We are not the audience on whose behalf the cartoon was killed. The more humiliating the outcome the better, with respect to the childish oaf whose favor was curried by killing the cartoon.
1) In real time we “recognized” Quayle by process of eliminatIon on that row in the photo. All by himself probably not
2) Making war with fictional character Murphy Brown notwithstanding, I vowed to never chortle at any joke about the man again when he convinced Pence he had to certify the election. He would not be the person I asked for advice, but hey he saved Democracy for at least 4 more years
Three hours ago a friend told me about the strange guy on the VP row, and the sour lady beside him. She told me it was Dan Quayle. And by the time I read this after dinner, I had forgotten who it was. So, there’s that.
I did recognize her, but I thought he was some rando family member. Did anyone pay any attention to either of them? And did you see the Carter Center photo that deftly avoided showing the Incoming?
Interesting that image of Quayle and Pence. Apart from Pence looking as he always did as exemplar for White Guy and Quayle looking eternally like the poster boy for the Imposter Syndrome, it is instructive to remember that it was very probably that phone call with Quayle that convinced Pence to simply perform his ministerial duty to receive and count the electoral ballots for the 2020 election, thereby simultaneously transforming him instantly into an American hero (any hero in a storm) and a candidate for the hangman's knot.
I am a paid member. I am only 62, but I have some severe medical problems. I have to use a rollator. I'm meeting next week with a funeral home so I can pay in advance for disposal of my body. I have done kindnesses for so many people, but I have been forgotten. My family has turned their backs on me because I wouldn't stay in a rip-off retirement home. So I only have a few neighbors who I count as friends. Other than my cats through the years, nobody loves me. I worked for the government in a support capacity. After years of verbal abuser, I tried to take my own life a few times. Now I am alone with one dying cat.
I cried through Jimmy's funeral. He was a good man. I got to shake his hand. I have so much more to tell you but you are busy. I have been a fan for years. Love you.
"... to understand the joke on the t-shirt I happened to be wearing, you would have to have been born no later than 1957." Or be a Jay Ward ("Rocky and Bullwinkle") fan. Come to think of it, you do bear a passing resemblance to "Boris Badenov."
I don't know why Gene made the first snark about watch Jimmy Carter's funeral. I did watch the whole thing. I found, as funerals go, quite moving and all the speakers did an outstanding job. I learned a lot about Jimmy Carter, to include how his deregulation of the beer industry led to the rise of craft beer production. I raise a glass to the Carters, may their memory be a blessing.
I too avoided the ceremony but viewed all the photos. The one that stood out to me showed Kamala and Biden laughing uproariously and the former presidents and spouses smiling at something the speaker must have said but there was Trump glaring angrily from the row behind them and looking like he was shooting daggers at Kamala.
I’m 62; I don’t get your T shirt but I congratulate you on how little gray you have in your mustache (moustache ?) and head hair. My beard is completely white and so is most of my head, but I tell myself that John Anderson was completely white haired at 68 and lived to be 95 so I will too (which is patently false so thanks for the unnecessarily terrifying post (pist ?) on a Friday night)
Bozo has made Ann Telnaes like Obi-Wan Kenobi…by killing her cartoon, he’s made her much more powerful than if he’d just run the damn thing.
We are not the audience on whose behalf the cartoon was killed. The more humiliating the outcome the better, with respect to the childish oaf whose favor was curried by killing the cartoon.
I hear Barbra Streisand thought about saying something, then thought better of it.
I doubt the cartoon ever got up to Bezos (and IIRC, Gene indicated it was killed by the editor).
Oh, I'm sure somebody made sure he got a look at it eventually . . . and the subsequent ones, as well.
1) In real time we “recognized” Quayle by process of eliminatIon on that row in the photo. All by himself probably not
2) Making war with fictional character Murphy Brown notwithstanding, I vowed to never chortle at any joke about the man again when he convinced Pence he had to certify the election. He would not be the person I asked for advice, but hey he saved Democracy for at least 4 more years
Very good point, on Pence.
Yep, saw the video of Obama screening for Bushes, and had to deduct via Gore and Pence who it was. So I cheated on the poll.
Three hours ago a friend told me about the strange guy on the VP row, and the sour lady beside him. She told me it was Dan Quayle. And by the time I read this after dinner, I had forgotten who it was. So, there’s that.
He lived forever young in our heads like a buffoonish Dorian Gray, and somebody just took the painting out of the attic.
Well put.
I did recognize her, but I thought he was some rando family member. Did anyone pay any attention to either of them? And did you see the Carter Center photo that deftly avoided showing the Incoming?
My other half told me about the Carter Center craft and I just fell apart laughing. Pulitzer.
Interesting that image of Quayle and Pence. Apart from Pence looking as he always did as exemplar for White Guy and Quayle looking eternally like the poster boy for the Imposter Syndrome, it is instructive to remember that it was very probably that phone call with Quayle that convinced Pence to simply perform his ministerial duty to receive and count the electoral ballots for the 2020 election, thereby simultaneously transforming him instantly into an American hero (any hero in a storm) and a candidate for the hangman's knot.
When I look at the picture of Marilyn Quayle, I have to fight the urge to yell Blücher!!
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I am a paid member. I am only 62, but I have some severe medical problems. I have to use a rollator. I'm meeting next week with a funeral home so I can pay in advance for disposal of my body. I have done kindnesses for so many people, but I have been forgotten. My family has turned their backs on me because I wouldn't stay in a rip-off retirement home. So I only have a few neighbors who I count as friends. Other than my cats through the years, nobody loves me. I worked for the government in a support capacity. After years of verbal abuser, I tried to take my own life a few times. Now I am alone with one dying cat.
I cried through Jimmy's funeral. He was a good man. I got to shake his hand. I have so much more to tell you but you are busy. I have been a fan for years. Love you.
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It's OK. I don't care who knows. It's all true.
"... to understand the joke on the t-shirt I happened to be wearing, you would have to have been born no later than 1957." Or be a Jay Ward ("Rocky and Bullwinkle") fan. Come to think of it, you do bear a passing resemblance to "Boris Badenov."
I don't know why Gene made the first snark about watch Jimmy Carter's funeral. I did watch the whole thing. I found, as funerals go, quite moving and all the speakers did an outstanding job. I learned a lot about Jimmy Carter, to include how his deregulation of the beer industry led to the rise of craft beer production. I raise a glass to the Carters, may their memory be a blessing.
Quick, Trump or Quayle? “What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is."
I laughed until I cried when I first heard that.
I too avoided the ceremony but viewed all the photos. The one that stood out to me showed Kamala and Biden laughing uproariously and the former presidents and spouses smiling at something the speaker must have said but there was Trump glaring angrily from the row behind them and looking like he was shooting daggers at Kamala.
I’m 62; I don’t get your T shirt but I congratulate you on how little gray you have in your mustache (moustache ?) and head hair. My beard is completely white and so is most of my head, but I tell myself that John Anderson was completely white haired at 68 and lived to be 95 so I will too (which is patently false so thanks for the unnecessarily terrifying post (pist ?) on a Friday night)
Bah. You have hair.
'izzat what that is on his head? Thought he was growing a redo fof trump.
Geez. Marilyn looks like she’s inhabited by the soul of Anita Bryant. Po-faced. Poor ol’ Dan.
I gotta say that Marilyn Quayle really nailed that old, pinched, and sour schoolmarm face and stuck with it.
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Maybe that’s Dick Cheney in a Marilyn Quayle wig