Interesting
Or rather, the opposite.
Tried wringing something out of Michele Catalano and Glenn Reynolds bum-rushing Micah Wright, but couldn't even get past the premise of war supporters and Bush defenders screaming "Liar!" I'm starting to think the right wing is no longer capable of even rising to the level of decent self-parody.
Or maybe I was once more easily amused.
Bit about this incredibly urgently pressing issue in the current Lying in the Gutters, along with further justification for my low opinion of Wizard Magazine and a link to pixlife.com:
acknowledging the creativity of and possibilities for women artists, of all ages and sorts
The only name I was familiar with was Lynda Barry, because I'm uncultured like that.
As the entry gently drifts from politics to art, because I just can't work up any enthusiasm whatsoever for the former. I mean, take GOP making history with record number of contenders, linked over at Black Electorate:
''As the Democratic Party has grown over the years, it has grown more out of touch with the African-American community,'' said [Cobb County House candidate Nick Chester, a] 30-year-old insurance adjuster from Mableton.Chester said the time is right for conservative black voters to consider the Republican Party, especially after this year's session in which many Democrats worked to fight against a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, as well as another proposal to let faith-based groups use taxpayer money for charity work. ''When the Democratic Party started moving away from there, the values that created America, that created a void that the Republican Party is filling,'' Chester said.
[. . .] ''There is not a single African-American Republican in America who's holding public office that has been elected from a majority-black district,'' said [Rep. Tyrone Brooks, D-Atlanta and president of the Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials]. ''They can only win in a majority-white district.''
Brooks says this year's surge in black GOP candidates doesn't mean the Democratic Party has lost its most faithful voting bloc.
''The Republican Party is trying to change the face of their party by having token African Americans serve in various roles,'' he said. ''That's showcasing. That's tokenism. At the end of the day, the African-American community will not be fooled by this strategy.''
Don't suppose any black supporters of that amendment banning gay marriage are wandering around here, and are actually willing to speak up? I'd actually like to hear the reasoning behind this, unless you're just going to start quoting scripture instead of presenting evidence that you're capable of using your fucking brain. Ever read any scripture-based arguments in defense of slavery? Because that's pretty much what you sound like.
As for the Democratic Party guy, he lost me at the mention of "the African-American community." Perhaps he didn't mean we're part of some monolithic group. I expect I could ask, but again, there's that whole not particularly caring thing.
If these are my choices. . . yep, art. Photography, music, comics, erotica, something, anything but reading a bunch of zealots frothing at the mouth.
So yes, you're looking at even fewer explicitly political entries hereabouts. Sorry if that's a deal-breaker.
Update: Ah me.
- Lying on your résumé is Wrong.
- Lying, generally, is Wrong.
- I'm not particularly interested in paying for the privilege of being attacked by people willing to attach their names to the insults. Someone using a pseudonym to do so? Not going to happen.
Any questions? Comments?
Comments
So, you see nothing wrong with Micah Wright basing his career on a lie? Nothing wrong with the fact that he got book deals and work because of a lie?
This isn't about politics, it's about someone being a complete jerk to his fans, his employers, his family and every friend he ever had.
Sorry you couldn't wring anything out of the story. Except for the whole Bush is a liar thing.
Typical.
Posted by: michele | May 3, 2004 3:39 PM
Actually, I was writing about the overheated, holier-than-thou coverage of, as you term it, "the story."
Which you've managed to perfectly recreate in that comment. Thank you so very much. Saves everyone else the trouble of reading your entries on the topic.
By the bye, is there some sort of style guide for you lot, that calls for smarmy one-word sentences at the ends of comments and entries? It seems to happen quite a bit.
Along with the whole accusatory thing. If you'd like to know what I think of "the story," a better way would be asking, rather than attacking me for things I haven't actually said. Just a thought.
Posted by: Aaron | May 3, 2004 4:05 PM
I know both politicans quoted. Nick Chester is a good friend and lives nearby.
He's a classic "by-the-book" Christian conservative. And while I personally can't condone the gay marriage amendment (two reasons, first, I ain't goin' into anybody's bedroom but mine; second, you DON'T amend the Constitution lightly, period), I can appreciate and understand where he and other evangelicals come from.
As a Christian, I appreciate what the Bible says (both in the Old and New Testaments) about morality. And while I feel it is my place to provide a very Christian example within my life of how to live, I cannot and as a rule do not use my own relationship with Christ as a club to beat others upside the head with. As far as I'm concerned, that is not how Christ would have me to live.
On the other hand, I have met Tyrone Brooks and interviewed him on the radio before. I don't trust the man as far as I can throw him. He is out for his own self-aggrandizement, and he uses his organization (Georgia Association of Black Elected Officals) as a club to beat anyone who doesn't agree with him into submission.
That being said, Micah Wright is just plain hypocritical, period. He lied. He got caught (doesn't matter that he's the one that owned up - he got caught). I've got no use for him.
Back to the other point? No. I don't personally condone the idea of gay marriage (I've gotten into serious arguments with my baby sister over this). It's my own personal albatross. I deal with it. But I'm not about to support the slippery slope of messin' with the Constitution on that point. That's a Pandoras' Box that I don't want to fool with.
Does that make me schizo? Perhaps, but I've been called worse things. After being pummeled around last week on Hannity & Colmes, I can take it.
Posted by: mhking | May 3, 2004 4:49 PM
You were on H&C?
Wow, maybe I should read your site after all. You're not one of them people insists on posting Chris Muir's Day by Day (oh Dear Lord, three things I pray), are you? You seem to actually have a sense of humor, after all. . .
. . . and now I have Godspell lyrics stuck in my head, and have no one to blame but myself. Crap.
Posted by: Aaron | May 4, 2004 9:31 AM
Every day? Nope.
Chris and I talk every now and then; I do actually post the comic on occasion (when I find it particularly pertinant or funny); likewise with other comics and/or stuff I run across.
I'm mostly harmless (but only mostly). [g]
But yeah, I was on H&C last Tuesday night going up against NYC Councilman (and idiot mouth of the moment) Charles Barron. I can't help but think Barron gets dragged onto FNC to make conservatives look good (or in some cases better than they deserve to look).
Posted by: mhking | May 4, 2004 11:14 AM
. . . I'm slightly worried that I didn't hit the link to your place until after I'd mentioned the strip, and saw it there.
I shut up now.
Is that a Princess Bride reference, or a HitchHiker's Guide reference?
Posted by: Aaron | May 4, 2004 11:28 AM
The Guide, of course! (BTW, y'hear about the movie casting yet? Mos Def as Ford Prefect...)
Posted by: mhking | May 4, 2004 2:58 PM
Oh, and by the way; I'm in the process of moving off of BlogSpot as well. (now if I can get the full hang of MT...)
Posted by: mhking | May 4, 2004 3:00 PM
I also know Nick Chester and Christian has never been a word used to describe his character. He will do whatever it takes to get elected. His past will eventually come out and then the Georgia public will know who he really is!
Posted by: tasha | May 6, 2004 2:26 PM
Where is Nick Chester when you need him?
Come back bro.
Posted by: M. A. | January 23, 2008 11:17 AM