Media uncritically report McCain camp's assertion that Obama "voted against funds for American troops in harm's way"
SUMMARY: Numerous media outlets uncritically reported the assertion by Sen. John McCain's campaign that Sen. Barack Obama "voted against funds for American troops in harm's way." However, none of these outlets noted that McCain himself has voted against legislation to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, nor did they mention that Obama has voted in the past to provide funds for troops stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In reporting on Sen. Barack Obama's August 28 speech to the Democratic National Convention, The Hill, Washington Post, Detroit Free Press, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Denver Post, Politico, New York Daily News, and CNN.com all uncritically reported the response by Sen. John McCain's campaign, which included the assertion that Obama "voted against funds for American troops in harm's way." However, none of these media outlets noted that McCain himself has voted against legislation to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Nor did they mention that Obama has voted in the past to provide funds for troops stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan. As The Washington Post itself reported in a July 19 article by media critic Howard Kurtz, "Obama has frequently voted to finance the war but was one of 14 Senate Democrats to oppose a war-funding bill last year -- after Republicans removed troop withdrawal deadlines -- saying he did not want to be 'validating the same failed policy in Iraq.' "
As Media Matters for America has documented, the media have frequently uncritically reported the McCain campaign's assertion that Obama voted against troop funding.
You know, the media might be on to something by trying to bring up and build up McCain. Now that he has Palin as his veep, doesn't that make for a whole load of fun if McCain were to win? I mean think about it, in the beginning of the next decade, McCain could give an address from the oval office denying an affair with his Vice President... Now THAT would make for some great headlines!
Also, I've heard several people (including those outside the campaign) already call Sarah Palin the next vice president. Where's Dana Milbank when you need him?
Dawuss, I know I've disagreed with you (rather vehemently) in the past on numerous occasions, but I absolutely LOVE your post here.
Putting aside my support for Obama, I can't really fathom how this pick will benefit McCain.
PRO:
She's a woman - so SOME of the Hillary Vote will come to her.
(Is there anything else? Even wikipedia had nothing!)
CON:
1) Younger than Obama, less than 2 years as Governor of AK. This means NO MORE ATTACKS ON OBAMA'S EXPERIENCE. (Unless McCain is politically suicidal.) And this is particularly important considering McCain's age.
2) Runner-up in Miss AK pagent. This isn't BAD in and of itself, but it undercuts the whole "OBAMA AS A CELEBRITY" angle in McCain's ads.
3) ALASKA - an electorally insignificant state that the Republican would have carried no matter WHO was running. (OK - it's not like Romney could have delivered Massachusetts or anything, but you know what I'm sayin'.)
4) She's a MAVERICK. (Seriously - she's gone after fellow Republican's for ethics violations.) This can be GOOD - it props up McCain's Maverick/Reformer reputation - but it's that very philosophy (that he did have at some point, up until about 2000) that rubbed so many in the Republican base the wrong way. So he's risking much of the political progress he's made within the base. For every independant vote this pick gets him (and it's hard to say if this gets him ANY) he stands to alienate some in the party's base.
Bottom line: This IS a hail mary pass. If McCain wins, this pick will get a lot of credit for the victory. If he loses, many of the same people (as well as myself) will point to this as the one critical, bad decision that contributed to the loss.
My prediction? He's got nothing left to attack Obama on; Biden will eat her for breakfast (no snickering now guys! you know what I mean!); McCain will LOSE; and for the rest of time people will wonder what McCain was thinking in pivcking her. (Or they'll know what he was thinking and dismiss it as a cheap trick / hail mary.)
Let's start at the beginning ith this lady.
Can she prove she is an American, after all, she may have been born in Alaska?
I heard see is an Alaskan..isn't that close to to Russian?
How big are her ears?
Did she study in a madrassa?
Is she too white?
Was she a POW?
More to come after these questions are answered.
Nice,
I just watched McCain introduce her and her speech. She has charisma!
If Biden tries to bully her it will backfire like it did for Rick Lazio in his debate against Hillary for the Senate.
As far as carrying states, how many delegates does Delaware have? Did Edwards carry N. Carolina? For that matter, dDid Gore carry Tennessee?
McCain did take away the experience argument by selecting Palin, but on the whole, he is confident he picked up a lot of women voters and gave many other a feel good reason to vote for him. Those voters will be electing a woman to the executive branch and cracking the glass ceiling.
