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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: Tess Anderson on July 15, 2011, 06:34:19 PM
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Lots of name dropping going on here by "brooklynite":
link (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1498680)
Jberryhill got TS'd, didn't believe it either:
brooklynite (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-15-11 05:58 PM
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In which a weekend on Martha's Vineyard isn't a day at the beach...
I am sitting poolside at a hotel in Edgartown on Martha's Vineyard. Kids are swimming and parents are lolling in lounge chairs. It could be any group of vacationers, except that the reading material Is tending towards copies of POLITICO and THE HILL, and Bernie Sanders is rather unpretentiously sitting in his swimsuit across the way.
I'm here to attend a "summer retreat" for DSCC's top donors, and this is the only free time in the calendar. There's a policy briefing at breakfast tomorrow, meetings with two liberal Super PAC's, a fundraiser for Senator Franken (he called; how could I say no?), and a variety of social events to give people a chance to meet prospective new candidates. I've already had a 20 minute chat with General Sanchez, and I'm hoping Elizabeth Warren might be attending.
(brief pause ; Al Franken just stopped by)
This sort of event tends to get a lot of bad press, amid allegations that it's just an opportunity for lobbyists to chat up politicians for their pet issues, but so far the attendees I've met have been "ordinary"; mostly couples, certainly successful financially, but supportive of traditional Democratic policies, and able to support candidates and the Party at a higher level. Would it be nice if we had publicly funded campaigns? Of course it would, and I suspect most of the Senators and candidates here would agree, since they have to spend inordinate amounts of time calling me and other donors for support throughout the two years leading up to each election. But this is the electoral system we have, absent a constitutional amendment, and if the Republicans are going to raise buckets of money, we have to as well.
In my conversations, I plan to bring up the status of elimination of DOMA, and expanding our infrastructure spending. I'll also being trying to arrange meetings between Senators and candidates and "real" Democrats in the NYC area who can't afford programs like this. I'll put together a summary of what I hear next week.
::)
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So Democrats have a hoity toity retreat for their top donors? what about the poor and middle class who are struggling and just trying to get by? So much for saying they care about those on the lower rung of the ladder.
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I'll stick with Tybee, Mexico Beach, PCB, Gulf Shores and, to an extent, HHI. You DUmbasses can keep your uptight enclaves of holier than thou assholes.
Oh, and BTW, can you idiots stop polluting Hilton Head before we start "inviting" you out on offshore trips and start using you for bait? There's a lot of space between sea level and the bottom out in the stream.
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Brookie does his/her best to impress Bobo.
Brookies idea of a luau is a cesspool with straws.
Looking for post cred.
Epic fail.
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jberryhill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-15-11 06:44 PM
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2. Don't forget to take some time to jump off the trestle bridge up on Beach Road
...at low tide.
:lmao:
Does that mean what I think it means?
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:lmao:
Does that mean what I think it means?
Face plant???
I'm selling tickets.
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Does Howie Carr know this event is happening?
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Wait a minute, Patrick Kennedy is getting married tonight -- none of these slobs were invited?
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Wow, more name dropping than a phone book hitting the floor. Ballygrl nailed it. What are the odds there is a YMCA summer camp on Martha's Vinyard for inner city youth?
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I wonder what sort of person would have the kind of wealth they're courting and still need dawn-to-dusk 'Policy briefs' and 'Working groups.' Trust fund kiddies? Surely anyone with the brains to actually have amassed the wealth through his or her own ability would become fully versed on the policy issues before even becoming a donor in the first place. Unless, of course, 'Policy brief' and 'Working group' are just code-words for direct access, gladhanding, getting the candidates' ears for their personal agendas and business advantage, and various other kinds of quid-pro-quo and ego-stroking blow-jobs.
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I wonder what sort of person would have the kind of wealth they're courting and still need dawn-to-dusk 'Policy briefs' and 'Working groups.' Trust fund kiddies? Surely anyone with the brains to actually have amassed the wealth through his or her own ability would become fully versed on the policy issues before even becoming a donor in the first place. Unless, of course, 'Policy brief' and 'Working group' are just code-words for direct access, gladhanding, getting the candidates' ears for their personal agendas and business advantage, and various other kinds of quid-pro-quo and ego-stroking blow-jobs.
I want to know where or how, you came up with the dmocratic party handbook?
Where is your mole?
How did it get there? :lmao:
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Does Howie Carr know this event is happening?
M/zeit's vehicle is usually tuned to AM680 so I have caught Howie a couple times when I borrowed it. I always get a kick out of him.
