Or mark your first post spot with an "X", go read the article and hopefully update it before your time runs out.

Thanks for the tip Tom! Glad to see someone finally joined the discussion.

Hey, think Perry will want to turn national parks into golf courses the way 5th amendment Rick wanted to do to the state parks here in Florida? He even made the teanuts mad at that one.

And with a little luck and perfect timing.....you're first.

Time to turn off the TV folks.

The ads are coming, the ads are coming! lol The worst part of any campaign season as these ads as are so bad and misleading. Again just turn them off or switch channels you will be better informed.

I think we should all take turns, alphabetically, starting with first name.

Let's see ... whose moniker starts with "A"?

I yield the floor to whoever is buying dinner.

Right after Amy yields it to me.

Alan beats you both........

I don't know you all.......looks like a lot of concern over how to win a game of 'ME First' going on here.

Aint healthy, y'know?

(unless you are from Fairfax VA or somewhere, of course)

Will he buy us all dinner? lol And WCA is last again.

WCA is last again.

Matthew 20:16 - So the last will be first and the first will be last.

It's all about perspective DCIA......

I'll never understand the pre-occupation with being first. I know Feisty has called it "Prime Real Estate". Whatever. Sounds like people have issues.

What was this story about anyway?

Anna -- I think it's time for a pile on.....

I'm sure others have noticed this, but Slick Rick is bringing in people that have managed the campaigns of losers. Very fitting.

"Warfield was Bob Dole's 1996 presidential campaign spokesman and more recently a consultant to candidate Fred Thompson. Curt Anderson worked as a strategist for Steve Forbes in 1999 and served as the political director of the Republican National Committee under Haley Barbour."

Anna -- I think it's time for a pile on.....

LoL Ditto.

See how easy it was to disrupt WCA?

Where's Spanky when you need him?

WCA:

Alan beats you both........

Why, I guess you're right ... "A" does come before "Albany."

Does this mean Joe's buying dinner?

Sweet.

Jody, Iowa

"And with a little luck and perfect timing.....you're first."

Now, Joooooo Deee....that's not what I heard. I heard there was some conspiriacy, concocted up in some secret tree house in St Louis or something.....

WCA -- We will put Spanky on bottom and you next...after all you two are attached at hip. ; ) What happened to Spanks?

My sentiments exactly!!!!! One dummy came out of Texas and that was enough!!! Rick doesn' t have a chance !!!!!!!

Hey Rick, How is the ranch working for you???

Ohhh.... a JAS/Spanky'WCA sandwich!

Kinky!

Ohhh.... a JAS/Spanky'WCA sandwich!

Absolutely a stunning visual, that's for sure.

DBO-wan -- I really did like Bill's name to you the other day I think you should own it! Gives you an advantage with having certain powers in an Obi-wan kinda way. ; )

DBO-wan no visuals pleeease!!! Yuck-o Well I guess thats where Spanks is with JAS!...lol

Congrats Bryan on getting the 'golden' parking spot! ;o)

You want to see something funny?

Look at how this poor bastard spent his day off... lmao!!!

JFK2112

I hit refresh over and over for two straight hours...it was exhausting let me tell you. But in the end well worth it. One this is for sure, Feisty aint got no job since I had to do it on my day off. Which is why she always welcomes a handout. Now can someone please un-collapse/expand my post.

#1.6 - Mon Oct 24, 2011 3:13 PM CDT

Talk about having issues... ;o))))

SSHHHH - I'm in a mediation.

Man these places are getting super nice. In the old days they stuffed you and you clients in an empty room.

Then one of the mediators started giving out waters and soda, then another brought in sandwiches, and so on.

Now They all got a full kitchen [the fresh baked chocolate chip cookies just came out], magazines, big screens, and just recently - FREE WIFI.

Now anyone who has been in a multiparty mediation can tell you - super boring, and in the course of 8 hours you spend maybe an hour of two with the mediator. The rest of the time it's making chit chat with your clients.

It's so nice here I might just come hang out tomorrow.

Oh, and FYI this mediator charges $10k per day. So a few cookies, a sandwich bar, and some free WIFI are nothing.

So what do you got AM? I'm bored. We are dancing in $50k increments. It'll heat up when that gets down to $10k.

So now my clients are looking over my shoulder, asking me what FR is, and what a Drive By Observer is.

This will be fun, but I gotta tell you all - I've hung in here with Drive By for a long time, but I have no idea what DBO means.

No disruption Am, just some fun for a change...

Wanna talk about Bobby Jindal from this weekend:

Seems Bobby Jindal, a social and fiscal conservative won a landslide re-election over the weekend in Louisiana. I’m thinking that, had he lost or it had been close, one of the intrepid “journalists” here would have covered it.