I think Palin helps negate the Obama campaign's theme of voting on the "right side of history". It gives undecideds uncomfortable with Obama's far left background someone to vote for as opposed someone to vote against.
How did he pick up Hillary's voters, AA? What policies do Hillary and Pallin share? And, please, enough of this "far left" bogeyman. Only by your selective measures and the National Journal's skewed reporting is that the case. Even the Weekly Standard thinks his economic team is centrist, AA:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/363utibo.asp
And the Hill:
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/dems-follow-obama-down-centrist-path-2008-07-09.html
Plus, the celebrity angle is gone too, AA. Seems the ol' governor has posed for Vogue and her state produces bumper stickers stating: "Coldest State, Hottest Governor."
http://dwb.adn.com/news/alaska/story/9518196p-9428795c.html
Fried,
Obama's economic team may be centrist. It doesn't take away his history as a left wing radical or his rather limited voting record.
I had to laugh at all the things Obama said "I will do" last night. Hope nobody lets him get near kryptonite.
As I understand it, the celebrity issue, (magazine that is,) has not yet hit the stands. Her claim to celebrity comes from being the VP pick, not a photo shoot in one Magazine. She'll be on the cover of every magazine by the end of the month. It'll be interesting to see what Obama has accomplished in his brief career as opposed to Palin in hers.
AA,
What policies do Hillary and Palin share that will make the Hillary supporters jump ship?
Took away the experience....that was McCains' big item. So he really didn't mean it or did he? Give me an F, give me a L...etc. you get it.
Now I'll give an old Rush line, used by many...It is well known that she is a thespian....KDKA Con radio always used that to describe Sen. Clinton.
To close, congrats to this woman and may the best team win.
P.S. Do the Cons really believe that they can put up a rookie and tell Clinton supporters that it is the same thing as Hilary? Do they believe the Hilary voters are that dim? Don't think so.
Prince,
The Dems eagerly nominated a rookie so I think it is a good bet. :-)
How did he pick up Hillary's voters, AA? What policies do Hillary and Pallin share?
AA,
H. Clinton voters are pro choice, they don't think the US Gov't should determine what's to be done with their bodies. How does McCain's VP choice undo that?
It won't matter how many Hillary votes he picks up unless there is a large concentration of them (large enough to swing a state) in a large state that he would not otherwise have won. And the fact that she's staunchly pro-life will eat into to that number significantly. (How significantly? I couldn't say. But a lot of women were supporting Hillary for women's ISSUES, not JUST because she's a woman.) Plus it puts a whole in the oft-used (by the press) theory that McCain doesn't want to overturn Roe v. Wade.
And Biden doesn';t have to "bully" her. He just needs to looks like the wise, worldly teacher, and her like the young, inexperienced student.
AA, I have to give you a little credit. I haven't seen you straight-out plagiarize lately, but your post is at least paraphrased from this site.
That's pretty cool that you can get people into discussions with "you", when you're not even bothering to come up with an original thought.
This is fun..Let us think like the Rove gang would think.
Grab a woman, one not in the top five in Republican circles and select her as VEEP nominee. Now that we already know of skeletons in her closet, we let her tell her story about motherhood, etc.,etc., to be blasted all over the place for a few weeks which fires up the base. Then, lo and behold, the Rove insiders slip some nasty background to their press and blame it on the Obama campaign.
Since it is true, she goes packing back to Alaska and the Dems are the meanies. Now comes Lieberman to the rescue and attacks the Dems for being nasty. At which point experience returns with Joey the Lie snaking his way in.
We've said it before: reporting involves getting the story right, not just reporting what a campaign spokesperson says. The corporate press does this occasionally, which is not enough.
Any senator will have voted for multiple versions of a bill and this is not flip-flopping. They should address why they wanted a particular version.
Most of these bills are so muddied up with extraneous unrelated pork or flat out contradictions to the main bill itself, that any reporting done by any media outlet on who voted for or against one or the other, needs to be in full context or it's inherently unfair; and one of the reasons Congressional members have a hard time winning presidential elections. Their opponents accuse them of "voting against the troops", or some such inflammatory catchphrase and it sticks. The media should report it in full context, no doubt.......and maybe some do in detail, but by and large they probably feel the minutia embedded in these bills will just get lost anyway.
