Chief Brody Slap (Cindy Sheehan explained)

Huffington Post ^ | August 12, 2005 | Greg Gutfeld

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I can't help but think: what do the thoughtful Huffposters really want out of this media-inflated standoff with President Bush? It must be:

The CHIEF BRODY SLAP.

THE CHIEF BRODY SLAP is based on the infamous scene in Jaws when a distraught mom slaps Roy Scheider across the face. Her son was eaten by a shark, but she blames the sheriff. Because he didn't do enough. It's not the shark, it's the sheriff. It's like me blaming Arianna for Christine Lahti's post. But unjustified. And with a shark.

THE CHIEF BRODY SLAP (CBS) is a chief staple in an any liberal diet: a fiery mix of outrage, self-rightious indignation and condemnation delivered from a moral highground so lofty it gives you a nosebleed. The Brody Slap is predicated on the idea that you don't need a solution, only blame. Who needs a real alternative when you're already outraged? It's easy!

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Of all places, this was on the Huffington Post. I think this guy absolutely nails the Cindyites.

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More:

Where do lefty celebs learn to deliver the Brody slap with such blinding speed and conviction?
YOGA SCHOOL? PILATES? THE PRIUS DRIVING MANUAL?

NO. The Chief Brody Slap comes naturally. To actors. It's really pantomime.
It's all symbolism, no action. And, like a seaweed wrap, it makes you feel good all over. While the rest of us do the heavy lifting, all you have to do is emote, when the going gets rough.

SOME FAMOUS BRODY-SLAPS THROUGHOUT HISTORY: Nero shoots the messenger. Smokers sue big tobacco. Johnny Depp moves to France. And just about any incident involving Sean Penn.

For the Brody Slap to work, the Huffpo will want Cindy Sheehan to talk to the President about her son in the same way Michael Moore wanted to talk to Roger Smith about Michigan poverty....not because something constructive will come out of the encounter, but because it will feel good making somebody else look evil.

And then, of course, haul off and whack the commander in chief so hard that even Roy Scheider feels it (in the Hamptons).


THAT'S THE CHIEF BRODY SLAP.

So while the Huff-posters pretend to feel sympathy for the mother, who no doubt deserves it, it's an act. They are using her, and that makes them stink of tripe.

[Lokibob]

Juan Williams on FNN was on something today, because he defended president Bush against Cindy, he condemned NARAL, and as much as said that Jamie Gorlick and the 9-11 gang was involved in a cover up.

Concerning Cindy S., it was so bad that the FNN talking head (I don't know his name)had to take Cindy's side to make the discussion interesting. It was a different dynamic.

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Invasion of the Lib Snatchers?

[nopardons]

bttt

[BigSkyFreeper]

So while the Huff-posters pretend to feel sympathy for the mother, who no doubt deserves it, it's an act. They are using her, and that makes them stink of tripe.

No, she's using the death of her son to advance the long-haired, dope-smoking, maggot-infest anti-war kook agenda, of which she belongs to by her own accord.

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That's true, too. It's a mutual use.

Kooks with benefits.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Mutual use perhaps, but I just don't buy into the notion that her son's death turned her into an anti-war nut. She's been one long before 9/11. Her son's death is merely a jumping off point for her kookery.

[syriacus]

Speaking of characters from movies...I think Cindy Sheehan views herself as Peg Mullen, (as played by Carol Burnett in Friendly Fire)

Following quote from:   http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/iwa/findingaids/html/MullenPeg.htm

"Peg Mullen had opposed the Vietnam War before her son was drafted, but after his death she became an exceptionally vocal critic of the war. She became widely known for her unrelenting determination to learn from the Pentagon the exact circumstances surrounding her son's death and for her intense involvement in the protest movement."

[jocon307]

"The Brody Slap is predicated on the idea that you don't need a solution, only blame."

He really nails it there.

[SunnySide]

"The Brody Slap is predicated on the idea that you don't need a solution, only blame"

It's what I've been saying for years. Liberal agenda is to never solve, just blame, confuse and antagonize till there is complete chaos. It's so much easier to take control during chaos. Liberals pray at the altar of Dysfunction.

[FDNYRHEROES]

Cindy Sheehan has already jumped the shark.
There will be no Chief Brody Slap.