tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15040772.post1122438046111032441..comments2023-11-03T01:35:04.318-07:00Comments on Bells On: Touchablevikkitikkitavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01501311175482530001noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15040772.post-1808192520770856432008-03-25T19:33:00.000-07:002008-03-25T19:33:00.000-07:00But Vikki, they ARE unicorns! That's why they are...But Vikki, they ARE unicorns! That's why they are so HORNY!Madam Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00136166772469538966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15040772.post-51848056402874364652008-03-14T08:43:00.000-07:002008-03-14T08:43:00.000-07:00XXCap'n Ergo "XL+II" Jinglebollockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06843124493633147728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15040772.post-62782345108481609292008-03-14T07:39:00.000-07:002008-03-14T07:39:00.000-07:00Powerful post, Vik.Powerful post, Vik.dguzmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01811101661607351661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15040772.post-91406068130650920942008-03-13T08:39:00.000-07:002008-03-13T08:39:00.000-07:00Grant: Well, at least you make a distinction.Dave:...Grant: Well, at least you make a distinction.<BR/><BR/>Dave: Of course, not all Obama supporters idolize him. However, when Obama supporters start tearing down Hillary not because of her positions, but because they believe her to be corrupt, then I think they are straying into the land of make-believe. Not because she's not corrupt to some extent, but because they all are corrupt to some extent. I read more than one opinion piece bringing up Whitewater and such - are you fucking kidding me? First of all, there was a bit of an investigation over that deal, and the only person who was ever found to have acted illegally was the guy Starr gave immunity to. Secondly, ahem, REAL ESTATE SCANDAL? Obama supporters better keep their throwing stones in their pockets on that one.<BR/><BR/>BlowGas: No, I absolutely think we should require that leaders adhere to the laws that they prosecute others for violating. I would never suggest otherwise. Spitzer absolutely deserves to lose his office. What I object to is some people's naive assertions that their candidate could have risen to the level of U.S. Senator without ever doing or receiving favors that were not, as we say, in the public interest.<BR/><BR/>Randy: I know. Talk about insult to injury.<BR/><BR/>GKL: You're not the only one who believes in political pots of gold, and the political elves who guard them. Just ask a Kucinich supporter.<BR/><BR/>Cheer34: Yeah, you know when the pundits invoke Oedipus when referring to your fall from grace, that you done got a little too big for your britches.<BR/><BR/>Kirby: I just hope that, whatever my faults, Nick Nolte doesn't play me in the movie.<BR/><BR/>DadE & Jess: I agree. But it will never happen in this nation founded by Puritans. It's like the government giving away needles to addicts. It doesn't matter how many lives it saves. We would never agree to it.<BR/><BR/>Bubbles: Absolutely right. It's quite a standard that Hillary is being held to, and it irritates me to watch it in play. The bottom line on Hillary is that people hated her right off that bat, and they hated her because she was a woman who didn't know her place. That feeling didn't just go away in the last eight years. It's still there.<BR/><BR/>SJ: Maybe the question is, will we allow anyone to ask us to aspire to a standard that the person asking cannot claim to have reached? Do you have to be Gandhi to ask people to sacrifice and behave?<BR/><BR/>Red: Hey, thanks for reading and commenting. You know, I admired Spitzer's work as well, and when I heard that they cheered on the floor of the NYSE when the scandal was made public, it made me want to vomit. Fucking Wall Street bastards. We all want the people who represent our political ideals to also represent our personal ideals. But that, it seems, is a recipe for cynicism and inaction.vikkitikkitavihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01501311175482530001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15040772.post-36911776063245929472008-03-13T07:43:00.000-07:002008-03-13T07:43:00.000-07:008-9 years ago, I was working for a Continuing Lega...8-9 years ago, I was working for a Continuing Legal Ed company and then-AG Spitzer spoke on a program for us. I later worked for the bastards in banking, and I applaud his whole "Sheriff of Wall Street" thing. I've been a fan of his for a long time. I don't feel betrayed or anything; I don't believe in unicorns. However, I'm sad for his wife, his daughters, and the people of New York. He would have kept on doing good things.