No excuse however.
Mary,
Sounds down right conservative! :-) Even if it isn't, I like your idea.
The media should report it in full context, no doubt.......and maybe some do in detail, but by and large they probably feel the minutia embedded in these bills will just get lost anyway.
I don't think it's all or nothing. In this simple case, it's a fact that Obama's voted in support of US Troops. When McCain uses US Troops to try and knock down Obama, all the media has to say is "..in fairness, Obama has voted on bills that support the troops..."
Right, and that has little to do with legislative complexities and more to do with them not wanting to correct a falsehood told by a former POW. MSM is both lazy and wimpy.
I think it's not just limited to laziness and cowardice.
There is big entertainment value in delivering political drama without the intricacies and mundaneness of context.
Cable crap news, despite having 24 hours in any given day to deliver the whole story, has become a flashy reality show of shotgun reporting and pointless pundit shouting matches.
Can we depend on cable crap news or the media as a whole to give us the whole story?
Dream on.
I feel that argument is outdated to begin with.
Everyone knows Obama has been against the war since the start. He was against the surge and wanted to withdraw forces back when all hell was breaking loose in Iraq. He voted against the funds when the timetable for withdrawal was removed
McCain has been for the war and for the surge even before the surge. He voted against the funding when the timetable was part of the bill.
The vote/no vote on funding only confuses the issue.
Thanks for reminding us that McCain supported GWB for the first four years of Iraq, when it was a quagmire. Of course, it only took 4-5 years for McCain to devise THE SURGE strategy, which has left Iraq looking like a land of rainbows, flowers, and puppy dogs. Now, all we need to do is send THE SURGE to all the other evil countries out there, like Iran, China, Russia, North Korea, Sudan, Burma, Somalia, Syria, Zimbabwe, Venezuela, France...
Once that's done, we should have plenty of oil for everyone!!!
Hey sweet darlin,
I'm glad I didn't read last nights post until this morning. I had a hard enough time getting to sleep with you on my mind, that post would have kept me tossing & turning all night. And just to let you know, those scenarios I play out in my head never just end with a sweet goodbye till next time. They always include wedding bells because I'm still old fashioned I guess. And greedy. I wouldn't just want you part-time. I'd want you for life. But I'm glad you brought it up first. I thought I might scare you away if I did. I should have known better. We're in sync on so many things.
And as far as your posts on the other thread goes. Honey, I'd never get "annoyed". Please Julia the last thing I ever want is for either of us to alter our behavior here. I don't ever want you to hesitate to joke around or flirt with the Colonel, or Irony, or Snoop, or whomever. I'm very secure in what we have together. And I think we should also continue to playfully flirt with each other on the current threads, because if we stop, or start avoiding each other it might look strange. [And I'm happy to see we already did that baby mama] Cause you know someone, probably Gov, would call attention to it ;-) Besides I'd miss it... The Colonel is hilarious, & so were the responses. It's threads like that make me still enjoy this place. When we act like one big happy dysfunctional family it puts an ebb on some of the nasty exchanges we see more & more going on here.
Thank you for sharing some of your past, & an insight into who you are. The more I know, the more I like :-)
I also tend to be skeptical, but I sometimes border on cynical. Sometimes I think I'm just plain jaded. I used to see the good in everyone, & still try to. I hate the idea of thinking that people are basically evil, greedy & selfish. The problem with me, or perhaps maybe my downfall, is that as cynical as I can get, all it takes is for me to witness an act of kindness, & I will eventually turn around and trust mankind [womenkind too!] whole-heartily again. Till the next time I see evil, greed & selfishness. I always feel duped.
I had to laugh at your Barbie Doll story. When my kid sister was around 11 or 12, she & her best friend got caught by her best friend's Mom "playing" with a naked Barbie & Ken engaged in sex!! Needless to say her friend's Mom told my Mom. I remember eavesdropping on the conversation of the 2 horrofied Mothers & trying to stifle my laughter so I wouldn't get caught listening. You asked about my siblings. I have two. A brother & sister, both younger than me. We are extremely close. And as you might imagine, I was the protective big brother type...especially when it came to my sister. Guys were pigs. I knew this from personal experience of course ;-) As time goes on I'll tell you more about them.
