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| Stop calling Obama an elitist, you ignorant peasants |
| 2008-09-06 |
| Bill Maher, Salon This is either (1) a brilliant self-parody, executed with enough irony to start a taconite mine, (2) an attempt at humor gone horribly, unfunnily wrong, (3) the most tone-deaf, unpersuasive op-ed ever written, (4) a desperate cry for help, or (5) a leak of an actual Obama campaign internal memo. Vote in the combox if you like. New Rule: Republicans need to stop saying Barack Obama is an elitist, or looks down on rural people, and just admit you don't like him because of something he can't help, something that's a result of the way he was born. Admit it, you're not voting for him because he's smarter than you. . . . Barack Obama can't help it if he's a magna cum laude Harvard grad and you're a Wal-Mart shopper who resurfaces driveways with your brother-in-law. Americans are so narcissistic that our candidates have to be just like us. . . . Count me as a vote for option (4). |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #26 Bill Maher was fairly funny in Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death. Everything else? Less so. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2008-09-06 23:15 |
| #25 I'm smarter than Bill Maher and Obamessiah, probably both of them combined - and I occasionally shop at WalMart. |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2008-09-06 18:41 |
| #24 Yet according to news stories after Obama's speech, Mahar was the one who said on Nat'l TV that he "in the tank" vibe from Olbermann (and some other geek whose name escapes me) was so bad it looked like they wanted to have sex with him in the booth. I'll give him a couple of points that that one... |
| Posted by: Marilyn Crusoling6281 2008-09-06 17:46 |
| #23 Isn't Bill Maher the liberal pompous ass who has the TV show where he takes one foot out of his mouth only long enough to put the other one in? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-09-06 14:59 |
| #22 Then there's this: Paint Obama as cocky and arrogant and wait for America to vote him off, like the black guy in every reality show. A black president? Half of Pennsylvania isn't ready for black quarterbacks. That's because Pittsburgh is happy with Ben Roethlisberger. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-09-06 13:42 |
| #21 Yep, good stuff cheap to quote a local store. We have friends from ole blighty that make at least one trip a year over here to stock up. Even with airfare and duty they still save a bundle. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2008-09-06 13:41 |
| #20 My Euro acquaintances call the U.S. the land of half-price, because that's the average amount they save on anything they buy in the U.S. as opposed to Euroland. Yep, Glühwein is tastey, but many Germans enjoy Christmas shopping here in the States. They have the VAT to thank for at least some of those high prices. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-09-06 13:08 |
| #19 Proc, I fully concur. What so many people I meet overseas fail to understand is that Americans don't really make that much money; it's just that the vast majority of consumer goods are so much cheaper in the U.S. than almost anywhere else (usually including the places they're made if not of U.S. domestic manufacture) My Euro acquaintances call the U.S. the land of half-price, because that's the average amount they save on anything they buy in the U.S. as opposed to Euroland. As for Maher, how the heck did he ever run a show called "Politically Incorrect?" He was about as PC as they come, except when it came to insulting and belittling conservatives/Republicans. I watched him once; that was enough. |
| Posted by: Jolutch Mussolini 7800 2008-09-06 13:03 |
| #18 As a resident of Western Pennsylvania, with multiple degrees; I wonder if I should continue to shop at Wal-Mart. My neighbors might see and recognize me. Sarcasm is now off. |
| Posted by: WolfDog 2008-09-06 11:50 |
| #17 P2K I hope I'm reading you wrong, but I did not post that link with my seal of approval. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-09-06 11:34 |
| #16 NS, what your Big (D) Congresscritter opinion writer didn't point out was that it was a Republican controlled Congress [the spending arm of the national government] in operation during most of that time cited as more prosperous. I don't recall that Clinton fought a major war during that same period either [that was pointed out come 9/11]. So, nice rant, but the usual three card monty political game again. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-09-06 11:27 |
