What would Franklin do?

Is it of epic proportions?

Click To Hear Original Speech (FDR in 1933)

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That's Entertainment! Showtime in what? 55 Days? WOW

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/10/mccain-ad-the-wolves-are-out-against-palin/

----now the wolves are after sarah plain, says the NY times -- from a mccain campaign ad.

meanwhile, 30 democratic lawyers were never flown into Wasilla, alaska, says the obama spokespeople

but the mccain frontmen says trust iohn fund, wsj

bill clinton is meeting with barack obama to give him some STRATEGIC advice.

And Karl Rove gave obama some in the wsj: SHUT UP!

THE POL-SOAP WILL CONTINUE ON 09-12-2008

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The Worm has Turned-over. The press backlash on lipstick, pigs and pitbulls

Obama in April, 2008: Today he says "Don't Swift-Boat me!" to the very same media folk?


DRUDGE: AS THE PRESS TURNS: OBAMA SAYS 'ENOUGH IS ENOUGH'

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Phraseology Lesson:

Where does the phrase "the worm has turned" come from? from Maven Phrases:

It's one of many derived forms of an old proverb, the base of which is either tread on a worm and it will turn or even a worm will turn. It means 'even the most humble will strike back if abused enough'.

The proverb is first recorded in John Heywood's 1546 collection of proverbs in the form: "Tread a woorme on the tayle and it must turne agayne." Shakespeare uses it, of course: "The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on" (Henry VI, part III). It has remained common in all sorts of literature: "He's a very meek type. Still, the worm will turn, or so they say." (Agatha Christie, The Mirror Crack'd).

The proverb's first American attestation is in 1703, and there are a number of eighteenth-century American examples, showing that it has been popular for some time.

In the form the worm has turned, the proverb is often used in the broad sense 'the situation has changed', which suggests that people aren't really clear about what it really means: The day was one short, flippary (sic) sound bite or two on how one Sen. Barrack H. Obama could say "fishwrap" and "lipstick on a pig" in two or three sentences and watch the worm turn 360 degrees in favor of Mr. McCain and running mate _____ (you know who!). Oh! And how the worm has turned for Mr. McCain--whose approval ratings now rise above Mr. Obama's s in my state by 10 percentage points! (re-tread on a quote from the venerable nyt)


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While Obama sends out the "Hillary contingent" to temper "the Palin effect", I ponder about NYT OP-ED "The Mirrored Ceiling" and ask, "why bother?"

(((((Read this Warner broad, and then cry, girls, cry your eyes out:

I'll start from the center:)))))

http://warner.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/the-mirrored-ceiling/?em

"But in the past, it was possible to fill that need through empathetic connection. Few Depression-era voters could “relate” to Franklin Roosevelt’s patrician background, notes historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. “It was his ability to connect to them that made them feel they could connect to him,” she told me in a phone interview.

"The age of television, Goodwin believes, has made the demand for connection more immediate and intense. But never before George W. Bush did it quite reach the beer-drinking level of familiarity. “Now it’s all about being able to see your life story in the candidate, rather than the candidate, with empathy, being able to relate to you.”

"There’s a fine line between likability and demagoguery. Both thrive upon manipulation and least-common-denominator politics. These days, I fear, this need for direct mirroring — and thus this susceptibility to all sorts of low-level tripe — is particularly acute among women, who are perhaps reaching historic lows in their comfort levels with themselves and their choices.
"Just look at how quickly the reaction to Palin devolved into what The Times this week called the “Mommy Wars: Special Campaign Edition.” Much of the talk about Palin (like the emoting about Hillary Clinton before her) ultimately came down to this: is she like me or not like me? If she’s not like me, can I like her? And what kind of child care does she have?

“This election is not about issues,” Rick Davis, John McCain’s campaign manager said this week. “This election is about a composite view of what people take away from these candidates.” That’s a scary thought. For the takeaway is so often base, a reflection more of people’s fears and insecurities than of our hopes and dreams.

"We’re not likely to get a worthy female president anytime soon. "


((((Thanks, alot. )))))


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Sen. Fred Thompson reporting back for duty - Show biz wants you!

((( - He gave it his best shot, even with burps like Bob Dole's campaign advisor at the helm -- BUT PLEASE GO BACK TO L & O - MY SHOW IS DYING -- )))

Arts, Briefly
Fred Thompson Seeks Make-Believe Roles

Compiled by Lawrence Van Gelder
Published: March 26, 2008
Fred Thompson, eliminated from the long-running reality show that is the campaign for United States presidency, is returning to the make-believe of acting, Reuters reported. Mr. Thompson, 65, a former United States senator from Tennessee and recently the fictional New York district attorney Arthur Branch on the television crime drama “Law & Order,” has signed an agreement to be represented as an actor by the William Morris Agency. Mr. Thompson has appeared in numerous television shows and films, including “Die Hard 2” and “In the Line of Fire.” His quest for the Republican presidential nomination attracted little support and he abandoned the race in January.

and I will keep wearing FRED ''08 buttons and the sticker remains on my beat-up (yes!) 2007 honda civic.

----and note to Fred Grandy of WMAL 630, DC Metro, yes, Gopher, he endorsed John Maverock-McCain for the sake of (his) party unity.

Thank you, Fred, Jeri,

Abbe B.

www.highviz.net

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