tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post4714781750806161160..comments2023-07-18T03:44:33.021-07:00Comments on The Bit Maelstrom: Frost & Nixon & Ted & Aliceblakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-34420972549967901712009-02-07T10:43:00.000-08:002009-02-07T10:43:00.000-08:00They are pepertually petulant poopers in the pants...<I>They are pepertually petulant poopers in the pants.</I><BR/><BR/>superb sentenceknoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231876226573540476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-27775223886680589582009-02-06T20:10:00.000-08:002009-02-06T20:10:00.000-08:00Yeah, that's how he's portrayed, Troop.There's a g...Yeah, that's how he's portrayed, Troop.<BR/><BR/>There's a great scene where James Reston, Jr., who's virtually consumed with hate for Nixon, finally meets him. <BR/><BR/>He has all these fantasies about how he's going to treat him, but when he's there in the flesh, he can't do any of it.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-24715103377616065372009-02-06T17:59:00.000-08:002009-02-06T17:59:00.000-08:00Nixon was a tough guy who wanted to be loved. Read...Nixon was a tough guy who wanted to be loved. Read an biography about him. Someone once said that you know who Nixon was when he served in WWII. Mr. Roberts. While JFK was the golden boy who had the skids greased for him from the getgo.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-30407396554585478442009-02-06T17:57:00.000-08:002009-02-06T17:57:00.000-08:00The worm always turns. You have to go against what...The worm always turns. You have to go against what you dad did. Of course as you get older you dad seems to get a lot smarter. The problem is that the baby boomers will never grow up. They are pepertually petulant poopers in the pants. Bill Clinton is the archtype. Appetite on two legs feeling sorry for himself because he can't have everything because damnit he's entitled.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-23051154579393501322009-02-06T12:35:00.000-08:002009-02-06T12:35:00.000-08:00knox, That sounds like an episode of the Twilight ...knox, <BR/><BR/>That sounds like an episode of the Twilight Zone with George Clooney as himself. (They did that with the movie, actually, in the Vic Morrow episode, but it was just about racism--way overdone at the time.)<BR/><BR/>Come to think of it, a liberal bouncing around in a world where his preconceptions have led to disaster is the plot of <I>An American Carol</I>.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-73154677615395138832009-02-06T12:09:00.000-08:002009-02-06T12:09:00.000-08:00See any exploding heads?Ha ha. It's actually pret...<I>See any exploding heads?</I><BR/><BR/>Ha ha. It's actually pretty small--about the size of a quarter. I had it pinned off to the side on a "McPalin" baseball cap. Most people didn't even notice it.chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-23755080712362706682009-02-06T11:40:00.000-08:002009-02-06T11:40:00.000-08:00I have an original one of these, and I wore it aro...<I> I have an original one of these, and I wore it around last November.</I><BR/><BR/>You're brave!! See any exploding heads?knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231876226573540476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-18861593215243599762009-02-06T08:03:00.000-08:002009-02-06T08:03:00.000-08:00I began to feel like we weren't really worthy of h...<I>I began to feel like we weren't really worthy of him--and that I wouldn't mind having him in charge today.</I><BR/><BR/>Hee hee. I have an original one of <A HREF="http://www.collectiblewebs.com/political/images/nixon-now.jpg" REL="nofollow">these</A>, and I wore it around last November. I hope Nixon gets rehabilitated--I can still do a pretty good Rich Little-inspired impression.chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-44102149212438866872009-02-06T06:36:00.000-08:002009-02-06T06:36:00.000-08:00Treat it like you would Amadeus or Richard the III...<I>Treat it like you would Amadeus or Richard the III--an interesting fiction with historical figures as characters--and you can have a good time.</I><BR/><BR/>Hey, there's a science fiction movie to be made here: <I>Imagine an alternative universe, where knee jerk liberal assumptions do not drive the narratives behind almost every single piece of popular entertainment...</I>knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231876226573540476noreply@blogger.com