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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 03:23 PM
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*Whew* we can all breath a sigh of relief
Eric Cantor did get his face on TV again today
the streak continues

It was touch-and-go there for while but he pulled it out ;-) like the clutch player that he is

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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 03:29 PM
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1. He's like Jordan in his prime
Except he's a smarmy opportunist who will do anything to promote himself to the detriment of our country and not a highly skilled athlete who rose to the occasion time and time again. But still kind of close... or not. :)
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 03:33 PM
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2. Be like Eric
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 03:44 PM
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3. You have to give him some credit
He sees a vacuum and he's trying to fill it. Granted, he sucks at policy and wouldn't know how to govern to save his life, but he's taking his shot at becoming the GOP's leader. He at least knows enough to figure out that people like McConnell and Boehner are done, and that he could possibly put together a new GOP comeback, if and when it happens. But this isn't 1994, and he's getting advice from a dinosaur like Gingrich. These guys haven't figured out the demographics, they know they exist but they have no way of bringing in women and minorities. They're solid with white males in the South, but that's about it.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 03:45 PM
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4. All of that is true
great points
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 03:50 PM
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5. Yeah I blacked out while typing that
Like Will Ferrell in Old School. :)
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rvablue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 03:55 PM
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8. Eric is safe in his obstructionism and obfuscation b/c he is the perfect mirror
of most of his constituency.....the what's-in-it-for-me/screw-the-working-class crowd.

That is if he's only looking to stay in Congress....which is questionable seeing how big his ego is getting.


((Sorry DUers who live in his district, but you know I'm right in my general analysis))
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 03:56 PM
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10. Why Eric Cantor hates you
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rvablue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 04:20 PM
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12. Thanks for the link UP....it really says it all.....as his constituents are big fans
of dressing their kids up in costumes to go to school.
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rvablue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 04:20 PM
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13. Ooops. double post.
Edited on Wed Feb-18-09 04:33 PM by rvablue
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SemiCharmedQuark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 03:53 PM
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6. Please tell me you found that on a joke site.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 03:55 PM
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9. Google images
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zagging Donating Member (531 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 03:55 PM
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7. Before it's too late
Breathe
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SemiCharmedQuark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 03:59 PM
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11. He's rob a bank to get his face on the news.
Edited on Wed Feb-18-09 04:00 PM by SemiCharmedQuark
Actually, he'd be more likely to pull a "B Girl" and claim Nancy Pelosi robbed him.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 04:21 PM
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14. It's still early on the West Coast, too; if he's fast he can accomplish it again! nt
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 04:26 PM
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15. he's a whiny little shit, ain't he?
remember who eric beat....


ben "cooter" jones from the dukes of hazzard
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 05:09 PM
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16. I've never met him but I hear that Ben is a really great guy
unfortunately he has the DIStinction of having lost to both Cantor AND Newt Gingrich
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Jones_(US)

Ben lives here in Va and is at all kinds of Dem functions I've just never crossed paths with him
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