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Temporary Ceasefire?

Obama, Clinton, I got this idea, let me know what you think: ceasefire for just like a week.  Ok?  Look, this thing has been dragging on longer than any of us thought.  I gotta say, I'm a little tired.  I've been following all this pretty closely, and have to admit I'm way into it.  It does make for some high stakes drama.  It's 3am and the Candians are leaking my tax returns to Farrakhan so Ferraro will evict me from my Rezko financed home but it's ok because my pastor thinks I've crossed the "luck" threshold and now qualify to be VP of the Significant States of America.  I mean damn.

You two must be exhausted too.  So, take a rest.  Lets all meet back here at say 9am EST on Monday, March 24th.  In the mean time, no speeches, no conference calls, no TV appearances, no emails, no surrogates, and please no debates.  We all need some down time.  Do whatever it is you do when you aren't campaigning.  I mean, go vote on a bill or something.  Eat dinner at home.  Watch TV .... no no, not cable news ... something mind-numbing ... ok point taken, something mind-numbing other than cable news ... no I wasn't including you Tucker, you certainly are conservative, hip, and provacative, no ordinary feat.

As for us, we need a brake too.  No offense, but it's gotten to the point where it's pretty easy to predict the tenor of most posts just from the title of the headline.  About 7% are pro-Obama, 60% are anti-Hillary, 20% are anti-Obama, 3% are pro-Hillary, and 10% are incomprehensible.  Spicoli's no exception, he tends to waffle between the first two categories (with an occasional foray into the fifth), and might find himself in the second category more often than he likes to admit.  So lets all take the week to work on some new material and then reconvene.  I'm sure we all have friends, families, and jobs that would like to hear from us.

Smoke em if you got em.


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I would love to see it. I'm trying to negotiate a cease fire with myself right now. I went out and bought a new novel today - my favorite author of light entertaining reading. And yet here I am...did anything happen in the last two hours?? Did anyone make any new comments?? Of course not, but I'm hooked. And I want to take a break too. Best of luck on that.

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An excellent to suggestion. I am absolutely wasted by all of this, literally emotionally drained.

Thanks for the voice of sanity. We all could use a break!

Tara, whatcha readin?

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Lorna Landvik. One of her lesser known books since I've already read the others. Housewives Eating Bon Bons was excellent. I generally read historical fiction but even that is just too much right now. I need just a good, entertaining story.

Word.

(Hi, first post).

I wish it was that easy. After 3/4 I decided I'd had enough, and I'd cut down my blog reading to just the few that I really enjoy and have read for years.

That lasted thru Wednesday.

So then I decided I'd go ahead and read thru my blogroll, but I wouldn't read the comment sections because all the rabid partisans drove me crazy.

I think that lasted till almost the weekend.

And now here I am, signed up to this site; maybe I should make a post "My name is Steve, and I'm a Primary Election addict." and start a group ;) ) And then maybe, just maybe, I could get some work done...

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How refreshing, Thanks!

A ceasefire usually gives the more aggressive army the opportunity to prepare for an even more savage attack. In this case, a cash-strapped Clinton campaign could save up to launch an offensive using tactical nukes.

Congratulations, you qualify for categories 2 and 5!

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Jed, I agree. We should look at the big picture, which is defeating the GOP. This has gotten too ugly and personal. Let's get back to issues and bring the party together.

But in the meantime, a month rest from this stuff is called for.

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