tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post6682508787394959330..comments2024-03-28T16:26:28.642-05:00Comments on driftglass: John of Orange Gets His Gold Watchdriftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-72793445825137993342016-09-21T08:52:06.370-05:002016-09-21T08:52:06.370-05:00"But Mom! He's a lob - "
"No s..."But Mom! He's a lob - "<br />"No sweetie, it's says right in the press rel- I mean article. He's being hired as <br />a <i>strategic advisor</i>, not an icky 'lobbyist.' So it's all good."<br /><br />"But Mom, what IS a lobbyist then?"<br /><br />"Simple, honey. A lobbyist is an icky slimy soulless creature arm twisting for things we don't like. A 'strategic advisor' helps us get the things we think are important and virtuous."lostnacfgophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18144608078707094464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-45480064915269824852016-09-20T17:34:51.938-05:002016-09-20T17:34:51.938-05:00In the shire, everyone who's anyone is a Squir...In the shire, everyone who's anyone is a Squire.RUKiddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14057702539722165035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-17806099535934372552016-09-20T15:28:01.768-05:002016-09-20T15:28:01.768-05:00Good evening, Cugel.
Yeah, at first I saw "s...Good evening, Cugel.<br /><br />Yeah, at first I saw "squire" and thought Mr. Glass was doing some witty Arthurian reference. Then I kept reading. Did someone just out-Reince-Priebus Reince Priebus as far as names that scream, "My parents didn't know anyone but rich people when they named me!"?<br /><br />Enjoy your day.Kevin Holsingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17568539831959033188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-61722154566060560842016-09-20T14:41:43.577-05:002016-09-20T14:41:43.577-05:00Alternate take on the last verse:
Oompa Loompa Or...Alternate take on the last verse:<br /><br /><i>Oompa Loompa Orangeskin Guy<br />Letting his Party <a href="http://www.mediaite.com/online/maddow-on-bachmans-teabagger-rally-dont-know-much-about-american-history/" rel="nofollow">curl up and die</a><br />A lacquered corpse, <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/07/gop-gone-wild/" rel="nofollow">irredeemably screwed</a><br />Like the Oompa Loompa Sprayontan<br />Dude</i><br /><br />@Cugel: Simon Zinc-Trumpet-Harris, married to a very attractive table-lamp. Nigel Incubator-Jones: his best friend is a tree and in his spare time he's a stockbroker.Neo Tuxedohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15455041641080873400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-72409723198454437892016-09-20T14:02:42.398-05:002016-09-20T14:02:42.398-05:00I'll give Boner credit, his spray tan job is w...I'll give Boner credit, his spray tan job is world class compared to the Yam. Also, why hasn't Cokie ascended into the money heaven of that firm?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06518025949949879535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-63847945573944341812016-09-20T13:23:34.241-05:002016-09-20T13:23:34.241-05:00You have to love the name "Squire Patton Bogg...You have to love the name "Squire Patton Boggs" - sounds like the "Upper Class Twit of the Year" satirized so perfectly by Monty Python; the sort of enormously fat old school English landed aristocrat who is used to running everything and now is enraged like Enoch Powell (google "rivers of blood" if you want an eyeful) about the evils of "unrestricted immigration". It's weird how 50 years can pass and everything can change, but on the right wing it's always 1968 and nothing whatever has changed.<br />Cugelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14415214853725925805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-42908572180688674752016-09-20T13:16:54.556-05:002016-09-20T13:16:54.556-05:00Tan Man staggers into a sweet sweet lucrative payo...Tan Man staggers into a sweet sweet lucrative payola job at Squire Patton. Why how surprising... not. Ye olde K Street wingnut welfare revolving door at work.<br /><br />Yeah, like Agent Orange ain't going to be lobbying. Nay, veryily, he shall "strategize."<br /><br />You go, TanMan.RUKiddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14057702539722165035noreply@blogger.com