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> Here we are pals and gals on the free roamin' prarie of Debateland, where
> the women are smart, the children nurtured and the men all wear rep ties.
>
> The good governer from Arkanasas, who is so confident of victory that he
> has already contracted a fleet of towtrucks to haul his junked car collection
> to the White House lawn, stated that the winds of freedom were a-blowin' all
> over the world, well, folks (to borry a Texan form of colloquial address) I
> definitely detected some winds blowin' all over that stage.  The problem,
> freedom doesn't smell like THAT!  Yes, I cry verbal flatulence when it is
> served!  If I were to equitably review this debate I would need to call up
> my Sunday night review and change a word here and there, lighten up a little,
> not obnoxiously drive certain points home, yet not change the basic content.
> I would then expect you to be grateful to me for introducing this same crap
> in a new format!
>       BUT NO!  I cannot abandon my bulletin-board integrity THAT easily.  I
> didn't sit through a 1 & 1/2 hour session of Deja Vu (I know, that isn't
> what Deja Vu really means, but isn't that what politics is all about?) I
> didn't...etc...Deja Vu in order to leave the mansion on St. Charles Ave.,
> cross traffic and fight my way through desperate C.P. majors trying to
> finish midterms only to say I have nothing to say.  I made copious notes
> during the debates (what are copious?  more than for my History of Philosophy
> course this morning, and we're talkin' Aristotle!) and i have now decided to
> disregard them for fear  fo being too  unbiased.  Yes I am biased, I hate
>  them all.  I'd vote Libertarian if I knew what the candidate's name was.
> (O.K., I wouldn't actually vote Libertarian, I'll probably write myself in)
> Anyhoo,  J.R.,  I mean H.R. brought up an interesting tidbit about the debt
> (besides the fact that it is 4 tril.)  According to the non-political experts
> that surround the billionaire, we (the people) go a billion dollars deeper
> in debt every day!  He pointed out that during the course of the debate we (th
   e
> people would go $50 Mil deeper in debt.  I am inspired, theoretically, every
>  minute that I spend typing this review sinks us more than $500K in debt.  I
> personally hope to make this at least a $20 million review,  hey if I really
> feel spleeny, maybe even $30 mil. and I can assure you all, I'm plenty full
> of it tonight and i feel that i could make this a 35, no make that a 40 Mil
> review!  And when you add the time that you all will spend reading, printing
> and sharing this posting, we could easily making this THE MOST EXPENSIVE
> REVIEW IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND.  What power! How Thrilling!  O.K., lets get
> mean...
>     H.Ross, looking like the symbol for "in stereo" that showtime uses before
>  a feature presentation, seemed very comfortable in his spiffy med. gray,
> he was relaxed and collected as he explained how much of his own money he was
> spending in order to NOT get elected.   He looked bemused as he described the
> "Big Sucking Sound  DOWN THERE"  perhaps that was Clinton's "Wind of Freedom"
> blowing somebody, I mean somewhere.  An interesting note on "Perot" as far
>  as cognates go, in Spanish "pero" means but, and "perro" (with rolled R)
> means "dog"  Hmm...let's see...but,dog,but,dog,but,dog...DOGBUTT!!! the secret
> is finally revealed, and you heard it here first.  H. Ross Perot is, in all
> actuality, the selfsame Alien which He accused of screwing up the economy, and
> who simply used poor judgement in selecting an "American" moniker.  When Ross
> wasn't plugging his info-mercials (tune in tomorrow on NBC to see my 'Merican
> as apple Pie Charts!) he was spouting "$4 trillion national debt, $4 trillion
> national debt!"  I don't know about you folks, but I thought that intense
> fascination with one object was indicative of Autism...(no condemnation of
> Autists from me yall, I don't mean to impugn their reputation by comparing
> them to the candidates)  Well enough for now, but more later on the would-be
> imaginary candidate...
>      Bill Clinton, by referring to some of the sexist cracks made by his
> wife, daughter and mother proves to the world that his eyes are NOT the
> only place where Clinton has unsseemly bags.  (O.K.  I know I'm opening
> myself up for using the term "bags" to refer to women but, A) It was used in
> the interest of humor, and B) It is one of the milder words I can summon
> up in ref. to Hilary.)  Bill has a solid argument against line item vetoes.
> He certainly has a lot to fear if the president can cut out that which is
> "Pork Barrell"!  (I wonder if Bill has tried Seldane (TM) an excellent
> allergy medicine that won't make you drowsy, or at least putting cucumbers
> on his eyes...)  Another good hair day for slick willie, although I simply
> cannot accept the hair over the top of the ear, what kind of drugged-up
> hippie-freak does he think we want in the Oval office?  The answer is..
> we only want the BEST drugged-up hippie-freak in the...wait a minute...
