THE LIBERAL THREAD #3- No Debate Please

[KikiFan]

Whether you're a HS or an OS there is something we can agree on: These people should never have power again or a video camera either.

 

[crcormier]

Whether you're a HS or an OS there is something we can agree on: These people should never have power again or a video camera either.

Great...

Googily...

Moogily...

 

[JARNJ3]

Whether you're a HS or an OS there is something we can agree on: These people should never have power again or a video camera either.

It would have been cute if they could actually SING!

 

[Honu]

Great...

Googily...

Moogily...

You can say that again.

 

[Reflection]

Whether you're a HS or an OS there is something we can agree on: These people should never have power again or a video camera either.

I say this in my best Simon Cowell voice--that is just dreadful and too karaoke. Someone lock up the videocamera asap!

 

[crazyforgoofy]

Great...

Googily...

Moogily...

MTE! My daughter came running and said "Momma, those people can't sing...AT ALL!"

 

[crcormier]

MTE! My daughter came running and said "Momma, those people can't sing...AT ALL!"

It's better than McCain's Beach Boys tribute, I suppose...

 

[JARNJ3]

Poor Alberto - NOT

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/13/w...l=1&adxnnlx=1208178560-oekLd1nRlZ1Cdykl8G8neg

WASHINGTON — Alberto R. Gonzales, like many others recently unemployed, has discovered how difficult it can be to find a new job. Mr. Gonzales, the former attorney general, who was forced to resign last year, has been unable to interest law firms in adding his name to their roster, Washington lawyers and his associates said in recent interviews..............<snip>

 

[punkin]

Poor Alberto - NOT

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/13/w...l=1&adxnnlx=1208178560-oekLd1nRlZ1Cdykl8G8neg

Heck, would you hire him? He has shown himself to be incompetent. That is the kiss of death. If he was merely venal or even evil, he would have no problem finding a job.

 

[Fitswimmer]

I'm having trouble mustering sympathy for him...it's not like his job got outsourced to India or something....he was just shown to be incompetent.

 

[wvrevy]

Did you guys read the New York Times "expose" about the "McCain Girls"? Turns out, it was only a parody by 23/6...and one that McCain seems to have failed to get. The link is on HuffPost if you want to read the article.

 

[crcormier]

Did you guys read the New York Times "expose" about the "McCain Girls"? Turns out, it was only a parody by 23/6...and one that McCain seems to have failed to get. The link is on HuffPost if you want to read the article.

Thank goodness!

 

[wvrevy]

Thank goodness!

Yeah, but you missed the point...McCain thought they were "really good" and said that he'd watched the video "several times".

 

[Honu]

Poor Alberto - NOT

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/13/w...l=1&adxnnlx=1208178560-oekLd1nRlZ1Cdykl8G8neg

See there, sometimes lawyers have standards.
(spoken as someone who managed law firms for 20 years)

Most of my employers have been the big NY firms, and they all have employed former politicians. It's never worked out well though. Law firms expect you to work.

 

[punkin]

See there, sometimes lawyers have standards.
(spoken as someone who managed law firms for 20 years)

Most of my employers have been the big NY firms, and they all have employed former politicians. It's never worked out well though. Law firms expect you to work.

No. Law firms expect associates to work. Former politicians hired as partners are supposed to bring in new business and provide connections. Given Gonzalez's failures, he would be useless at either.

 

[robinb]

Frankly, I wish we lived in a time when we didn't need to hold a full forum on issues of "faith". It has no place in politics, IMHO.

Me too. I skipped the debate last night because I am really not interested in their religion. I watched the re-run of "Hell's Kitchen" instead .

 

[Honu]

No. Law firms expect associates to work. Former politicians hired as partners are supposed to bring in new business and provide connections. Given Gonzalez's failures, he would be useless at either.

Law firms expect associates to slave. But all partners are required to rainmake and bill. A law firm can't stay profitable in this day and age with nonworking partners on the payroll.

 

[Fitswimmer]

Me too. I skipped the debate last night because I am really not interested in their religion. I watched the re-run of "Hell's Kitchen" instead .

I didn't watch it either. I didn't like the whole premise. I'm tired of every politician having to genuflect to those citizens who MUST have a President that believes in the "right" God.

 

[punkin]

Law firms expect associates to slave. TOO TRUEBut all partners are required to rainmake and bill. A law firm can't stay profitable in this day and age with nonworking partners on the payroll.

If you rainmake sufficiently, your billing is besides the point. Of course you can always bill for all those client dinners.

The political hires are completely different. They are hired to make connections for the firm and bring in big money clients. That's all. Any work they actually do is purely incidental.

 

[eclectics]

It's better than McCain's Beach Boys tribute, I suppose...

I think Romney's rendition of "Who Let The Dogs Out" wins the prize though, imho.

Romney attempting to "get down with the dogs" was just too painful to watch.