"Suddenly the producers of the Eukanuba Show realized host Ron Reagan was a distraction..."
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| Ron Reagan: Bad-Mouthing "W" Down Under |
| 2004-09-20 |
| Trading on Daddy's Name to Bash "W" IT MAY have been the guy in the hood teetering on the stool, electrodes clamped to his genitals. Or smirking Lynndie England and her leash. Maybe it was the smarmy memos tapped out by soft-fingered lawyers itching to justify such barbarism. The grudging, lunatic retreat of the neocons from their long-standing assertion that Saddam was in cahoots with Osama didn't hurt. Even the Enron audiotapes and their celebration of craven sociopathy played a part. As a result of all these displays and countless smaller ones, you could feel, a couple of months back, as summer spread across the US, the ground shifting beneath your feet. Something was in the air, and people were inhaling deeply. I began to get calls from friends whose parents had always voted Republican, "but not this time". There was the staid Zbigniew Brzezinski, who was President Jimmy Carter's National Security Adviser, sneering at the "Orwellian language" flowing out of the Pentagon. Word spread that old hands from the days of Bush the Elder were quietly (but not too quietly) appalled by his son's misadventure in Iraq. Suddenly, everywhere you went, a surprising number of folks seemed to have had just about enough of what the Bush administration was dishing out. A fresh age appeared on the horizon, accompanied by the sound of scales falling from people's eyes. (snip) |
| Posted by:Capt America |
| #6 Oh, STFU already, Ron. You were boring even when you actually HAD a claim to fame... |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-09-21 1:10:58 AM |
| #5 Not everyone down under yet knows that Ron Reagan is a moonbat. They do now. Even in my younger, apolitical days, I knew that Ron was trying to play the middle of the road, however it's become clear that he is at home being part of the usual brand of Leftie snake-oil salesmen. If people don't vote the way you want them to, skip the part about debating your ideology and go straight to the personal attacks. Oh, and Ron: I agree with trailing wife. Cut down on the adjectives. I'd recommend Stephen King's "On Writing". |
| Posted by: Chris W. 2004-09-20 3:30:42 PM |
| #4 Not everyone down under yet knows that Ron Reagan is a moonbat. They do now. Even in my younger, apolitical days, I knew that Ron was trying to play the middle of the road, however it's become clear that he is at home being part of the usual brand of Leftie snake-oil salesmen. If people don't vote the way you want them to, skip the part about debating your ideology and go straight to the personal attacks. Oh, and Ron: I agree with trailing wife. Cut down on the adjectives. I'd recommend Stephen King's "On Writing". |
| Posted by: Chris W. 2004-09-20 3:30:33 PM |
| #3 Even the Enron audiotapes and their celebration of craven sociopathy played a part Psst -- Enron happened during the Clinton administration. They were caught and punished during the Bush administration. In fact, Clintons Treasury secretary (I believe) tried to convince the Bush administration to leave Enron alone. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-09-20 12:31:13 PM |
| #2 Goodness -- so many descriptive adjectives! Stick to bad poetry, Ron, its easier on the listener than bad prose (and shorter, too). |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-09-20 7:12:57 AM |
| #1 Ron Reagan. Talk about a "shrub" "Suddenly the producers of the Eukanuba Show realized host Ron Reagan was a distraction..." |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-09-20 7:00:19 AM |