"It’s true. I’m not a big fan of sharks either."
Once, eight years ago, I attended the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida as a VIP guest in well-stocked with Diet Budweiser. I was not a delegate, nor did I have tickets, but sitting at the bar of a host hotel that afternoon I knew I must attend and so promised a boozy blonde that I could and would deliver the surf vote for her party.
VIP ticket followed.
And Mitt Romney subsequently lost though I did run into Ann Coulter in the hallway. Now, eight years on, the surf vote is as important as ever. “Bad Grandpa” Joe Biden and Donald J. Trump are locked into an increasingly tight battle with the margin to victory tiny.
The margin to victory is us and Trump went out of his way to court, over the weekend, declaring:
They were saying the other night, the shark. They were saying, ‘Sharks, we have to protect them.’ I said, ‘Wait a minute, wait.’ They actually want to remove all the seals in order to save the shark. I said, ‘Wait, don’t you have it the other way around?’
It’s true. I’m not a big fan of sharks either. I don’t know, how many votes am I going to lose?
Lose?
Try gain. A dog whistle to beleaguered wave sliders from sea to shining sea. To those getting eaten by Bulls in New Jersey, Spinners in Florida, Whites in California, Oregon, Washington.
How will Joe counter?
And doesn’t it feel good to be wanted?
More as the story develops.
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Taste the rainbow!
Little Donny the Coward, always posing with dead predators.
The booking agent is a very close friend, I could look into a BG week….. you lurking out there Mr Waterways?????
It took time to type this which has me worried for your mental health when all I was concerned with is your injury…. are you ok?
Pretty on the moola there TG. I would argue the worst of the worst are the Dems that now think it’s ok to fawn about sucking off the Bush era Republicans – so much so that they let em speak at their own convention! On the conservative side, all those whiter than white never Trumpers who would do anything for a dollar and are dems in drag. It’s all quite gross.
I’m halfway through this mammoth and epic thread and I’ve not seen anyone seize on the Ann Coulter bump-in-to. I’d like to hear more about this Chaz. Did she try and pick you up, did she openly sieg heil, was open carry packing a piece? I’d like to hear more of this story!
He’s also scared of blacks, mexicans, gays, poor people, etc…
(patting you on the head) Just be glad they let people like you into society, instead of those dreadful Sanitariums. Your opinion matters,….go ahead, we’re listening…..
Yay for us!
A lot of closet Donny fans here no fukin doubt
Lefties love the sound of their own farts. .
Go ahead and try to justify the dug laws that have done zero to help anybody.
Explain to me why I should have to tell every employer that I have an arrest record for growing herb?
But also in the early 1900s shit was outta hand at the drugstores.
People mad on meth,heroin etc
Meth is horrible.
Heroin is a waste of life
And pills are nothing but trouble.
OK, so u talking about weed.
Fair nuff.
No, all drugs should be legal to posses. Whether they are unhealthy or not.
Drug use is a mental health issue and incarceration has a had zero positive effect
That’s not quantified
It’s a theory
It’s a fact
Morals,? Ethics.
You da man!!
I like that you never can think of a counter argument.
Reading comprehension issues? Try reading the whole sentence
I have actually never voted Democrat or Republican in my life.
I am very liberal though, I like to enjoy myself unlike the kill joy republicans and their evil drug laws.
Is hawaii a blue joint?
Hawaii is the bluest of them all.
It’s too nice here to be up tight.
Unless you are LGR or Huli
Not sure what’s wrong with them
It might change if they don’t start taking things seriously.
In Aus blue is red and red is blue so it’s kinda weird and our Conservative party is called
The Liberal party.
Dems are called
Labor party,
and they did once stand for the worker, but now they kneel for any of the latest wack politics
I don’t see it changing. The economy here forces too many people to have to rely on government assistance that the Republicans would take away from them. The republicans don’t believe that people should have the right tohealth care.
Actually either does Biden but he won’t block it like Trump has tried to
We have great health care here and both party’s support it.
But we don’t spend trillions on war machines, we just hope you guys will save us.
Only in America would they let people die on park bench before they helped them.
Australian navy is in Hawaii right now playing war games with US allies.
We got your back bexy
Thanks.
That’s why we are always interested in you guys.
I’ll take even a Dem led US as allies, over any other country.
Isn’t it funny how the government enjoys socialism and we’re supposed to believe their non stop campaign demonizing socialism… which in a pure form could never happen anyway.
It’s an exercise of manipulating Haves and Have nots.
Big business loves socialized risk as do the Banks. Military I do.
But health care for the peeps????
A bridge too far.
Gotta keep us desperate mate.. or else, shit us plebs might not work and what would happen to the tax base who’s contributions are needed for corporate bails outs!!!!
I love how the profits are always private but the risk, that shit is socialsied. Hell yeah Bear Stearns, you get $25b, Goldman Sachs, you get $25b.. As long as the public is divided and at each others throats its a cheque that keeps writing itself.
Hey WP…. I had an idea at the very beginning of Covid, may I run it by you?
The only way to stabilize the economy was to suspend Mortgage business. At every level, not forgive the debt, just tack on the lost months to the end of the loans so that we don’t have an eviction pandemic as well. Commercial realtors would suspend rents and leases, banks suspend commercial property owners mortgage payments.
That keeps everyone in the game, especially mom and pop and struggling families until business can resume with vigor.
Of course, my plan is contingent in the banks showing the public some empathy and employing a long term approach.
Which that are wont to do because as you eloquently mentioned, they love socialized risk and private profiteering.
Youtube Charlie Rangel and William F. Buckley drug debate. Most of the modern drug laws are Democrat policies- Rangel accused Reagan on being soft on drug crimes… because guess why? RAYCIST!
Wrong
Nope. Facts. Charlie Rangel and the CBC effectuated most of the drug war policy starting in the late 70s through to the Clinton (and Biden) Crime bill, at least. Kamala Harris as CA AG locked up thousands for drug crimes, mostly weed. True you Dems are drug users, it’s just that, like everything else they want to use the government for, “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
yeah black pussy man……
I actually said that 1/2 a decade ago….but also called Kelly ” the antichrist of commercial surfing” green wash gold!
do you see weather , or feel it?
surfing is just a vulgar bogan/red neck act, that’s why you gave up surfing and bought a hideous SUP , as Elo is ya mate and you suppers live in a world of their own
ah you used cunt as a noun….therefore cunt is now part of the English vocabulary…..but I still don’t believe your IQ score …or your Anne Cuntard story!
Pretty certain Chas writes these political stories for a reaction and to stir, because we have no pro surfing to hang shit on. Antagonistic, and I do appreciate the angle and intention. Must create own fun with no pro surfing.