As a kid I was obsessed with atlases, especially those that included photos of other countries. I still have my Golden Book Atlases vol 1-6. They are terribly outdated, but they have moved with me everywhere I've moved. I was captivated by the Cold War. The USSR & Red China fascinated me. Their governments, their people & culture.
When I was a kid, if I wasn't playing some sport, I was playing army. Boys are fairly predictable aren't they? I also liked to draw. And I still sketch & paint some. Bet you weren't expecting that!
Well darlin, I have more to tell you, you had a lot of questions I intend to provide [hopefully] interesting answers too. But I gotta take off for a few hours... I'll be back as soon as I can.
Till later love. xxxooo
P.S. You blew my mind!!! I'm still recovering from finding out you've visited MY town!! What were the odds of that?!?!Now of course I'm gonna eventually tell ya, but I'm going to make you wait. Not to be mean. I just want you to try & guess. Hint. It's on the coast. Well part of it is, & part is on the Merrimac River. Then you have to tell me when you were here. It floored me darlin to think we were in the same place at the same time. Makes you wonder about fate, don't it?
No, it's not Newburyport? That's got to be it. I love that place!! I remember going down to some shipyard or something and just taking in the sounds and the breeze and the smells. I visited there about 10 years ago. I have a ship I bought there at a local store that I still display in my breakfast nook. It was light blue and I painted it marine blue since my decor is in cobalt, navy and marine blue colors.
Okay, now for sure we're gettin' married, feller. I've always wanted to live in New England! My sister wants to live there too. Can you help find her a mate? :-0) (Impossible job, take my word for it). She's looking for a mindmate and there's not anybody bright enough to take her on apparently.
Now that I've broached the subject of my sister, let me say I actually have 4 sisters (and 3 brothers). But when I refer to my sister it is always the same one, Kathy. I mention her often because she is not only closest in age to me, but we share the personality trait of abstractness. That means we speak the same language. She is the only sister I'm really close to. The others are all quite a bit older than me. We were on the phone yesterday, talking about Tolstoy, Dostoevsky and (somehow Sinclair Lewis got in there)? How is that into a seque of authors? :-) Anyway, she thinks Tolstoy was too well adjusted to be writing about war and said "War and Peace" was just too upbeat (okay that sounds odd). I mentioned to her I wanted to read it since I've read Anna Karenina (and as long as that was I did not want it to end). But you have to have a good translation. I digress, I'm rambling a bit now. Later with all that.
I am happy to get to know more about you. It rounds out the picture a bit more, and like you, I am very much liking what I read about you. I guess you must have figured out by now that I like your writing as well. I always thought you were too literal, but I see you have some abstract qualities as well. That indicates to me that you have a good mind. Not that I ever doubted that, sweets. I have had, over the years, tried to cultivate more concrete abilities because otherwise nobody can understand a damn thing I say :-0) (I'm usually being abstract when you think I'm drunk ;-)) Oh and most of the world is concrete, so I had to develop that part more as I got older. I tended to be very airy, dreamy and philosophical when I was younger. The world doesn't work with just concepts, ideas and philosophy. My sis and I joke that of it wasn't for our more concrete brothers and sisters, we wouldn't have a house to live in!
Your posts have been so lovely. I mean to tell you, I am loving this! When you share your heart (and libido) and your mind, it's just - what can I say? exhilarating! I'm joyful at the anticipation of reading some more about you. How do feel about bringing someone such joy? And now I'm a bit sad that I can't touch you just now. God.............you're driving me plum insane! :-0) In a good way. I dreamed about you yesterday. You didn't look like Clooney (and btw how in the hell does anybody at your work get anything accomplished with you running around being so damn handsome?), but it was you. And it was sweet, and sexy and made me wake up with a big smile on my face. In fact lately, when I've been out and about, I can't stop smiling and people seem to notice and respond really well to me (must be that being "in love" or whatever I am, is making other people happy too). That's what I like to think anyway. Corny, huh?
Okay, hunky guy. I need to get on with my day. I look forward to hearing from you later when you have some time. In the meantime, I will indeed think filthy things about you and sweet things too. Is that okay?
