8/13/2003
For those of you who visit here, you probably noticed that my last post was more of a fun dig than most of my articles. The whole idea was sparked when I saw Janeane Garofalo on Bill Mahr’s show a few nights ago.
There she was, in a cut off t-shirt, hair bleached, sporting a big tattoo on her arm, talking politics. Actually, to say that she was “talking politics” is a generous statement. What she was actually doing, which is her usual bit, is trashing everything conservative and worshiping everything liberal. She is just SO predictable when it comes to her stance on anything. If President Bush supports an initiative, its a bad idea. If Bush orders the military to take action (Afghanistan and Iraq), he’s committed a crime, but if he orders the military to stand bye(Liberia), its also a crime. Janeane is like a female version of Tom Daschle, but without the fashion sense or leadership ability. She’s not a leader, she just plays one on TV.
Having mentioned him, let me throw in a word about Bill Mahr. I don’t claim to be an expert on the opinions of every conservative, but I increasingly see a level of respect for Bill from conservative circles. Lets face it, when Ann Coulter calls Bill a friend, [b]thats saying something![/b]
I watch his show and most times I disagree with him, but, having said that, I do find that I have points of agreement as well. I think what you see in Bill is that he is a principled liberal who understand the entertainment value of politics in a manner similar to Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, and others. For that matter, he is one of the ONLY liberals in the media who I’ve seen with that understanding. If Al Gore wants to build a liberal network, he should start with Bill; just don’t expect Bill to tow the liberal line at all points. Bill thinks for himself and isn’t afraid to say what he thinks, no matter what the consequences.
I respect that a great deal and so do many others in the conservative world. Liberals should take note and emulate his style rather than just spouting the same mindless, bitter, bumper-sticker slogans that I hear all the time from wannabe politicos like Ms. Garofalo. People should grow up and learn to think for themselves; and I say that to liberal and conservative alike. The government shouldn’t run your life, neither should they order your thoughts.
Finally, let me mention something funny that happened after putting up my last post suggesting the Gore-ofalo and/or the Dean/Clinton ticket for Democrats. I received a couple of comments about the horror of a Dean/Clinton ticket from some conservative posters to one of the bulletin boards I frequent, and replied that it was all in fun. But that got me thinking that perhaps a Dean/Clinton ticket might well be a powerful one for Dems. Still a losing ticket, but powerful none the less.
Hillary is incredibly popular among moderate and hardcore Democrats, while Dean has all the momentum going so far in the Democratic Primary. The only problem is, I’m betting they would likely have trouble deciding on who would be the President and who would run as the veep candidate.
Dean might seek to argue that Hillary already had her eight years in office and underscore the fact that it is his turn. Hillary might argue that she has all the experience and has the right to move from running things covertly to a more overt status. Personally, I’d pay money to hear THAT discussion.
On that note, I now return you to our regularly scheduled programming. Have a nice day.
David
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