Posted on 10/10/2005 2:27:34 PM PDT by Excellence
How can you tell if a conservative is pro- or anti-Miers? Based on my conversations with conservative friends this week, here's a good rule of thumb. Ask the conservative to define the following words or phrases and see what he says.
"Blackberry"
Anti-Miers: A handheld device that allows you to get e-mail and access the Internet. The biggest problem is when the battery runs low. You solve the problem by carrying a charger.
Pro-Miers: A delicious berry that you find in the woods. The biggest problem is that bears love them too. You solve that problem by carrying a .44 Magnum.
"Friends"
Anti-Miers: A popular TV show that looked at cultural and sexual mores.
Pro-Miers: People you invite over to your house
"$20 Snifter of Cognac"
Anti-Miers: Not a bad price for a great brandy at a nice bar.
Pro-Miers: An outrageous price for a drink. Where we people live, you can get a two-pound T-bone steak dinner and a drink for $20.
"Meet the Press"
Anti-Miers: Must-see TV.
Pro-Miers: We are too busy going to church. Besides, who really cares what they say?
"December"
Anti-Miers: A period of increased cultural sensitivity when you have to wish people a "Happy Holiday" instead of "Merry Christmas" for fear of offending them.
Pro-Miers: Merry Christmas!
"A List"
Anti-Miers: The type of party you want to be invited to.
Pro-Miers: What you don't want to get from your wife on Saturday morning.
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So the anti-Miers crowd are secular hednonists?
'hedonists'
Prepare to hear endless whining about how "we are NOT elitiest" for the anti-Miers. Walks like an elitiest, talks like an elitiest......
Hedonistas?
Some of them really made me laugh. They could have been pro-(anything right)/anti(anything left), and they still would have been funny.
"So the anti-Miers crowd are secular hednonists?"
And that really leave no room for those of us who are Religious and only part time hedonists. :)
Seriously the article is really saying that media aware activists are much more concerned about Miers than the rank and file.
And that would be correct, I think.
Anti Miers: hors de ourves
pro Miers: Great fish bait!
and then prepare for the cries of "we're not resorting to liberal tactics to shut critics up! Really! Now support miers or you're going to hurt the war effort!"
Who uses the word "lugubrious" in everyday conversation?
Does the fact that I don't know what 'lugubrious' means make me pro-Miers?
I'm lachrymose, I yam what I yam.
Anti Miers: Vase
Pro Miers: Good Seasons mixing bottle
LOL...
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