tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post3616564593387329320..comments2024-03-29T00:28:38.155+00:00Comments on Nigeness: Women Vote For Man ShockNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-43540253141119939392008-06-09T20:39:00.000+01:002008-06-09T20:39:00.000+01:00One of the benefits of surviving a heart attack is...One of the benefits of surviving a heart attack is always being told to go to the head of the line in the emergency room, and almost never having to wait long for even the most mundane test. A dubious honor, but it will do. I don't recommend joining the club, however.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03071928294799081845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-85257800308897792762008-06-09T20:31:00.000+01:002008-06-09T20:31:00.000+01:00i could get physiotherapy in about 5 minutes by wa...i could get physiotherapy in about 5 minutes by walking into outpatients and saying "my leg's gone funny, help", but that's because i type their letters for them and they fear my wrath.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-88684197830376286442008-06-09T16:14:00.000+01:002008-06-09T16:14:00.000+01:00susan, emigrate to the UK, healthcare is free (as ...susan, emigrate to the UK, healthcare is free (as in beer) after entering a UK hospital your chances of coming out again on two legs, about 50/50. If you need a physio, forget it, 4 months waiting time.<BR/>Chances of been given life saving drugs, slim, most of the money goes on doctors bloated salaries and administrators. If you don't have a bug when you go in, they will give you one, the NHS specialty is MRSA.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-17108364892550036312008-06-09T15:08:00.000+01:002008-06-09T15:08:00.000+01:00Hey, I'm in the same demographic as Anonymous. But...Hey, I'm in the same demographic as Anonymous. But I was for Obama in the first place, though happy to vote for Hill if she was the one who clenched the Democratic nomination.<BR/><BR/>All this cult of personality -- good and bad -- is tiresome. It really is the issues that matter and Hillary, at least, knows a thing or two about national healthcare programs. In my family, getting decent health insurance is our primary concern. When middle class people can't afford to see a doctor, something is wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-87303641066225195562008-06-09T00:30:00.000+01:002008-06-09T00:30:00.000+01:00As one of those forty-something American female vo...As one of those forty-something American female voters who moved to Obama in such droves.<BR/><BR/>I don't pretend to know how the November election will play out. Both parties have ended up with an unexpected nominee who will race in perilous times (cf war, economy).<BR/><BR/>But I *do* know that seldom in any election has so much nonsense been spouted as conventional wisdom.<BR/><BR/>Clinton lost because she's a hopelessly compromised and widely disliked candidate, whose candidacy was primarily enabled by her celebrity, whose only permanent base is a relatively small cadre of party insiders and older, entitled women.<BR/><BR/>In the primaries, she got some power from working-class voters who remember Bill and the good ol' days of the 90s and who know very little about newcomer Obama.<BR/><BR/>Beyond that, Obama's position as the nominee has nothing to do with some sort of imaginary increase of leftism in the Democratic party.<BR/><BR/>* There's nothing leftist about wanting a reasonable plan to end a tragically mishandled and misguided war.<BR/> <BR/>* There's nothing leftist about returning to something more like normative diplomacy as practiced by such radicals as Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, and JFK.<BR/><BR/>* Nor is there anything particularly radical about promising to address the US' hopelessly expensive and inefficient health-care payment system (whether or not you can solve it is a different issue)<BR/><BR/>Obama's an articulate, charismatic young candidate with reasonable positions and none of Clinton's baggage.<BR/><BR/>A great many women voters my age simply vote on the issues we care about (good shot at jobs, healthcare, and the freedom to go about the business of our lives without our nation hubristically invading other nations to try to fix the world).<BR/><BR/>It would be nice if those backing the conservative candidate could stick to making a reasonable case about why those who don't already support him should...instead of a lot of breathless-sounding OMG Fear the Enemy clatter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-6692116187131374402008-06-08T22:49:00.000+01:002008-06-08T22:49:00.000+01:00Cheap jibes? Nigeness blog jibes are priceless.Cheap jibes? Nigeness blog jibes are priceless.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-28190116370873152102008-06-08T22:22:00.000+01:002008-06-08T22:22:00.000+01:00Frank:Already Obama is trying to sound hawkish.Let...Frank:<BR/><BR/><I>Already Obama is trying to sound hawkish.</I><BR/><BR/>Let me guess. He still wants to talk to Tehran and Pyongyang, but he wants to talk <I>sternly</I> to them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-53351818923774391532008-06-08T21:08:00.000+01:002008-06-08T21:08:00.000+01:00There was an electoral map in the Times a couple o...There was an electoral map in the Times a couple of days ago that I highly recommend viewing. IIRC, at this point, all McCain needs to do to win is pick off Florida, Pennsylvania and/or Ohio. In those three states Obama ran far behind his average, well before he became the annointed one (Florida), well after his inevitable victory was proclaimed by the press hounds (Ohio), and well after it was acknowledged by everyone else (Pennsylvania). Despite this, I suspect he will win, and those who apparently dream of the second coming of Christ will be as disappointed as those who expected Tony Blair to lead them to Nirvanah.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03071928294799081845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-63680196292398844572008-06-08T16:37:00.000+01:002008-06-08T16:37:00.000+01:00Hello Nige,The Gramscian wing of the Democratic Pa...Hello Nige,<BR/>The Gramscian wing of the Democratic Party has done to Clinton what it did to Lieberman in the 2006 primary season. Already Obama is trying to sound hawkish. His acolytes won't be bothered by that, because they know he just saying that to win - in other words, he's lying. The rest of us, however, know that as well, and I continue to suspect that Obama will do about as well in the election that counts as Ned Lamont did.Frank Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-57817283822509291582008-06-08T15:17:00.000+01:002008-06-08T15:17:00.000+01:00Ah Malty - that is indeed the silver lining to thi...Ah Malty - that is indeed the silver lining to this particular cloud. I look forward to seeing entire high streets with no more than, say, 2 or 3 estate agents per dozen shops. <BR/>And Randy you're right of course - but this blog isn't about fairness, not when there are cheap jibes be made...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-69098009548565283482008-06-08T15:08:00.000+01:002008-06-08T15:08:00.000+01:00Ah, the south of France, the home counties overspi...Ah, the south of France, the home counties overspill area. In a very few weeks I suspect that we will have our own burdz v black show on the road. The great oarsman is, I suspect, about to part company with his rowlocks, leaving the ship of state pilotless (as it has been since 1997, only now officially so.) Imagine if you will the scenario, in the Grey corner Jaquie the hair producless one, (motto, give em' some cleavage) in the even grayer corner Milly Band, the very odd dark one, (the end result of a one night stand between a social worker and an estate agent,) motto, sound like an intellectual, act like a pratt.<BR/>Here we go again, but there is some excellent news, it is anticipated that due to the housing crash, up to 15,000 estate agents will be made redundant, well it's a good start.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-7924297183934989902008-06-08T14:20:00.000+01:002008-06-08T14:20:00.000+01:00Nige, in fairness one should note that virtually a...Nige, in fairness one should note that virtually all blacks did vote for Obama. Had women supported Clinton by the same margins, Obama would be but a footnote to history by now.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03071928294799081845noreply@blogger.com