To Eat Crow

For my "anonymous" commenter who is quite the ungraceful winner:

To eat boiled crow is to be proven wrong after having strongly expressed one's opinion.

To wish that one person win an election and then not have that person win an election hardly qualifies as "eating crow." If one were to steadfastly predict and insist that one candidate were going to win and then have that candidate lose, then THAT would be the whole "proven wrong" part.

Otherwise, saying "I hope it rains," and having it not rain would then be "eating crow."

Posted by: Ogre at 02:46 PM

Comments

1 I'm sorry, but I just can't resist: "Look, it's an ogre feeding a troll!"

Posted by: Lance at May 03, 2006 03:19 PM (ceP10)

2 lol

It's just to fatten him up for the meal.

Posted by: Ogre at May 03, 2006 03:25 PM (/k+l4)

3 Eating Crow is standing up like a man/woman and admitting that you made a total a** of yourself when others tried to tell you that you were wrong.

Posted by: Scrapiron at May 03, 2006 04:13 PM (Ffvoi)

4 Indeed -- but it requires that you actually BE wrong. If you hope that it rains but it doesn't, you're not WRONG.

Posted by: Ogre at May 03, 2006 04:17 PM (/k+l4)

5 Ogre, you are gonna eat a troll instead of crow? I'd be willing to bet crow will be much tastier.

Posted by: oddybobo at May 03, 2006 04:31 PM (6Gm0j)

6 Yeah, but a crow is just a bite. There's so much more meat on a troll...

Posted by: Ogre at May 03, 2006 04:41 PM (/k+l4)

7 Ogre, per the vote, the overall outlook of common republicans obviously does not match what you perceive as what a republican should be. Maybe you are right in 50% of the cases, but I wouldn't consider you someone to go to for answers. You put your support behind candidates and use your website for your form of trashing candidates when they are either republican or democrat, it makes no difference to you as long as you have someone to trash. Well, better luck next time my friend. And just so you know, I am not a winner or a loser, but I am a supporter of a WINNER, and proud of it.

So, the crow you eat is your own spin that you try and put on elections and their candidates. When a candidate you endorse loses, you eat crow, because afterall, you did support the winners opposition in your statements and your "so-called" facts that you try to display here.

Posted by: anonymous at May 03, 2006 06:14 PM (txQlC)

8 Ah, so much for the attempt to educate. Did you even read this post before your started your insane rant?

Posted by: Ogre at May 03, 2006 06:58 PM (/k+l4)

9 Anonymous,

I would still like to know why you are ashamed to reveal your identity. I would be ashamed to be a supporter of someone who clearly distorts and twists any evidence at her disposal, but you agree with Karen Ray so what are you hiding from?

Sincerely,
David Goebelt

Posted by: David Goebelt at May 03, 2006 11:10 PM (IKgKR)

10 Hey David, Please understand that I am not the least bit ashamed of anything. I simply choose to not give you the satisfaction of who I am. It was a good election yesterday. It is a shame that no more people showed up.

Posted by: anonymous at May 03, 2006 11:43 PM (5VSwX)

11 Anonymous,

I'm not sure how knowing your identity would bring me "satisfaction." Could you clarify? Does it bring you "satisfaction" to know my identity? When I post my name after my comments it means that I am not hiding anything. I am being open and honest and I'm not afraid who knows my opinion. I think my openness and your comments from anonymity are good representations of the campaigns we support.

Sincerely,
David Goebelt

Posted by: David Goebelt at May 04, 2006 01:15 AM (IKgKR)






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