Comments on: “We’ve got them just where we want them” http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/10/13/weve-got-them-just-where-we-want-them/ Pat Cunningham offers an unabashedly liberal perspective on national politics. A note of caution: The language gets a litttle salty on some of the sites to which this blog links. So, don't say you weren't warned. By the way, this blog's name is inspired by the Will Rogers quote, "All politics is applesauce." Fri, 9 Jan 2009 02:31:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 By: fdeblauwe http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/10/13/weve-got-them-just-where-we-want-them/#comment-7767 fdeblauwe Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:02:08 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/10/13/weve-got-them-just-where-we-want-them/#comment-7767 I found this great cartoon on the <a href="http://reasonstobecheerful3.blogspot.com/2008/10/weve-got-them-just-where-we-want-them.html" rel="nofollow">Reasons To Be Cheerful, Part 3</a> blog: dead on! I found this great cartoon on the Reasons To Be Cheerful, Part 3 blog: dead on!

]]> By: echo4charlie http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/10/13/weve-got-them-just-where-we-want-them/#comment-7743 echo4charlie Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:35:08 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/10/13/weve-got-them-just-where-we-want-them/#comment-7743 Good (satire) article from "The Onion": Obama Under Fire For Playing T-Ball During Vietnam October 10, 2008 | Issue 44•42 WASHINGTON—At a press conference on Monday, members of the Vietnam Veterans Alliance blasted Democratic nominee Barack Obama for his failure to serve in the Southeast Asian war that ended 33 years ago, alleging that during the conflict the candidate frequently engaged in games of T-ball. "While our boys were dying in Vietnam, Barack Obama was running around a little league field, laughing and having fun without a care in the world," VVA spokesman James Lowry said. "John McCain left his wife and three children behind and fought bravely, but I guess Sen. Obama decided that practicing cursive and learning how to ride a bike was just more important than defending his country in her hour of need. I bet he wasn't even able to point out Vietnam on a map." Lowry later speculated that if Obama had been sent over to fight in the conflict, he probably would have peed his pants and cried for his mommy as soon as he touched down in Saigon. Good (satire) article from “The Onion”:

Obama Under Fire For Playing T-Ball During Vietnam

October 10, 2008 | Issue 44•42

WASHINGTON—At a press conference on Monday, members of the Vietnam Veterans Alliance blasted Democratic nominee Barack Obama for his failure to serve in the Southeast Asian war that ended 33 years ago, alleging that during the conflict the candidate frequently engaged in games of T-ball. “While our boys were dying in Vietnam, Barack Obama was running around a little league field, laughing and having fun without a care in the world,” VVA spokesman James Lowry said. “John McCain left his wife and three children behind and fought bravely, but I guess Sen. Obama decided that practicing cursive and learning how to ride a bike was just more important than defending his country in her hour of need. I bet he wasn’t even able to point out Vietnam on a map.” Lowry later speculated that if Obama had been sent over to fight in the conflict, he probably would have peed his pants and cried for his mommy as soon as he touched down in Saigon.

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