“Viva la subtext!”
August 8, 2004
If instead of a pampered heiress Teresa Heinz Kerry were a bar of soap
THK: “I’ll be having my breakfast on the terrace today, Conchita. Make sure there’s no pulp in the orange juice this time, you hear?” Conchita: THK: “Conchita…?” Conchita: “Here’s an idea: why don’ you try esqueezing your own damn orange juice, you bossy, evil bar of soap?”
August 7, 2004
Scenes from my driveway, continued x 31
Me: “Nice t-shirt, racist.” Deadbeat Neighbor: “I beg your pardon?” Me: “You heard me, you lynch-happy moonshine cracker.” Deadbeat Neighbor: “But I’m not even wearing a shirt—“ Me: “Yeah, yeah, go tell it on a mountain, honky. I ain’t your punk bitch.”
August 6, 2004
Great 70s-era put downs that no longer resonate (second in a series)
“Man, you’re like an out of work school teacher: No. Class.”
August 6, 2004
Teresa Heinz Kerry shops for a new pair of shoes
THK: “Bring me the Claudia Ciuti flats. In black.” clerk: “Very good. And your size…?” THK: “My size is none of your concern, clerk. Just bring me what you have and leave the room. Is that understood? Or would you rather I take my wealthy footses somewhere else…?”
August 6, 2004
Fourteenth in a series of real-time empirical observations
As you read this post, the DNC is drawing up the paperwork for a legal challenge to “right turn on red” laws in a number of key swings states. Lawyers for the DNC will argue that principalities allowing right turns on red “are creating an unfair advantage for the Republican party by rewarding motorists who turn right.” Because the DNC has lost its motherfucking mind.
August 6, 2004
Ladies and Gentlemen, your modern Democratic Party, part 2…
Presidential hopeful Ralph Nader, writing in today’s LA Times: Though the Democrats have the right to robustly oppose my independent presidential campaign, they don’t have the right to engage in dirty tricks designed to deny millions of voters the opportunity to choose who should be the next president. But that’s what is happening. Across the country, the Democratic Party, state Democratic partisans, corporate lobbyists and law firms are making an
August 6, 2004
Ladies and Gentlemen, your modern Democratic Party, part 2…
Presidential hopeful Ralph Nader, writing in today’s LA Times: Though the Democrats have the right to robustly oppose my independent presidential campaign, they don’t have the right to engage in dirty tricks designed to deny millions of voters the opportunity to choose who should be the next president. But that’s what is happening. Across the country, the Democratic Party, state Democratic partisans, corporate lobbyists and law firms are making an