Comments on: Reason to host virtual debate between Barr and McCain-Obama

By: Peter Orvetti

Peter Orvetti — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:31:48 +0000

I want to see a Biden-Palin-Root debate. They’re all hilarious, in their varying ways.

By: G.E.

G.E. — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:31:10 +0000

Is Bob Barr scared of debating Chuck Baldwin?

Is the sky blue?

By: paulie cannoli

paulie cannoli — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:22:53 +0000

Yes. As well as Nader and McKinney.

How about a C4L debate with those three? Anyone here have any pull with them?

By: iamanamerican

iamanamerican — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:21:39 +0000

Is Bob Barr scared of debating Chuck Baldwin?

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By: johncjackson

johncjackson — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:16:12 +0000

Barr has declined as he refuses to debate minor party candidates who have not obtained ballot status in Texas.

By: donald raymond lake

donald raymond lake — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:07:24 +0000

Did Barr make it to the event, or did he miss the bus again………….

His own worst enemy!

By: paulie cannoli

paulie cannoli — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:48:02 +0000

Gene Chapman.

However, he was not a perennial candidate; as far as I know he only ran once, in multiple parties, none of which were interested in him, and that certainly included the LP.

I don’t recall him ever saying he had sex with a donkey multiple times growing up. However, I do recall that some very disturbing charges about him beating/raping women and/or molesting children, as well as having promiscuous gay sex (while claiming to be a traditional Christian moral conservative) came up, and that same day or the next day all his websites disappeared.

By: Trent Hill

Trent Hill — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:35:18 +0000

Neal Horsley was also on Alan Keyes’ show and got freaking chewed up and spit out, by ALAN FREAKING KEYES, so you know he’s not very smart.

And yes, GE’s comments then were based on this guy–who was actually part of the LP and seeking their presidential nomination (as well as the nominations of the CP and Reform parties, I think)

His name was Gene…or something.

By: songster7

songster7 — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:32:25 +0000

Horses DO NOT “chomp” at the (metal) bit; if they did they wouldn’t have teeth for very long.

The word is “champ” — which is what you see them do, as their lips sort of massage the bit (since it is not entirely comfortable in the first place) . Damn near nobody knows this, these days, judging from TV sports (ESPN especially), news and other sources …

By: paulie cannoli

paulie cannoli — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:31:09 +0000

No, but I do remember Neal Horsley

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Horsley

The perennial candidate of the Creators Rights Party. On May 5, 2005, Horsley was a guest on The Alan Colmes Show, a FOX News radio program. During that interview, and after repeated questions about his personal sinfulness, Mr. Horsley stated that when he was eleven years old he had engaged in bestiality with a mule on the farm he grew up on in Georgia. “I was a fool,” Horsley told Colmes, crediting Jesus with forgiving and cleansing him of his “sin.”

While he was not, to my knowledge, ever a commenter at TPW, he was the subject of much discussion.

IIRC, at one point GE was frequently referring to CP members as mule fuckers or some other such nicety. I think that was either in his Undercover Anarchist or Global Elitist stage, or possibly both.

By: Trent Hill

Trent Hill — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:19:02 +0000

Paulie,

Do you remember the name of the perennial LP candidate who claimed he had had sex with a donkey multiple times growing up? He was a commenter at TPW for a long time.

By: G.E.

G.E. — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:14:18 +0000

I’ll be sure to break that one out at my next bachelor party!

Especially if there’s a donkey show.

By: paulie cannoli

paulie cannoli — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:13:11 +0000

chomping

By: G.E.

G.E. — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:12:33 +0000

I don’t know. That could have something to do with my lack of equine knowledge, though. “Champing” is a synonym for “chomping.”

By: songster7

songster7 — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:11:38 +0000

oops, I blew the joke, the misuse is “chomping”

By: songster7

songster7 — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:10:53 +0000

then here’s a sidetrack to p0nder:

Question: What is wrong with the commonly butchered phrase, “champing at the bit”?

By: G.E.

G.E. — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:07:36 +0000

I’m a major believer in the serial comma, but truthfully, it is generally not used in AP-style headline writing that we try to use here, so your point is fair.

youâ€™d probably rather discuss the substance of this post, I guess

I’m always down to dish on grammar and syntax.

By: songster7

songster7 — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:06:08 +0000

actually the serial comma is optional nowadays, and usually obtrusive to meaning in a complex sentence.

you’d probably rather discuss the substance of this post, I guess

By: G.E.

G.E. — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:06:00 +0000

But maybe I should switch it to “McCain-Obama” or even “McBama” so people understand that’s what I meant…

By: songster7

songster7 — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:04:07 +0000

ya beat me to it …