tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370478.post1397486565567784277..comments2023-10-23T09:41:22.599-04:00Comments on STONE SOUP MUSINGS: It's a bad time to be a RepublicanKathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06875378679299157108noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370478.post-15548640696356454462007-11-20T17:39:00.000-05:002007-11-20T17:39:00.000-05:00Midwestern, you're glad you're not in their camp? ...Midwestern, you're glad you're not in their camp? If the GOP is now losing moderates, its probably because they feel the same way. No one likes the extremists on either side of the aisle.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06875378679299157108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370478.post-54765741459207950162007-11-20T16:35:00.000-05:002007-11-20T16:35:00.000-05:00If this story is true, it is a bad time to be even...If <A HREF="http://weblogs.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/blog/2007/11/no_end_to_demgop_fighting_on_c.html" REL="nofollow">this story</A> is true, it is a bad time to be even a moderate Republican. Moderates are being driven out of the GOP.<BR/><BR/>At the end of the day, based on what the GOP stands for these days, I'm just glad I'm not in their camp.Midwestern Progressivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16191280443683589023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370478.post-18120142249291479152007-11-20T10:56:00.000-05:002007-11-20T10:56:00.000-05:00IMS, thanks for the poem. I enjoyed it.PT, I do r...IMS, thanks for the poem. I enjoyed it.<BR/><BR/>PT, I do remember us having that conversation. Things sure did get worse quickly since then, didn't they?Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06875378679299157108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370478.post-4371663875917121922007-11-19T16:02:00.000-05:002007-11-19T16:02:00.000-05:00Nice poem, small. Jay-Z flashing Euros! Nice one!R...Nice poem, small. <BR/><BR/>Jay-Z flashing Euros! Nice one!<BR/><BR/>Remember when we were talking about Yen weakness? <BR/><BR/>Turns out that wasn't really the issue, or at least the main one.Praguetwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15481534213601084777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370478.post-71244524355698208692007-11-19T14:45:00.000-05:002007-11-19T14:45:00.000-05:00WE DON'T HAVE THESECon-men fall prey to other conn...WE DON'T HAVE THESE<BR/><BR/>Con-men fall prey to other conners<BR/>Then wind up taking stupid honors<BR/>Bestowed by other boneheads, see,<BR/>And this is called civility.<BR/><BR/>It is the way of CEOs:<BR/>The scalawag in charge but knows<BR/>Running the firm into the ground<BR/>Will "severance package" yet be found--<BR/><BR/>Millions and millions, to presume<BR/>His some especial talent, plume<BR/>Billows in his wake, however,<BR/>Collapse, disaster guided clever.<BR/><BR/>The army both and Washington<BR/>By CEOs are likewise run,<BR/>With no attachment to success<BR/>Beyond the short-term--can you guess<BR/>They all have holdings overseas,<BR/>But you and I, we donĀ“t have these.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com