[Imc-web] Rat Bastards?

[Wendy Edwards]

Of course, I always saw Rove as a pig, though he fits into the "vermin"
candidate as well.  I'm also partial to a quote from Harry Potter,
"You foul, loathsome, evil little cockroach!"

Wendy

On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 04:26:56PM -0600, Mike Lehman wrote:
> Toe Jam would work for me, but might be a bit sketchy for most people. I 
> don't see anyone taking offense at it as a category, but I can easily 
> see someone taking offense at bastard as a category. We probably want to 
> offend Rove, but I'm not so sure what the point would be in offending 
> others we don't intend to.
> 
> I'm sure that Rove richly deserves being called a bastard. However, it 
> sort of says more about us than him when we use it as a category. I see 
> no problem with someone using it as part of the headline of an 
> announcement about Rove. I doubt that will raise any complaints and if 
> they do, it's within fair use of the website as someone's felt opinion.
> Mike Lehman
> 
> Wendy Edwards wrote:
> >Maybe we could name the category "Toe Jam."  Wait, that'd
> >probably give dirty feet a bad name.
> >
> >Wendy
> >
> >On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 03:54:29PM -0600, Mike Lehman wrote:
> >  
> >>OK, now that I've poked around and seen who it applies to (Karl Rove), 
> >>it sort of makes sense. I am a bit uncomfortable with IMC classifying 
> >>people by their mom's marital status, though. "Regime" has worked pretty 
> >>well for a lot of such folks, but maybe a better new category might be 
> >>"Criminal Politicos"? Heck, in Illinois at the state level, we'll have 
> >>plenty of use for that.
> >>Mike Lehman
> >>
> >>Mike Lehman wrote:
> >>    
> >>>I see that we now have a category of news called "Rat Bastards". 
> >>>Anyone know anything about this?
> >>>Mike Lehman 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> IMC-Web mailing list
> IMC-Web at lists.ucimc.org
> http://lists.chambana.net/cgi-bin/listinfo/imc-web