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08625950040870228573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15040772.post-7252400897136631282008-03-13T05:54:00.000-07:002008-03-13T05:54:00.000-07:00'political unicorns' that's an awesome descriptor...'political unicorns' that's an awesome descriptor and I agree wholeheartedly that people want to find them, think they exist. I've always heard talk of MLK and white women in hotels... no pot of gold there either.SJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07066225688489452644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15040772.post-49263106162608595492008-03-12T21:55:00.000-07:002008-03-12T21:55:00.000-07:00I think sometimes people work hard, become over ac...I think sometimes people work hard, become over achievers, and sacrifice a great deal to sort of prove to themselves that they are 'somebody'. Then they become consumed in being 'somebody' and feel deserving and invincible. Like you say - human.<BR/><BR/>The people that look down their noses at the flawed are the ones that sicken me.<BR/><BR/>Know what would really make me sick? What if Hilary was caught doing something as 'sinful' as any of these men? No, it wouldn't be Hilary's actions that would make me sick. Not at all. It would be the treatment any 'sinful' actions on a woman's part would be treated as compared to a man. The double standard on women's behavior hasn't even begun to be shown in society - mostly because women haven't had the power long enough or often enough.bubbleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04309024574089677684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15040772.post-39657579300571981772008-03-12T16:52:00.000-07:002008-03-12T16:52:00.000-07:00I second dad! It's bullshit that we're allowing th...I second dad! It's bullshit that we're allowing the government to tell us what to do with our own bodies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15040772.post-4654437570229584872008-03-12T13:44:00.000-07:002008-03-12T13:44:00.000-07:00Legalize prostitution!Legalize prostitution!Dad Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15844231409201782748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15040772.post-42534246038871660512008-03-12T11:44:00.000-07:002008-03-12T11:44:00.000-07:00John Steinbeck said of his good friend Ed Ricketts...John Steinbeck said of his good friend Ed Ricketts, he had all the faults of his virtues. That goes for all of us, and it goes double for politicians, I suppose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15040772.post-19855921429494830522008-03-12T10:46:00.000-07:002008-03-12T10:46:00.000-07:00magic happens when you believe. Elliot got caught ...magic happens when you believe. <BR/><BR/>Elliot got caught thats all. All politicians are dirty in some way, as all human beings are. Some just have grandiose faults, so when they get caught it is spectacular. Elliot could have been a president, his ego got the best of him tho. To bad it wasn't that ass Bruno.Cheer34https://www.blogger.com/profile/14932035995477093530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15040772.post-34391530557980525002008-03-12T10:30:00.000-07:002008-03-12T10:30:00.000-07:00I don't believe in political unicorns, at least no...I don't believe in political unicorns, at least not anymore. But I'm pretty sure that political pots o' gold do exist.GETkristiLOVEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03873004576844292852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15040772.post-65477758954312447992008-03-12T09:31:00.000-07:002008-03-12T09:31:00.000-07:00I'd be happy if they just stopped dragging their w...I'd be happy if they just stopped dragging their wives onto the podium when they announce their shit. See how clinically depressed Silda Spitzer looks. Why do they do that?RandyLuvsPaistehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14432276211943447401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15040772.post-17642497392119182962008-03-12T09:26:00.000-07:002008-03-12T09:26:00.000-07:00I hear you... And, I hear what you're saying about...I hear you... And, I hear what you're saying about "political unicorns," but we're talking about a <I>Governor</I>. Shouldn't we in fact have higher expectations of our top leaders?<BR/><BR/>A little corruption, nepotism, graft ... hey, that's to be expected of any politician, I suppose. But <I>connections to a prostitution ring</I>? Come on...Boldly Serving Up Wheat Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17804188398018016592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15040772.post-47299482922487216882008-03-12T08:45:00.000-07:002008-03-12T08:45:00.000-07:00Wait! Whoa! You're suggesting that a Chicago polit...Wait! Whoa! You're suggesting that a Chicago politician has a murky political past?<BR/>I like that Obama doesn't always adhere to the prescribed stagecraft that is usually required in a run for President. <BR/>That makes him more likable to me. I reject the portrayal of Obama supporters as idolizing.<BR/>Wish I could write more but I gotta go chase down the kids.<BR/>Love reading your blog.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12098509222229439608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15040772.post-90872639924818469192008-03-12T07:51:00.000-07:002008-03-12T07:51:00.000-07:00Politicians are a notch below prostitutes anyways....Politicians are a notch below prostitutes anyways.Moderatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02318879290010704973noreply@blogger.com