From NPR :

The election showed how far the state's Democratic Party has fallen. For the first time in memory, if not history, the party failed to attract a gubernatorial candidate of any significance.

Surely this counts as politics doesn’t it?

Spanky..

DBO= Don't Believe Obama?

I am sure thats what it means. I can't think of anything else

Spanky:

So what do you got AM? I'm bored. We are dancing in $50k increments. It'll heat up when that gets down to $10k.

Not much today, Spanky. I'm in too good of a mood. But I get that mediation thing. I once spent 8 hours in a room with three clients, for a total of about 20 minutes of the mediator's time. We started about $200,000 apart, with the other side coming down in $2,000 increments, about every 2 hours or so. But we settled at my number, which was not much higher than I started, and not because of the mediator, who was too busy coddling the other side. I had to do his job for him.

I figured the total billing rate in that room, and this was 10 years ago, was maybe $2,000 an hour. No windows and no cookies. Good thing I'm so entertaining.

You definitely need a new mediator. The best one I ever saw -- a former judge -- costs only about $2,000 a day, and he knows how to shake the tree.

I have a relative, an attorney, who has moved into the mediation business. His wife, also a retired attorney, bakes the cookies. Nice retirement work if you can get it.

Wanna talk about Bobby Jindal from this weekend:

Seems Bobby Jindal, a social and fiscal conservative won a landslide re-election over the weekend in Louisiana. I’m thinking that, had he lost or it had been close, one of the intrepid “journalists” here would have covered it.

I wasn't really paying attention, but sure, I'll talk about it. It just goes to show that you can fool some of the people all of the time.

It IS Louisiana, after all.

When we get to the "S" category, I'll use a parliamentary technique and give my turn to Feisty. Too stressful to be first and the target of so much RWNJ enmity.

Feisty,

I don't care who you are, that's funny right there. I have a million better ways to spend my time off. Actually 4 - Wife, son and 2 daughters.

Yep - boring as hell, like so much of what we do.

But having WIFI is fantastic.

In fact i usually try to pass off depos these days - let the young guns have at it, but I did one the other day - I'm asking questions, the deponent and their counsel is listening, but all the other lawyers in the room on either on their phones [Internet or maybe Angry Birds] or computers.

It used to be double billing fun time, now it's just surf the wed and waste time.

Mediator is back. :)

I have a million better ways to spend my time off.

I know... right?

Wasting 2 hours of your day off trying to be 'first' on First Read tells me his cheese went & slid off his cracker! lol

"DBO= Don't Believe Obama?"

Good. How about Dumb Bastards Outer?

I post, dumb bastards come out of the woodwork in swarms.

Don't carry- I'll gladly own DBO-wan. It's a honor, considering it's originator. Maybe modify it, though, to 'DBO-Wan-First'. It will be lovingly added to my collection that includes 'Drive-Thru Window' and 'Drive-By Instigator'. "Buzzy-Boy" is also a big fave, of course.

You have a great sense of humor DBO-wan, I love it!!

Cheese off cracker....that's funny too Fiesty! One never knows...

Why doesn't this mentally incapacited candidate just give up???? The last thing we need is another president reminiscent of George Bush Jr leading this country into further decline!!!

But the really sad part, What the 81, is that there are people out there that WANT this fool to run the country! On some days, Perry makes Bush look almost as smart as, say, Palin.

Ron Paul 2012!!!

let's ignore the media darlings, religious whackjobs and those with links to corporations & banks

The debates have reminded me a lot of why I stopped thinking Al Gore was a nice man. He acted like a teenager in the debates against Bush. Mit and Rick are doing the same thing.

I want a grownup to be President of the United States of Amercia! Obama does wantever he wants, doesn't care what the citizens of the USA want. He is trying to tie up loose ends just in time for the election. Where has he been for the rest of his presidency?

I MISS RONALD REAGON AND GEORGE BUSH!!!

Newt seems to be the only one that remembers how to be a gentleman and grownup. He also has the experience that the office demands.

To all of the Republican canidates, I say, Stop Yelling and Start Listening to the US!

Spanky:

But all the other lawyers in the room on either on their phones [Internet or maybe Angry Birds] or computers.

It used to be double billing fun time, now it's just surf the wed and waste time.

Consider that an improvement. I remember when it used to be newspapers. And I used to be one of them.

What are you complaining about. Even when you're defending, it's an easy billable day.

DBO:

"Buzzy-Boy" is also a big fave, of course.

LoL Bag Boy, Buzzy Boy ... so many boys, so little time.

