Wednesday, November 7, 2007

A Not So Tintinnabulatoryistical Endorsement

"Rudy Giuliani is, without question, an acceptable candidate"


That was broadcaster and former presidential candidate Pat Robertson's ringing endorsement of Mayor Guiliani for president.

The text of other endorsements made today:

Pat Boone said "Maxwell Coffee is on my list of 12 reasonably bland coffees"

Bill Cosby announced that "I find it tastes a little like rust, but I still would recommend Jello, if no other dessert is available"

Michael Jordan bellowed: "I can directly attribute the blisters on my feet to wearing Nikes, but nevertheless, they are in some cases better than sandals, so I say, just think about doing it."

During the writer's strike Jay Leno proclaimed at a press conference: "More heart patients eat Dorito's than any other chip"

1 comment:

Christopher said...

Wow!

The R's follow the D's: "Vote for person who that's most likely to win, not the person you actually want to win."

The R's will lose the same as the D's did.

Brownback, who is probably closest in positions (as near as I can remember) to Huckabee, is clearly employing this principle in these two quotes (gleaned from the news article linked by your blog title):

"You've got a wide-open primary, and you have various people who are ideologically acceptable _ not perfect, but ideologically acceptable," Brownback said in an interview Wednesday with The Associated Press.

"If they're acceptable and can win, that's better than losing," Brownback said, speaking by telephone on a campaign swing through Iowa with McCain. "I think you're seeing a more pragmatic expression taking place."

At least the D's waited until AFTER the first caucus and first primary to throw their champions under the bus. The R's have seemingly decided to toss their champions under the bus before any party members speak.

Forget voting, let's just let the pollsters tell us who we want. They are are scientists, I'm sure we can trust their impartiality.

By the way, "tintinnabular" is a great word! I wasn't sure what it meant (though it did ring a bell) so I had to look it up.

tin·tin·nab·u·lar
[tin-ti-nab-yuh-ler]
–adjective of or pertaining to bells or bell ringing.
[Origin: 1760–70; < L tintinnābul(um) bell (tintinnā(re) to ring + -bulum instrumental suffix) + -ar1]
tintinnabulary. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tintinnabulary (accessed: November 07, 2007).

Guess the citation standard followed by the above citation.