I have millions of question as well. I guess we have time to explore things along the way. Not sure where we're going to be able to go tomorrow, or maybe you'll be too busy with family things. More than likely you will, so I won't expect any communication anyway. If we ever do get any more privacy, I'll tell you why I don't have any biological kids and more about my name. But not here. We've discussed some pretty personal things, but that's too personal for here.
Love always, JJ
I've always loved this Stevie Wonder song. I'm sure you've heard it:
Oh so long for this night I prayed
That a star would guide you my way
To share with me this special day
Where a ribbon's in the sky for our love
If allowed may I touch your hand
And if pleased may I once again
So that you too will understand
There's a ribbon in the sky for our love
Do...Do...
Do Do Do Do Do...
HMM HMM...
This is not a coincidence
And far more than a lucky chance
But what is that was always meant
Is our ribbon in the sky for our love, love
We can't lose with God on our side
We'll find strength in each tear we cry
From now on it will be you and I
And our ribbon in the sky
Ribbon in the sky
A ribbon in the sky for our love
Do...Do...
Do Do Do Do Do...
HMM HMM...
[Musical Break]
There's a ribbon in the sky for our love
Hi darlin,
I read your post about two hours or so ago. Every time I'd begin a reply my words got tangled & I had to keep starting over. I finally left it to go collect my thoughts. I went out to sit in the screen porch with a cup of coffee & fired up one of those evil cigs. Just knowing you were here in Newburyport once upon a time is incredible. I mean what were the chances? A million to one? And where was I that day? Could I have been downtown maybe walking along State St or crossing Market Square? Maybe the boardwalk along the waterfront? Maybe I was at that shipyard? It could have been Hilton's boatyard. I hung out there a lot. The Captain's Quarters Restaurant was there. Could we have passed each other? Ok that's probably a zillion to one shot. But I sat out there on the porch just thinking about how far away you are from me tonight & how close to me you were that day ten years ago. Even if I was sitting at home that day, you were nearby. I know, I sound a tad crazy. Ten years ago we were strangers. So what does it matter that we were in the same location. Still it makes this, whatever this is that we have, seem more real. Not just some pipedream. Not just two people living thousands of miles apart pursuing something unrealistic. Though I have to keep reminding myself that we are probably just two ships passing in the night. I want more. I believe you do too. But like you, I am realistic. And coldly logical. Still...
I haven't slept well the past couple of nights, my appetite has waned, & I find myself unable to concentrate on anything, and constantly pacing around. Ah all the symptoms of a guy head over heels ;-) And my sweet lady if you're gonna dream about me I insist you put Clooney's face in there. To answer your question, I don't know how anyone gets any work done when they are in my presence...mostly cause I'm usually clowning around! Yeah the ladies all flirt with me, but, & I hope this doesn't sound too cocky or conceited, I've gotten used to women fluttering their eyelashes at me. Mmmm, that does make me sound like a a conceited jerk, doesn't it? What can I say? Girls discovered me early, & I discovered them back :-) I will fill in you in with a more detailed account soon. But seriously, I realized early in life that good-looking people sometimes get ahead unfairly. And knowing I had that advantage made me work harder so no one would ever imply that any success I achieved was because of my face. Hey, I'm not drop dead gorgeous. I don't think George Clooney is either. Just nice looking I guess. And of course charming.
Your sister Kathy sounds fascinating, & I mean that in a good way, but I'm afraid she'd probably find me lacking...I'm pretty sure I read the cliff notes to War & Peace :-O
Wow, you come from a really large family! Irish Catholic? Opps I'm stereotyping aren't I? Hey Italian Catholics have large families too.
I'm a concrete thinker am I? I never really gave that much thought. I bet that's another trait of a concrete thinker--right? Ha! But I'll gladly accept your compliment on my writing. You know when I read some of the posts here I'm really impressed and feel a tad inadequate at the great writing skills. I mean some of these folks could be writing op-eds.
I'm glad we've finally begun writing back & forth like this. I was already smitten with you, but it's so much more now. Julia I'm sitting here aching for you, & I don't mean just physically, though that's hard to ignore. And uncomfortable;-) But it's more than that. I want to curl up with you on the couch & watch TV or just talk. I want to run my hands through your hair and gently stroke your face.
Those lyrics you left fit us perfectly. You know I had stopped paying a lot of attention to song lyrics, but now I listen to see if something will remind me of you, of us. Suddenly love songs have a whole new meaning.