Spanky, I was one of the plaintiffs in a mediation. Which side are you representing? The plaintiffs got the best conference room, great view, lots of coffee, soft drinks, lunch . The 7 defendant's each had their insurance lawyers and were in little rooms throughout the mediators law office. The mediator's fee was not too bad, split 8 ways

I sat through 7 depositions by our attorney and the lead defendant's attorney. Yes, the third party defendant's attorneys all sat around checking their emails too.

Hope you take your client out for drinks after the settlement. Our did and we had a great time.

That day is seared in my memory. Our legal justice system at work...

yep just blame bush i voted for obama what a mistake i didnt vote for bush but you know what i would now take him over obama so you can pay the price not i hes one of the worse offering we have every had in this country is it not don ee nasa

DBO= Don't Believe Obama?

Wish I could say it's been fun stevie but it looks like you're time is up! lol

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/20/8412626-first-thoughts-iowas-risk-reward-for-romney?last=1319291312&threadId=3250315&sp=0&pc=25#c59287656

Buh Bye little guy!

HM I had the totally wrong idea about the comments section. I thought it was meant to discuss or comment on the article. It appears to be just another social club.

Getting the first comment on a Vine thread is the highlight of your day?.......Wow, what an exciting life!

jrick:

It appears to be just another social club.

Oh, no ... it's not "just another" social club.

It's a very special social club.

Newt seems to be the only one that remembers how to be a gentleman and grownup. He also has the experience that the office demands.

Would that be the same Newt that was accusing Clinton of having an affair while HE was having an affair?

"A spokesman for Perry declined to comment on either the staff changes or the ads, saying that the campaign does not "discuss strategy."

No big loss, it would be a pretty short discussion, anyway. Something like "bring in the heavy hitters and start praying...for a miracle."

to bryan e., pa. if you truly believe the comments you made, that makes you the dumb ass my friend !!!

aquatone - that might just be pretty close to it. They have a lot of money; Iowans will see a lot of Perry ads. Then hope for the Romney and Cain buses to collide, and get ready for the knock down, drag out race against Ron Paul.

Hmm, a light-weight, picks up some heavy-weights? It won't matter in the end, the race was his to loose and he actually is pulling it off...

Spider,

You ain't got the chops little guy. Try heckling someone who might actually think you have two bain cells to rub together.

Don't let the door hit you on the @$$ on the way out.

These "heavy hitters" struck out with Bush!....... Bush could never make it to the Hall of Fame.

But you were first.

Indeed. I can take that to the bank.

congrats on being first, Bryan E. :)

I feel like i should have prepared a speech or something.

Defintely a speech is needed, Bryan E, but a yeehaw will do. Congrats on being first.

Did you get a red carpet for being first? Champagne toast?

As you can see Bryan, the collapse cowards caught up with ya!

Along with the 'glory' comes the childish games!

Being 'first' is not without risks... lol

PS: Don't worry - watch your vote totals go through the roof. The idiots haven't figured out that collapsing a post is the equivalent of an "R" rating, everyone opens it to see why... ;o)

A "two-fer" for you Bryan-----going first AND getting collapsed! I've never managed either. You must have hit a nerve.

Tricky Ricky will need more than anybody can come up with to fix his ignorance. This country will rot in hell if he is elected. He turned Texas into a hellpit and now he wants to fix the rest of the country. And his whining wife just NEEDS to be first lady.

"I hope people have woke up"? "Here is the results"? Maybe that's why the media thinks you are stupid.

OK Bryan--congrats on being first. No matter the method kind of refreshing to see new names at the top of the board instead of First Reads First Mouth(s).

I got collapsed? Really? Aw, you shouldn't have FR. That just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. Who knew such a profound comment would strike a nerve with the RWNJ's.

I'd like to thank God, my friends here at FR, the moderators that make this forum possible, and most inportantly, the subject - Rick Perry. Without him this would not be possible.

Thanks again all!

Amy,

If you're "in the know" TV ads aren't going to matter at all.

Well Amy, I guess you don't expect Obama to run any ads, eh?

A billion dollars buys a lot of teevee time.

But I'm sure when they start playing you will ignore them as a waste of time. Or will you find yourself in tears just watching them over and over, like his speeches?

Gonna take a lot more than a Hollywood producer to make Obama look like a successful President.

No glitzy immages needed. Just run broadcast and print ads that show

1) the 'bikini' jobs graph

2) the wealth disparity-over-the-years graph.

Pictures do speak louder than words sometimes.

WCA

I'm a crier, that's for sure.

Oh, and if you need ads with real people in them, how about a collage of Boehner, Cantor and that one guy from Kentucky that resembles some sort of turtle, trotting out lines like "it will be his Waterloo....One Term President...." Etc. Etc. Etc.

