Beyond criticism?
There can be problems mixing dexedrine with Jim Beam.
Posted on 11/05/2008 8:20:18 PM PST by nickcarraway
Well, who’d have thought one would live to see the day, when America elected its first Muslim president? Allahu akbar, indeed.
Okay, okay.Forgive me for being a bit giddy. It’s just that after re-reading Obama’s stunning victory speech, and McCain’s superb concession speech, I’m a bit overcome with a sensation alien to the practicing (indeed, licensed) political satirist: pride in our leaders and country.So a quick joke in arguable taste seemed the only corrective measure at hand.We shall return to normal programming, as we used to say in the early days of TV.
Meanwhile, let us take a moment and pat ourselves on the collective back.Or, to quote our President-elect: “If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.”
But now, my friends (as Senator McCain would say), I must soon revert to my quondam role as abuser and ridiculer of those in power.
Man, that son-of-a-gun can give a speech. I can hardly wait for the inaugural. BTW, or perhaps not btw, it was a speech that got him here in the first place: at the Democratic convention in 2004. I remember watching him, riveted (I was a speechwriter myself, in the Coolidge administration), thinking, “Wow. Where did this guy come from?” I wrote in the New York Times (I know, I know: the height of vanity, quoting yourself): “Barack Obama is the Tiger Woods of American politics.” Ahem. You read it there first.
But now, my friends (as Senator McCain would say), I must soon revert to my quondam role as abuser and ridiculer of those in power.No more Mr. Nice Guy. I shall immediately begin fault-finding.Within a week of Bill Clinton’s win in 1992, the excellent Dave Barry began referring to “the failed Clinton administration.” So it shall be with me.
Meanwhile, Mr. President-elect, my warmest congratulations. You make me—this is absurd, my eyes are watering—proud to be an American.
And Senator McCain, you are a great American and you went out in style. Congratulations to you, sir. Well done. Well done, America.
I’m pretty sure I agree with you, but I’ve never been able to listen to Obama for more than 15 seconds to find out.
You suck.
What more is there to say?
Were you so desperate to post something on FR today that you had to post this crap?
Shame on you.
Suck it.
Volunteer
PS - Thank God your Father did have to read this or see you support a Chicago democrat.
Yuck. What a ding-dong.
Sheesh! The Bolsheviks left this asshole on the Buckley doorstep in a basket. He can’t be flesh of William F. Buckley’s flesh.
Beyond criticism?
There can be problems mixing dexedrine with Jim Beam.
I'm already so sick of this kind of crap. I was and am proud to be an American before the Obama administration, I will be proud to be an American during the Obama administration, and I will be proud to be an American after the Obama administration. If Christopher Buckley doesn't understand that pride in country has nothing to do with support of the inhabitant of the White House, then he never understood conservatism to begin with.
We are so much better off without Christopher Buckley on our side.
Just another privileged white man who was raised with money, never had to work too hard at anything, always secure in his future and drowning in a sense of guilt.
I apologize. This is garbage but you don’t have a reputation for posting garbage on FR.
I am just so darn frustrated, your thread happened to be the last straw for me.
I understand. I think we will have to develop immunity, because we will be swimming in it for a long time.
It's going to take me a while.
Was it a head injury in a skiing accident or did the cigarette that singed his optic nerve enter the temporal lobe of his brain and scald that as well?
Christopher Buckley?!
Who’s he?
Obviously NO relation to the late William F. Buckley, Jr. Bill would be spinning in his grave!
The kid would have to be a total ingrate.
WHy am I reading this PRETENDER on FR??
When you do, let me know your secret.
I believe that he was smoking while skiing. He slammed into a tree, forcing a cigarette into his brain, effectively smoking his gray matter like a ham.
Just shows to go ya, don’t smoke and ski.
Good Idea. I'll be the first.
With the selection of Chief of Staff (contradicting promises to be a "unifier"), it's already a failed Obama administration.
That felt good. I'll try to repeat it. Often. (Hey, who's knocking on the door - at this late hour?)
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