It’s not a good sign that Paul is not clued in to a state tradition like Fancy Farm . . . or that no one on his staff is either. Woe is us.
Have you been to it? First I’ve read of the Fancy Farm. Sounds like pure Americana. If it were in my state, I can’t imagine a candidate not knowing. One trouble with many of the libertarian inclined is they are so darn earnest. Yeah...yeah...we know the spiel. Have some fun for a change. A religion or politics without humor, especially without self-mocking humor, is.....dangerous.
Its not a good sign that Paul is not clued in to a state tradition like Fancy Farm . . .
Interesting, and we do agree.
At the Suntrade Institute we are virtually always serious, but no question there needs to be wit, humor, and certain degrees of irreverence to engage the audience. Witness the dreadful presidential debates of recent years. To me the wittiest presence of mind was Fred Thompson telling the female journalist to shove it with such silliness as her misdirected phony questions. Or Donald Rumsfeld, as absolutely one of the best on handling the Media: "there are things we know we know, things we know we don't know, and things we don't know we don't know."
Which brings up the exposure as the Media as really the ugly dreadful presence in the national political scene; just stomach the airheads on CNN, or CBS, for a few minutes. And incidentally it is the treatment of the Media as the irresponsible pompous airheads that they are, which is partly responsible for their organized hate of the conservative intelligence. (also e.g. Rush Limbaugh).
We, and/or the politicians we elect, have totally lost the perspective of a free, intelligent, and self-initiated society.
But then maybe that's too serious:
Johnny Suntrade