J. Manly Parks
- : Edgmont Twp., PA
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- : progressive
- : Democrat
- : Native of Chestertown on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Graduate of Woodberry Forest School, Colgate University, and William & Mary Law School. Law clerk for the Hon. Donald VanArtsdalen, U.S. District Court, E.D. Pa. Attorney, Duane Morris LLP (antitrust, distribution and franchise litigation, commercial litigation) Township Commissioner, Nether Providence Township, Delaware County, PA 2005-06
- : Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemmingway All Over But the Shoutin' - Rick Bragg Blue Highways - William Least Heat Moon The Lord's Oysters - Glibert Byron To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee 1984 - George Orwell The Trial - Franz Kafka The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald All the King's Men - Robert Penn Warren Lord of the Flies - William Golding I Claudius - Robert Graves The Sound and the Fury - William Faulkner
- : We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.
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This is one for the surrogates to latch onto. Folks like Ed Rendell or Bill Richardson need to get out in the media and actively say something along the lines of: "It is ironic that McCain is claiming that Obama is running because of some personal ambition when McCain himself has admitted that that is exactly why He decided to run for President. Read his book - its right in there in black and white. Seems like he has a little transferrence problem there. Obama, meanwhile, is running to take Washington back for the millions of people who have been forgotten, ignored or steamrolled by the party of John McCain and George Bush in the last 8 years and make it work for the people."
Posted at August 21, 2008 6:10 PM in response to I wanted to be President because it had become my ambition to be President
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Reminds me of Victor Kiam and the old electric shaver commercial -- "I liked it so much . . . I bought the company!"
Posted at August 21, 2008 3:38 PM in response to McCains Bought Second Beach Condo At Around Time McCain Said Struggling Homeowners Needed To Skip Vacations
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I suspect that it is more likely that the MSM will begin to ignore any response from McCain that focuses on the fact he was a POW, which would be fine too.
Posted at August 21, 2008 2:33 PM in response to McCain Camp Responds On Houses Gaffe: He Was A POW!
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I thought one of Cindy's plagerized recipes involved arugla?
Posted at August 21, 2008 1:04 PM in response to McCain Campaign Response: Obama Worries About Arugula, Vacations In Hawaii
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Good concept but the execution is lacking because the words are too complicated. How about: "Hothead McCain -- More Cowboy Diplomacy." Subtitle: "From the same folks who brought you Iraq." It ties in with McCain as a Hothead (a charge that I suspect the MSM will play with like a shiny object) and with McCain as a "maverick." I know that maverick and cowboy are not the same thing, but they are probably seen as synonyms by much of the american public. Make the "maverick" title a negative.
Posted at August 20, 2008 5:05 PM in response to Obama Campaign: McCain Is A Reckless Hothead
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Occasionally I am amused by your posts, but this lil' nugget has to reveal you to be one of the lamest jokers out there. By your definition, you would have stood opposed to our founding fathers and the principles on which our nation was founded (and for which you professed to fight if you are, in fact, a military man). They were the flaming liberals of their day, buddy. Go study some history. It would also stand you in direct opposition to Jesus Christ in his day. Another crazy leftist trying to buck the system. So maybe you might want to rethink your "anyone on the left end of the scale -- however defined -- is bad" theory. Cause it sucks. Bad.
Posted at August 19, 2008 1:11 PM in response to Speaking To Veterans, Obama Directly Takes On McCain's Attacks On His Patriotism
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Personally, I would like to hear a line of attack on "McCain's secret agenda": make the rich even richer at the expense of everyone else, keep the nation and the government in the pocket and at the mercy of big oil, and rely on Dick Cheney's neo-Con advisors that brought us Iraq to bring us a return to the Cold War. Something like that.
Posted at August 14, 2008 3:53 PM in response to Obama Campaign Mapping Out Aggressive Counter-Attack Against Swift-Boating
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Keep it simple Barack. Corsi=lying smear merchant; Corsi=lying smear merchant; Corsi=lying smear merchant; etc., ad nauseum.
Posted at August 14, 2008 3:39 PM in response to Obama Campaign Mapping Out Aggressive Counter-Attack Against Swift-Boating
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He did not show for the vote.
Posted at August 14, 2008 1:30 PM in response to Study: Troops Deployed Abroad Gave Six Times More To Obama Than To McCain
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OT, I know, but I never really got the whole orange juice smear. After all, coffee is imported, while orange juice comes from the USA(at least sometimes). Which is the more patriotic drink? The answer seems pretty clear.
Posted at August 14, 2008 1:23 PM in response to Study: Troops Deployed Abroad Gave Six Times More To Obama Than To McCain
