Tomorrow, David Gregory once again invites America's "Definer of civilization, Teacher of the rules of civilization, Arouser of those who form civilization, Organizer of the pro-civilization activists and Leader (possibly) of the civilizing forces" back onto "Meet the Press" to once again shart all over any notion of responsible, political journalism.
As a public service to all of you shrill, vituperation America-haters out there who may wish to express your dissatisfaction with Mr. Gregory's choice of media snuggle-sack buddies, here is a portion of my stockpile of Gingrich Graphics.
If they can be of use to you, have at 'em: all I ask is attribution if you use them.
The Penguin
America's #1 Amateur Paleontologist
Newt Jong Il
The Grand Nagus of the Ferengrich Alliance
The Ging and I
The Lie of the Beholder
Not a Witch
The Amnesiac Man
Baron Grifthausen
The Three Stigmata of Newton Gingrich
He will make the space elevators run on time
Help Me Shelly Adelson!
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Apropos of nothing in particular: Is Paul Krugman morphing into Driftglass? He's writing about science fiction now!
Actually, this reminds me of an essay I read a long time ago about Soviet science fiction. The author — if anyone remembers where this came from — noted that most science fiction is about one of two thoughts: “if only”, or “if this goes on”. Both were subversive, from the Soviet point of view: the first implied that things could be better, the second that there was something wrong with the way things are. So stories had to be written about “if only this goes on”, extolling the wonders of being wonderful Soviets.
And now that’s happening in America.
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/26/the-new-political-correctness/
Sure, he's a terrible, terrible man who has had an awful, horrible effect on the US' and the world's politics and fortunes, and he's a total ass to those around him, but you have to give him credit for playing a special role in public life:
Newt more than any other with such prominence embodies a degree of insane self-regard of his view as a world-changing, nearly godlike historical figure that would be merely amusing if he were only fictional parody.
Any number of Republicans are as evil; but few figures ever bestride the national stage with such an ability to so continuously and shamelessly discuss himself as a practically divine force upon the rest of us lowly mortals.
If he's giving us poisoned lemons, at least we can imagine it to be poisoned lemonade.
Poo-tee-week?
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