tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post3299832450005076997..comments2024-03-17T12:51:46.412-07:00Comments on Cutting Through The Crap: What Gingrichorovism Hath WroughtSid Schwabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-24422418500715307562016-02-04T09:02:32.081-08:002016-02-04T09:02:32.081-08:00Have to admire the guy. Lost to Ollie North in the...Have to admire the guy. Lost to Ollie North in the 1967 Brigade boxing finals. Close decision. Saw the whole thing. The guy's a fighter. Navy Cross in Nam, I believe. We could do worse (understatement understood).<br /><br />LarryLarry Simoneauxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-53760795156145097682016-02-04T08:10:43.531-08:002016-02-04T08:10:43.531-08:00If nothing changes, cometh the election, I'll,...If nothing changes, cometh the election, I'll, likely, write in Jim Webb and call it a day.Larry Simoneauxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-2693688988119665202016-02-04T08:01:45.122-08:002016-02-04T08:01:45.122-08:00Gotta admit I have minimal enthusiasm for either o...Gotta admit I have minimal enthusiasm for either of the D personae, Larry; but I think the stakes are so high, and the likely outcome so widely different were any of the Rs to win, that I'll vote for them. With a lot less enthusiasm than last two times around and, for sure, without tearing up on election night, assuming one of them were to win. Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-6922565731373110352016-02-04T07:45:31.795-08:002016-02-04T07:45:31.795-08:00As regards Trump:
"As democracy is perfected...As regards Trump:<br /><br />"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." — H. L. Mencken<br /><br />As regards the entire presidential race (paraphrasing): Clowns to the left of me. Jokers to the right. Here I am, stuck in the middle of (political) goo.<br /><br />One despairs.<br /><br />LarryLarry Simoneauxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-21604170610527425832016-02-03T23:52:51.013-08:002016-02-03T23:52:51.013-08:00I like the Koch's better when they were the Jo...I like the Koch's better when they were the John Birch society. That's all the Tea Party is. Birchers 2.0<br /><br />My best friend went to "Birchers camp" for a summer. His mom was showing movies in the living room to 4 other people during the spring prior to that (1978/79). The old kind of film with a projector and screen. I remember the Red, White and Blue waving in the wind, filling the entire screen and the anthem played. But that's all I saw as I "found something to do in my room".Smoothtooperatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07901523276177195419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-23266526564033943822016-02-03T10:06:04.167-08:002016-02-03T10:06:04.167-08:00"Caught being untruthful, Democratic candidat...<i>"Caught being untruthful, Democratic candidates try to wiggle. Republicans high-five."</i><br /><br />Wonderful line! Clearly, Trump is neither. It might take a month or two of "You're Fired!" howling, but a Trump Cabinet would rapidly devolve into a gaggle of yes-munchkins.<br /><br /><i>"Handsome, young, a facile speaker ..."</i><br /><br />A facile speaker indeed, Rubio almost beats Bobby Jindal in words per minute. He doesn't dare slow down for even a second or he risks being unmasked as a flyweight masquerading in the heavyweight tournament. Unfortunately for us, his babbling earns him considered nods among the conservative riff-raff:<br /><br /><i>"Results suggest that speech rate functions as a general cue that augments credibility; rapid speech enhances persuasion, and therefore argues against information-processing interpretations of the effects of a fast speaking rate. When novel speech content was used in Exp II to prevent simple retrieval of stock counterarguments, it was observed that increased persuasion produced by fast speech could not be attributed to disruption of effective counterarguing."</i><br /><br />http://psycnet.apa.org/?&fa=main.doiLanding&doi=10.1037/0022-3514.34.4.615<br /><br />Dr Strangelovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14603758423399991937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-79094085264904012992016-02-03T07:03:00.242-08:002016-02-03T07:03:00.242-08:00This. This. Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14735349563711049106noreply@blogger.com