Posted on 04/21/2014 8:46:34 AM PDT by NOBO2012
"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back to their money or their vast carelessness ,or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Odd, isnt it? I mean, just last Saturday, JDOlson posted the above quote from The Great Gatsby in the comments on Who, Really, Won the Cold War? and next thing you know, Big Guy shows up for Easter Services wearing his Gatsby suit (the 2013 Dicaprio version). He must be reading my little blog again.
The truth was that Jay Gatsby, of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his Platonic conception of himself. He was a son of Goda phrase which, if it means anything, means just thatand he must be about His Fathers Business, the service of a vast, vulgar and meretricious beauty. ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
For her part, Lady M played along, dressing up as Daisy Buchanan (the 1974 Redford version):
It is invariably saddening to look through new eyes at things upon which you have expended your own powers of adjustment ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Although in reality she looked more like she was going to her First Communion than a party on the Long Island Sound.
(First Communion dress available on Etsy)
It does become clear, however, that David Brooks was correct about this man all along:
I remember distinctly an image ofwe were sitting on his couches, and I was looking at his pant leg and his perfectly creased pant, Brooks says, and Im thinking, a) hes going to be president and b) hell be a very good president.
His observation subsequently produced the now widely used journalistic scale of human intelligence and moral fortitude known as the creased pants theory. It has also been successfully employed by Chuck Todd to assess BOs humility and veracity.
That was a brilliantly parsed apology, Mr. President; and BTW, may I say youre looking sharp tonight!
Ah yes, the brilliance and internal fortitude of a well dressed man. Gatsby would approve, I think:
Ah, she cried, you look so cool. You always look so cool. ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Indeed, Big Guy would have made a great literary figure. No, not Jay Gatsby, thats too easy. I was thinking more along the lines of Tom Buchanan:
As angry as I was, as we all were, I was tempted to laugh whenever he opened his mouth. The transition from libertine to prig was so complete. ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Not a man in full, butt full of himself.
It occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race, so profound as the difference between the sick and the well. ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Oh, and by the way, heres the lead-in to the above quote from JDOlson about Tom and Daisy Buchanan:
I couldnt forgive him or like him, but I saw that what he had done was, to him, entirely justified. It was all very careless and confused.
It makes you wonder, doesnt it, whatever we did to deserve a fictional character of such little import as our President?
Well, enough literary analysis for one day. Ive got to run: the Spring Sphere Roll is about to start (alas, with real eggs) and I dont want to miss anything. Ill report back tomorrow, complete with video.
Feel free to post your own favorite lines from The Great Gatsby; there are a zillion good ones that seem to apply.
Posted from: Michelle Obamas Mirror
Well, if one is trying to compare Obama as a half-black Leonardo Di Caprio, I’d wholly agree since I am committed to the belief that Leo is a whiny little b!tch that always takes roles that are one step above his actuality, IMO. My daughter could kick his a$$.
BTW... it's typical to overspend on your ‘Easter outfit’... go to church and sing hallelujah’.
Then spend the rest of the year acting like you never saw the inside of a church.
His observation subsequently produced the now widely used journalistic scale of human intelligence and moral fortitude known as the creased pants theory.
Another example of journalists’ effective use of astute observation and the Scientific Method.
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