Political Monday

[mahjane]

Randomly quoted quotes that have annoyed, tickled or made my card-carrying bleeding-liberal heart swell with pride lately:

"I don't want to claim that God is on our side. As Abraham Lincoln told us, I want to pray humbly that we are on God's side." -- John Kerry

"Look, I support Bush. I even went to see that movie he starred in - Fahrenheit 9/11"

Comments

Reasonable and moral people may disagree about the views espoused by all these quotes.

[thecuckoo]

But I do hope that most of us could come together and agree that Ann Coulter is on crack.

Do you have a link to the Blogger entry? I can't decide if I'm amused or not without the context.

Sorry; I'm not sure.

[mahjane]

They're sampled from the massive amount of articles and forums I read when suffering from insomnia, and I cleaned out my overfilled cache this afternoon. That one's obviously a riff on the infamous scene in Fahrenheit 9/11:

George W. Bush: [to camera] I call upon all nations to do everything they can to stop these terrorist killers. Thank you.
[George W. Bush brandishing a golf club]
George W. Bush: Now, watch this drive!

The context was undoubtedly the usual overdue critique/unwarranted Bush-bashing, depending on commentator's POV. ;)

These quotes were mostly intended as a coda for Norwegian friends with whom I've had political discussions lately. [My Feminazi friends and I are *so* much prettier than Ann Coulter. And whatever it is we're are smoking is much better for our blonde hair *and* our coherence. Obviously.]

The atmosphere here is, as you might guess, anti-Bush but NOT anti-American. It's reassuring that one does not always entail the other.

I got that...

[thecuckoo]

but I was wondering if it was also a reference to Orwell Rolls in His Grave, which is supposed to be released soon.

I may go see that, because my general anti-polemic stance seems to stop right before I get to Clear Channel's corporate headquarters. [grin]

And I agree about the reassurance.

Duh me...

[mahjane]

F9/11 hasn't been released here yet, so I tend to forget I'm not the only one in my world who has seen it. [hits own forehead]

I think the only reference was to doublespeak and Orwell's take on warmongering. If I were in grad school, my cross-referencing on this would probably earn me a failing grade. Sigh.

It's funny how polemics are only enjoyable when you agree with the polemicist in question. It's probably hypocritical, but I have a feeling we all feel that way. Kind of like adoring either Buffy or Charmed, but never both. You know? ;)

I can't decide if Ann Coulter is a famewhore...

[funkmastermo]

Or just a gigantic idiot who somehow found a platform to voice her unfounded generalizations.

Some of the things she says makes Charles Manson sound coherent.

I think it's #2

[mahjane]

as somehow she manages to make other famewhores seem polite and demure.

Heh.

[funkmastermo]

I think she tries too hard. You know? Like, all the "shocking" things she says come off sounding well-rehearsed and pre-meditated. She reminds me a bit of Omarosa from The Apprentice.