, though never one himself -- but somehow, Ron Paul simply doesn't rise to the level.

Just mentioning them in the same sentence almost merits a down ding. :)

re: #29 Charles

While some might choose to describe BO as our first metrosexual President, the clincher is that, consistent with all outward appearances, the Obama administration fights like a girl.

Guess that writer has never seen me with my DE .50.

re: #6 MandyManners

I once heard that this is a more insulting epithet than son-of-a-bitch because the mothers were hookers who came onto ships and had sex by the big guns.

But, I digress.

...and another urban legend is born

re: #29 Charles

By the way, the Arab world has no monopoly on misogyny.

At American Thinker today there's an article calling Barack Obama "Our First Female President," chock full of negative stereotypes about women and feminism. A quote:

I'm not familiar with Ralph Alter (sounds like a made up name), but he is apparently AT's humor writer.

re: #53 lawhawk

NY - because that's where I am at the moment. If I were in NJ, I'd say NJ. :)

Don't worry. Ron Paul is sending in his blimp to get you out.

Chicks, man.

"the Obama administration fights like a girl."

Lighten up Charles. A harmless figure of speech. Apples/oranges.

re: #64 experiencedtraveller

Just mentioning them in the same sentence almost merits a down ding. :)

Indeed.
/My humble apologies.

re: #70 sbvft contributor

*WHACK*

re: #68 KenJen

Don't worry. Ron Paul is sending in his blimp to get you out.

And the great thing about the blimp is the renewable source of power that keeps it afloat... Ron's own hot air!

re: #58 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

There are alternatives if PATH is screwed for the evening rush, but it's a schlep. I'll get home tonight - it's only a matter of when. No need to get a room in the city.

re: #29 Charles

By the way, the Arab world has no monopoly on misogyny.

At American Thinker today there's an article calling Barack Obama "Our First Female President," chock full of negative stereotypes about women and feminism. A quote:

My son is would not tangle with the females in my family. We fight dirty.

terrific/

re: #42 Son of the Black Dog

Why is the Kentucky GOP trying to get rid of Bunning?

I have no idea, but that's what the article said.

re: #68 KenJen

Don't worry. Ron Paul is sending in his blimp to get you out.

It's a frakin' zepplin, man. It pays to know your lighter-than-air ships.

re: #74 lawhawk

There are alternatives if PATH is screwed for the evening rush, but it's a schlep. I'll get home tonight - it's only a matter of when. No need to get a room in the city.

Limo. Helicopter. There are ways.

My wife uses the phrase "...like a girl" all the time on my sons and me. At dinner last night when my youngest was explaining his less that stellar grades, she told him to quit "being such a girl." So is this sort of like how Blacks can use the N word and whites can't?

Don't know about the "feminization" thing, but it does occur to me that women largely supported/voted for both Clinton and Obama, who were both raised without stable male role models in their homes, which recalls the "Mommy-pleasing" behavior (and subsequent appeal to women) aspect I learned about way back in Psych 101.
Do the chicks dig the Dem pols because the Dem pols adapted to appeal to the chicks?

re: #48 lawhawk

Get out? I'm stuck here - or will have to take NJ Transit from Penn Station to transfer at Secaucus to get home... no word on when it'll be fixed.

How long is your commute?
Good luck getting home for breakfast.

re: #40 Lawrence Schmerel

Kim Jong
Assad
Saud

*Sigh*

Plantagenet
Tudor
Stuart
Seriously Germanic dynastic name that spell check does not love, but during WWI becomes:
Windsor.

re: #80 big steve

My wife uses the phrase "...like a girl" all the time on my sons and me. At dinner last night when my youngest was explaining his less that stellar grades, she told him to quit "being such a girl." So is this sort of like how Blacks can use the N word and whites can't?

yes

and tell your son to quit his baby girl whining.

We don't deserve another Paul.

We need another Reagan.

