Who Here Absolutely Loved the Hamster Story?

[slinkerwink]

About how Kerry saved the hamster? That was such a funny comic image! :-)

[Dookus]

1. whoohoo!

[slinkerwink]

2. that's a rocking hamster! I'm almost tempted to change my sig line to that

;-)

[Dookus]

3. feel free

it's already my new sigline - you can't see it until they turn it on though.

But Jen6 made it - she gets all the credit.

[Rowdyboy]

4. LUV IT!

Allie did GOOD!

[slinkerwink]

6. awww, I'll make a variation of the sig line

;-)

[Dookus]

7. yeah

I was thinking of changing it to a Kerry/Edwards sign.

[slinkerwink]

20. what do you think of this possible new sig line?

[Lorien]

29. Cute! n/t

[liberalmuse]

13. That is SO cute!

Precious!

[Zomby Woof]

5. it was genuinely funny

It reminded me of my Dad saving a baby duckling accidentally stranded by its mother due to heavy traffic on the road. My sister INSISTED my Dad save it, lest it get run over. He was successful, dodging cars to do it. We had a good laugh and saved the little guy.

Much less happy ending than the hamster... the duckling died 2 days later despite our efforts at getting it reacquainted with the wild. :-(

[Dookus]

8. aww..

well your Dad done good anyway.

I'm a sucker for ducklings.

[ashling]

9. I feel a real kinship

but a really great dad would have performed mouth to mouth. :)

I was in that situation once with two little girls eyes staring up at me: "Daddy, make it be alive." You would perform mouth to mouth too.

[slinkerwink]

10. that shows what a great father Kerry was in that situation

and you know that hamster story wasn't fake, because c-span went to vanessa, and you could see she was laughing in surprise about the story.

[2Design]

11. pretty cool~~

[liberalmuse]

12. I LOVED it!

Kerry is obviously an excellent father. His daughters are a testament to that. They revealed a very poignant side of John Kerry.

It was sure a sweet and a refreshing contrast to the story of Bush stuffing firecrackers up frog's nethers, throwing them up in the air and then laughing while they exploded. I wonder how many of the girl's pets Bush has dropped, kicked, run over, or carelessly discarded?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

14. Di di di da di di di da didi doh....

[faithnotgreed]

17. that is a beautiful joy..... i love it

[Lorien]

15. I didn't catch the whole story

just that Kerry saved a pet hamster from..drowning?


Vote for Kerry-THINK OF THE HAMSTERS!

[JohnKleeb]

16. Hamsters for Bush, spokesman Hamster Gillepsie

says John Kerry flip flops and that he didnt really save that Hamster, and it was staged. Heh I love it though, the story. Kerry is a very cool father.

[TheWraith]

19. Yeah

Vanessa's pet hamster's cage fell off a dock into deep water. John jumped in after it, pulled out the hamster, and then saved its life with CPR. It was just an incredibly sweet story about him going the extra mile for his kids. Can't see Bush doing that.

[Lorien]

28. Very sweet!

There's a similar story out there about Michael J. Fox performing CPR on the family cat. Not a lot of dads that are THAT cool out there!

[WindRavenX]

18. fantastic; speaks volumes about his character

Really, diving into a lake for a hampster?
How many people do you know that would do this?
Certainly not the Chimp in Command.
Tonight, I feel like I finally know John Kerry...I always knew he was a compassionate and kind, but I had no idea that he was THIS great of a man.
I feel very proud to know that my first vote for a President (I'm 19) will be for this man.

[JohnKleeb]

21. sure does

Yeah, I didnt know of this side either. Bush would dive in to the lake to save the poor beer, the poor beer :(.

[WindRavenX]

22. What if the beer was warm?

Would you save the beer then? :D
Just askin'.

[JohnKleeb]

23. well ya know I am part German and they like their beer warm

Dubya hates "old europe" so he wouldnt save the beer, now his pretzels, he may save, or his poetry to laura.
Laura you are the lump in my bed, hes so romantic isnt he.

[WindRavenX]

24. Warm beer? Really?

Wow. The thought is enough to make me :puke:.
Oh well, I'm not a beer drinker; I'm a Cosmo and vodka gal myself- all ice cold, of course! :D

[JohnKleeb]

25. Yeah why do you think I think to hide my German blood

For now on, I tell people I am half Irish and have no German blood :evilgrin: I like Guiness and Harp because I am part Irish and they're good too heh.

[Kellanved]

26. What???

No, the British drink (some of ) their beer warm and are the laughingstock of the whole continent because of it. ;-)

[JohnKleeb]

33. I thought it was the Germans

Hey sorry. well I think the British are messed up 24/7 sorry.

[Lorien]

27. The Hamster speaks:

The delegates sit in hushed silence as the hamster solemnly takes the stage.

"John Kerry saved my life that day, and for that I owe him a debt of gratitude...."

[slinkerwink]

36. lol! awesome photoshop work!

"Kerry was patrolling the waters of Vietnam and jumped in to save me from the commie rats!"

[Lorien]

37. Oh, the things you do during a bout of insomnia!

I just wish I could have found a way to have the hamster standing alongside the veterans, lol! :P

[JohnKleeb]

38. aww

[Kahuna]

30. I did! I was thinking, * would have put a firecracker in it's butt..

and blown it up. That's the difference between the two men.

[Lavender Brown]

34. Apparently, he really did this with frogs as a kid.

You can tell a person's humanity by the way they treat animals.

[non sociopath skin]

31. Me! Me! Me! Me!

Now that's my kind of American hero!!

The Skin

[Ellen Forradalom]

32. But did he perform mouth-to-mouse?

We'll always wonder!

[Lindsey]

35. There's a new book out called "Bush on the Couch"

written by a psychiatrist. Apparently, Bush really did blow up frogs with firecrackers. WTF?!?!?!?!?