VP Pool--NOT THE REAL ONE lol
- axordil
- Pleasantly Twisted
- Posts: 8999
- Joined: Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:35 pm
- Location: Black Creek Bottoms
- Contact:
VP Pool--NOT THE REAL ONE lol
The title says it all: which VP for which candidate? Not necessarily who you would prefer, or who would be best, or who is likely, but who would be most interesting or amusing too. Have fun!
McCain-DeLay: The Odd Couple
Obama-Oprah: But what would Michelle say?
Clinton-Clinton: 23rd Amendwhat?
That sort of thing.
McCain-DeLay: The Odd Couple
Obama-Oprah: But what would Michelle say?
Clinton-Clinton: 23rd Amendwhat?
That sort of thing.
Last edited by axordil on Tue May 13, 2008 4:33 pm, edited 1 time in total.
- Primula Baggins
- Living in hope
- Posts: 40005
- Joined: Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:43 am
- Location: Sailing the luminiferous aether
- Contact:
Huckabee and Colbert would've been fun. And Huckabee did promise.
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
-
- This is Rome
- Posts: 5963
- Joined: Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:48 pm
- Location: Concrete Jungle by the Lagoon
Colbert-Stewart (yes, in that order.) Even though I should be more loyal to Stewart, who's a left-handed Jewish William & Mary grad, Colbert rocks my world.
I won't just survive
Oh, you will see me thrive
Can't write my story
I'm beyond the archetype
I won't just conform
No matter how you shake my core
'Cause my roots, they run deep, oh
When, when the fire's at my feet again
And the vultures all start circling
They're whispering, "You're out of time,"
But still I rise
This is no mistake, no accident
When you think the final nail is in, think again
Don't be surprised, I will still rise
Oh, you will see me thrive
Can't write my story
I'm beyond the archetype
I won't just conform
No matter how you shake my core
'Cause my roots, they run deep, oh
When, when the fire's at my feet again
And the vultures all start circling
They're whispering, "You're out of time,"
But still I rise
This is no mistake, no accident
When you think the final nail is in, think again
Don't be surprised, I will still rise
- Voronwë the Faithful
- At the intersection of here and now
- Posts: 46488
- Joined: Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:41 am
- Contact:
- Primula Baggins
- Living in hope
- Posts: 40005
- Joined: Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:43 am
- Location: Sailing the luminiferous aether
- Contact:
Why do you think he exerts such vast power in the media?
(This is his joke, not mine.)
(This is his joke, not mine.)
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
-
- This is Rome
- Posts: 5963
- Joined: Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:48 pm
- Location: Concrete Jungle by the Lagoon
Yeah, that's what I thought you meant, soli. Yeah, he is. Are you?
He gave the commencement address the year after I graduated. My class only had Queen Noor. And Margaret Thatcher. And Kofi Annan earlier in the year. I feel like we got shafted.
He gave the commencement address the year after I graduated. My class only had Queen Noor. And Margaret Thatcher. And Kofi Annan earlier in the year. I feel like we got shafted.
I won't just survive
Oh, you will see me thrive
Can't write my story
I'm beyond the archetype
I won't just conform
No matter how you shake my core
'Cause my roots, they run deep, oh
When, when the fire's at my feet again
And the vultures all start circling
They're whispering, "You're out of time,"
But still I rise
This is no mistake, no accident
When you think the final nail is in, think again
Don't be surprised, I will still rise
Oh, you will see me thrive
Can't write my story
I'm beyond the archetype
I won't just conform
No matter how you shake my core
'Cause my roots, they run deep, oh
When, when the fire's at my feet again
And the vultures all start circling
They're whispering, "You're out of time,"
But still I rise
This is no mistake, no accident
When you think the final nail is in, think again
Don't be surprised, I will still rise
- Primula Baggins
- Living in hope
- Posts: 40005
- Joined: Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:43 am
- Location: Sailing the luminiferous aether
- Contact:
Sorry—I grew up on the wrong coast, I guess!
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
- solicitr
- Posts: 3728
- Joined: Mon Apr 30, 2007 7:37 pm
- Location: Engineering a monarchist coup d'etat
Law school. Undergrad was at that Other Place in Charlotteville.
I may in fact be going back- I'm in a massive career change into archaeology, and W&M has about the best Colonial Arch department in the country.
EDIT: Oh, commencement. Marshall-Wythe got Warren Burger. Who wasn't a great Chief Justice, but damn, he sure *looked* like one!
I may in fact be going back- I'm in a massive career change into archaeology, and W&M has about the best Colonial Arch department in the country.
EDIT: Oh, commencement. Marshall-Wythe got Warren Burger. Who wasn't a great Chief Justice, but damn, he sure *looked* like one!
-
- This is Rome
- Posts: 5963
- Joined: Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:48 pm
- Location: Concrete Jungle by the Lagoon
Ah, UVA. I think I'm legally obligated to dislike you as a UVA alum (the whole one-sided rivalry, where W&M hates UVA, and UVA is often blissfully ignorant re: all things W&M), but legally obligated to like you as a fellow W&M alum. Confusing stuff.
You can't go wrong by going back there, esp. if you're in any way into colonial history. It's a great school - but this is a rough time for those of us lefty alums who were Nichols fans, as I'm sure you can imagine.