I'm a giggler. Does that count?

i don't trust that sucker !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Amy -- You are correct a well designed ad does not make a candidate.

This is his plan to fix the economy----take money from the 1%ers and spend it producing commercials and buying air time. And the good part is that as a watcher of MSNBC, I'm sure he won't waste those dollars there so I won't have to watch them.

AM -

I'm a giggler. Does that count?

If you support this President's economic plan, I guess a sense of humor helps....

You must be in a good mood to toss a softball like that one, AM.

Well, even though I'm a softball fan, that's not exactly what makes me giggle, WCA.

By the way, I hear on HARDBALL that Perry's back to birtherism and under the thrall of Donald Trump.

Just imagine that.

HARDBALL made me giggle.

White Collar Auto

Are you, by any chance, an auto worker whose job Obama saved with his bailout? If so, you ought to be damn thankful for it. More so, as GM and Chrysler built nothing but garbage for the past few decades.

tpix

Thanks for that insightful commentary.

Now go crawl back in your Toyota and go away.

Nah Steeler Fan, you'll be stuck watching the Obama ads paid for by the 1%er's funding his billion dollar campaign.

You guys just don't get it, do you? They all do the same thing.

This has got to be the best set of postings I've read on any discussion board! Started out quite entertaining, totally off subject and so far the best debating I've seen to date! Bryan E., PA, you got the first post. Keep it going, you and your "Social Club," as someone else put it, has finally made some of these discussions worth reading.

I'm still chuckling at the comments made-mostly on page one! Some very intelligent people indeed! I'll vote for you any time!

Thanks SittinBackand Watchin`! I aim to please.

You know, if any of these paid political ads were true most, if not all, of these politicians would/should be serving time in prison.

How pathetic... They're corrupt, evade taxes, and are thieves and they blatantly advertise for all to see. How is it that no charges have been filed against these so called perpetrators? If it's not true then wouldn't it be a defamation of character lawsuit?

And to top it off, people are actually donating money for this garbage to be shown on TV!

yo, drive-by, LOL! Those three GOPers combined don't have the charisma of a stinktoad. But to correct a minor mistatement, it was not the turtle guy from Kentucky who made the "Obama's Waterloo" comment. That was the uber-sanctimonious buffoon and theocratic christianist from South Carolina, Sen Jim DeMint.

Thanks NDD...R!

Do tell MkeMike. But this is "news".

And yet he criticizes Obama for leading from behind? HaHa

hahahaha! love both comments!

Bush lite needs some heavy hitters since he is such a lightweight.

Rob in ma-numbers,

For once i actually agree with you. And by your vote count, i'd say it's a first for at least 16 other people. Have a good one.

"More Rick Perry campaign slogan ideas:"

Hey, y'all- lookit me. Ain't I cute?

["More Rick Perry campaign slogan ideas:"]

How about:

Vote For Me, Or We'll Execute YOU Next!

Mickey----that is the best one from a bunch of good ideas.

Thank you, thank you very much...I'm here all week...

...and don't forget to tip your waitress...

God did call Rick Perry to run...

God wanted Rick to serve as proof that we learned our lesson after the last failed governor of Texas was made President. God was testing us.

Then, God lit Texas on fire and made Perry drop precipitously in the polls. God looks down now and says "It's good."

What I want to know is who put the broom handle up his a$$. He looks like his back has been fused.

So I trust you saw the Ghadaffi video Tis?

Yeah, those rebels look like such a great group of guys.

Maybe that why we got involved, eh Tis? Sure there are absolutely no US interests in Libya, but the chance to support a lovely group of sodomiters is always a special thing.

Nasty, from inside to out, from top to bottom, and it's just gonna get worse.

So they are all in on Sharia Law. Plus they got ride of the law against multiple wives and have outlawed banks earning interest.

That should really spurn economic growth, right Tis?

and your point is, what...the we should have propped up Khaddaffy???

Tis: He does have a broom handle up his ass. He quietly underwent an experimental stem cell procedure this past summer to deal with a back problem. This is the guy who would deny you any medical benefits from stem cell research. Hypocritical? You betcha.

so whats your alternative Rino Romney he's just more of the same as Obama only a white boy version he's flopped more than a carp out of water on every issue, who knows where he's at on anything really??

These "heavy hitters" backed Bob Dole, Steve Forbes, and Thompson for their bids for the presidency! Watch out! Look how far they got!

Slick Rick a jerk? How dare you insult jerks...now I'm going hunting with my slick hair.

