(walks away giggling) WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
But in a fun way. :)
I'm still waiting on Team O to launch an ad on the $273k the McCains spent on butlers for however many houses they have. And, really, we still haven't received an answer on how many houses they have. His, er, staff never got back to us.
This could be a gift that keeps on giving, and it's a beautiful narrative in an election on the economy. I was pissed that they didn't go after him on the draft instead of the housing thing, but I'm now pretty sure I was wrong, and we can save that for later anyway. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
The Republican's campaign continued to press their long-time charge that Obama himself is an elitist. "Does a guy who made more than $4 million last year, just got back from vacation on a private beach in Hawaii and bought his own million-dollar mansion with the help of a convicted felon really want to get into a debate about houses?" said McCain spokesman Brian Rogers. "Does a guy who worries about the price of arugula and thinks regular people 'cling' to guns and religion in the face of economic hardship really want to have a debate about who's in touch with regular Americans?
What if they realised that their entire political class is too wealthy to pretend to be "of the people"?
Bring it on! Do the Republicans realise what they're getting themselves into? A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith
Look at their response to. It's all over the place. "Elitist! Out of touch! A-R-U-G-U-L-A!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" as Boo said yesterday.
I must say I don't get the arugula thing, because I'd venture to guess quite a few working-class Italian-American families eat a lot of arugula (or "rocket" as it's known in Italian communities). WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Skeletor the Beer Heiress
Scratch that. Sorry, Cindy is the Crypt Keeper. Andrea Mitchell is Skeletor. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
of arugula (or "rocket" as it's known in Italian communities).
Weirdly complicated foods you need a culinary degree to make (souffle) or obnoxiously expensive items (caviar) or anything widely associated with the French (snails), I can understand. But eating a plant that just grows out of the ground seems, I don't know, normal, human, ... humble. Bunnies do it. Elitist bunnies!! Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
Arugula = rocket Eggplant = aubergine zuchini = courgette
tomayto = tomahto keep to the Fen Causeway
Arugula probably comes from la rucola being confused for l'arucola (something that happens quite often in both directions among uneducated Spanish speakers) and then arucola > arugula is a common phonetic derivation (the latter is easier to pronounce). A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith
Which is indeed related to arugula (see Webster's definition.
We can all sigh with relief and congratulate each other on the heartwarming interconnectedness of our culture. When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind
Only - not.
Frank Delaney ~ Ireland
you are the media you consume.
Then, there is yummy, Boston-head lettuce, or bib lettuce. Bibhead... Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. --Charu Saxena.
What would happen if the presidential campaign focused on McCain's $40M net worth and his wife's $100M, as well as Obama's $1M and his $4M income?
Most of the tradmed would spontaneously combust if something as genuinely fair and balanced as that were to happen. But we all know that ain't gonna be how it happens. They'll just ignore McCain's zillions, cos he does a barbecue and beer and yuks it up with the guys on the bus, while Obama eats arugula, which most of the press pretend they've never heard of. keep to the Fen Causeway
At least Obama was once a Chicago urban comminity organizer, which means he may have once ridden the bus and by not doing it any longer is a class traitor!!! A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith
That's how McCain gets moved around between close events and to the airport.
I didn't mean Greyhound or anything like that. I doubt there's a single politico in DC who's ever travelled on a real bus. keep to the Fen Causeway
That's going to catch on as soon as Mike Stark gets his shot at McCain on camera. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
While I am in this state of mind, is there any video of Cindy getting her hand crushed by a supporter? If not, why not? And has Johnny stopped abusing the c*#@? If sanity be culturally normative, then by the norms of this culture I claim insanity.
McCain, who has portrayed Obama as an elitist, is the son and grandson of admirals. The Associated Press estimates his wife, a beer heiress, is worth $100 million. Obama was raised by a single mother who relied at times on food stamps, and went to top schools on scholarships and loans. His income has increased from book sales since he spoke at the 2004 Democratic convention.
They count twelve houses, by the way. Time for Obama to roll out an ad apologizing to McCain for low-balling him on it. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
It only matters when it becomes the standard view on telly or WaPo, NYT or LAT. Till then it's just forgotten. Oh look Michelle's angry, Barak's got a pissed-off pastor, that kind of thing. Nada about the comparison with McCain's wife on a drug-dependency, or his problems with numerous scary right-wing bigot priests. Everything about Edwards infidelity, nothing about McCain's. keep to the Fen Causeway
CNN has also begun covering McCain's infidelity a bit. I dunno if it'll get big play -- probably not in the way this housing thing will -- but we'll see. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