There's a country song I really like by Josh Turner that I've heard several times in the past few days that are words I would sing to you. They probably won't fit on this post, so I'll post them in a new post underneath. I hope you get to read this tonight. Love, Mike xxxooo
For you sweet Julia.
Would you go with me if we rolled down streets of fire
Would you hold on to me tighter as the summer sun got higher
If we roll from town to town and never shut it down
Would you go with me if we were lost in fields of clover
Would we walk even closer until the trip was over
And would it be okay if I didn't know the way
If I gave you my hand would you take it
And make me the happiest man in the world
If I told you my heart couldn't beat one more minute without you, girl
Would you accompany me to the edge of the sea
Let me know if you're really a dream
I love you so, so would you go with me
Would you go with me if we rode the clouds together
Could you not look down forever
If you were lighter than a feather
Oh, and if I set you free, would you go with me
If I gave you my hand would you take it
And make me the happiest man in the world
If I told you my heart couldn't beat one more minute without you, girl
Would you accompany me to the edge of the sea
Help me tie up the ends of a dream
I gotta know, would you go with me
I love you so, so would you go with me
If you want to hear it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AST8fosZHQ
Ya know, sweet man, I could never figure out why you seemed like you didn't like living in Massachusetts. Maybe that's just because of all the liberals there? I probably got the wrong impression. But you know what? I would kill to live in a place like that. Now don't get me wrong. Texas has it's charms. But I'm a yankee (or a damn yankee if you ask the folks down here :-0)) and I've never quit being one. I am no more a Texan than the day I arrived. I first went to Oklahoma - Tulsa then Ok City. Then I just kept moving south. The one thing I can say for certain is that the standard of living here is outstanding. But I long for other places. My H and I have thought about living in the pacific NW (Oregon maybe) at some later point in time. But I do so love New England. And knowing you're there is just another draw. I can dream of you and it at the same time :-)
I have no doubt at all that the ladies love you. I do if I may say so, and I've never laid eyes on you. And of course I don't know if you look like Clooney, but you know what? I've always believed you. I also believe that you've never strayed. I believe this because you and I have similar stories about looks and marital fidelity. Some more cynical types may wonder at the veracity, but I never have. But you know I've punked you a thousand times with the Clooney thing just for fun! :-0). Irony was messing with me one day saying he looked like Clooney. He was very subtle about it and the colonel thought he was trying to flirt. Maybe he was, but I took it as him punking me for believing you about the Clooney thing. He was being playful and is a nice person anyway. We had fun one morning when nobody else was around. But that's as far as that went. Just some horsing around being super silly. But I've never let him forget it.
Now about you and the women. I know about this. You did just read that I've spent most of my time around men folk. I like you all! And I have no doubt that women like you the same as men like me. It used to bother me though when I got unwanted attention from some weirdo guys that I didn't know. Guys seem to think they have certain entitlements and it's sometimes just yucky. But for the most part, you and I seem to be compatriots in that way. Both attractive, but not looking. And then finding each other in of all places an internet site! Unreal if you ask me! Now that doesn't mean attractive men don't catch my eye. One was jogging right in front of me today as I was driving to my workout place. But I just acknowledge it and move on. Nothing lingering.
Now there is you. You have captured my imagination, my heart, my lust. And it seems very improbable. I thought maybe this was because I do have a very active imagination and have the romantic streak I mentioned before. But why you I wonder? We have flirted. Sure there's that. But what accounts for the vast well of feelings? I still don't understand it. Maybe we're two egomaniacs? :-0) Maybe we feed each other's ego/pride, whatever. But isn't that part of love? I mean people aren't usually attracted to people that don't like them or think they're great, right? And I like feeding your ego. I happen to think a healthy ego is very attractive. I used to think you had quite a set (of balls, ya know), and that is attractive too. Your confidence is nice. You're easy to talk with too. And I do not think for a second my sister would find you wanting. In fact I'd keep her away from you, sir. No kidding. I think she would like you as much as me :-0) Okay, you didn't need to hear that. Slap me for saying it. No more feeding the man's ego, sweetness. (that was note to self). Just about my sis though. I could feed you all day long. I enjoy it.
