Jeez, give Wonkette commenters weekend posting, and all of a sudden they think you are never supposed to leave the house on a Saturday night again. HERE. HERE is your Happy Christmas Warrior In Chief cracking wise at the WHCD last night. NO, we didn't liveblog it. We have to go out and get laid
I have a comment downstream, but I'll reprise the main point here.
Yes, it was blunt and, arguably, offensive. It was also funny, as in: unexpected, contrary to reason, out of sequence, slightly offensive to common beliefs.
Argument in favor: the amount of background noise that followed the "pit bull" joke. This is never again going to be a serious "issue". It's a joke.
Argument against: I, personally, would have been absolutely delighted to deliver that joke. I am an abysmally bad politician.
Rebuttal to argument against: Barack Obama is not an abysmally bad politician.
My previous (unpublished) reply originally contained several paragraphs about my own marital history, and speculations about whether it would have been different if I had ever made more than $300K a year. (Answer: I don't know, because it never happened).
I didn't even think about the fact that he was trained from toddlerhood to play golf, period. Good point.
Ultimately, my point was that I don't get emotionally invested in the lives of rich celebrities, because they're all going to be as all right as anyone can expect, because of money.
1. O is absolutely class. He can skewer people, and himself, and grin like it's just a joke, and you'd have to be Mitt Rmoney to not grin back.
2. Clinton is still the epitome of making you believe he gives a shit. (iirc, you are not a big Bubba fan, so this may not be true for you, but it it is still true among the general populace). I have second-hand stories that make it clear that Slick could eviscerate opponents as easily as Obama can, but I believe that somewhen he figured out there is only so much a 6'4" white boy can say without looking like a dick.
3. President Obama versus Governor Rmoney in a debate? Oh please oh please oh please. I mean, fuck, Obama is easily the most thoughtful President we've had in my 64-year lifetime (and, I'll remind you that I'm a big Bubba fan). And Mittens has to be reprogrammed with his current beliefs before every public appearance.
Let me see, how does this go? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
You have caused me cognitive dissonance, or possibly cognitive wtf. I cannot think if it is George or Groucho, and I refuse (for the drunken moment) to look it up. Or it could be someone else. Gah.
One could call that performance &quot;counter-Rovian&quot;. Instead of attacking his opponent&#039;s strengths, he attacked his own media-related weaknesses with jokes. The self-mocking approach wouldn&#039;t work well against <i>serious</i> criticism -- e.g., there weren&#039;t any drone jokes -- but I think it&#039;s very effective at inoculating against bullshit. It&#039;s gonna be a little harder for any of the attendees to maintain a straight face while writing something about a hot mike, or the GSA or Secret Service, or canine cuisine, given that O has beaten them to the punchline.
Maybe he overdid the canine angle a little, but did you hear the room noise after the first (pit-bull) joke? &quot;He didn&#039;t really say that, did he?&quot; repeated several hundred times. It&#039;s now a <i>joke</i>. Some of the attendees will even make jokes about it, but it&#039;s no longer an &quot;issue&quot;, just a joke.
The only thing I didn&#039;t like was the Rmoney video, which was stupid-over-the-top, and, what is worse, not funny (except for &quot;Angel&quot; playing behind Bo). I suppose it might have been a warning shot to Team Mittens, but I thought it broke up the flow.
All in all, I like his writers (which may include him, but I assume that the rigors of Presidenting don&#039;t allow enough time to personally craft such a good act).
I think it&#039;s easier to accept Tiger&#039;s horndogginess because we know that his ex and kids are pretty well taken care of.
I have a comment downstream, but I&#039;ll reprise the main point here.
Yes, it was blunt and, arguably, offensive. It was also funny, as in: unexpected, contrary to reason, out of sequence, slightly offensive to common beliefs.
Argument in favor: the amount of background noise that followed the &quot;pit bull&quot; joke. This is never again going to be a serious &quot;issue&quot;. It&#039;s a joke.
