One for the road, Neocon. Looking back on your history of civility and subtle irony, as opposed to bald sarcasm, I notice you seem to have reevaluated Dan Quayle. Who knows, there may be hope for you.
Some of them are goofy, but most of them reflect the contention that gaffes are a natural result of fatigue and stress. "Republicans understand the importance of bondage" is a pretty ordinary slip of the tongue, as is omitting "forces of stability" in the line "forces of (stability over) aggression". Some show obvious punchiness, like the happy campers blather. Some are merely awkwardly phrased, not out-and-out silly. And some are simply astute observations: for example, "I am not part of the problem, I am a Republican"...:-) http://www.techstocks.com/~wsapi/investor/s-22539/reply-35266
By the way, I would rather have a guy in the Oval Office who sounds like a doofus sometimes, but is honest and knows how to appoint advisers (Quayle had Bill Kristol as his chief of staff, which is not at all shabby), than to have some guy who explains to me that everything depends on what "is" means, is so practiced a phony that his biting of his lower lip has become a national joke, and whose principle advisors are pollsters, campaign consultants, and Hollywood denizens.http://www.techstocks.com/~wsapi/investor/s-22539/reply-35269
Fifteen minutes later:
Dan Quayle is very photogenic, but unless he has overcome his foot-in- mouth disease, he is dead. On the other hand, if he has become appreciably more poised, he wins the expectations game, and Marilyn is pretty articulate herself. Message 7988763
Quayle's dead, but very photogenic. I hear he's into golf too. Unfortunately, a very stressful and fatiguing sport.
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