At any rate. Good to know that another W&M alum is in the house. Back when I posted this, I was the only one here, AFAIK.
You can't go wrong by going back there, esp. if you're in any way into colonial history. It's a great school - but this is a rough time for those of us lefty alums who were Nichols fans, as I'm sure you can imagine.
At any rate. Good to know that another W&M alum is in the house. Back when I posted this, I was the only one here, AFAIK.
I won't just survive
Oh, you will see me thrive
Can't write my story
I'm beyond the archetype
I won't just conform
No matter how you shake my core
'Cause my roots, they run deep, oh
When, when the fire's at my feet again
And the vultures all start circling
They're whispering, "You're out of time,"
But still I rise
This is no mistake, no accident
When you think the final nail is in, think again
Don't be surprised, I will still rise
Oh, you will see me thrive
Can't write my story
I'm beyond the archetype
I won't just conform
No matter how you shake my core
'Cause my roots, they run deep, oh
When, when the fire's at my feet again
And the vultures all start circling
They're whispering, "You're out of time,"
But still I rise
This is no mistake, no accident
When you think the final nail is in, think again
Don't be surprised, I will still rise
nerdanel wrote:He gave the commencement address the year after I graduated. My class only had Queen Noor. And Margaret Thatcher. And Kofi Annan earlier in the year. I feel like we got shafted.
I hear ya, going to Georgetown makes me wretchedly blase about speakers coming to campus. Condi was here earlier this month but I would have had to miss a half an hour of work (that's $4.50 I desperately need) and Ron Paul was here the other week but I didn't feel like walking all the way across campus to see him speak. Mind you our campus is like 100 acres tops.
I'd have done it to see Stewart though.
And my top Prez-VP pick would have to be Jesus-Muhammad. I'd have put it the other way around only Jesus is older.
- solicitr
- Posts: 3728
- Joined: Mon Apr 30, 2007 7:37 pm
- Location: Engineering a monarchist coup d'etat
Mean Gene taught Con Law and Torts when I was there. Very popular prof, tho' I never had him (I did have his wife for Civil Pro.)but this is a rough time for those of us lefty alums who were Nichols fans, as I'm sure you can imagine
I sincerely regret his being hounded out, but I do think the Wren Cross affair was a blunder.
-
- This is Rome
- Posts: 5963
- Joined: Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:48 pm
- Location: Concrete Jungle by the Lagoon
We are so going to have to agree to disagree on that one. William and Mary was where I started coming into my own non-Christian religious/spiritual identity...and that cross grated for four full years, every time I was in the Wren Chapel for non-Christian reasons - W&M Choir performances or practices, PBK initiation, even just personal prayer and reflection, and every non-Christian wedding or other ceremony where people specifically had to request exclusion of that Christian default symbol. It was unconscionable to me that it should be left there for the reasons Nichols provided, most important of which is that it sent a clear, unmistakable message of exclusion to those of us W&M students and alums who are not Christian. Simply unacceptable for a public, state-funded university. If you feel otherwise, I respect that, but my view on that issue has been set for more than a decade now.
(If, OTOH, you are simply saying that Nichols could have handled the situation better, there are a number of ways that he could have done things better from a PR perspective.)
And, to keep this on topic, I nominate a Sir Christopher Wren-Gene Nichols presidential pairing.
(If, OTOH, you are simply saying that Nichols could have handled the situation better, there are a number of ways that he could have done things better from a PR perspective.)
And, to keep this on topic, I nominate a Sir Christopher Wren-Gene Nichols presidential pairing.
I won't just survive
Oh, you will see me thrive
Can't write my story
I'm beyond the archetype
I won't just conform
No matter how you shake my core
'Cause my roots, they run deep, oh
When, when the fire's at my feet again
And the vultures all start circling
They're whispering, "You're out of time,"
But still I rise
This is no mistake, no accident
When you think the final nail is in, think again
Don't be surprised, I will still rise
Oh, you will see me thrive
Can't write my story
I'm beyond the archetype
I won't just conform
No matter how you shake my core
'Cause my roots, they run deep, oh
When, when the fire's at my feet again
And the vultures all start circling
They're whispering, "You're out of time,"
But still I rise
This is no mistake, no accident
When you think the final nail is in, think again
Don't be surprised, I will still rise
- bigmcstrongmuscle
- Posts: 14
- Joined: Sat Dec 08, 2007 9:47 pm
For the ultimate in Internet campaign support, Ron Paul / Christopher Walken.
I remember hearing more talk about the Walken hoax than about some of the campaigns!
I remember hearing more talk about the Walken hoax than about some of the campaigns!
But to the wizard's eye there was a faint change, just a hint as it were of transparency, about him, and espeically about the left hand that lay outside upon the coverlet.
'Still that must be expected,' said Gandalf to himself. 'He is not half through yet, and to what we come in the end not even Elrond can foretell. Not to evil, I think. He may become like a glass filled with a clear light for eyes to see that can.'
'Still that must be expected,' said Gandalf to himself. 'He is not half through yet, and to what we come in the end not even Elrond can foretell. Not to evil, I think. He may become like a glass filled with a clear light for eyes to see that can.'