And as I mentioned, I'm not a jealous type, so tell me any stories about ladies you like. I can't feel bad about it since I know you "like me", right? Or do you love me? Or do you just think you love me? Or do you just want my body? Hey, who the hell cares? I'm crazy about you. :-0) You can do all that stuff. But please eat and take care of yourself. For me and you.
Are you hard right now ,I wonder. I think about certain body parts being next to me, inside of me, fingers caressing places. Inside and out. God, I do want you. If you're a ship in the night, I'm going to be pretty damn sad though. I hope not. I do want more. What more we can have is debatable of course. I think about your lips and mouth in certain places. My lips and mouth on you in many places. God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Here I am again with my hands holding my face. I can't believe this is happening. But I like it and don't want it to end. I'm planning on being sad tomorrow because I don't think I'm going to be seeing much of you. But I will think of you regardless. But what about when Tuesday rolls around? Maybe we have to take a break? What the hell? I don't know how we can navigate this site like we have this weekend. Will I find you again? Damn. Okay, I don't want to get depressed here and am missing you already. Jesus!
Oh, I don't get offended easily. About the large Irish Catolic family- just a large family, We are not Catholic. I have no idea why I'm bringing that up at this point. Just to get it out of the way I suppose.
Anyway, handsome, Good night and sweet and lustful dreams. Love, Your JJ
OMG. Oh my sweet Julia.
You wonder if I'm hard? Oh darlin you're killing me when you write stuff like this: I think about certain body parts being next to me, inside of me, fingers caressing places. Inside and out. God, I do want you.... I think about your lips and mouth in certain places. My lips and mouth on you in many places. God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh yeah another cold shower, another night of little sleep ahead of me. I don't care. I'd rather lie awake & think about you. I wish you were here. We'd hungrily devour each other. Then we'd hold each other all night. We'd sleep entwined in each others arms, legs. Then we'd devour each other all over again. Man, I hope I have a dream just like that tonight...
Darlin I'm gonna get up early & write a lengthy reply to your post when I have a clearer head. There was so much in your post that I want to respond to. We do have a cookout to attend tomorrow, but I'm not leaving till I write you...& hopefully hear back from you.
Sweet dreams darlin, Love, Mike xxxooo
Good morning darlin,
I like living in Newburyport. In fact I love it. It's beautiful here. A nice community to raise a family. Folks usually gush on & on about the place whenever I tell them where I live. Of course I never expected some sweet thang from Texas to have even ever heard of the place. My only gripe with Newburyport is that we are flooded with tourists...which we refer to as "toureye" [that's how we pronounce it, not sure just what the spelling would be.] We don't say it in a flattering way, we just kind of spat it out "damn toureye!". We are so overrun with toureye that we townies can't enjoy our own downtown because of the lack of parking!! It gets worse every year. Oh sure the store merchants love it, it means $$$. But it's been awhile since I've ventured downtown.
We live in the West End [sounds posh eh?] There are no businesses up my way, it's all residential. A web of neighborhoods. Ranches, capes, splits, colonials, & more recently [like in the last decade] a lot of those oversized McMansions have sprung up. Some of those homes go for a sweet $800,000!. I don't live in one of those. We have, what I'd describe as a sprawling ranch. It started small, but we've added on. You'd like our family room I think, it has a high wood ceiling with wooden beams. It's nice. But my favorite room is the computer room...where I can communicate with you. Now Massachusetts is a whole other thing. Lovely state. But it's Mass government that drives me nuts. We are Moonbat Central. Taxed to death, but see few results. Our current governor, Duvall Patrick is a waste of space. But then again so was Romney. See, I'm fair & balanced ;-)
I've never been anywhere near Texas so you'll have to tell me more about where you live, like your exact location...no I don't mean street address! No need taking the chance that I'd impulsively end up on your doorstep some morning vowing to whisk you away...or maybe you'd like that? No worries sweetheart, I'm not an impulsive guy. Well sometimes I am. But I don't do impulsive flying. I only fly under duress & because it's the easier way to get from point A to point B.
