Today.
Today, I voted for a baby-killing, crypto-muslim, socialist, arugula-munching, elitist, black radical activist.
And it felt good. It felt damned good.
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Cross-posted @ dagblog.com, where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average.
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I voted last week, here in Douglas County Colorado, after crossing a grass berm 120 feet from the polling station covered in McCain signs, and couldn't help thinking some of those same things. One of my family members called me a socialist. I reminded him his first comment about Palin was "she's hot" and asked which was worse...
November 4, 2008 3:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
Left out tree-hugging. And foreigner.
Still feel good?
ALRIIIIIIIIIGHT! Yer kickin' ass, babies.
November 4, 2008 4:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hmm.. I did forget foreigner, but does "tree-hugger" really have the same sting in a post-9/11 world?
November 4, 2008 4:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ok. Agreed. How about Hilary-huggin'?
November 4, 2008 5:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's got it!
November 4, 2008 5:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
DF: It is a day to be grateful, for absolutely everything -- not least of which is the TPM community.
So, please, because I am an admirer of your writing, and of Genghis, if you at Dagblog.com are going to adopt and use Garrison Keillor's tagline about Lake Woebegone: "where are the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average..." then at least put it in quotes, and attribute it, somewhere, to its original source. Don't make me use the "P" word that so plagued Joe Biden. OK?
Cheers.
November 4, 2008 5:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
I don't intend to adopt it, just to use it as a one-off. I'm making the assumption that most people will recognize it and know exactly where it comes from. I'm not a big fan of assumptions, but once a phrase or slogan has its own effect named after it I think it's fair to say that it's solidly lexical.
November 4, 2008 5:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
Not buying its "own effect", as much as I admire you and Genghis. Sorry. Are quotes so hard to type, even without attribution?
November 4, 2008 5:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Nope, but I don't feel it's necessary here. I'm sorry if you think that qualifies as plagiarism, but I disagree.
November 4, 2008 6:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
I thought that was the whole point behind this brand of wholesale stereotyping!
November 4, 2008 8:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
This comment was supposed to be a reply to CT below.
November 4, 2008 10:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
You forgot Harvard grad. Bleah!
November 4, 2008 6:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hmm.. I thought that was a necessity for any card-carrying elitist. Have they altered the charter?
November 4, 2008 6:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's like assuming that all poor people -- black and white -- see things from the same point of view.
November 4, 2008 7:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
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There. I've added quotes. This is an evening for One Big Love!
And you're both cool. Though... WW slightly more. ;-)
November 4, 2008 6:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
Your left out his america-hating wife.
November 5, 2008 1:55 AM | Reply | Permalink
And 'whitey' wife at that.
November 5, 2008 1:56 AM | Reply | Permalink
LOL!
November 5, 2008 12:42 PM | Reply | Permalink