> Poor Bill, he looks like a character from DICK TRACY, that big ol' head
> and that little face, and those Beady eyes... I am still trying to figure
> out how he is planning the 200K unemployed defense workers to work on
> high-speed rail or waste elimination programs.  Does he believe that because
> someone is an electrical engineer, they can leap gaily from field to field
> like the fry guy at a fast food restaraunt?  I tried to understand it from
>  a personal P.O.V.  I am a musician, at times I've played bassoon in a
> professional capacity...by Clinton's standards, if there is a glut of Bassoon
> players and i find myself left out by lack of demand, because I am a musician,
> I can step in and play bagpipes because there is a definite need for pro-
> bagpipers, boy, I always wanted to play the bagpipes!  Wild Bill also stated
> that he was concerned about the economy because at the turn of the century
> Baby-Boomers (Clinton specified himself in this category) will be retiring
> and he doesn't want to be left in the cold.  Hmm...good point Bilbo Baggins,
> but tell me, who got fat during Reaganomics?  Who got the T.V. shows? Who
> is getting inummerable analogies to mid-life crisis in todya's cinema?
> The Baby Boomers!  You've gotten and are getting yours love-children, at
> least Perot and Bush are concerned for the grandchildren.  Hmm... what's that
> big sucking sound I hear?
>     Mr. President three-initials-before-his-last-name Bush will probably
> turn into a prince when Bar gives him a smooch tonight.  I say that because
> he was toadying to Perot throughout the debate (I know that my friend Ross
> will agree...)  Perot had shake some seriopus boodie to avoid the pursed
>  lips of our Commander in Chief.  (If you all are expecting some cheap gag
> about the big sucking sound down there, i'm afraid you'll be dissapointed!)
> The smouldering Bush was warm tonight, he got the best line of the night
> when he described the Clinton White House as the "Waffle House".  Poor
> George probably had to go potty mighty bad because he kept checking his
> watch.  Either that or he was upset 'cause he was missing THE SIMPSONS.
> While the Tazmanian Devil, I mean Ross Perot, claimed that he would work
> gratis, I mean, what's $200K per annum for him?  George quickly claimed that
> he wouldn't give up his compenasation, somehow blaming Bar.  Of course, they
> are only worth about $65 mil, so they need every penny...
>
> HERE ARE THE STANDINGS:
>      (NOTE: RDC news services conducted a poll and the results reflect
>             100%  percent accuracy)
>
> Ross Perot stands the shortest, Bush the tallest and Clinton in between.
>
> HIGHLIGHTS OF DIALOGUE FROM THE DEBATE:
>
> Q:  What will you do to get guns off of the street?
>      Perot:  "I'll pay $1,000 dollars apiece for 'em"
>
> Q:  What will you do if social security, pension and Medicaid go bankrupt?
>     Bush: File chapter 7
>     Clinton: File Chapter 11
>     Perot: File chapter 13, and change my mind, then pay for it out of my
>            Christmas club account, then change my mind again, then quit.
>
> Q:  Which minority figure could you envision in the White House?
>     Bush: Colin Powell
>     Clinton: He's never played golf with a minority, so he's not at liberty
>              to name one right now.
>     Perot: Bill "Mr. Bojangles" Robinson, or Inez, his most trusted housekeepe
   r
>
> BEST STORIES/IMAGES FROM PEROT:
>
> The middle eastern countries going to Russian "garage sales" to get great
>     prices on used military weaponry.
>
> The story of the Texas boy who had a prizewinning chicken and who missed
>     65 excused days of school to attend livestock fairs.  Happy ending, though
>     the lad returned to school after the chicken lost its feathers.
>      (*Hey, I couldn't make THAT up*)
>
> That it costs more to send someone to jail than to Harvard... Hmm...I bet you
> could get a great football team out of San Quentin...
>
> for those of you who didn't suffer through tonight's debacle, you're lucky!
> No mud wuz slung, and that's all we really want, isn't it?  Well, I'll
> keep slinging whenever a cheap shot comes open!  This was a kinder, gentler
> debate, with controlled tempers and very little "character" issues.  I only
> heard "tax & spend" and "trickle down" once each tonight, but basically it
> was the same as last Sunday and will probably be the same as the next.  At
> this point it doesn't seem like anyone is going to screw themselves royally
> in the next couple of days.  How depressing.
>
> THE WINNER:
>                    Carole Simpson, the intrepid moderator.  She managed to
> avoid any similarity to Oprah while still assuring that race and gender
> issues were addressed, albeit briefly and incoherently.
>
> THE TWO STUPIDEST COMMENTS:
>                           Georgy-pordgy,  he first stated that "portable"
> was a "big word".  Excuse me George but in this world of "portable" CD
> players, computers, televisions, FAXes, and buildings where elementary
> students invariably take at least one class, i don't think that the average
> viewer is beneath the concept of portable.  Even road crews are familiar
> with Porta-Potties...Secondly...."some of you may remember the riots in Los
> Angeles earlier this year..."  And what riots were those George?  $700 mil
> in damages to downtown L.A......nooooooo......no, can't say i remember.
> PLEASE!
>
> Ahora, mis amigos (y amigas) esta es todo.
> RDC,SJ
> P.S. Am I expected to watch the Perot programs?     -Dick


        Thought you all might enjoy this, as I did.

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