tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post150409462057534102..comments2024-03-28T17:30:34.605-05:00Comments on Althouse: I got completly distracted by Marilyn Monroe.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31961282612306218892008-06-24T22:13:00.000-05:002008-06-24T22:13:00.000-05:00Thanks for the Marilyn clips. She's been dead for ...Thanks for the Marilyn clips. She's been dead for 40 years and she's still more interesting than Obama and McCain.<BR/><BR/>Its hard to find beautiful actresses who can do comedy.rcoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-75206530363000676312008-06-24T21:15:00.000-05:002008-06-24T21:15:00.000-05:00Or how about this one? Please don't kill me.In 198...<I>Or how about this one? Please don't kill me.</I><BR/><BR/>In 1983, Karla Faye Tucker and her biker boyfriend went to a man's house to rob him. He discovered them, whereupon Tucker's boyfriend started beating him to death with a hammer. The victim's girlfriend ran and hid. Karla Tucker tracked her down and hacked her to death with a pickaxe. She was later recorded bragging that she'd had multiple orgasms during the killings.<BR/><BR/>This is the woman who had the nerve to say "Please don't kill me".<BR/><BR/>I'm inclined to think a person would have to be an elitist snob to NOT express derision at that.Revenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374515200055384226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22414478216479229462008-06-24T20:59:00.000-05:002008-06-24T20:59:00.000-05:00Did this bother you about W, too?While Bush certai...<I>Did this bother you about W, too?</I><BR/><BR/>While Bush certainly grew up among the elite, I've never gotten the impression that he considered himself better than those of us who didn't.Revenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374515200055384226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74817953904540817292008-06-24T16:58:00.000-05:002008-06-24T16:58:00.000-05:00But with Obama you have a guy who looks black but ...<I>But with Obama you have a guy who looks black but who was raised by whites in a relatively affluent white setting. When he came of age he didn't know who he was. He's been on a journey ever since to figure that out.</I><BR/><BR/>This is undoubtedly true. <BR/><BR/>I just wish he would have figured it out before he decided to drag us all, as a nation, on his personal discovery mission to find himself.Dust Bunny Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13341429444562280127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-35066165287241774832008-06-24T16:57:00.000-05:002008-06-24T16:57:00.000-05:00Actually, if the Obama->Archie comparison worked, ...Actually, if the Obama->Archie comparison worked, that would be marvellous. <BR/><BR/>Archie Leach aspired to be Cary Grant. It was a persona created to raise himself from who he was to who he wanted to be. <BR/><BR/>Our politicians seem to be convinced already that they're All That (with a side of fries). The sort of humility it takes to say, "No, this is who I want to be" would be refreshing from any leader. (Only problem is, I don't see how we would know that.)blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13098680991113514672008-06-24T16:38:00.000-05:002008-06-24T16:38:00.000-05:00My problem with Obama is that I can sometimes catc...<I>My problem with Obama is that I can sometimes catch glimpses of the Archie Leach beneath the surface. Consider his friendship with the Rev Wright: What part of Obama responded to Wright's harsh rhetoric?</I><BR/><BR/>Actually, that's where wheels come off the comparison of Obama to Cary Grant. With Cary Grant - Archie Leach there was no racial component. But with Obama you have a guy who looks black but who was raised by whites in a relatively affluent white setting. When he came of age he didn't know who he was. He's been on a journey ever since to figure that out.Swifty Quickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00748423525653804001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82964549964039407412008-06-24T16:19:00.000-05:002008-06-24T16:19:00.000-05:00when has Obama? When has he denied going to privat...<I>when has Obama? When has he denied going to private schools, or an exclusive college? So he's a snob. W's a snob, too. We're already "ruled by such people" as DBQ put it. And for all people, Karl Rove, to point it out to a bunch of other country club snobs -- well, it's amusing.</I><BR/><BR/>I'd find it more amusing if a good portion of one set of snobs weren't constantly advocating class warfare. <BR/><BR/>There's the difference. Not that Reps aren't snobs (I was an adult before I met a Rep who wasn't rich), but that Reps aren't snobs telling you that the other snobs need to be punished.<BR/><BR/>Dems want to "tax the rich"; it's their mantra. Some will even espouse theories like "the Man is keeping you down". They seldom admit during these moments that <I>they</I> are rich and <I>they</I> are The Man.<BR/><BR/>The Reps will try to sell you "be nice to the rich and it will pay off", often just as laughably wrong.