No rush. No anxiety. It simply is curiosity as to who will bubble up out of the morass.

Hayley Barbour just struggled to the edge and got out and ran off to the showers.

OK I give up... why did you reference when the college year papers were written ?

I was saying people change or adjust or revise or rethink their beliefs or even write papers to meet a need or please a prof or to be provocative or to satisfy the terms of an assignment. The papers have to be considered in that light. It's not a black-or-white issue as you want to make it: relevant or irrelevant.

It is not a given that people change... and how would we know that without the reference of a starting point ?

Hello again, you two:

The difference is that liberal people explore other schools of thought. Conservatives NEVER do. They grew up rigid, and they're STILL rigid.

excon

Bingo! Fifty points to you! (Being rigid, or thinking you are, is believing you are safe.)

I guess that's what led me to conservatism .Well that and the fact that American leftwing liberalism was no longer defensible .

Hi Tom,

At least you said, " no longer".

Tut

American liberalism ;or more specific the Democrats took a radical turn starting with the McGovern candidacy. Before that people on the liberal side like JFK understood that you can't tax your way to prosperity ;and understood and embraced the US role in the world .

He's clearing the way for his close friend Mitch Daniels to enter the race. Barbour can help Daniels with the Southern vote ,and with his fund raising organization. I think it's a real good probability that the Republican will be a Northern Governor (or former Governor ). Romney has the edge currently with his organization. Daniels will be able to match him with Barbour's help. T Paw. Needs help. Right now that's my top tier if anyone asked me.

I'm not rigid, I just stick with what works.

Hello again, Steve:

Works? WORKS?? Let me show you how it DOESN'T work...

Once upon a time there was this young Jewish Boy Scout from a liberal family. He was on a weekend trip with his troop when the Scoutmaster (the HEAD guy) told the scouts that he expected them to go to church... Of course, in this little town, there wasn't a synagogue, and even if there was, the service was on Saturday.

So, this young liberal Jewish boy went where the rest of the scouts went. When the guy in robes called everybody up front to take communion, the young Jewish scout went...

Now, I don't know if you can imagine the response to that boy from the RIGID SOB'S who ran the place, but I can tell you, it wasn't pretty. But, like David against Goliath, I stood my ground.

RIGID doesn't work.

excon

So far what works is the Green Chile Cheeseburgers.

Here it is... end of the silly birther issue . The President just released his long form birth cert. It shows he was born in Hawaii .

President Obama's Long Form Birth Certificate | The White House

Hello again, tom:

Like I said, the Trumpster doesn't think it's real... Big, mistake for Obama.

excon

Trump is a side-show

What will the Birthers think is wrong with the long-form birth certificate? Someone found a 1961 manual typewriter in a museum and used that? Will they compare the doctor's signature with his "real" ones?

Hello again, WG:

They'll think it was planted, of course.

excon

Now all he has to produce is his certificate of circumcision, and maybe the Donald will want him to drop his pants on the Oprah show next week.

That ought to get some ratings.

Errrm, isn't it all a bit late and rather academic anyway.
Mr Obama was duly elected to serve as president and that is exactly what he is doing.