Lisa Schiffren is neither. And Chris Rock is a funny, funny man.
After I watched the Presidential debate tonight (about which I do have a few things to say, but they’ll keep,) I flipped over to HBO to watch Real Time with Bill Maher. I’m not much of fan of Maher, who purports to be a libertarian but is actually just a third rate comic and an arrogant douche bag. Sure, he smokes pot so he’s in favor of legalizing it but that’s about as far as it goes for him.
So I find him annoying but he does get some good guests who say stuff you won’t hear other places, so his show is worth a watch. Except of course when he has people like that horrible no-talent hack Janine Garofolo (who’s name is so unimportant to me I refuse to take the time to spell check it.) Tonight he had Ralph Nader, some actor I’ve never heard of, and Lisa Schiffren on as guests. First though, he did a quick interview with Chris Rock who’s new special is on HBO tomorrow night. Plainly a cross-promotion. Normally that annoys the hell out of me, but being as Chris Rock is hilarious I’ll allow it in this case. I’ll also watch his special, and I’d advise you to as well.
Anyway, the interesting part of tonight’s Maher was seeing how fucking insane Ralph Nader appears to be. Full disclosure: I’ve always hated Ralph Nader just for his part in killing the Corvair, not to mention every other dumb-ass, invasive, save-me-from-myself policy he’s espoused since. But that doesn’t change the fact that he’s a raving lunatic; watch a replay of Maher if you don’t believe me.
Ralph Nader, pictured here in 1966 getting pumped up to do to Corvairs what he'd later do to Democrats in 2000.
On the other hand, Lisa Schiffren (who I wasn’t very familiar with) was really good. While I’m not in agreement with her on everything, she’s smart, didn’t engage in misleading rhetoric, and appears to enjoy playing devil’s advocate. I like that a lot.
One final thought that I refuse to make into a fourth post on the topic. Sarah Palin, while having had a great moment at the RNC, appears to be almost as dopey as the media implied way back when. The reason it popped into my head this evening is that after the debate, Biden went on all the news shows to spin for the Democrats. NBC explained that while Palin was invited to do the same, the Republicans had elected to send shrunken-apple-face Rudy Giuliani instead. This clip of Palin on CBS News might help explain why:
So it turns out that when my mother referred to Palin as a brainless beauty queen she wasn’t far off the mark. Yes, mommy was engaging in a little extremist rhetoric of her own, but really - did you just watch that? And you’ve got to assume she was prepped for that question. Which was pitched underhand. At like 3 miles per hour.
If any person reading this would be comfortable with that woman as President of the United States….well shit, I don’t even know what to say. Did you watch the clip? Say what you want about taking sections of an interview out of context, but….did you watch the fucking clip? I never thought I’d actually prefer Biden over anyone, but I think I’d even like that lifetime politician and monumentally gung-ho drug warrior to sit in the oval office over Palin.
At least we’d maintain a little street cred that way.
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Man it’s early.
Posted 27 Sep 2008 at 6:27 am ¶Hey, you changed the look of your blog! (I noticed that and I’m not done with my coffee yet.)
I have to say I did like Nader, once upon a time, but I agree that he’s pretty much off the deep end (a nicer paraphrase of your observation, because I am a nice person…heh!).
I don’t know whether it’s a good thing I had breakfast already before seeing the clip or not. On the one hand, I wouldn’t be able to eat after watching that; on the other hand, I feel breakfast revisiting my mouth…
Oh, and did I mention I like the change in the blog look? Not that there was anything wrong with the prev look.
Posted 27 Sep 2008 at 9:49 am ¶She looks smart. She even sounds like she’s going to be smart. And then the sound of white noise comes out. WHAT????
Posted 27 Sep 2008 at 10:28 am ¶Oh-Alaska borders two countries, that’s what makes her a pro at foreign policy. Now I know why she is so smart.
Wow.
How do I get my eyes to roll back to the front of my head now??
Posted 27 Sep 2008 at 10:29 am ¶I did change the look - just trying a new tee-shirt. Like it or no? I’m still screwing around with the fonts and stuff.
Most excellent to see people stopping by even on the weekends, I must say!
Posted 27 Sep 2008 at 11:04 am ¶Jo re: rolling your eye back - Try smacking the back of your head with a carp.
Posted 27 Sep 2008 at 11:05 am ¶You know what bothers me? Those painterly Obama posters that have him staring into the future like some David Cassidy version of Chairman Mao on the wall of a co-ed’s dorm room. They just say “Hope.” Am I the only one that finds them a little creepy? Like when Kirk and Spock end up on that planet that replicated the Nazi’s. Then I heard “Cult of Personality” on the radio this afternoon. At least some program director seems to get it.
Posted 27 Sep 2008 at 6:41 pm ¶Oh yeah, I’d rather have someone dumb who I agree with (by virtue of being dumb myself and really wanting to shoot things from a helicopter) than someone smart that every woman (and half the men) in America want to sleep with. Or at least spend the weekend in th Hamptons with. Danger Will Robinson.
Posted 27 Sep 2008 at 6:44 pm ¶Problem is that I just don’t believe you’d be ok with that bimbo being President. And I don’t agree with her on a LOT of shit - see my previous post about her for details…..
And did I mention she’s an idiot?
Posted 27 Sep 2008 at 7:05 pm ¶I think we get too caught up in who is “qualified” or “unqualified” to be President. I think Obama is qualified, I just happen to disagree with the most liberal Senator in the Senate on most issues. I also don’t think Palin is an idiot. I think you’re a snob. I think a lot.
Posted 27 Sep 2008 at 8:57 pm ¶I think a lot too. Here’s some of what I think:
I think that whether or not I’m a snob has little to do with Sarah Palin’s intelligence. I think that experience and intelligence are important qualifications (even though I never used the word qualification in my original post) for a leader of the most powerful country in the world. I think McCain knows more about Russia than Obama. I think Biden is horribly wrong on a lot of issues. I think McCain is pretty damn old to be running. I think I’d prefer divided government to one party running everything. I think there’s not much difference in the parties. I think that I like Obama more than I like McCain, even if I think some of his ideas are horrible. I think I’d be really bummed if Sarah Palin were President. I think politically she was a good choice, but as far as picking the best person for the job she was a crap choice. I think I’m sick of writing this list.
Posted 27 Sep 2008 at 10:09 pm ¶I love that whatever pseudonym I used last comes up in the name box. I was like, “Who the fuck is Fernando?” Oh yeah. It made me smile.
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