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Home Front: Politix
Joe Biden's car salesman's hairdo almost visibly bristled with contempt
2008-10-04
As does this London Times column, as it happens.
Posted by:lotp

#13  you need that special brightener for your grin when you're normally described as "shit-eating grin"
Posted by: Frank G   2008-10-04 20:07  

#12  Indeed, it would be a surprise if Biden had any tongue left at all after last nightÂ’s debate, given how much time it must have spent being bitten by that flawless set of gameshow teeth.
Gameshow teeth, car salesman's hair, condescending attitude. Had my grandmother, and exceptional judge of character, been alive to watch the debate, she would have wanted to "slap that shit-eating grin off his smug face". It was all I could think of whenever he flashed his brite whites.
Posted by: Danielle   2008-10-04 19:48  

#11  The poor man is a typical big-city provincial...

"Pardon him, Theodotus; he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature"
--George Bernard Shaw, "Caesar and Cleopatra"
Posted by: SteveS   2008-10-04 19:24  

#10  "This author sounds like Maureen Dowd on a bad hair day."

I was thinking Maureen Dowd on a no-hair day, mom, but yours works too. ;-p
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2008-10-04 18:16  

#9  Ouch, mom. :-) The poor man is a typical big-city provincial who completely lacks understanding of the world beyond his particular city's walls, coupled with a naive faith that politicians always speak the truth. He probably thinks Americans really are like the characters in "Dallas" and "Beverly Hills 90210". It was well-written, though.
Posted by: trailing wife   2008-10-04 17:53  

#8  Barbara: The information to noise ratio is indeed much higher on the burg than elsewhere, despite the occasional visits from the Glurong Johnsons of the world.

This author sounds like Maureen Dowd on a bad hair day.
Posted by: mom    2008-10-04 17:21  

#7  Don't be insulting, mom.

Most Rantburg rants are much more professional than the so-called "professional" journalists'."

;-p
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2008-10-04 17:06  

#6  A lot of "professional" reporters sound like blog ranters.
Posted by: mom    2008-10-04 16:53  

#5  Biden, for his part, oozed smugness

but not nearly as much does the author of this piece. It sounds like a snotty blog rant rather than a professional reporter.
Posted by: Betty   2008-10-04 11:51  

#4  That's okay. I didn't think it out of place in this thread wither.
Posted by: Mike N.   2008-10-04 10:55  

#3  Comment #2 was supposed to be in the OJ thread.
Posted by: Large Elmaise9560 (from a different place)   2008-10-04 09:26  

#2  I hope he likes to toss salad.
Posted by: Large Elmaise9560   2008-10-04 04:47  

#1  The end of that article was my favorite part of the debate. When she corrected Joe by telling him the chant is 'drill, baby, drill.'

It took big brass ones to say that in front of an audience that hates oil companies.
Posted by: Mike N.   2008-10-04 00:55  

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