It seems that after deciding to offer the Dem convo keynote address to Marky Mark, Dems decided that maybe he wasn’t really ready for prime time after all and pulled him from the broadcast networks’ coverage.
Members of Team Clinton were out with their knives after Marky Mark’s speech. You can tell there is no love lost between those two camps.
So, the Clinton folks, sensing that Obama prefers Warner as the future of the Democratic Party over them, are out for blood against Warner/Kaine/Obama. Some of it they have to keep low. Some of it they can deliver through their surrogates. With all of that in mind, read what Howard Wolfson (Hillary’s campaign hit man and a Clinton loyalist from way back) said regarding Mark Warner’s keynote speech at the 2008 Democratic National Convention: “The best part about Mark Warner’s speech was that is was short.”
And then there’s this from Paul Begala, a Clinton operative from Texas who was an integral player/operative on all of Bill Clinton’s Presidential campaigns: “Mark Warner wasn’t talking to the Chamber of Commerce in Richmond, VA.”
But if you, like me, had better things to do than watch Marky Mark ramble on spouting meaningless gibberish about “radical centrism,” you’ll want to check out D.J. McGuire’s Warnerese-to-English translator.
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[...] Warner Botches American History Posted on August 27, 2008 by Riley During his not ready for prime-time “keynote” address to the Dem convo last night, Marky Mark made the following remark: [...]
Let’s make an effort to use more polite salutations and forms of address when discribing our political opposition.
Many have noticed the way public discourse has degenerated over the last few election cycles. All one needs to do is watch some, Meet the Press video clips from the 1970s and we see a dramatic difference in the way many supposedly educated people of today interact, compared to those from just a generation or two ago.
We can and should set a better example for our fellow citizens, by politely addressing men like former Governor Warner and Governor Kaine, politely and respectfully, then, in our most polished, good mannered way, explain to them why their political correctness worship and refusal to hold government accountable or refusal to cut any programs during austere times, is out of step with the citizens of Virginia.
In case you haven’t figured it out yet, JTB, we don’t take ourselves all that seriously. Have you read our “About Us” page? We especially like humor and satire.
We call Mark Warner “Marky Mark” after that annoying and shallow musical act of the late ’80s / early ’90s that was a spin-off of sorts of New Kids On The Block. It was a pre-fab act that really didn’t have much talent, but yet was commercially successful because they were able to dupe the consumers. Sound like any former governors we know?
Similarly, we have dubbed Tim Kaine “Timmy!” and use a “South Park” depiction of him. The character of Timmy on the show is mentally handicapped, but the idiot teachers and principal at his school think he has ADD, not recognizing his unfortunate, but obvious condition. In the case of Tim Kaine, he may have graduated from Harvard Law, but he obviously has multiple problems with basic math and geography, so somewhere someone missed something with this guy’s intelligence levels.
Most of us love good satire, regardless of which side is impaled by it.
The concern expressed in the previous post is about how there is a trend toward dehumanizing the opposition by operatives on both sides. There is a terrible cost to this approach, in that the vast majority will take their cues by those in leadership positions and take things to a much lower level.
We came very close to having bloodshed in the streets in Florida over the 2000 election. Had Mr. Gore not stepped up and proclaimed the election over and that Mr. Bush was indeed his President, we could have seen some horrific riots in Florida and elsewhere.
What is being advocated here is that we all hit very hard on the specific issues and real solutions, but that we promote an atmosphere of mutual tolerance and even respect for those who are in the political opposition.
When we look at the big picture, those who are active in politics are only a small percentage of our population. In many cases, we have more in common with the opposition than the uninvolved, apathetic masses.
The Democrats may be wrong on just about every issue, but at least they care enough to be involved in this supposedly self-governing Republic. We should follow the example set by Tip O’Neil and Ronald Reagan, who used to publicly fight over issues, yet at the end of the day, both men were known to sit down with the other fellow and have a drink and cordially chat.