There isn’t a connection and he doesn’t look anything like Conrad Bain.
That’s what I find funny about it. He’s expecting all thse question about the Iraq war, Bush, and the White House. Instead people are asking him about working with “Tootie” when she was on the show.
Also, on another level, it reduces him to a middle of the road, 80’s sitcom tv actor.
I think “elevates” is the word you’re looking for.
Daniel
Isn’t that kind of an insult though, to poor Bain?
OK so we think its bad form to pie Ashcroft. Is it bad form to pie Anne Coulter?
Well, this took a very different direction than envisioned, which makes me happy. I’m told he is speaking by the story on my school’s site, but if he breaks out into song (and if there is any Q and A, I’ll even do requests), I will be sure to inform.
My gut feeling was to go hear him speak, because I do want to be open minded and maybe even begin to understand where he’s coming from. I don’t expect to agree with him at all, but maybe gain a little insight into the thinking.
In any case, I just wish I’d thought of the 80’s sitcom angle first.
I’d go, but I doubt I’d stay for the entire session. Basically, here’s a lightweight who was going to hunt down abortionists and pornographers in a post-Clinton Christian Conservative paradise until its agenda was hijacked along with three airplanes soon after assuming office.
If you can go online and find his interview on Fresh Air with Terry Gross, you won’t hear anything like Ann Coulter’s bombast or Jesse Helms’ self-righteous barking. Just a polite but dull man whose grasp is nowadays in proportion to his marginal reach.
I think not. I was going to bake it with rusty nails and broken glass inside.
Wow. Does this mean that you and I are on the exact same political wavelength?
That’s a little scary.
Ditto. The scary thing is she’s clearly intelligent and speaks well, but has amazingly frightening ideas about, well, reality. Just goes to show that one can be smart generally, but hold idiotic ideas. I’ll hold off on the Godwining here.
I’d say go see him, if just for the experience.
I wouldn’t recognise Ashcroft even if I crashed into his car, but I have a different view on attending a talk by someone you absolutely and totally disagree with. From my perspective, why give a speaker with an unacceptable POV the honour of a full seat? It validates the speaker.
Imagine you being him standing on the stage, looking out over the audience, with nothing but standing room only. If it was me on the stage, I’d think, “Wow, look at all these people, I must be really important. What I have to say is obviously important to these people, because being here shows they want to hear me speak.”
It’s like a news report of a protest rally, the success of the rally is measured in its attendance figures.
To me a full seat sends a message to a speaker. So does an empty seat.
If I had absolutely nothing in common with a speaker, I certainly wouldn’t make the time to hear him speak.
Well, that thought crossed my mind, too. That’s why I started this thread, I was torn about which voice to listen to.
Ashcroft’s coming
Hide your heart, girl.*
*dated popular song reference
The song that came to my mind is Springtime for Hitler.
Ashcroft is coming!
Ashcroft is coming!
Ashcroft is coming!
Heil Ashcroft!
Heil Ashcroft!
Heil Ashcroft!
That’s not Godwinizing, BTW. The Producers has great music, but it sticks with you like green peppers. Mel, get out of my head!
DAN: Eli’s coming.
CASEY: Eli?
DAN: From the Three Dog Night song.
CASEY: Yes.
DAN: Eli’s something bad. A darkness.
CASEY: “Eli’s coming, hide your heart girl.” Eli’s an inveterate womanizer. I think you’re getting the song wrong.
DAN: I know I’m getting the song wrong, but when I first heard it, that’s what I always thought it meant, and things stick with you that way.**
**obscure dialog about a dated popular song
JimSox5
It doesn’t seem there will be a question and answer period (I even checked your school’s website). However, if there is, it might be worthwhile to inquire about this:
That seems just about par for the course for this administration, which ironically is one of the most belligerent in history.
