Fritz Hollings should be VP

[Tweed]

You will fall in love with the man. He is a Southern grandpa.

http://hollings.senate.gov/video/aviation100202.rm

http://hollings.senate.gov/audio/payforwar1.040303.mp3

http://hollings.senate.gov/video/broadband100102.rm

http://hollings.senate.gov/video/hearingS2201.rm

This man could get the South and he is a great legislator

[Dookus]

1. I love Fritz...

but he's a little long in the tooth to be VP.

What is he now, about 113?

[ShaneGR]

2. Prepare flame-retardent suit....

Incoming!

[Toucano]

3. Fritz is a racist. EOM

[NashVegas]

4. Maybe You Should Look Him Up on EFF First

ALERT: Congress Calls For Public Participation on Digital Media Technology Mandates
Submit Comments Opposing Technology Mandates
(Revised: April 9, 2002 / Expires: April 22, 2002)
Introduction:

Imagine a world where all digital media technology is either mandatory or forbidden -- Senator Fritz Hollings and a cabal of Hollywood entertainment interests are cooking up a set of laws aimed at conjuring this apocalyptic world into existence.

Today, Senator Hollings introduced the alarming Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act (CBDTPA), which will give Hollywood plutocrats the power to stall new digital media technologies for a year, negotiating a phony "consensus" at lawyer-point with technologists. This "consensus" will receive the force of law, prescribing which user-hostile features are mandatory and which innovative features are forbidden. CBDTPA is derived from the draft SSSCA (Security Systems & Standards Certification Act), the subject of our last alert.

The Senate has called for comments on the future of digital media distribution, an issue that is deeply entwined with technology mandates.

http://www.eff.org/IP/SSSCA_CBDTPA/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html

Other stuff on Hollings and electronic communications issues:

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[Rowdyboy]

5. My God, I'm from the DEEP south (Mississippi) and I can only understand

about every fourth word he says! He's a great guy, but he's too old and need to learn to speak English intelligibly.

[Tweed]

6. That is part of his charm!

Just in case you are wondering, I was joking. I think he is a little to old. I was hoping to maybe spark some more uncovential VP selection

[Rowdyboy]

7. It worked!

Hey, I like Fritz, seriously. And you're right, it is "part of his charm". I can even deal with unconventional. So my suggestion is: Oprah Winfrey. She's smart, she excellent on her feet, she has 100% name recognition, America trusts her, women and minorities both could be given real representation by the party that THEY KEEP IN POWER; its a win-win situation. Believe me, most Democratic voters aren't white men (though I am) and her appeal could be tremendous.

Now she could bring in some serious votes!

[Leilani]

8. If Fritz was about 30 years younger

we could talk about it.

[King of New Orleans]

9. Will Fritz bring in

the Chinamen vote?

Actually he's not a bad Senator, especially given his locale. But the VP should be qualified and ready to be President if needed. Fritz ain't up to it.

[Adjoran]

10. too old

and he couldn't even bring his own state, much less "the south."

[TexasMexican]

11. This is a joke right?

I consider Fritz "I love the RIAA" Hollings almost as bad as Orin "the RIAA should hack your computers" Hatch.