<BR/><BR/>And of course, both sides silently accept the privileges of office, of which there always seem to be some new ones coming to light. (Cheap home loans anyone?)blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46141787822651919862008-06-24T16:12:00.000-05:002008-06-24T16:12:00.000-05:00...which is not to disagree with the central premi......which is not to disagree with the central premise that Barack and Michelle are stuck up. That much is quite true...Moosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10611979723230966040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44522571138524509082008-06-24T16:10:00.000-05:002008-06-24T16:10:00.000-05:00Not like sitting in a pretentious restaurant makin...Not like sitting in a pretentious restaurant making snippy comments about men in shorts.<BR/><BR/>While returning your tomato.<BR/><BR/>Oh no - nothing like that...Moosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10611979723230966040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74337143329062753492008-06-24T15:53:00.000-05:002008-06-24T15:53:00.000-05:00Is there a male equivalent to this intoxicant?Gene...<I>Is there a male equivalent to this intoxicant?</I><BR/><BR/>Gene Kelly. I can watch that man dance anytime. <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlkrN4DXvO0&feature=related" REL="nofollow"> here </A> and a <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_blql6MuFIM&feature=related" REL="nofollow"> montage of his best </A><BR/><BR/>Ah musicals. Completely distracted by youtube.<BR/><BR/>My favorite Marilyn movee. Bustop.Dust Bunny Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13341429444562280127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33312948081316318972008-06-24T13:50:00.000-05:002008-06-24T13:50:00.000-05:00Is there a male equivalent to this intoxicant?Cary...<I>Is there a male equivalent to this intoxicant?</I><BR/><BR/>Cary Grant, in certain moments. I'm thinking "Notorious."knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231876226573540476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50417442328590859102008-06-24T13:42:00.000-05:002008-06-24T13:42:00.000-05:00completly distractedGood thing you didn't get comp...<I>completly distracted</I><BR/><BR/>Good thing you didn't get completely distracted.Roger Sweenyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734128265493099062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31668812612004993132008-06-24T13:36:00.000-05:002008-06-24T13:36:00.000-05:00Barak Obama= Cary Grant? What a calumny of Grant!Barak Obama= Cary Grant? What a calumny of Grant!ricpichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01321511130788764861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13742114584758687902008-06-24T13:28:00.000-05:002008-06-24T13:28:00.000-05:00I am not anti-Rovian.Neither am I a Monroe fan; he...I am not anti-Rovian.<BR/>Neither am I a Monroe fan; hell, I can't name two movies of hers I have seen all the way through.<BR/><BR/>But in a thread in which Marilyn plays with a dog and laughs out loud and exhibits the kind of womanly wiles that Grumpy warned about, well, jesus on a trampoline but don't Rove seem outta place?<BR/><BR/>Poor guy. He's all serious about BO's BS, but here's a film clip to get lost in, a beautiful laughing woman.<BR/><BR/>Is there a male equivalent to this intoxicant?KCFleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124201866124646626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44377711185411752512008-06-24T12:52:00.000-05:002008-06-24T12:52:00.000-05:00I said: He went to a privileged and exclusive priv...I said: He went to a privileged and exclusive private high school.<BR/><BR/>FLS spewed: He also went to Catholic school for three years when he was little. Aren't you afraid that early indoctrination puts him too close to the mackerel-snappers?<BR/><BR/>Being a "mackerel-snapper" myself, that isn't a issue that bothers me. <BR/><BR/>I'm more concerned with his inability to understand or connect with the people that he presumes he will be "ruling". I also am more bothered by his chameleon aspect. Act one way in front of your peers (the San Francisco muckity mucks), put on the shuck and jive accent when talking to the members of the local black baptist church, attempt to talk veggies (arugula) to the rubes in Iowa. Which one is the real Barack? <BR/><BR/>Carl Rove looks like my CPA, a very smart man who gets me tax breaks and saves me money. :-)Dust Bunny Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13341429444562280127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-48926063508339160382008-06-24T12:49:00.001-05:002008-06-24T12:49:00.001-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774002797359859550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30319435848291307992008-06-24T12:49:00.000-05:002008-06-24T12:49:00.000-05:00dbp: probably my favorite example is his brainstor...dbp: probably my favorite example is his brainstorm, as a young politician, on how to raise money. Hey, you just ask everyone on Poppy's Christmas card list! Wow, it's so easy. <BR/><BR/>He's a snob born of snobs. Every word that's come out of Bab's mouth is pure, unadulterated snob.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774002797359859550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46081956282392630272008-06-24T12:27:00.000-05:002008-06-24T12:27:00.000-05:00He went to a privileged and exclusive private high...<I>He went to a privileged and exclusive private high school.