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ravenNo one told me Newt Gingrich was running for president. Newt Gingrich, running for president, and no one told me? You are all FIRED. Except not, because he's doing it from newt.org and I need you all to assure me that that is quite as funny as I think it is. Heee, newt dot org. Rather than a gently informative site about a friendly, innocuous amphibian, we get NEWT DOT ORG. And I thought it was a parody site at first.
In fact, I'm still not convinced it isn't. For example, under "What's New", it has "Gingrich backs English push as official language[1] and on the same page, it has the handy tab, "En Espanol." Heee.
And then there are the FAQs. I am under the impression that this does indeed mean "Frequently Asked Questions." I have to admit, the question I've asked most frequently since being apprised of this development is something like "Newt Gingrich is running for president, OMG?" or, more briefly, "Newt Gringrich? Who thinks this is a good idea?", or more briefly still, "Newt Gingrich, wtf?"
But no, the first question on the list is: "How can I get an autographed photo of Newt?"
Followed by, ahaha, yes, "Whatever did happen with Newt's Contract with America?"
Answer: it sort of died in the Senate. Last term, Chris sent me a joyous YouTube video of Gingrich talking about the differences between men and women. Apparently men are "biological driven to go out and hunt giraffes." And again: this man is running for president? Sigh.
I spent a lot of last night geeking with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
narahttbbs about American politics, which was immensely fun, and sort of crystallised my week of liberal-blog-reading. I do think American politics is far more interesting than British politics, and I'm not sure why. Maybe because I can safely step back and mock it without worrying oh, shit, these people represent me? Which is less of a significant point in recent years, given Blair's special relationship, but it might be it.
And all of that said, on the Democrat side it's time to mock Biden again. Okay, so he's fairly easy to mock, but I just looked at his official site and noticed a tab marked "Email Joe."
...wha-huh. "Email Joe"? Yes, I appreciate it's the man's name. In fact, according to Wikipedia his full name is Joseph Robinette Biden, so it's hard to blame him for going by a dimunutive. But. But but. "Email Joe"? I find this far too amusing. Perhaps I've been conditioned by the "Right Honourable Gentleman" environment of British politics? Or maybe this is just Biden trying to be a hoopy frood, which given his performance on The Daily Show, is far more likely.
Anyway! Enough babbling about politics. I need to go and write a politics essay, which is much less fun.
[1] Is this really English? As She Is Spoke? I am unsure.
In fact, I'm still not convinced it isn't. For example, under "What's New", it has "Gingrich backs English push as official language[1] and on the same page, it has the handy tab, "En Espanol." Heee.
And then there are the FAQs. I am under the impression that this does indeed mean "Frequently Asked Questions." I have to admit, the question I've asked most frequently since being apprised of this development is something like "Newt Gingrich is running for president, OMG?" or, more briefly, "Newt Gringrich? Who thinks this is a good idea?", or more briefly still, "Newt Gingrich, wtf?"
But no, the first question on the list is: "How can I get an autographed photo of Newt?"
Followed by, ahaha, yes, "Whatever did happen with Newt's Contract with America?"
Answer: it sort of died in the Senate. Last term, Chris sent me a joyous YouTube video of Gingrich talking about the differences between men and women. Apparently men are "biological driven to go out and hunt giraffes." And again: this man is running for president? Sigh.
I spent a lot of last night geeking with
narahttbbs about American politics, which was immensely fun, and sort of crystallised my week of liberal-blog-reading. I do think American politics is far more interesting than British politics, and I'm not sure why. Maybe because I can safely step back and mock it without worrying oh, shit, these people represent me? Which is less of a significant point in recent years, given Blair's special relationship, but it might be it. And all of that said, on the Democrat side it's time to mock Biden again. Okay, so he's fairly easy to mock, but I just looked at his official site and noticed a tab marked "Email Joe."
...wha-huh. "Email Joe"? Yes, I appreciate it's the man's name. In fact, according to Wikipedia his full name is Joseph Robinette Biden, so it's hard to blame him for going by a dimunutive. But. But but. "Email Joe"? I find this far too amusing. Perhaps I've been conditioned by the "Right Honourable Gentleman" environment of British politics? Or maybe this is just Biden trying to be a hoopy frood, which given his performance on The Daily Show, is far more likely.
Anyway! Enough babbling about politics. I need to go and write a politics essay, which is much less fun.
[1] Is this really English? As She Is Spoke? I am unsure.
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on 2007-02-04 06:04 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2007-02-04 09:25 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2007-02-04 09:49 pm (UTC)We're quite friendly. We have steak frys with food for vegetarians, even. And we shake a lot of hands.
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on 2007-02-04 06:51 pm (UTC)You sound a bit brighter today, I hope the combination of mocking politicians and not being defeated by that pile of IR books is making life bearable. <3
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on 2007-02-04 09:36 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2007-02-04 11:46 pm (UTC)And um. Is he actually running? Because the page doesn't say anything explicit about that, unless I'm being really thick...
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on 2007-02-04 08:32 pm (UTC)See, that's the exact reason why I'm into British politics. So I think you're right.
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on 2007-02-04 09:40 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2007-02-04 09:25 pm (UTC)... dude, I wish I was still studying politics. *sad tear*
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on 2007-02-04 09:39 pm (UTC)...sigh.
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on 2007-02-04 10:34 pm (UTC)Seriously, good luck with that. The best I can do you with the USSR is look a bit bemused and make bad joks.
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on 2007-02-04 10:40 pm (UTC)Dear heavens above, that site is so far up itself. "The New Newt Thing", "Newt Gingrich on (Nearly) Everything"...
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on 2007-02-04 10:51 pm (UTC)And yes! That site is so wankerish. But I'd have expected nothing less.
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on 2007-02-04 11:28 pm (UTC)But the Bible says wanking is a sin-- he should give himself fifty lashes, or something, for producing a wankerish site.
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on 2007-02-04 11:22 pm (UTC)*i always felt that would be my Gladiator name ***
**That's not a euphamism
*** As in lycra gladiators off the telly, not Maximus shortarsius australias type gladiators...
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on 2007-02-05 04:05 am (UTC)And anyway, we AMURRIKANS like our political honchos white, Protestant (unless you were assassinated, then you can be any religion) and male. It's also tremendously helpful if you're the kind of guy who can hop on a four-wheeler (after praising God for giving you that four-wheeler), after drinking a few Buds, and go shoot some deer. Because we are a frontier nation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-wheeler
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budweiser_%28Anheuser-Busch%29
FYI.