tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post6501431451459819807..comments2024-03-28T20:53:54.312-05:00Comments on Orange Crate Art: Couric and Palin and OrwellMichael Leddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-84567900261878064512011-03-06T07:42:46.987-06:002011-03-06T07:42:46.987-06:00You raise a good point, no doubt, about Mrs. Palin...You raise a good point, no doubt, about Mrs. Palin. However, the same could be said about the question, that, no matter how prepared, drifts into the exact same realm of ready-made phrases and code words, such as "middle-class families," "groceries," and "big financial institutions."<br /><br />The critical question is, where are the metrics from either individual accompanying their statement? On Ms. Couric's end, the stimulus has not helped "middle-class" families significantly (whatever middle-class means), nor has it come at the price of not helping "big financial institutions."<br /><br />On Mrs. Palin's end, well, I don't know where to begin.<br /><br />In the future, let's call out violators regardless of political affiliation, shall we? That's the problem...It's not Sarah Palin vs. us, or Couric/Media vs. us. It's THEM vs. us. They carry on a most unfortunate symbiotic relationship.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-17167179870006099582008-10-09T22:15:00.000-05:002008-10-09T22:15:00.000-05:00All of these non-answers leave me feeling Palin do...All of these non-answers leave me feeling Palin doesn't know the answers. She can't think for herself and she is prepared to be V.P., much less President. <BR/><BR/>Living in Texas, I'm surrounded my Republicans. A female friend said she loved the part of the VP debate when Palin essentially said she wouldn't be answering questions. Seriously, why would this be a good thing. She obviously doesn't know the answers and can only speak on things she has memorized.Jennifer C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08072281739080685434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-29758010812614664392008-10-02T22:17:00.000-05:002008-10-02T22:17:00.000-05:00A friend has wondered about word salad.A friend has wondered about <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_salad" REL="nofollow">word salad</A>.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-56014546269690331432008-10-02T21:06:00.000-05:002008-10-02T21:06:00.000-05:00There is something fascinating about the way she t...There is something fascinating about the way she talks and talks but somehow it is totally devoid of any obvious meaning.<BR/>It reminds me of some of William Burroughs experimental writing where he would cut up books pages into phrases and then he would string them together in a sort of dada stream of consciousness prose poem. The structures and components of English were there but the original meaning had been subverted into something mysterious and alien.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02548490801509971488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-87262665283226650952008-10-02T11:07:00.000-05:002008-10-02T11:07:00.000-05:00While I think McCain's choice of running mate (rea...While I think McCain's choice of running mate (read "ruining mate") is laughable at best, I have to offer an alternate prediction of the effects of Palin on the top political spots for women: <BR/> Maybe Palin's manifest incompetency will inspire others to get in there and do better. At minimum, we can expect comments such as "Well, at least she's not Palin." That would be high praise, at least for a while.<BR/><BR/>Then this ocurred to me Wednesday night: McCain/Palin is just like Bush/Cheney, but without the benefit of Cheney's intelligence. *shudder*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-85966878578181592662008-09-30T13:29:00.000-05:002008-09-30T13:29:00.000-05:00The really scary part is that everytime anyone use...The really scary part is that everytime anyone uses the word "trade," she's thinking e-bay. In other words, when everyone in the country is unemployed (which is pretty much the case in Alaska), then they should just go on e-bay and see if they can trade their kids' old shoes for a sack of beans, for example. I'll trade you some old shoes for some food. <BR/><BR/>The really tragic part is that the country is full of intelligent, educated, capable women, but by selecting the cutsey-folksy beauty-queen with the speech impediment (I've been thinkin', of doin', somethin' ...), the lady who knows absolutely nothing about the country or the world, McCain displays his own arrogant and nasty attitude towards women, and feeds all the anti-female right-winger throughout the country. I think Paulin is incompetent, but I cringe when I hear some of the jokes about her, because they're being made about all women, and could serve to keep women out of the top political spots in the future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-84542347109472858392008-09-29T07:03:00.000-05:002008-09-29T07:03:00.000-05:00Bush may lend her his earpiece.Bush may lend her his earpiece.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-25390786506091860892008-09-28T20:05:00.000-05:002008-09-28T20:05:00.000-05:00Anon., Beckett (qua qua qua) will never look the s...Anon., Beckett (qua qua qua) will never look the same to me now.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-17474007548280987092008-09-27T13:44:00.000-05:002008-09-27T13:44:00.000-05:00Palin is just reciting portions of Lucky's speech ...Palin is just reciting portions of Lucky's speech from "Waiting for Godot."