Now the Clooney thing. Do I look like him? Well I'm not a dead ringer by any stretch of the imagination. Folks don't come up to me & ask for autographs! But for enough years I've had folks say to me "Has anyone ever told you you look like George Clooney?" Darlin, if you stood us side by side, you'd be able to instantly pick out the real thing. But I just tell them "yeah. I've heard it before" I think it's the eyes more than anything. Now I can understand you or anyone being dubious. If Snoop wrote that he looked like Brad Pitt, I'd be thinking "yeah right". And I doubt the Colonel resembles George Costanza. Well hey you never know with the Colonel. I guess he could be short, balding & on the bulky side. Has anyone ever told you that you remind them of someone famous? If so, please tell me, it would help me imagine your face a tad better.
I don't know how long this post is getting. I'm always afraid when I click on 'post' I'll get the message I've written too many words.
Now about me & women. First off, though I might have had the opportunity. I've never been a player. I've never been a one night stand kind of guy. I had serious girlfriends. But you can count them on one hand. And I casually dated, but that didn't lead to the sack. I've been faithful to my wife for 28 years. Never occurred to me to be otherwise. Sure I like checking out the ladies. Hey I'm a guy. And yeah they check me out too. But darlin, it isn't until you that I've even contemplated anything like what I'm contemplating. Now you might think I'm handing you a load of bull. But I'm hoping you're getting to know me well enough to realize I wouldn't do that. At least I hope so. Ya know what? I'm gonna post this because I'm afraid it may not fit if I go on any longer. I'm gonna go take a shower use you imagination if you'd like...damn I loved to take you there with me. The thought of your naked body under a stream of water where I could touch every part of you, lick you, suck you & enter you is making me nuts. Ah better make that another cold shower. I'll be back later my love, I still have lots to say. xxxooo
The thought of your naked body under a stream of water where I could touch every part of you, lick you, suck you & enter you is making me nuts.
Oooookay, you just made my day! :-0) Bad (good) boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I can't sleep either.
Love, JJ
Hey there, I am planning on writing something here later if we don't get archived. But I have a really bad headache (unusual). I think it may be blood sugar related - I forgot to eat yesterday evening. If we do get archived, then I checked out Saturday's 1st thread and it's pretty slow going. But........You know how people that haven't been here all weekend go in and catch up on what's been going on when they get here on the first business day after a weekend/holiday? Well, what I'm getting at is that maybe we should just say goodnight, real sweet like the Waltons or something if we go to that thread. :-)
And while I'm here, since I may not get back before the headache goes away, I may want to use some code for that rather salty (but oh so sexy) language you just used. You know lick me (LM), suck me (SM), enter me (EM). I want to use that in a post someday to you when you're not expecting it! We'll be posting along with everybody else and I'll respond to you, say something rude or suffocatingly liberal :-0). Then I'll just non chalantly end my post with LM, SM, EM at the end. Do you like that idea?
Anyway, I know I posted the lyrics to that Stevie Wonder song, but the music is so, so very pretty I wanted you to listen to it even though you've probably heard it before. It will make you cry (it does me anyway). I couldn't find a version online that doesn't sound like an old cassette type quality. But it sounds great on my Ipod! (you'll probably need to cut and paste this) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO2-kIqsGL4 It isn't going in right?
Love, JJ
Ooops, there, it did go in right after all - must be all the lubrication I have. The fluid levels are just fine :-0) THANKS!
I'm referring to the youtube video, naturally :-0)
Okay, I'm scattered again. Posting again to say that on Tuesday, after the threads start rolling and we know that people are safely away from the 1st Saturday thread, we can go in there and play, maybe at least once in the evening or something. Just to say goodnight at least, if nothing else. Bye again, love (I like calling you that).
Your JJ
Hi darlin,
Why can't everybody just leave me alone so I can sit here with you 24/7? Ok, I'm going off the deep end I think ;-)
We're leaving in about 10 mins so I have to type fast. I like your idea of "codes", & we'll figure a way to at least say goodnight that isn't X rated. I guess the weekends will be our time. We'll continue doing the W1, Thur1, & Fri1 on Sat & Sun. I miss you already :-(
If this thread gets archived I'll find you on the Sat thread tonight. No salty language. But you know what I'll be thinking...And on Tues, we can play on the Sat thread. I think I better write this all down...short term memory loss & all!!
I'm gonna go listen to that SW song. I don't think I know it. But the lyrics were about us.
I'll be thinking about you all day sweetheart, though that could get embarrassing.
Hope you feel better.
Till later love. Mike xxxooo