Argument against: I, personally, would have been absolutely delighted to deliver that joke. I am an abysmally bad politician.
Rebuttal to argument against: Barack Obama is not an abysmally bad politician.
Of course it was. That&#039;s why it was funny.
Lizzie, you&#039;re not thinking literally, are you?
I don&#039;t have ladyparts, and I thought that was pretty fucking cool.
My previous (unpublished) reply originally contained several paragraphs about my own marital history, and speculations about whether it would have been different if I had ever made more than $300K a year. (Answer: I don&#039;t know, because it never happened).
I didn&#039;t even think about the fact that he was trained from toddlerhood to play golf, period. Good point.
Ultimately, my point was that I don&#039;t get emotionally invested in the lives of rich celebrities, because they&#039;re all going to be as all right as anyone can expect, because of money.
Oh, Editrix. It is this far into the evening that I looked at the supertitle, or whatever.
Needz moar soy sauce indeed.
It does raise the question, &quot;who <i>are</i> these guys?&quot;
And why haven&#039;t I met them before?
1. O is absolutely class. He can skewer people, and himself, and grin like it&#039;s just a joke, and you&#039;d have to be Mitt Rmoney to not grin back.
2. Clinton is still the epitome of making you believe he gives a shit. (iirc, you are not a big Bubba fan, so this may not be true for you, but it it is still true among the general populace). I have second-hand stories that make it clear that Slick could eviscerate opponents as easily as Obama can, but I believe that somewhen he figured out there is only so much a 6&#039;4&quot; white boy can say without looking like a dick.
3. President Obama versus Governor Rmoney in a debate? Oh please oh please oh please. I mean, fuck, Obama is easily the most thoughtful President we&#039;ve had in my 64-year lifetime (and, I&#039;ll remind you that I&#039;m a big Bubba fan). And Mittens has to be reprogrammed with his current beliefs before every public appearance.
Let me see, how does this go? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
Wasn&#039;t that good? There was still audience noise well into his next lines. &quot;Did you hear that?&quot;
That&#039;s the sound of a non-issue.
You have caused me cognitive dissonance, or possibly cognitive wtf. I cannot think if it is George or Groucho, and I refuse (for the drunken moment) to look it up. Or it could be someone else. Gah.
One of them licks its genitals and eats its own puke, and the other one is a pit bull.
Apparently hockey moms do it doggy style, which is delicious. Or something.
Abyss: &lt;waves&gt;
Also, Sarko&#039;s 50 euromegaclam scandal and a really lovely essay from Commie Mom -- if you haven&#039;t read it, you oughta.
I was going to ask if you sunburned anything traveling thru Aridzona, but then I remembered that you can&#039;t burn through window glass.
Can&#039;t believe Bammers passed on the chance to mention the menu there.
One could call that performance &quot;counter-Rovian&quot;. Instead of attacking his opponent&#039;s strengths, he attacked his own media-related weaknesses with jokes. The self-mocking approach wouldn&#039;t work well against <i>serious</i> criticism -- e.g., there weren&#039;t any drone jokes -- but I think it&#039;s very effective at inoculating against bullshit. It&#039;s gonna be a little harder for any of the attendees to maintain a straight face while writing something about a hot mike, or the GSA or Secret Service, or canine cuisine, given that O has beaten them to the punchline.
Maybe he overdid the canine angle a little, but did you hear the room noise after the first (pit-bull) joke? &quot;He didn&#039;t really say that, did he?&quot; repeated several hundred times. It&#039;s now a <i>joke</i>. Some of the attendees will even make jokes about it, but it&#039;s no longer an &quot;issue&quot;, just a joke.
The only thing I didn&#039;t like was the Rmoney video, which was stupid-over-the-top, and, what is worse, not funny (except for &quot;Angel&quot; playing behind Bo). I suppose it might have been a warning shot to Team Mittens, but I thought it broke up the flow.
All in all, I like his writers (which may include him, but I assume that the rigors of Presidenting don&#039;t allow enough time to personally craft such a good act).