[ale] Bangalore Bill

[Michael H. Warfield]

On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 11:08:55PM -0500, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 22:30, Michael H. Warfield wrote:
> > 	WARNING...  TOTALLY OFF TOPIC SEMI-HUMOROUS CONTENTS HERE IN...
> > 
> > 	Let's see now...  Gunner...  Aim lllooowww...

> > in our history who was never elected to the office (Ford).  Ford told
> > Latin Americans that he was sorry he couldn't speak their language but
> > he never studied Latin in school (I swear to God it's not a $#@%#@ joke,
> > it was in the news when he did it). 

> I'm pretty sure it was not Ford who fumbled the "I can't speak Latin".
> It was Dan Quayle returning from a trip he was sent on to get him out of
> the white house for a few weeks.

	Damn!  I've been hoisted on my own petard.  You are quite correct.
I had that wrong...  Right party, wrong character...  :-/

> Someone in protocols fumbled some info for Carter on a trip to South
> America. That wound up with him munching a soft taco with the
> traditional wrapper, a corn husk, still on. So on international TV,
> Carter is having to smile and nod politely while chewing a mouth full of
> string!  I don't know if this was before or after the rabbit that chased
> him across a lake.

	:-)

> In all seriousness, I've had the fortune of meeting a few of the
> national political players. Some have left me greatly impressed and some
> have left me wanting to wash the hand that was shook.

> Rosalyn Carter is a wonderful person. I'm glad that her husband was
> finally recognized with the Nobel Peace Prize. Their work with Habitat
> for Humanity is outstanding.

	Absolutely...

	:

> I met the Larry McDonald just as he started his rise to power as a
> congressman from Georgia. His speaking was full of all the current
> political buzz words that could bring a crowd to a fever pitch of
> euphoria. When I got to speak with him one-on-one, he wouldn't look me
> in the eyes when he spoke. And he lied to me directly about a bill he
> was not going to support (he later voted for it after a rousing speech
> he gave that was credited with swaying the uncommitted to it's favor). I
> washed my hands after I met him.

	Sounds about par for the course...  Unfortunately...

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	Mike
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