I think matcom owes me money

[WilliamPitt]

A few weeks back, we made a bet. I bet that the GOP would try to use gay marriage as a wedge issue by way of a constitutional amendment argument in the Senate. I even called the timing as mid-July. Matcom said it would never happen.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/15/politics/campaign/15assess.html?hp

Pay us, sucka.

[wtmusic]

1. Original thread? n/t

[WilliamPitt]

5. There was no thread

It was at his barbecue. Amaya, squeech, DS1 and several other DUers were witnesses. :)

[Amaya]

11. Yeah.. yeah.. I remember

Sorry Matt ... now pay up! Btw, can you split the money with me?
:)

[TreasonousBastard]

12. I was there...

and, as the only sober one, am open to appropriate bribes.

[WilliamPitt]

13. If matcom refuses to pay up

I'll give you a cut if you go rough him up for me.

[Squeech]

20. Hey, I was sober too

Will is correct. Me, I couldn't understand why matcom was so certain it wouldn't happen-- it's so consistent with the MO of a so-called political party that so prominently disdains the parliamentary process.

On edit, now that I've read the entire thread: matcom's justification is fair, which to me means the issue isn't settled. The repukes brought it up, and got squashed about it as they so prominently deserve (may it be a harbinger of many such occasions), but since they can count votes and noses as well as the next guy, they knew going in that they were going to lose-- and it is their intention to use this loss to fluff their theocrat base. So the ultimate resolution of the bet hinges on (1) whether the religious community embraces this sort of posturing or rejects it in favor of more nuanced (or pragmatic) positions, and (2) who wins in November.

Or we could drop the whole thing and just eat the dog already.

[matcom]

21. your ALMOST right Squeech

remember I said it would die and their would be NOTHING to the issue :D

[Squeech]

25. You did say that

It's not dead yet. (Obligatory Monty Python reference, which is somewhat accurate: "It was coughing up blood last night!")

Didja read my edit?

[DS1]

2. Who is "us" ? I knew you were mobbed-up

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

18. That would be him and the scary-looking one on the right

That's Will's new enforcer.

[MikeG]

3. How much was bet?

[WilliamPitt]

6. A c-note

[MikeG]

9. Threaten to sue and execute on his butt-crack.

[LynneSin]

19. Damn, you 2 were debating this issue back at the Boston gathering in April

(now send me my share!!!)

[mitchtv]

4. I think he should be required to pose in drag

as a punitive measure

[Kathy in Cambridge]

7. Ewww-Mat would not make a pretty drag queen!

:scared:

[mitchtv]

8. precisely

I'll bet

[Toby109]

10. Something tells me that would

not be "punitive" for matcom. If you know what I mean.

:evilgrin:

On edit: Not that there's anything wrong with that.

[WilliamPitt]

14. .

[matcom]

15. you got it half right pal

i never said they wouldn't TRY rather i said it wouldn't FLY

told you it would NEVER make it to the election. i said it would be shot down first thing and would NOT be a major "election issue"

its done.

ahem......

:D

[Misunderestimator]

16. Sounds like Will owes you a C note, no?

[matcom]

17. i'll settle for him paying my bar tab

but he might get off easier with just a C-Note :D

[supernova]

22. "I love the smell

of political debate in the morning!" :D

[underpants]

23. Visual proof of the wedge being in play

[supernova]

24. Heh Heh Heh

* is a cheesehead!! :D