James Lileks' take on the Coleman-Mondale debate (MUST READ!)

The Bleat by James Lileks ^ | 11/5/02 | James Lileks

[Lizard_King]

"Dumbya" HA HA HA HA HA

You are so clever. Did you come up with that yourself?

But wait..."Dumbya" + "Repuke"? Madam, you are a veritable fountain of wit and erudition. I can only hope those paint chips you've been eating aren't too hard on the digestion.

How, pray tell, was George W. Bush's campaign based on character assasination? How, with any degree of intellectual honesty, can you claim that such a campaign not only occurred but succeeded when up until the present the media and conventional "wisdom" perception of Gore remains that he is a brilliant, idealistic thinker ahead of his time?

While you're at it, please point out those hordes of "Repuke" journalists...I know of an awful lot of op/ed commentators who are right-wing, but the vast majority of what passes for news in the mass media is quite obviously left of center. What's more, point out which criticisms of Algore are as baseless as the ones leveled at Coleman?

[kylaka]

You're stuck with W for six more years MM. Then 8 years for Jeb. By then cousin George ought to be old enough for 8 of his own.

[an amused spectator]

If the Repukes win the Senate, do you promise to call him "Smartya"?

;-)

[Dan Day]

When the same strategy worked for Dumbya against Gore,

Okay, I'll bite -- when exactly did the President "go smash mouth" in his campaign? Was it the part about the "compassionate conservatism", or the "new tone in Washington"?

Be specific, and show your work. You'll be graded on your coherence and accuracy -- if any.

[MamaLucci]

Yoo hoo, Mom.
Little "dumbya" outsmarted and outflanked the entire liberal establishment.
No wonder you and your mensa partner Babs Streisand are in hiding.