tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1178284085080580526.post6489929191004640095..comments2024-02-12T23:25:09.583-08:00Comments on Overweening Generalist: Rachel Maddow's Herman Cain Thesismichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13526042582094867513noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1178284085080580526.post-61651419731332982922021-11-05T07:27:47.011-07:002021-11-05T07:27:47.011-07:00One might see Cain's death as part of this art...One might see Cain's death as part of this artwork.<br /><br />I like that Rachel M. occasionally uses the word grok.Eric Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04312033917401203598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1178284085080580526.post-91664482134431919772011-11-08T15:28:00.152-08:002011-11-08T15:28:00.152-08:00Annabel, I suspect you have at least as much natur...Annabel, I suspect you have at least as much natural talent, but the bit about eloquence really made my day when I read it. Thanks!michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13526042582094867513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1178284085080580526.post-59110021915494110232011-11-07T16:06:08.305-08:002011-11-07T16:06:08.305-08:00I saw where you said something about it, but I don...I saw where you said something about it, but I don't know why it did it. I think we're at the point, we might as well just IM one another or email each other. Might be less time consuming, though I lack the natural talent and eloquence that you put through in your written vernacular.Annabel Leehttp://doubledippolitics.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1178284085080580526.post-27657780355866910302011-11-07T16:01:22.949-08:002011-11-07T16:01:22.949-08:00I LOVE the Clown Scenario!
It seems like he has t...I LOVE the Clown Scenario!<br /><br />It seems like he has to, if indeed this is a massive put-on, keep upping the ante.<br /><br />I'd like see him get another straight Q, about, say, nuclear power plants and Japan and what he'd do about nuclear energy (He has no idea how it works.) And he just goes off about how he wants to take over Japan and make them "our bitches." Something like that. <br /><br />I wonder how many of the Koch-loviin' GOP faithful would finally get it then? <br /><br />I'll read anything you write, Annabel. I look fwd to your November writings.<br /><br />Did you notice on the Google post your comment didn't show up? So I posted it from my email. I wonder if they censor if someone talks about Word....uhhh....your blogging platform?michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13526042582094867513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1178284085080580526.post-62684493081589127912011-11-07T15:46:17.331-08:002011-11-07T15:46:17.331-08:00I think he should show up to a debate wearing a cl...I think he should show up to a debate wearing a clown costume, complete with the wig and makeup, and then begin juggling plastic elephants before leaving the stage riding a unicycle. That would be a pretty clear indication that this was all a stage show. <br /><br />I'd love to do something like that. I think Johnson might be far too sane. I'm surprised what happened to Huntsman in this entire thing. He never really got going, which is a shame because I loved him as governor when I was living in Utah. Shame that I don't know too many bloggers in my part of the world yet. Would love to get a small group of lesser candidates together and talk with them and write about it. <br /><br />Speaking of writing about things, I'm sure once I get back home to MD from NC, you'll be very excited to see what all I've got in store for the rest of November. I'm excited to be writing it, so I can only hope people will be excited to read about it all.Annabel Leehttp://doubledippolitics.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1178284085080580526.post-71159587986364065352011-11-07T14:08:31.960-08:002011-11-07T14:08:31.960-08:00@Annabel: When we critiqued the Mark Block "S...@Annabel: When we critiqued the Mark Block "Smoking Man" ad we both expressed thoughts like, "This seems like a put-on." I think a lot of people did. I remember when W said he'd run, around 1998, and I said to everyone, "That guy's such a loser-rich kid- moronic-clown there's now way he can be serious!" Boy, was I wrong!<br /><br />I was wondering if there was anyone before Rachel who wrote that Cain's doing art or pulling trying to punk the public, and here's why I think that: X, Q, Z, P...<br /><br />From what I've seen of Roemer, he's too SANE for the GOP, who have aero ideas, are bought by the 1%, and only want to cut taxes build prisons, crush labor movements, gut the EPA and the social safety net. "Corporations are people, my friend!" There was a fat book written around 1983 by a guy named Gross, first name Bertram, I think. It's called Friendly Fascism. That is one underrated book.<br /><br />Back to you and Buddy: Maybe you can get a small consortium of fellow bloggers and tell Roemer (and whatever happened to Gary Johnson? Too sane also, I suspect), and invite him/them to Meet the Bloggers?<br /><br />Back to Cain: if Rachel's right, this Performance Art project should end in some way that makes it clear that it WAS a put-on.michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13526042582094867513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1178284085080580526.post-85632720604048087542011-11-07T10:18:46.473-08:002011-11-07T10:18:46.473-08:00It's funny that she brought up the entire poli...It's funny that she brought up the entire politics as art thing. I was thinking something similar, that this couldn't be real. It seems like something from a movie, or what you'd have some guy do that lost a bar bet. Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out that it was a bar bet that he lost to David Koch. The ultimate practical joke on the American public. <br /><br />Also, since you're talking about the entire Rachel Maddow/call you thing, I keep asking Buddy Roemer to sit down and talk with me. Of all the GOP candidates, it's such a shame that he's been so lost in the shadows. There are a lot of aspects about his campaign and his platforms that intrigue me. I mean, seeing him on Rachel and The Daily Show was great, then he just disappeared again. So, yeah, I'd totally love to sit down, talk to him, write about it on my site. Wonder how I could set that one up being a complete and total nobody.Annabel Leehttp://doubledippolitics.comnoreply@blogger.com