Can you say Governor John Grisham? I bet you guys are jealous!

[Maddy McCall]

Mississippi Dems are considering John Grisham for their next candidate--he will face off against pigboy Haley Barbour and win.

I adore John Grisham...anyone else here a fan of his?

[Fenris]

1. Is he a Dem?

I mean, I realize the Dems want to nominate him, but is he a Dem?

[Maddy McCall]

4. Yep, a STRONG dem.

[Zomby Woof]

6. not only that Fenris

But a distant cousin of the Big Dog. :-)

[Fenris]

7. HOT DAMN!

Nominate that man!:D

[Zomby Woof]

14. in Clinton's memoirs

He fondly recalls when he was 5 and his Great-Grandfather Grisham coming to see him in the hospital.

Of course, Grisham himself was in the Mississippi State Legislature when he wrote "A Time To Kill".

I think this is exciting if it comes to pass!

[Maddy McCall]

12. And the former democratic governor's room mate at Ole Miss

[Sabriel]

35. Looks like a long-time Dem

Go to Newsmeat if you want to see his contributions:

http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?city=OXFORD&st=MS&last=grisham

[iamjoy]

2. You're Kidding

When is the next gubernatorial?

[Maddy McCall]

5. Three years, if Barbour isn't physically removed from office first.

He took 65,000 people off medicaid -- goes into effect in September. He won't win reelection.

[Soopercali]

3. Good writer!

And a GREAT Democrat!:dem:

[Maddy McCall]

9. Yep. I have heard conservative Republicans I know...

say they will vote for him in a heartbeat. He has a huge following here. One of Mississippi's favorite sons. :-)

[Melodybe]

26. I HOPE that this happens, not only is Grisham a strong democrat, but

he's a lawyer with former state legistrative experience, oh yeah, he is loved by the entire state.

[Zomby Woof]

8. I'm hungry!

I want some rahs with my ham hocks! :D

[Maddy McCall]

10. LOL! You may not want the smoked ham I am about to go try, though.

I might get discombobulated innards from it. :-)

[Jade Fox]

16. Ya'll save me them grits....

[Maddy McCall]

19. Ahhhh...grits with butter and cheese....

One of my specialties. :-)

[NightTrain]

11. I've never read his books, but...

...if he's a Democrat and he has agood chance of beating Haley Barbour, then god bless the man! :kick:

[Maddy McCall]

15. He'll massacre Barbour.

I am SOOO anticipating this. Barbour is close to being rode out on the rails anyway.

Which is good for the Dem party. I hope that Barbour removing so many people from medicaid will have a huge impact on the presidential election.

:-)

[pacalo]

13. I love John Grisham!

I'm thrilled to hear that he may run for governor of Mississippi! Maybe he'll be able to turn the red state around. I've got a cousin living in Mississippi for the past 10 years; from what I hear from her, the state could use a healthy dose of common sense leadership. I'm thrilled (&, yes, jealous)!

[Maddy McCall]

17. Actually, on the local and state level, mississippi has been very

Democratic, until this last election--last year.

Musgrove was a great governor who was entrapped by the "rebel flag" issue.

We shall see...don't count us out yet, even on the national level. Polls being conducted are not considering people who can't pay for life-saving medications, much less phones, to respond to the pollers. There are lots of impoverished people who don't have phones who have NEVER been politically active who will turn out at the polls for Kerry in November. :-)

[acmavm]

18. Fantastic. You bet I'm jealous. But poor Mississipi needs him

desperately. Baubour is a poor excuse for a human being.

[Maddy McCall]

21. Yep, and his anti-poor policies have awoken a sleeping giant.

He also said that poor kids would be better off in a whore house than in a poor household.

:grr:

[goclark]

20. Bingo!

[Maddy McCall]

22. Ok, I have to go eat some bad ham now, but you guys may continue...

to express your jealousy that YOU don't have a future gov as cool as ours. :-)

[Zomby Woof]

25. HAHA!

All I have to reply with is..."Be jealous I get to see John and Teresa tonight!" :D


:hi: have fun!

[Maddy McCall]

30. Wish he'd bring that train south...

He might have a larger crowd turn out than he ever would have expected. Alas, though.

Off to eat ham now. :-)

[AngryAmish]

23. Hopefully, it will keep him from writing any more crappy books.

I hate Grisham's books.

[Maddy McCall]

24. You're just jealous.

;-)

[AngryAmish]

27. I am not jealous.

I'm a mean-spirited SOB, thankyouverymuch.

[Maddy McCall]

29. Watch that green-eyed monster. :-)

[Zomby Woof]

28. Have you read all of them?

To me, it seems silly that if you don't like an author after reading 1 or 2 of his books, to assess ALL of them as crappy is rather prejudicial. If I didn't like an author after reading just a few, I would leave it at that - I didn't like the ones I read.

How about you sit down and write a few novels and we will let you know if your opinion has merit?

[AngryAmish]

31. Matter of fact I have written some novels

Unpublished because they sucked.

I read two of Grisham's suck-a-thons (including "The Firm" which most people say is his best). I will no longer submit myself to such torture.

BTW, I am definitely not a literary snob. I do not really like the "serious" American authors very much. I have my favs, but for fun I mostly read mysteries. I read a fair amount of history, too.

[Zomby Woof]

32. well, I know I am right

I had you pegged as a "2-and-outer". I have no problem with your opinion, just your reach. I tend to only judge the books I have read, and although I may SUSPECT the remainder of an author's oeuvre sucks, I will hold off from saying it as a given.

I found the one Stephen King novel I read to be boring, and I am willing to risk that I would probably not like the countless other books he has written. You gave Grisham one more chance than I did King, and are making the same assessment. Still, I won't say all of King's books suck, but am comfortable with never knowing if I was wrong. Plenty of books out there for everyone.

[mitchum]

33. Ha! That's nothing compared to Governor Sidney Sheldon!

They can hold conferences in airport gift shops :)

[Maddy McCall]

34. Yes, and sign bills at malls. :-)

[Bertha Venation]

36. I work with a lot of Dems who I bet will campaign for Barbour.

Comrades-in-arms, these DC lobbyist-lawyers.

[trof]

37. Damn! I might hop the border.

I can learn to spell Missippi.

[Maddy McCall]

38. LOL! Maybe we can annex you guys...

Missibama. or Alassippi. :-)

[trof]

39. Hey, then the FloraBama would become...

The MissiFloraBama Lounge.
www.florabama.com

[GOPisEvil]

40. Ha! I see your John Grisham, and raise you a Kinky Friedman!

http://www.kinkyfriedman.com/race.html

:D

[terrya]

41. Gasp! But if becomes Governor, what am I going to read on airplane flights

:-)