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The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-15-05 09:02 PM
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If I were to make a Democrat chess set, what would you choose for pieces?
Perhaps a donkey for the Knight for example.
Pieces (for the non-chess folks)
King
Queen
Bishop (keep those away from the little pawns...heh heh, I am bad)
Knight
rook
Pawn

My wife just bought me a book on how to make your chess sets so I plan on making a few soon.

Just for fun, what would we choose for repug pieces :)
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-15-05 09:52 PM
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1. King and Queen: Bill and Hillary, of course
Edited on Thu Dec-15-05 09:53 PM by KamaAina
repuke pieces: ordinary working people as Pawns, gated communities as Rooks, SUVs as Knights, Patwa and Foulwell as Bishops.

edit: The ultimate irony is that the repuke pieces would most likely be Black :evilgrin:
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ForrestGump Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-15-05 09:58 PM
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2. The porns could all be little Clenises...after all,
The Clenis is their favorite scapegoat. :-)
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-15-05 10:51 PM
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4. The 'porns'?
:rofl:
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Lisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-15-05 10:47 PM
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3. Rev. Al Sharpton might make a good bishop!
Somehow I pictured Al Gore and Howard Dean, waving swords, as Knights ...
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Allenberg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-15-05 10:57 PM
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5. Sure would make for an interesting "sword fight"
:rofl:
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Lisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:17 PM
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6. and I almost forgot Jesse Jackson! (n/t)
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PittPoliSci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:21 PM
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9. Sharpton's good!
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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 03:10 PM
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15. I would have thought so
until he started shilling for a loan shark agency.
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PittPoliSci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:20 PM
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7. King and Queen = FDR and Eleanor
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Loonman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:21 PM
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8. GOP set
King: Rove
Queen: Judy Miller
Bishop: Pat Robertson
Knight: Ollie North
Rook: 10 Commandments obelisk
Pawn: Neal Boortz
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:26 PM
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10. The pawns should all be Liebermans and Zell Millers
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:28 PM
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11. K and Q = JFK and Jackie - Camelot, you know
Bishops - Carter and Kucinich
Knights - Murtha and Cleland
Rooks - Gore and Kerry
Pawns - A Toughie, pawn is not such a nice designation, I would have to say the poor


For the 'Pukes

K and Q - Ron and Nancy
Bishops - Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart
Knights - Chimpy and Crashcart
Rooks - Bush I and Babs
pawns - Our Military
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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 03:01 PM
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13. Carter's good for a bishop
but why not Jesse for the other? No, wait - MLK, duh.

Maybe our Knights should be a free press? - Ted Koppell (of Knightline) and Sir Walter Cronkite. Rooks would be Meany of the AFL-CIO when it had some clout and Gloria Steinem for NOW. Pawns would be not pawns, but the grass roots working people - waitresses, hard-hats, teachers, factory workers, etc.
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ashling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:46 PM
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12. The king should represent
the worker, the people, and/or the public good. For the GOP the king would represent billionaires, corporations, etc. Remember, in chess its all about protecting the king.
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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 03:09 PM
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14. then the politicians would be
pawns of the people? I like it, but not realistic is it?

The Queen would be Lady Liberty then, our freedom to vote, write, and organize being our chief power. Would Paul Bunyan as a logger, represent working people? Or John Henry? Or an American farmer?

Queen for Republicans would be the power of Gold - maybe Leona Helmsley to symbolize that.
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RagingInMiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 03:52 PM
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16. Here's mine
Republicans:
King - A naked George W. Bush
Queen - Dick Cheney with a Darth Vader helmet
Bishops - Pat Robertson and Billy Graham
Knights - Elephants
Rooks - Jailhouse guard towers, complete with armed guards and barbed wire.
Peons - Wall Street suit types or kneeling Christians holding pro-life signs

Dems:
King - FDR
Queen - Mother Jones
Bishops - Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton
Knights - Donkeys
Rooks - University ivory towers
Peons - Working class people
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 04:01 PM
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17. Billy Graham is a Democrat. Try Jerry Falwell. (nt)
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