Comments on: Cindy McCain http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2008/10/08/cindy-mccain/ helen boyd's journal of gender & trans issues Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:41:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: SavoyTruffle http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2008/10/08/cindy-mccain/#comment-52616 SavoyTruffle Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:33:58 +0000 http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/?p=2965#comment-52616 (note: previous comment was directed at a now absent comment, not helen). (note: previous comment was directed at a now absent comment, not helen).

]]> By: SavoyTruffle http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2008/10/08/cindy-mccain/#comment-52614 SavoyTruffle Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:24:30 +0000 http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/?p=2965#comment-52614 Ah, jealousy. It makes even washed-up drummers go off the deep end. You keep on swinging there, sparky. Ah, jealousy. It makes even washed-up drummers go off the deep end. You keep on swinging there, sparky.

]]> By: helenboyd http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2008/10/08/cindy-mccain/#comment-52600 helenboyd Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:25:09 +0000 http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/?p=2965#comment-52600 ST, you should write about comedy. ST, you should write about comedy.

]]> By: SavoyTruffle http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2008/10/08/cindy-mccain/#comment-52599 SavoyTruffle Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:22:54 +0000 http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/?p=2965#comment-52599 Fpppt. I guess the notion of satire is lost. Fpppt. I guess the notion of satire is lost.

]]> By: Véronique http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2008/10/08/cindy-mccain/#comment-52598 Véronique Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:47:34 +0000 http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/?p=2965#comment-52598 I wish people would reply to Westjen (or anyone with whom people disagree) based strictly on what she writes, without ad hominems. I tend to think the moral and intellectual high road is better than responding in kind. What good is a mutual mud-sling? I wish people would reply to Westjen (or anyone with whom people disagree) based strictly on what she writes, without ad hominems. I tend to think the moral and intellectual high road is better than responding in kind. What good is a mutual mud-sling?

]]> By: SavoyTruffle http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2008/10/08/cindy-mccain/#comment-52596 SavoyTruffle Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:32:34 +0000 http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/?p=2965#comment-52596 I can't put my finger on it exactly, but there is something rather pathetic about conservative attempts at humor. Not all of it fails, but it usually does. It may be, as Roger Ebert said recently in a Sun Times column, that conservative humor, coming from a position of power, doesn't understand the dynamics inherent interpersonal interactions--at least not beyond a certain 1950's kind of world view. In liberal comedy, often someone not in authority is making fun of someone who is in a position of authority. Comedy then is ultimately subversive, and can explain why so many conservatives become unhinged in the face of intelligence but provocative jokesters. On the other hand, to have an authority figure laugh at a minority or someone who is repressed--by whatever measure you like, severe or minor--not only rings hollow, but displays an arresting lack of basic human understanding. It isn't particularly funny, or, it is about as funny as someone picking up a pile of dogshit and loudly proclaiming, "hey, look what I almost stepped in." So there's that. On the other hand: Westjen. Seriously. Lighten the fuckety fucking fuck up, you mouth fucking ass breather. I can’t put my finger on it exactly, but there is something rather pathetic about conservative attempts at humor. Not all of it fails, but it usually does. It may be, as Roger Ebert said recently in a Sun Times column, that conservative humor, coming from a position of power, doesn’t understand the dynamics inherent interpersonal interactions–at least not beyond a certain 1950’s kind of world view. In liberal comedy, often someone not in authority is making fun of someone who is in a position of authority. Comedy then is ultimately subversive, and can explain why so many conservatives become unhinged in the face of intelligence but provocative jokesters. On the other hand, to have an authority figure laugh at a minority or someone who is repressed–by whatever measure you like, severe or minor–not only rings hollow, but displays an arresting lack of basic human understanding. It isn’t particularly funny, or, it is about as funny as someone picking up a pile of dogshit and loudly proclaiming, “hey, look what I almost stepped in.”

So there’s that.

On the other hand: Westjen. Seriously. Lighten the fuckety fucking fuck up, you mouth fucking ass breather.

]]> By: divadarya http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2008/10/08/cindy-mccain/#comment-52592 divadarya Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:58:56 +0000 http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/?p=2965#comment-52592 "No, actually I thought I’d use the term “mouth breathing” and say fuck a few times. I thought that might somehow make me as credible as you." Ouch. Actually I have to have grudging admiration for someone who keeps coming back to make ultimately useless potshots at people who vehemently disagree with them, using a veneer of feigned superiority and superior insight. I could just go onto American Spectator right now and make a few potshots on my own but it's probably more useful to piss into the wind. fuck: ya happy now? PS..I hope you aren't one of those trannies who thinks that she's accepted by the GOP because "Transgender isn't the same thing as being gay" “No, actually I thought I’d use the term “mouth breathing” and say fuck a few times. I thought that might somehow make me as credible as you.”

Ouch.
Actually I have to have grudging admiration for someone who keeps coming back to make ultimately useless potshots at people who vehemently disagree with them, using a veneer of feigned superiority and superior insight.
I could just go onto American Spectator right now and make a few potshots on my own but it’s probably more useful to piss into the wind.

fuck: ya happy now?

PS..I hope you aren’t one of those trannies who thinks that she’s accepted by the GOP because “Transgender isn’t the same thing as being gay”

]]> By: Baby Power Dyke http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2008/10/08/cindy-mccain/#comment-52590 Baby Power Dyke Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:19:22 +0000 http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/?p=2965#comment-52590 Even if Cindy and Barack changed shoes/places Cindy would never learn what it is like to be black. She would take with her her white, upper class entitlement. That particular world view is something that American people of color do not have. She would also take with her the expectation that as soon as she was ready, she could put back on the shoes that she is most comfortable with, her Manolos. It is an empty vainglorious statement which only highlights the disdain that Cindy, John and their ilk feel for Barack and feeds the "He's not one of us" monster in the GOP fan base. Even if Cindy and Barack changed shoes/places Cindy would never learn what it is like to be black.

She would take with her her white, upper class entitlement. That particular world view is something that American people of color do not have.
She would also take with her the expectation that as soon as she was ready, she could put back on the shoes that she is most comfortable with, her Manolos.

It is an empty vainglorious statement which only highlights the disdain that Cindy, John and their ilk feel for Barack and feeds the “He’s not one of us” monster in the GOP fan base.

]]> By: westjen http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2008/10/08/cindy-mccain/#comment-52588 westjen Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:36:53 +0000 http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/?p=2965#comment-52588 "I believe your next line, westjen, is:”I watch Fox cable news because they are fair and balanced” No, actually I thought I'd use the term "mouth breathing" and say fuck a few times. I thought that might somehow make me as credible as you. “I believe your next line, westjen, is:”I watch Fox cable news because they are fair and balanced”

No, actually I thought I’d use the term “mouth breathing” and say fuck a few times. I thought that might somehow make me as credible as you.

]]> By: She’s Got No Idea « Woolverine http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2008/10/08/cindy-mccain/#comment-52586 She’s Got No Idea « Woolverine Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:51:21 +0000 http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/?p=2965#comment-52586 [...] Queerio, Quote of the Day, surprises and tagged: elections, first lady, Politics, race, shoes Helen Boyd has the most concise, beautiful statement on her blog today: Cindy McCain has said she wants Barack [...] [...] Queerio, Quote of the Day, surprises and tagged: elections, first lady, Politics, race, shoes Helen Boyd has the most concise, beautiful statement on her blog today: Cindy McCain has said she wants Barack [...]

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