# DNC is for smart people only. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 28, 2004, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dnc-is-for-smart-people-only/257203 "2004-07-28T01:47:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dnc-is-for-smart-people-only/257203/81 "2004-07-29T17:20:49Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Isn’t this the part where you go out on the balcony and sing _Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina_? No, this is the part where he climbs up a big wooden cross. I’ll go to Home Depot and spring for the hammer and nails if you’ll drop by Frank’s Nursery and pick up a crown of thorns. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dnc-is-for-smart-people-only/257203/82 "2004-07-29T17:49:05Z")
:: **New Iskander** steps out upon the balcony. His silvery gown shimmers in the spotlights. His makeup, applied in haste at a warped mirror, is already beginning to run, and his blonde wig is slightly askew. :: Don’t cry for me, comprehension The truth is I never had you; All through my ramblings, My idiot posting, I kept my brain off. Don’t waste your time with me. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dnc-is-for-smart-people-only/257203/83 "2004-07-29T17:57:59Z")
If the OP is what you heard, well, then… ---
**Author:** ![WernhamHogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@WernhamHogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WernhamHogg)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dnc-is-for-smart-people-only/257203/84 "2004-07-29T18:06:07Z")
> [@Call me Frank](#): > > **lambchops** is the one who dropped “quixotic” on us…I guess that counts as many… An inapt literary analogy, if I may defend the noble Don and his eminent creator. Quixote had delusions of grandeur. **Iskander** has delusions of adequacy. ---
**Author:** ![Balle\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Balle\_M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balle_M)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dnc-is-for-smart-people-only/257203/85 "2004-07-29T18:53:30Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > This post is possibly the most stupid partisan political I have ever read on this board. Do a search on “Reeder”… Although the OP is a bit incoherent. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dnc-is-for-smart-people-only/257203/86 "2004-07-29T20:04:59Z")
> [@](#): > > I was deceiving myself that I would find understanding. Holy shit . . . **bj0rn** , is it really you? ---
**Author:** ![New\_Iskander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/db5fbb/32.png) [@New\_Iskander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Iskander)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dnc-is-for-smart-people-only/257203/87 "2004-07-29T20:38:03Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Isn’t this the part where you go out on the balcony and sing _Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina_? No, that’s where you all start screaming “New Iskander lied!”. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dnc-is-for-smart-people-only/257203/88 "2004-07-29T21:05:48Z")
> [@](#): > > And “Whence,” they cried, “O Sons of Pride, > Sail you the dark eternal tide? > Lie your halls to the South or North, > And who is the King that sent you forth?” > > “We live,” replied that Lord with a smile, > “A mile beyond the millionth mile. > We know not South and we know not North, > And SULTAN ISKANDER sent us forth.” [The bastard king](http://www.englishverse.com/poems/the_ballad_of_iskander) ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dnc-is-for-smart-people-only/257203/89 "2004-07-29T22:47:13Z")
> [@New Iskander](#): > > …and I pitied myself. A rather more efficacious move would be to _pit_ yourself. You’re a piece of work, **NI**. Good luck growing up. Your stupidity is probably permanent, but maybe someday you’ll learn to deal with it in more humble and mature ways. 😛 Vote Kerry/Edwards 2004! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_Norder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@Dan\_Norder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dan_Norder)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dnc-is-for-smart-people-only/257203/90 "2004-07-30T02:48:35Z")
> [@New Iskander](#): > > I am one of “the stupid”. In your parrticular case, that’s even before you start talking politics. You just aren’t very bright. In fact, you seem to be proud of your stupidity. You shout it from the rooftops. Don’t try to blame that on politics. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dnc-is-for-smart-people-only/257203/91 "2004-07-30T04:01:03Z")
> [@](#): > > [Inigo Montoya] I do not think that word means what you think it means. [/Inigo] **No** word means what **New Iskander** thinks that it means. ---
**Author:** ![New\_Iskander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/db5fbb/32.png) [@New\_Iskander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Iskander)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dnc-is-for-smart-people-only/257203/92 "2004-07-30T16:05:12Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > **No** word means what **New Iskander** thinks that it means. If so when I call you an asshole, you can take it as a compliment. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dnc-is-for-smart-people-only/257203/93 "2004-07-30T17:10:56Z")
Rest assured, this is the case. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dnc-is-for-smart-people-only/257203/94 "2004-07-30T18:03:12Z")
> [@](#): > > If so when I call you an asshole, you can take it as a compliment. On any occasion when you post, I simply consider the source. (And I do not recall every worrying over the quality of either your compliments or attempts at insult.) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dnc-is-for-smart-people-only/257203/95 "2004-07-30T19:42:48Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > :: **New Iskander** steps out upon the balcony. His silvery gown shimmers in the spotlights. His makeup, applied in haste at a warped mirror, is already beginning to run, and his blonde wig is slightly askew. :: > > Don’t cry for me, comprehension > The truth is I never had you; > All through my ramblings, > My idiot posting, > I kept my brain off. > Don’t waste your time with me. Where do I sign up to join your fan club, **ETF**? ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dnc-is-for-smart-people-only/257203/96 "2004-07-30T19:52:32Z")
> [@skutir](#): > > As Robert Heinlein said, the problem with stupid people is they don’t really believe there’s a such thing as being smart. They think that people just make it up to make them feel stupid. Heh. Awesome! What’s that from? ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dnc-is-for-smart-people-only/257203/97 "2004-07-30T19:56:34Z")
If you could indulge me, could someone confirm my foggy memory of this guy promoting the torture of Iraqi civilians? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dnc-is-for-smart-people-only/257203/98 "2004-07-30T21:48:26Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Where do I sign up to join your fan club, **ETF**? The line forms on the left. And speaking of Dolt Witless: Dumb, ugly and stupid dreck, Undulate round the Dope, obscenely deriding, deriding, In GD, in the Pit, to all, to each, Sooner or later deliquescent. ---
**Author:** ![New\_Iskander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/db5fbb/32.png) [@New\_Iskander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Iskander)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dnc-is-for-smart-people-only/257203/99 "2004-07-30T22:16:18Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > On any occasion when you post, I simply consider the source. Me neglects source. Me reads content. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dnc-is-for-smart-people-only/257203/100 "2004-07-30T22:39:11Z")
Uh oh. Can somebody see if Algernon the mouse is dead? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dnc-is-for-smart-people-only/257203.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dnc-is-for-smart-people-only/257203.md?page=6)