Ouch, that hurts. I've always liked Tom McClintock a lot more.

Off the top of my head, the only thing I can think of Newt and I having in common is the same alma mater. I'm not even a registered Republican anymore. Besides, it would never cross my mind to legalize unlawfully present "grandmothers and grandfathers" who have been in the U.S. for "25 years or more." Along with the DREAM Act students, they'd probably be the first ones I'd put into deportation proceedings, if only to scare the crap out of the others.

Insofar as what I wrote above, it's much more derisive of Larry Elder than the former Speaker Of The House. Chapter 2 of his first book - White Condascencion. Barack Obama is the direct beneficiary of it.

Yikes! Elder wrote that? Or were you just cozying up to Jean :p

Yes, and my other attempt to pay homage to Jean was by incorrectly using the term derisive rather than derivative. Derision is criticism, which is clearly not what I was trying to convey regarding the above-listed author of The Ten Things You Can't Say In America.

Jean may not haunt this board much anymore, but my last post ensures that she is here in both essence and spirit.

She's on secret assignment ;)

Good. When she's completed the ghost writing duties for the series of novels she's been working on, let me know.

I am having computer problems and have not been able to keep up with the board as much as I'd like, but as to my "ghost writing" my work is actually published each week in a hard copy and is also available online. I'm not a ghost though, my articles have my name attached to them. There are people who actually PAY ME TO WRITE! But being the brunt of someones amusement just means they just can't get me off of their mind.

You deemed this to be an acceptable condition of employment?

Condition? I think it's more of a boast :D