Maybe you should send him a note?
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Wait a minute, Patrick Kennedy is getting married tonight -- none of these slobs were invited?
It is hard not to feel sorry for Patches and whomever he is marrying. As a fellow once said, "That boy just ain't right."
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I want to know where or how, you came up with the dmocratic party handbook?
Where is your mole?
How did it get there? :lmao:
Trust me--the name is the deception. DAT is a heluva lot smarter than you think--or he lets on. :tongue:
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Except for a few posts, the silence on this thread has been deafening.
nilram Donating Member (945 posts) Fri Jul-15-11 10:09 PM
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7. Right on. I hope you'll mention that the DOD should be taken off the sacred cow list.
And creating demand by putting more money in the pockets of "ordinary americans" makes more jobs than subsidies for businesses.
Just my 2c...
brooklynite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-15-11 10:27 PM
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8. Had dinner next to Bernie Sanders. Think he would agree with you.
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M/zeit's vehicle is usually tuned to AM680 so I have caught Howie a couple times when I borrowed it. I always get a kick out of him.
Maybe you should send him a note?
I did. :-)
I checked the good governor's schedule and he is not going to Martha's Vineyard until next weekend, so this "retreat" isn't on his radar -- nor State House News's radar, and they report on pretty much anything and everything that happens in the Commonwealth related to politics.
This slob is probably in Edgartown (which has most affordable hotels for any working class person to book a stay at), and Bernie Sanders is there for some unknown reason. I would imagine Sanders would gravitate to the P-town area where he is considered a god. Ditto for this retreat (P-town, while a heavily gay community is actually quite beautiful and expensive).
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It is hard not to feel sorry for Patches and whomever he is marrying. As a fellow once said, "That boy just ain't right."
She has to be looking at the $$$$$$$$$$ factor. There really is no other redeeming quality about the aging addict.
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Isn't this another case of the primitives being aristocrats, partying while the peasants starve?
http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,61889.0.html
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Isn't this another case of the primitives being aristocrats, partying while the peasants starve?
http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,61889.0.html
Why yes, I believe you are right in your assertion Frank.
In the words of Michelle Antoinette Obama, make them eat Carrot Cake but don't get between a me an a plate of burgers, fries, and a shake. She may talk the talk but she don't walk the walk.
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.......and Bernie Sanders is rather unpretentiously sitting in his swimsuit across the way.
I read the entire thread but I kept going back to the thought of seeing Bernie Sanders in a swimsuit. That is not a pleasant picture.
:puke:
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She has to be looking at the $$$$$$$$$$ factor. There really is no other redeeming quality about the aging addict.
If you google "Patrick Kennedy gay", the first result is a CC poll that now has over 11,000 views.
A whopping 4.4% felt he is probably straight.
The man has handled more dicks than Horse without a Brain.
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If you google "Patrick Kennedy gay", the first result is a CC poll that now has over 11,000 views.
A whopping 4.4% felt he is probably straight.
The man has handled more dicks than Horse without a Brain.
Wasn't that the poll that brought that crazy person here? I did the Google search and there was only one other link besides CC that I would dare click on that first page of results and that was break.com .
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I read the entire thread but I kept going back to the thought of seeing Bernie Sanders in a swimsuit. That is not a pleasant picture.
:puke:
Pass the mind bleach, please!!!!
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Except for a few posts, the silence on this thread has been deafening.
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nilram Donating Member (945 posts) Fri Jul-15-11 10:09 PM
Response to Original message
7. Right on. I hope you'll mention that the DOD should be taken off the sacred cow list.
And creating demand by putting more money in the pockets of "ordinary americans" makes more jobs than subsidies for businesses.
Just my 2c...
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brooklynite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-15-11 10:27 PM
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8. Had dinner next to Bernie Sanders. Think he would agree with you.
Seems to me that Brooksie didn't bother to ask Red Bernie the question. His/Her/It's answer was like a pat on the head of a two year old. "I'm sure..." Putz.
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I want to know where or how, you came up with the dmocratic party handbook?
Where is your mole?
How did it get there? :lmao:
A wink's as good as a nod to a blind bat, eh? Know what I mean, know what I mean? Eh?
:popcorn:
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If you google "Patrick Kennedy gay", the first result is a CC poll that now has over 11,000 views.
A whopping 4.4% felt he is probably straight.
The man has handled more dicks than Horse without a Brain.
Yeah, that's really weird.
When I check "users online," there's always somebody from somewhere perusing that thread.
It's one of the most-viewed threads here.