| #15 Nah, bill mahar thinks he is someone people still tune into to hear an objective voice. That was 10 years ago and even then in his prime that is a maybe. What is going on is that the obama supporters are trying to reignite their base but the only way they can using traditional outlets is bill mahar and jon stewart, et al. That harvard grad so louted has proven he has no opinion about the very subject he was lecturing upon, feel bad for the students - I bet those days, just a guess but thursdays and fridays, were bloody mary mornings. And you know what, for us do it yourself types I would love to hear the step-by-step process from Janus Obama himself about how exactly to resurface a driveway. I wouldn't suggest asking mahar, with his body structure I bet the only thing he has ever picked up was a pay check. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-09-06 11:25 |
| #14 Maher's hell is a place where he can't hear himself talk. |
| Posted by: Punky Wheager1060 2008-09-06 10:55 |
| #13 It's not just the Wal*Mart shoppers who are stupid, it's the management, too. What maroons. And this Ivy Leaguer shops there even though the loans arepaid off. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-09-06 10:45 |
| #12 Maher is one of those new wave tedious, unfunny comedians who occasionally evoke the type of nervous laughter caused by street corner ranters or bums urinating in public. Some other examples: Marge Cho, Whoopie Goldberg, Rosey O'Doughnuts and Don Imus. |
| Posted by: regular joe 2008-09-06 10:36 |
| #11 Heh - closed loop - Ace links to the Burg and adds to the Maher-ridicule |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-09-06 10:03 |
| #10 interesting. At one time, Maher was a comedian, and intentionally funny |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-09-06 09:51 |
| #9 Maher must not have any kids - people with kids - Phd's, MSers and even the low rung BSers - we all shop at Walmart. This is exactly the kind of elitist rubbish that will elect McCain/Palin in a landslide similar to McGovern/Shriver in 72. Remember Shriver was as much American nobility as anyone and a true eastern establishment elitist. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2008-09-06 09:49 |
| #8 The amount of good, carried out daily, done to support the lower class, let alone the others, by Walmart by providing products and services at costs commensurate with income - priceless. The amount of good done by generations of Harvard magna cum laude's for those same people on a daily basis - we're still looking. Walk the walk vs talk the talk. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-09-06 09:22 |
| #7 I knew I should have bought those queen size sheets at Bed & Bath instead. I feel so proletarian... |
| Posted by: Raj 2008-09-06 08:55 |
| #6 The school year just started. Everybody shopped at WalMart if they could, especially all those Ivy Leaguers with enormous student loans yet to be repaid. The Ivy Leaguers just wore sunglasses. Mr. Maher gets published in Salon because that way he can feel like he's experiencing pre-French Revolution intellectual life. It's his only consolation, I fear. The poor man was amusing enough, several decades ago, before he ran out of material. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-09-06 07:49 |
| #5 Paint Absolutely no painting or assembly was required. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-09-06 07:27 |
| #4 People with Ivy League doctorates shop at WalMart too (though as seldom as possible). I positively know this to be true. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2008-09-06 05:56 |
| #3 In what field does the esteemed Bill Maher hold a doctorate? Mine is in geophysics. What rank did he hold in the armed forces? Mine was O-6 Does Bill Maher know who I am going to vote for? I do, and it ain't his cardboard cutout of a messiah. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2008-09-06 05:34 |
| #2 Bill is just being honest. He is voting for Obama because Obama is magna cum laude Harvard grad and it makes Bill feel he is smarter than a WalMart shopper (aka: peasant)to support him. What's funny about it is that the WalMart shopper (regardless of income level) is smart enough to know that there is no reason to pay a 25% higher markup for the exact same product made in the exact same factory. And likewise, these same peasants could care less if some people delude themselves into thinking they are "better and smarter" because they have been fooled into believing that their Bayer Aspirin and bananas are somehow "greener" or otherwise superior to the exact same product sold in WalMart. |
| Posted by: Betty Grating2215 2008-09-06 03:32 |
| #1 2,3,and 4. |
| Posted by: Abu do you love 2008-09-06 03:17 |