tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913657941628752485.post2553603349017750155..comments2023-12-27T10:09:56.358-08:00Comments on Prepare Yourselves For A Settlement: Was Chelsea pimped out? It's hard out there for a pimp, just ask Hillary...John Brown of Kansashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18002786990196430306noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913657941628752485.post-71981565336495462802008-02-10T08:11:00.000-08:002008-02-10T08:11:00.000-08:00Nice.I just about pissed my pants over this line:"...Nice.<BR/><BR/>I just about pissed my pants over this line:<BR/><BR/>"If it was, we'd be watching test patterns all day and/or volunteering at soup kitchens serving displaced TV talking heads. That would suck, because you know Tucker Carlson would be all bitchy about the quality of the soup. No, Mr. Bow-tie, we don't have croutons."<BR/><BR/>Bullshit. Does this campaign know any other form of discourse?<BR/><BR/>Inquiring minds want to know.<BR/><BR/>Nice fuckin' reference to Timbaland, by the way. It's so true. Sleazy motherfuckers. At some point, you gotta ask yourself, "Am I lying for the power or do I want the power to keep on lying?"<BR/><BR/>I know, I know, John. They do it to win. We did it to win, too. But we also know it's bullshit. And the stakes here matter more. And even in speech and debate, real arguments should win and bullshit shouldn't, I think we would agree.<BR/>They're not bad people. But they're not the best candidates, either. And, at some point, the more honest guy, with more of a clue about what's going on in the world, who is less concerned with himself and more concerned with others, with more original ideas should get the nod, don't you think? That's why Barack has a slight advantage, for me, over McCain, even as I think he's wrong to be pressuring for a pullout of Iraq. First, I don't think the withdrawal angling is going to go anywhere anytime soon. Around the margins, maybe. But most Americans have made some peace that we gotta stick, I think, at this point. And, second, I'd rather have the guy who's trying to get his head wrapped around all of this - the whole goddamned mess - than just vote to stay there, unless there is a real threat that Barack might call a pullout. If he does, I vote McCain. The stakes are just too high. But I don't see it playing out that way. <BR/><BR/>Hillary Clinton has got stop being such a slimy, self-centered bitch to even get close to getting my vote. She's that debater or forensicator you loved to hate because while she's fast or smooth, she's slimy as all shit. And who really wants that dude or dudette winning up the championship? It's bullshit and everyone knows it. And that makes it all the more icky.<BR/><BR/>You want to find some time, John, to help me brainstorm on this book and just kind of sit and bullshit and talk about concerns as I write it (I'm more interested in your concerns/dissents than I am with mine, at this point, actually). I know you're busy. I am too. But I want to do a really good job. And I want to build strong countercases. <BR/><BR/>Holy shit, dude. It is just like debate. A little more honest, I hope. But, then, again, speech and debate both had/have more potential for being more honest. We just played it the way we played it.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I'd like your input, if you wouldn't mind, as I work on it. I know. I'll get stuff on paper for you to read, too. But I also wouldn't mind just bullshitting about it a little bit, too, if you wouldn't mind.<BR/><BR/>How about this Thursday? I'm joking, asshole. Goddamn. Get off my ass.<BR/><BR/>Tell the wife hi for me and have a nice Valentines.<BR/><BR/>BenBen Sutherlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14193389264010365448noreply@blogger.com