David Brooks, professional humble guy, is worried about Hillary Clinton's unpopulars. After all, as Brooks points out, she was likable enough when she was Secretary of State. She was the most admired woman in the world! How could it be that her negatives have shot up to Donald Trump levels?
Heh. I was watching Bill speak a few years ago... 2012, maybe? I can't remember what he was talking about now, but it must have been a really good speech, because all of a sudden I totally understood why he had no problems picking up young interns. He gives good speech. I'm a sucker for a good talker.
I had a single mom who was killing herself in nursing school and working three jobs and raising two kids completely on her own at around that time. She didn't have time to eat sitting down (seriously, I don't think I saw her sit for a meal until I was in my late teens) let alone take up a hobby or bake cookies. She would give me books she wanted to read so I could read them and summarize for her (this is why I'm a bookworm, probably.) 12 year old me cheered Hillary's "cookies and teas" comment.
I remember his speech at the Democratic Convention in 2012 (Our Wonkette live blogged it). A rousing endorsement of PBO's first term and attack on PBO's enemies. It was incredible. He could have gone on longer. (I believe the last line in the live blog, some time after the speech had ended was "Elvis has left the building").
That's probably it. My memory is fuzzy... we were homeless for a few years, including 2012, and I remember following the 2012 election stuff from some awful roach motel that we were camped out in, so that's probably it. It was a shitty couple of years and I seem to have blocked a lot of it, or I was so stressed about surviving day to day that I didn't register a lot of details about anything. But I remember feeling pretty happy watching that speech.
First of all, Hillary Clinton -- love it or hate it -- has plenty of faith. She taught Sunday School for years and is probably the only candidate still in the race who has any idea what's actually written in the Bible.
Second, I really resent the reduction of Chelsea Clinton to her father's business partner. If you don't know that the Clintons think their daughter hung the moon, you should quit your columnist job and re-examine your life. Or legally change your name to Maureen Dowd.
Third, why is there a job that consists solely of misunderstanding and/or lying about everything for money?
Every summer she attends a festival of Wagner operas as produced by descendants of Wagner himself, in Wagner's home town, in a theater Wagner built, and as she arrives on the red carpet, an orchestra plays a fanfare of Wagner music.
Actually, I recall from some years back Hillary saying that her favorite TV show is "Love It or List It," so, yes, she does have some hobbies, even if admittedly this one involves an older woman named "Hillary" who bosses people around in their own homes.
Something to do with the idiotic commitment to print when literally nobody except old rich white guy read an actual paper newspaper. The NYT is DESPERATE to old on to those old rich white guys at the expense of everything else in the universe, because JOURNALISM ONLY HAPPENS IN PRINT.
Your mom was a hero. Women who work and go to school while raising kids should get a bonus added to their social security when they retire, but instead they usually get shafted. Ditto for daughters who spend years being caregivers for elderly parents.
On one hand: he'll never stop talking about Crossfit
On the other hand, he'll never stop talking about Crossfit.
Heh. I was watching Bill speak a few years ago... 2012, maybe? I can't remember what he was talking about now, but it must have been a really good speech, because all of a sudden I totally understood why he had no problems picking up young interns. He gives good speech. I'm a sucker for a good talker.
...at any price.
Amputation at the 5th cervical vertebra would be preferable
I had a single mom who was killing herself in nursing school and working three jobs and raising two kids completely on her own at around that time. She didn't have time to eat sitting down (seriously, I don't think I saw her sit for a meal until I was in my late teens) let alone take up a hobby or bake cookies. She would give me books she wanted to read so I could read them and summarize for her (this is why I'm a bookworm, probably.) 12 year old me cheered Hillary's "cookies and teas" comment.
I remember his speech at the Democratic Convention in 2012 (Our Wonkette live blogged it). A rousing endorsement of PBO's first term and attack on PBO's enemies. It was incredible. He could have gone on longer. (I believe the last line in the live blog, some time after the speech had ended was "Elvis has left the building").
That's probably it. My memory is fuzzy... we were homeless for a few years, including 2012, and I remember following the 2012 election stuff from some awful roach motel that we were camped out in, so that's probably it. It was a shitty couple of years and I seem to have blocked a lot of it, or I was so stressed about surviving day to day that I didn't register a lot of details about anything. But I remember feeling pretty happy watching that speech.
First of all, Hillary Clinton -- love it or hate it -- has plenty of faith. She taught Sunday School for years and is probably the only candidate still in the race who has any idea what's actually written in the Bible.
Second, I really resent the reduction of Chelsea Clinton to her father's business partner. If you don't know that the Clintons think their daughter hung the moon, you should quit your columnist job and re-examine your life. Or legally change your name to Maureen Dowd.
Third, why is there a job that consists solely of misunderstanding and/or lying about everything for money?
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Every summer she attends a festival of Wagner operas as produced by descendants of Wagner himself, in Wagner's home town, in a theater Wagner built, and as she arrives on the red carpet, an orchestra plays a fanfare of Wagner music.
No, I am not making this up.
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Actually, I recall from some years back Hillary saying that her favorite TV show is "Love It or List It," so, yes, she does have some hobbies, even if admittedly this one involves an older woman named "Hillary" who bosses people around in their own homes.
Something to do with the idiotic commitment to print when literally nobody except old rich white guy read an actual paper newspaper. The NYT is DESPERATE to old on to those old rich white guys at the expense of everything else in the universe, because JOURNALISM ONLY HAPPENS IN PRINT.
Liar.
Your mom was a hero. Women who work and go to school while raising kids should get a bonus added to their social security when they retire, but instead they usually get shafted. Ditto for daughters who spend years being caregivers for elderly parents.
Can we make dickpunching David Brooks a hobby?
OT but I always hated Clutch Cargo cartoons as a kid. Those real mouths superimposed over cartoon faces really creeped me out!