</I><BR/><BR/>He also went to Catholic school for three years when he was little. Aren't you afraid that early indoctrination puts him too close to the mackerel-snappers?former law studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196697206046544350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-21879431406943316252008-06-24T12:22:00.000-05:002008-06-24T12:22:00.000-05:00So Obama is a pissy queen a la Addison DeWitt? Reg...So Obama is a pissy queen a la Addison DeWitt? Reginald Gardiner, or John Howard in The Philadelphia Story are closer to the Rovian character, but Obama's definitely the guy who gets the girl in my book.former law studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196697206046544350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91845972083824500022008-06-24T12:20:00.000-05:002008-06-24T12:20:00.000-05:00Some people call you the elites; I call you my bas...<A HREF="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/10/18/politics/main242210.shtml" REL="nofollow">Some people call you the elites; I call you my base.</A>TJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13088461995698326658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28780622330367215122008-06-24T12:11:00.000-05:002008-06-24T12:11:00.000-05:00I don't know what they were looking for exactly fo...I don't know what they were looking for exactly for the 15 second welcome home doggie spot, but any random 15 seconds of that clip work for me. <BR/><BR/>Commanding the dog to speakspeakspeakSPEAKSPEAKSPEAKSPEAK<B>SPEAKSPEAKSPEAK</B> is punishment for a dog, and yet the dear thing stayed dear. Their attention spans for that sort of thing is measured in minutes. <BR/><BR/>Chip, the handler, says, doggie play periods are required in order to keep it fun and even that is limited. <BR/><BR/>I loved that clip. It's the best thing about Monroe I've ever seen. Now I love her even more than before. You can tell she and the dog really enjoyed that day. Even with that dumbass handler off camera barking commands. <BR/><BR/>Rove. I get what he's trying to do. The reaction to it, very thin-skinned, considering the vitriol they generate themselves by way of natural communication. I don't see him as a principal walking by the lockers, although <I> that</I> is <B>funny!</B> I see him more as chubby friendly balding counselor. But then, I always thought of Rumsfeld as Uncle Rummy, and Bush as a great fishing partner.Chip Ahoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597726289890879627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-60430155053393118972008-06-24T11:58:00.000-05:002008-06-24T11:58:00.000-05:00Trevor Jackson said... "Any evidence for this?"Who...Trevor Jackson said... <BR/>"Any evidence for this?"<BR/><BR/>Who cares what you think?<BR/><BR/>Maybe not evidence of class snobbery, but certainly massive disdain for an individual's opinion. <BR/><BR/>Or how about this one? Please don't kill me.<BR/><BR/>But again, that's not exactly snobbery so much as rank cruelty.<BR/><BR/>Yes, I agree: Bush has some flaws, but snobbery isn't much in evidence.<BR/><BR/>As for the "who cares what you think" link. Eh, I suppose Bush could have said, "If I wanted your opinion, I would have asked for it"<BR/>But in all fairness, most people would respond more like, "Go f yourself"<BR/><BR/>As for the born-again death row inmate: He didn't ridicule her to her face--that would have been cruel. What he did could best be discribed as juvenile.dbphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457585811847604584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1959193586070773382008-06-24T11:55:00.000-05:002008-06-24T11:55:00.000-05:00Trevor, the guy walked right up to Bush and said:"...Trevor, the guy walked right up to Bush and said:<BR/>"Mr. President, I hope you only serve one term. I'm very disappointed in your work so far."<BR/><BR/>I don't think Bush saying "who cares what you think" is out of line. I think it's funny. Sorry, but I don't tend to take self-important people like that writer seriously. <BR/><BR/>But I'll give him props for putting a convenient spin on it: "Bush doesn't care what the little people think!" A more accurate interpretation is that people <I>in general</I> don't tend to put much stock in what some random, rude jerk thinks, and they shouldn't.knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231876226573540476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-64107070625770889532008-06-24T11:43:00.000-05:002008-06-24T11:43:00.000-05:00I have not been a big fan of the whole Marilyn leg...I have not been a big fan of the whole Marilyn legacy -- but that clip with the dog gives me some insight for the first time why there is one.knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231876226573540476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84434896170975880802008-06-24T11:39:00.000-05:002008-06-24T11:39:00.000-05:00"Any evidence for this?"Who cares what you think?M..."Any evidence for this?"<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://dir.salon.com/story/opinion/feature/2004/03/19/bush_encounter/index.html" REL="nofollow">Who cares what you think?</A><BR/><BR/>Maybe not evidence of class snobbery, but certainly massive disdain for an individual's opinion. <BR/><BR/>Or how about this one? <A HREF="http://www.slate.com/id/2131451/" REL="nofollow">Please don't kill me.</A><BR/><BR/>But again, that's not exactly snobbery so much as rank cruelty.TJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13088461995698326658noreply@blogger.com