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2007-01-22 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-01-22 12:18|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-01-22 12:20|| 2007-01-22 12:20|| Front Page Top

#2 "Like many of that time, she adopted as some of her more famous if not admirable practices, the arts of finesse, lying, and even assassination by poisoning in carrying out her role of statesmanship in particular. Rumors of a hidden or trap doors to dispose of the bodies of her victims brings to light a more sinister side of the renaissance queen."

-- wiki of Catherine de Medici

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-01-22 12:21|| 2007-01-22 12:21|| Front Page Top

#3 From the Catholic Encyclopedia:

"Dictatorial, unscrupulous, calculating, and crafty... Moreover, being intensely superstitious, she surrounded herself with astrologers. But she was sadly wanting in strong religious faith, and acted in favour of Catholicism only because in so doing she saw some advantage to her crown... Indeed her methods were so essentially egotistical as to border on cynicism..."

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-01-22 12:23|| 2007-01-22 12:23|| Front Page Top

#4 Sounds like you're making a case for reincarnation . . .

Posted by The Doctor 2007-01-22 13:30|| 2007-01-22 13:30|| Front Page Top

#5 What is this, "Seperated at Birth"?

Posted by The Ghost of Vince Foster 2007-01-22 14:06|| 2007-01-22 14:06|| Front Page Top

#6 Evil never dies

Posted by Steve">Steve 2007-01-22 14:15|| 2007-01-22 14:15|| Front Page Top

#7 Sounds like Mrs. Iselin in the original Manchurian Candidate (not the crappy remake): "The speech is short. But it's the most rousing speech I've ever read. It's been worked on, here and in Russia, on and off, for over eight years...rallying a nation of television viewers to hysteria, to sweep us up into the White House with powers that will make martial law seem like anarchy!"

Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek 2007-01-22 15:51|| 2007-01-22 15:51|| Front Page Top

#8 She's scary.. Where is the location of the secret Clintonian replication chambers? Can we shut them down or will they self implode from excessive pomposity?

Posted by CB 2007-01-22 17:25|| 2007-01-22 17:25|| Front Page Top

#9 So by lefty logic - how can someone who's never served in the military, expect to become Commander and Chief??

Posted by DMFD 2007-01-22 18:19|| 2007-01-22 18:19|| Front Page Top

#10 DMFD, Slick Willie never served in the Miliotary but he was the Commander in Chief, to our eternal detriment. One of his closest miliotary advisors was Murtha.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2007-01-22 18:51|| 2007-01-22 18:51|| Front Page Top

#11 In good times, I would urge a Hillary presidency.
She is so bitter and hateful that within 4 years, she would be alone, friendless, notorious, and the butt of unending humor. Of course, we would need a republican Congress just to assure that America would not go the way of Venezula.
But then, what's the point ? It's not worth the time just to show the world how miserable she is.

Posted by wxjames 2007-01-22 19:56|| 2007-01-22 19:56|| Front Page Top

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