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-47426065772411111162008-09-27T02:57:00.000-05:002008-09-27T02:57:00.000-05:00It's a tactic. Set the bar so low that any outcome...It's a tactic. Set the bar so low that any outcome from the VP debate will not be a failure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-40510544727249080562008-09-27T02:49:00.000-05:002008-09-27T02:49:00.000-05:00I'm still reserving judgement about her cognitive ...I'm still reserving judgement about her cognitive ability until such time as she is allowed to speak and defend her own mind rather than McCain's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-16397905289973073252008-09-26T22:44:00.000-05:002008-09-26T22:44:00.000-05:00Great to see so much intelligence and humor in the...Great to see so much intelligence and humor in these comments!<BR/><BR/>What John McCain doesn't yet know is that every time he says "What Senator Obama fails to understand," someone somewhere is adding $5 to a chunk of money about to go to the Obama campaign.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-63374082125066353852008-09-26T22:31:00.000-05:002008-09-26T22:31:00.000-05:00Palin and now McCain in tonight's debate make me t...Palin and now McCain in tonight's debate make me think of this Lewis Carroll line: "What I tell you three times is true" (from "Hunting of the Snark" ha ha). <BR/>Did domebody coach McCain to keep repeating "What Sen. Obama fails to understand is ..."? As if saying it constantly would make us believe it? Snark!Joanna Keyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18416582849033187267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-89098334715762450782008-09-26T22:15:00.000-05:002008-09-26T22:15:00.000-05:00Agreed, she speaks gibberish, at best, but look wh...Agreed, she speaks gibberish, at best, but look whom Americans elected twice as president. The abilities and to think and to speak well simply don't seem to matter any more.Hans Ostromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18430196297977803990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-74778903378372389632008-09-26T21:45:00.000-05:002008-09-26T21:45:00.000-05:00If they wanted a Palin in a dress, they should hav...If they wanted a Palin in a dress, they should have gone for Michael Palin. He brings in the Christianists with Life of Brian & Meaning of Life (Every sperm is sacred/Every sperm is great/If a sperm gets wasted/God gets quite irate), he opposed the "Bridge to Nowhere" and he's better with the press.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-11997915395786922242008-09-26T21:11:00.000-05:002008-09-26T21:11:00.000-05:00Michael, if only I could vote for YOU...Michael, if only I could vote for YOU...T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09208990104460795917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-17477628387377703812008-09-26T18:51:00.000-05:002008-09-26T18:51:00.000-05:00Thanks, everyone, for reading and commenting.Antho...Thanks, everyone, for reading and commenting.<BR/><BR/>Anthony, you're right that Orwell is speaking of writing, but one paragraph later, he refers to a speaker and a platform and then to "political speech and writing." These "ready-made phrases" seem to apply in both contexts.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-21675697983775275232008-09-26T18:44:00.000-05:002008-09-26T18:44:00.000-05:00Orwell was talking about remarks that have been wr...Orwell was talking about remarks that have been written in advance, rather than someone just flailing around out of their depth. We don't expect drowning men to do a good breaststroke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-61240076367229719812008-09-26T17:57:00.000-05:002008-09-26T17:57:00.000-05:00The answer is simple:She's speaking in tongues.The answer is simple:<BR/><BR/>She's speaking in tongues.Philip Thrifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03021615111948806998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-26294304271303254252008-09-26T17:21:00.001-05:002008-09-26T17:21:00.001-05:00Even Orwell never thought it would get this bad.Even Orwell never thought it would get this bad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-8426730538996137862008-09-26T17:21:00.000-05:002008-09-26T17:21:00.000-05:00You nailed it.You nailed it.UWS guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01277557128674527225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-80683425851863966082008-09-26T17:06:00.000-05:002008-09-26T17:06:00.000-05:00Dear Young Jedi Sarah,About talking points:You hav...Dear Young Jedi Sarah,<BR/><BR/>About talking points:<BR/><BR/>You have to talk the points.<BR/><BR/>Don't let the points talk you<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, I would like to hear her version of Ecclesiastes in the King James....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-8793823059216270392008-09-26T17:00:00.001-05:002008-09-26T17:00:00.001-05:00what bothers me most is the percentage of American...what bothers me most is the percentage of Americans who actually think she just said SOMETHING<BR/><BR/>BORC<BR/>Blurt Out Random Crap really does work in AmericaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-20012955595240414402008-09-26T17:00:00.000-05:002008-09-26T17:00:00.000-05:00Let me be the first reader linking from the Dish t...Let me be the first reader linking from the Dish to say, "Well put." www.brainrageblog.blogspot.comJBWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293642610215334516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-20695620495361073482008-09-26T16:54:00.000-05:002008-09-26T16:54:00.000-05:00My theory is that they've implanted a microchip in...My theory is that they've implanted a microchip into Palin's brain intended to prompt her answers from all the crammed together talking points. The chip, developed for Bush and now inserted into McCain, works OK but is misfiring in her female brain thus accounting for all the utterly nonsensical utterances.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com