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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:21 PM Original message |
A good friend explains why Bayh is really quitting |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. Slight narrowing of the asset they are selling. It is not themselves, per se. |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. Wasn't Bayh's dad a great liberal? what happened? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Financially too privileged and comfortable. nt |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 04:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I think it is not uncommon for liberalism to skip generations... |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 07:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. I believe diabetes skips a generation also....n/t |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 07:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Isn't that interesting about the Kennedys? I think they were really embued with public service. |
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wilt the stilt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 09:53 AM Response to Reply #19 |
37. Old money and most Rich people |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 04:06 PM Response to Reply #37 |
52. Dismissing the whole Kennedy family, and what they have done for us? |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. The children of great people |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 04:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. one could argue whether albert gore sr. was "great", but i certainly think jr. earned his greatness. |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 12:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
47. Gore Sr. was the first white southern politician to take a strong pro civil rights stand. |
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arthritisR_US (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. the apple fell from the tree and kept on rolling, all the way down to the sludge pond ;-) n/t |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 08:31 AM Response to Reply #7 |
25. I was about to quote this, except I would have said the apple |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 05:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. I remember Birch Bayh with great admiration. He had guts and brains. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 09:00 AM Response to Reply #2 |
32. It gives pause to the theory that Conservatism may be a mental disorder |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 09:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
35. I believe he was born with the "stupid" gene. Of all the things he is................ |
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Slit Skirt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. good riddens to bahy...he is a jerk for what he has done |
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blue neen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. Excellent analysis. |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
10. i would think that the vast majority of "centrist" dems and virtually all republicans are whores |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
11. I think it's generally true that centrist Democrats are ambivalent |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
13. I think he wants to be governor again.. His little speech the other day |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 07:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. If he is able to get rid of Daniels I will kiss the ground he walks on |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 07:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Daniels is term-limited and Bayh was already governor once |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
16. This makes him sound like "Waahh! Public service is so hard!" |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 09:01 AM Response to Reply #16 |
34. Like Bush said, "It's hard werk to be Presdent" |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
17. A country that doesn't appreciate me doesn't deserve me. |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 10:06 AM Response to Reply #17 |
39. How'd you get my picture? |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
20. K&R. |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
21. He's not a quitter on par with Palin |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 01:46 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. The Way He Quit |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 08:05 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. That is true |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
22. Shows how dumb he is. He could get major rake offs while in office! |
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Scruffy1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 08:54 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. He gets thr rakeoff through his wife |
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Bettie (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 11:32 AM Response to Reply #27 |
44. Or he'll run for President with the new corporate backing rules |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
26. Possibly. I can get that conclusion when I add it up with Evan Bayh. |
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penndragon69 (409 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
28. I always knew he was like this. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 08:58 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Hi, penndragon. What are your thoughts on the nominee? |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
29. I think the shit is about to hit his fan. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
31. That sounds really complex and involved for a person no one really cares about. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
33. He's a loafer who makes George W. Bush look like a Rhodes scholar. |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 10:08 AM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Sounds like several politicans NH is getting rid of n/t |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
36. k&r |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
38. "he doesn't much like Obama, who he sees as a mushy liberal naif" |
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EmeraldCityGrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
41. Wonder if he left for security reasons. The fringe are making some |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
42. Was there ever a time when politicians were in it for the public service? |
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erpowers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
43. Thought There Was Another Reason |
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DirtyDawg (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
45. I'm sure others have been saying.... |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
46. I don't understand why Bayh could do... |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
48. Daschle cashed in when he was booted |
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southernyankeebelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
49. Yay, I wrote him an e-mail and told him not to let the door hit him on the |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
50. Makes sense. My own theory is that it has a lot to do with him being eaten alive with envy. |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
51. he's getting out because he cannot distance himself from his wife |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 07:47 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. SNAP! |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
54. PHRMA beckons and the rat smells cheese. nt |
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