As a Texan, I beg you not to call Mr. Perry "Austin grown pond scum". While Mr. Perry did get elected, it wasn't because Austin voted for him -- it didn't. In fact, most if not all of Austin's success is in spite of the governor, though he'll do what he can to take credit for it. Be wary.

As a resident of Texas for 11 years, I can vouch for thynkaboutit's comments. Perry has some very powerful folks around him to have even won a 2nd term as Governor in spite of the popular sentiment that indicates many, many Texans just wish he would go away. My concern is that Texans will vote for Perry as POTUS just to get him out of their state, but I hold out hope that they will do the right thing and pull a lever or punch a card. . .ANY other card, than that of Perry. He is entirely all wrong for the job, not in tune with America nor her citizens, quasi-illiterate, and just another marble-mouthful cowboy-wanna be walking bowlegged for effect, and those are his good traits!

Perry is just a life support system for his hair. There's nothing else there of value.

Sputnik. . .I seriously need that LOL moment today! THANKS! *still laughing*

LOL SPUTNIK

Glad I scrolled down, the discussion is riotously funny.

Now Perry is taking BIRTHER crazy talk from Troll haired Trump. Perry knows hair, yet he can't see that Trump should be disqualified based on that bird's nest on his head?

@southernMays. . .LOLOL! THE best segment of Newsvine to date! WAY too much fun! Cheers!

Yep! Pretty much nothing Perry can say about that revolting revelation.

As a Texan living one county north of where Perry & his bride grew up, I can say I have no great love for him & really mean it. My family farms & ranches ground that Perry leased for hunting & is in controversy. That peice of ground is called NEGGARhead or NAGGERhead, not N-wordHead. It's on all the maps of the place & has been named that since the 1800's. Perry didn't own the ground & he didn't name it. There's a type of stone called neggarhead stone, the ground in the area is very rocky & there are quarries in the area. The media completely fabricated that whole "scandal." The ground is part of the Krooked River Ranch & the Hendrick Trust. My husband & his brother own S/T Cattle Company & S/T Farms. Just letting you know so you can use a smarter & correct argument next time you discuss Perry, who is latrgely known in these parts as Governor Goodhair.

Thanks for the clarification as to the hunting ranch and the Governor Goodhair monkier. Indeed, I refer to him as "a haircut passing for a man." Cheers!

AHHUNTER

My dad is from those parts and I know that the name of that area is indeed "Neggarhead". ONE teeny problem: the rock had an "I" instead of the first "A". Leased or borrowed, I think that anyone with political aspirations would be smart enough to lease another lodge or remove the rock before bringing guests in.

you wonder why people can't take you guys seriously???

Your post amounts to what i would expect from a FIRST grader. My son like Donald Duck too. But he's only two years old and knows nothing about politics. Try harder "bulldog". Oooh...tough name.

and your 2 year old son would do a better job than the moron in there now

Mike, you're no Little Einstein, that much is obvious. Donald Duck? Is that the best you can dredge up from your cartoon archives? Good grief!

Further testimony of your ignorance. Cleaning up today aren't you "bulldog"?

Couldn't be worse than what we got.

The last 8 year disastrous presidency was...forget starting 2 off the book wars and a recession already??? Not everyone has that kind of short term memory loss...

Shanking my head: You have no idea of which you speak. We have tolerated Ricky" The Texas Taliban" in our midst for over 20 years. Another ignorant, uneducated, all-hat-no-cattle, aggie. Do you understand we're trying to warn you?

thynkaboutit

When I couldn't understand how GW won a second term, a friend reminded me: half the voters are below average.

And how did Obama win? 47% of society pays no federal income tax - 47 million people are on food stamps - we have generations of welfare recipients - soon we might give amnesty to illegals. That about wraps up the voters for Obama.

KEMU

Those facts are absolute rubbish. Read up on the Welfare Reform Act under Clinton. BTW: I thought the radical righty talking point was that we libs are elitist communist intellectuals. Now we have been demoted to food stamp, no tax paying slackers?

Hmm........while not true, I'd rather be THAT, then: a cancer patient hating, dubious death penalty cheering, electrocuted illegal loving, science hating, flat earth believing, billionaire wannabe.

We'll trade our Teapublican Governor for your Perry. At least your governor spends most his time out of state. Our guy comes with an "Open for Business" sign you can put on your turnpike and a dismanteled mural depicting the history of labor unions. I should warn, you our governor likes to insult the NAACP. On MLK Day.

Amy--you couldn't have Gov. Perry in Maine---no executions--how would he spend his time?

Governor Perry real job in Texas is jogging and shooting wild life he only works 3 hours a week...maybe...4 since he's running for President...and holding prayer meeting...watch he's a real dog...