Rand Paul. Well, just did a search and it looks like they like him over at Stormfront. Just heard a video of an interview of Rand Paul and he used the phrase, "Bush regime."

re: #81 lincolntf

Don't know about the "feminization" thing, but it does occur to me that women largely supported/voted for both Clinton and Obama, who were both raised without stable male role models in their homes, which recalls the "Mommy-pleasing" behavior (and subsequent appeal to women) aspect I learned about way back in Psych 101.
Do the chicks dig the Dem pols because the Dem pols adapted to appeal to the chicks?

Chicks dig sharp dressed men. Those chicks who swoon at Obama or Clinton creep me out.

re: #39 Eowyn2

Theyve been around for awhile.
The Adams
The Roosevelts
The Kennedys
The Gores
The Bushes
All Chicago politics
The Clintons (husband and wife, when does Chelsea join)

It is prevalent even in individual states and small towns.

They seem to be engaging in a dramatic increase. Your last four examples are all currently active.

Agree, to, on the local level. Detroit is blessed to have John Conyers as their representative, and his lovely wife, Monica, on the city council. No doubt Monica will be seeking national office soon, now that Cynthia McKinney has left a gaping hole in the Batshit Crazy wing of Federal politics.

re: #21 doppelganglander

I know the Kentucky GOP is trying to get rid of Bunning, but surely they can do better than this.

Honestly, I've read a few articles about Bunning, and I'm not sure why the KY GOP has such a problem with the guy. And compared with Mini LuapNor? Sweet merciful heavens...

re: #83 Dianna

Hanover...

Well, i hope we are not judging him based on his dad.

re: #80 big steve

My wife uses the phrase "...like a girl" all the time on my sons and me. At dinner last night when my youngest was explaining his less that stellar grades, she told him to quit "being such a girl." So is this sort of like how Blacks can use the N word and whites can't?

sounds like self loathing to me, sorry to say.

re: #29 Charles

By the way, the Arab world has no monopoly on misogyny.

At American Thinker today there's an article calling Barack Obama "Our First Female President," chock full of negative stereotypes about women and feminism. A quote:

Yep...not exactly "How to win friends and female voters for conservatism."

Rand.

As in Ayn, or Kruger?

Either one would fit.

re: #89 funky chicken

Honestly, I've read a few articles about Bunning, and I'm not sure why the KY GOP has such a problem with the guy. And compared with Mini LuapNor? Sweet merciful heavens...

He's not polling well at home and his fund raising thus far sucks..

He's notoriously hard to work with.

He also showed up on the floor of the senate wearing his pajamas leaving some to wonder if he might be getting senile.

Is it just me, or is Obama going into his Duke Ellington phase?

(personally think the Duke is pretty cool, btw)

re: #96 Pianobuff

Is it just me, or is Obama going into his Duke Ellington phase?

(personally think the Duke is pretty cool, btw)

Craaap...posted this on the wrong thread.

I mentioned this in one of the recent threads. :) Also Rand Paul was on none other than; Alex Jones' show. I think you can find it on youtube. I bet there are some nuggets in it.

oh btw Rand Paul's real name is Randy. He goes by Rand because of ... Ayn Rand.

Also Paul is pushing this other guy Adam Kokesh:

Ron Paul’s Family Tree: The Liberty Movement Under a Republican Banner: [Link: www.politicallore.com...]

Looks like he's using all that unused campaign money to fund an attempted takeover of the Republican Party.

re: #98 SecondComing

I mentioned this in one of the recent threads. :) Also Rand Paul was on none other than; Alex Jones' show. I think you can find it on youtube. I bet there are some nuggets in it.

oh btw Rand Paul's real name is Randy. He goes by Rand because of ... Ayn Rand.

Also Paul is pushing this other guy Adam Kokesh:

Ron Paul’s Family Tree: The Liberty Movement Under a Republican Banner: [Link: www.politicallore.com...]

Looks like he's using all that unused campaign money to fund an attempted takeover of the Republican Party.

I went to this gay guy for a haircut once, spelled his name Rand, but prounounced it Ran D.

re: #95 Conservative Moonbat

Oh...hadn't heard the thing about the PJs. I'm not sure I hold it against the guy that he's a pain in the ass to his fellow Senators though.

why won't they go away?!

Don't blame me I voted for Return Of The Son Of Shut Up N Play Yer Guitar.