Look, for change, drink the Koolaid, reach across the aisle, and throw him under the bus

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Look, for change, drink the Koolaid, reach across the aisle, and throw him under the bus

Posted: 10/30/08 at 12:48pm

I hope for many thanks on Tuesday, and among my wishes is a temporary respite from pundit-speak. As I've posted before, the non-stop use of "Look--" before a fairly obvious statement of opinion or fact has become the new political grease around banalities. Is everyone so terrified of not being taken seriously? Of being ignored, like Alex in FATAL ATTRACTION? And the new obsessive-compulsive use of the cliche -- my least favorite is "drinking the Koolaid" but there are many. Please, throw me under the bus and put me out of my misery. Perhaps Palin-speak -- eliptical, destination-free sentences devoid of shape, craft, discipline and clarity -- took off as "fresh" only because we're deluged with numbingly monotonous rhetoric.

"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling

re: Look, for change, drink the Koolaid, reach across the aisle, and throw him under the bus

Posted: 10/30/08 at 12:53pm

I'm surprised people aren't a little more touchy about the "kool-aid" business. I guess they don't know the origins. I was kinda shocked Hasselbeck didn't get bitch slapped for it. It's really offensive when you think about it.

re: Look, for change, drink the Koolaid, reach across the aisle, and throw him under the bus

Posted: 10/30/08 at 12:59pm

It's entered the lexicon devoid of its associations with cults. But a lot of the metaphor-speak is loaded. This morning, Joe Scarborough used the word "lynching" in a very generic way that should've been rescinded. (Anyone else hear that?)

"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling

Updated On: 10/30/08 at 12:59 PM

re: Look, for change, drink the Koolaid, reach across the aisle, and throw

Posted: 10/30/08 at 1:16pm

There are many reasons I love you Auggie, but something like this is why I worship you:

Perhaps Palin-speak -- eliptical, destination-free sentences devoid of shape, craft, discipline and clarity...

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re: Look, for change, drink the Koolaid, reach across the aisle, and throw

Posted: 10/30/08 at 1:34pm

Fun Fact - It was actually Flavor-Aid that the poor wretches in Jonestown drank. Kool-Aid is a misnomer.

re: Look, for change, drink the Koolaid, reach across the aisle, and throw

Posted: 10/30/08 at 1:40pm

PRS, I don't know if I would call that a "fun" fact, but it is interesting! I never knew that.

"I am open, and I am willing, For to be hopeless would seem so strange. It dishonors those who go before us, So lift me up to the light of change." Holly Near

re: Look, for change, drink the Koolaid, reach across the aisle, and throw

Posted: 10/30/08 at 1:42pm

I like to educate as well as entertain.

re: Look, for change, drink the Koolaid, reach across the aisle, and throw

Posted: 11/2/08 at 4:45pm

Please add, "in the tank with.." It was banded about on the talk shows this a.m. with abandon. Especially that creepy Monica Crowley, who never met a cliche she couldn't resurrect. (That said, Kelly O'Donnell really IS in the tank with McCain.)

"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling

Updated On: 11/2/08 at 04:45 PM

re: Look, for change, drink the Koolaid, reach across the aisle, and throw

Posted: 11/2/08 at 4:49pm

Just "destination-free sentences" alone is genius!

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re: Look, for change, drink the Koolaid, reach across the aisle, and throw

Posted: 11/3/08 at 12:01am

"Not ready to lead" and, yes, "we can't afford more of the same" can both be retired, as far as I'm concerned. (It has nothing to do with political philosophy, just overuse.)

I ask in all honesty/What would life be?/Without a song and a dance, what are we?/So I say "Thank you for the music/For giving it to me."

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re: Look, for change, drink the Koolaid, reach across the aisle, and throw

Posted: 11/3/08 at 3:30am

"One heartbeat away!!" I wouldn't even say that about someone on their deathbed; it's a horrible implication.

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Wanting life but never knowing how

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re: Look, for change, drink the Koolaid, reach across the aisle, and throw

Posted: 11/3/08 at 11:50am

I really hate the Kool-Aid reference. Especially since research has shown that many of the victims of Jonestown were outright murdered by use of injections against their will.

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

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re: Look, for change, drink the Koolaid, reach across the aisle, and throw

Posted: 11/3/08 at 12:09pm

Will "maverick" go away as well? Please?

"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen." Conan O'Brien

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