Color us disillusioned (sort of a pale purple).
In recent days, New York gubernatorial candidate Jimmy McMillan of the Rent Is Too Damn High Party has gone viral. (If you haven't yet seen his debate performance, you simply must. Click the link. We'll wait.)
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Inspiring, no? Makes us want to rush back to New York just to vote for the man. We even used that clip in our writing class today. Our students have to write an essay that articulates a political platform: Discuss at least three things they think need improvement in our tarnished state, explain why each of these things merits attention, and propose solutions. Mr. McMillan provided a crystalline example:
"OK, so, what does he think is a major problem?"
"Ummm. . . .The rent is too damn high?"
"Right! And how does he convince us that this is a problem?"
"Children can't live anywhere!"
"OK! And what's his solution?"
"Lower the rent!"
(This stuff teaches itself!)
Anyway, imagine our shock and dismay upon reading Gail Collins' column yesterday. She quoted another Times reporter, who followed up with Mr. McMillan after the debate:
In recent days, New York gubernatorial candidate Jimmy McMillan of the Rent Is Too Damn High Party has gone viral. (If you haven't yet seen his debate performance, you simply must. Click the link. We'll wait.)
. . .
Inspiring, no? Makes us want to rush back to New York just to vote for the man. We even used that clip in our writing class today. Our students have to write an essay that articulates a political platform: Discuss at least three things they think need improvement in our tarnished state, explain why each of these things merits attention, and propose solutions. Mr. McMillan provided a crystalline example:
"OK, so, what does he think is a major problem?"
"Ummm. . . .The rent is too damn high?"
"Right! And how does he convince us that this is a problem?"
"Children can't live anywhere!"
"OK! And what's his solution?"
"Lower the rent!"
(This stuff teaches itself!)
Anyway, imagine our shock and dismay upon reading Gail Collins' column yesterday. She quoted another Times reporter, who followed up with Mr. McMillan after the debate:
Sarah Maslin Nir of The Times tracked him down in Brooklyn and discovered that McMillan’s own personal rent is, he said, zero. His landlords, he added, are “like family. They don’t want me to pay any money at all. I am basically living rent free.”
So hypocrite or defender of the downtrodden? You decide.
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The Tea-Partiers Are Morons Quote of the Day
(Both quotes appear in "Climate Change Doubt Is Tea Party Article of Faith")
First runner up, Norman Dennison, founder of the Corydon (Indiana) Tea Party: “[Global warming]’s a flat-out lie,” Mr. Dennison said in an interview. . . adding that he had based his view on the preaching of Rush Limbaugh and the teaching of Scripture. “I read my Bible,” Mr. Dennison said. “He made this earth for us to utilize.”
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The Tea-Partiers Are Morons Quote of the Day
(Both quotes appear in "Climate Change Doubt Is Tea Party Article of Faith")
First runner up, Norman Dennison, founder of the Corydon (Indiana) Tea Party: “[Global warming]’s a flat-out lie,” Mr. Dennison said in an interview. . . adding that he had based his view on the preaching of Rush Limbaugh and the teaching of Scripture. “I read my Bible,” Mr. Dennison said. “He made this earth for us to utilize.”
We assume the "He" refers to God, not Rush Limbaugh--but who knows?
Grand Prize winner, Kelly Khuri, founder of the Clark County Tea Party Patriots: "Some people say I'm extreme, but they said the John Birch Society was extreme, too."
We have it on good made-up authority that she followed with, "Some other people say I'm anti-semitic, but they said Hitler was anti-semitic, too. And some people say I'm an idiot, but they say Christine O'Donnell is an idiot, too!"
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