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  1. Frogleg

    Frogleg Registered Best

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    sorry, can't vote for a person who goes by 3 names 'John Bel Edwards'. I've seen Vitter speak to a group who disagreed with him. He held firm and voiced his opinion logically and admirably.
     
  2. Bengal B

    Bengal B Founding Member

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    Serial killers go by 3 names
     
  3. Jmg

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    Well, that's logical, holding his name against him.

    the people who were disagreeing, were they hookers?
     
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  4. red55

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    Apparently so do West Point graduate Army Rangers.

    When you have really common first and last names, you find it convenient to use the middle. You know, a pretty famous John Edwards ran for president just a few years ago.
     
  5. Bengal B

    Bengal B Founding Member

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    I know but I just find it strange that whenever they print a serial killer's name more often than not it's all 3 names.
    Almost everybody has a middle name but it's not usually used by the media unless it's your obituary.
     
  6. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    Any media outlet with a lawyer when mentioning a serial killer is going to identify him as clearly as possible, lest they get sued by John Fred Gacy or John Goodman Gacy.
     
  7. Bengal B

    Bengal B Founding Member

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    At the time when Derek Todd Lee was on trial there were 2 major league baseball players named Derek Lee. One played for the Cubs and the other for Tampa Bay
     
  8. LSUsupaFan

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    I am always pretty objective about this stuff. Most of Bel Edwars policies are just not tenable. The same is true of Vitter. I think Edwards will be much worse for the state, but can't vote for Vitter. I have to sit this one out.
     
  9. Jmg

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    I use my middle name, but never my first. I think maybe they do that more in the Deep South, like the confederacy, meaning not Louisiana.

    It's true serial killers often have three names. Maybe the media does it on purpose to stick with the normal serial killer protocol.

    I don't like when people mess with their names. Like when people use their middle name as their last name, like as a stage name or whatever. Like all the bimbo-ish models seem to have names like "Lauren Nicole". Nicole is not a last name. It annoys me, I dunno why.

    Also I know some actors in New York with stage names. It annoys the shit out of me. One dude I know changed his last name to "Wilde". Fucking toolbag.
     
  10. Bengal B

    Bengal B Founding Member

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    People with a first name as a last name are generally untrustworthy

    And there are the people who change the pronunciation of their last name. Like from Theesman to Theisman
     
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