Bush hatred has taken on a new, virulent mutation: animus towards First Lady Laura Bush. Witness today's New York Times column by Judith Warner, ‘24’ as Reality Show [subscripton required].
Warner's jumping off point is Kiefer Sutherland's response to a question about the advent in this coming season's "24" of a woman president. Observed the actor who plays Jack Bauer: “I can tell you one thing. We had the first African-American president on television, and now Barack Obama is a serious candidate. That wasn’t going to happen eight years ago. Television is an incredibly powerful medium, and it can be the first step in showing people what is possible.”
That prompted Warner to write:
I giggled a bit nastily over this at first. What was next — claims that fingering China as a one-nation axis of evil on “24” had presaged the country’s exposure this spring as the source of all perishables tainted and fatal? That screen first lady Martha Logan’s descent into minimadness anticipated Laura Bush’s increasingly beleaguered late-term demeanor? (Has anyone but me noticed her astounding resemblance to Dolores Umbridge in “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”?)
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"24" aficionados know that Logan is a former First Lady gone mad who is currently institutionalized at a mental health facility. According to Wikipedia, "a quick scale of squeaky notes would accompany the background soundtrack whenever her character appeared, known affectionately among fans as the "cuckoo music.'"
As for Dolores Umbridge, she was one of Harry Potter's antagonists. She was the High Inquisitioner at Hogwart's School, known [per Wikipedia] for "cruelty and abusive punishments against students; she stands out especially for forcing Harry and Lee Jordan, and, it is assumed, other students who get detention from her, to write lines using a quill that magically causes the words to be cut into the skin on the back of the writer's hand and uses their blood as ink."
So Laura Bush reminds Judith Warner of deranged, cruel and abusive-to-children characters. I might suggest that the derangement resides in this author, prey to a particularly pernicious new form of BDS.
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*whistles* That is some
July 31, 2007 - 16:08 ET by nnptcgrad*whistles*
That is some quality crazy she's got going on there.
Mother nature is a bitch - Ninth Corollary of Murphy's Law
Ms. Warner--enjoy your
July 31, 2007 - 18:22 ET by Andrew H.Ms. Warner--enjoy your prestige and income while you can... most papers who hire people like you don't make it.
Liberalism is a convenient lie.
I'm just trying to remember
July 31, 2007 - 16:15 ET by dscottI'm just trying to remember the last time I saw Laura Bush on TV. Wasn't it some PSA spot about reading or something? Sheesh, it's really a stretch to villify Laura Bush as to do anything nasty. With the Surge working I guess they desparately need to change the subject, any subject...
“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane"
these Dems are such nice
July 31, 2007 - 16:23 ET by TruthMongerthese Dems are such nice people - why the hell can't they win elections? I am stumped...
I mean it's not like they're petty, childish, petulant, verbally abusive, derogatory, etc, etc...
Yeah, she is not the
July 31, 2007 - 16:23 ET by JerryYeah, she is not the classic beauty like most lovely liberal ladies; Helen Thomas, Rosie O'Donnell, Cindy Sheehan, etc.
When asked if he went to war with Iraq to derail the impeachment
vote: “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any
President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).
Well, I'm hearing cuckoo
July 31, 2007 - 16:17 ET by rimskyWell, I'm hearing cuckoo music, alright.
(Has anyone but me noticed
July 31, 2007 - 16:24 ET by Newsbusterbrown(Has anyone but me noticed her astounding resemblance to Dolores Umbridge in “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”?)
Only you, doofus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
July 31, 2007 - 16:29 ET by dscotthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolores_Umbridge
http://iment.com/maida/familytree/cousins/georgebush/laura.htm
In the interest of an academic exercise I compared the two. Let's see both are white women with brown hair. Wait a minute, isn't Judith Warner a white woman with brown hair???? Hmmm, Classic case of PROJECTION, a standard liberal tactic!!!!! Tell us Judith, kick any kids lately??? Push anyone down the subway stairs accidently on purpose??? Has your poison pen been itching lately???
“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane"
poor casting
July 31, 2007 - 17:43 ET by Carbon SasquatchAccording to the HP book description, Delores looks like a pale
toad. Helen Thomas must not be able to do a British accent.
Never go to a gunfight with a caliber that starts with less than four
What in the heck is this
July 31, 2007 - 16:36 ET by msh1973What in the heck is this nut talking about? Laura Bush is a beautiful woman, who just happens to be our First Lady and deserves the respect of every American. She has never acted unbecoming to her position in life.
Judith Warner needs a serious reality check and perhaps a straight jacket because she has lost touch with the truth! I am so over these liberal media types!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Liberal compassion and respect...
July 31, 2007 - 16:37 ET by AtillaKahunaAhhh... It's so nice to read the respectful, honoring, uplifting and self-esteem-building compliments from someone who, I am quite sure, was the product of 12 years of public schooling and the best Liberal Arts Journalism degree that money could buy.
What a lovely example of BDS.
Kahuna
Zebra's Spots?
July 31, 2007 - 19:36 ET by stratmanFrom Wikipedia:
Couldn't find out her education background. The above, though, might put things in enough context for understanding.
(PS - Subject Header was a joke)
Killing them with kindness isn't working. Time to get scrappy with the Donkeys.
Television as visionary lore . . .
July 31, 2007 - 16:54 ET by GalvanicSutherland/Bauer: "We had the first African-American president on television, and now Barack Obama is a serious candidate. That wasn’t going to happen eight years ago. Television is an incredibly powerful medium, and it can be the first step in showing people what is possible.”
That's a fact, Jack! And we have The Simpsons --- America's longest running animated show -- first airing 18 years ago and featuring characters with yellow skin, and low and behold, Democrats like Hillary, Pelosi, and Harry Reid have now turned yellow.
If Sutherland wasn't so self-enamored with his own show, he'd note that the screen image of a black President appeared decades before his series in a film titled "The Man," in which (I believe) James Earl Jones played the man who became President. And didn't Morgan Freeman's film portrayal of a US President one of those disaster films predate the series "24?"
So, let's rephrase ol' Kiefer's statement for accuracy's sake:
"Film is an incredibly powerful medium, and can be the first step in showing people what is possible on television.”
Black Presidents
July 31, 2007 - 20:29 ET by stratmanBesides Dennis Haysbert as president on 24 and James Earl Jones as president in "The Man" (1972), other black actors have taken on the role of President of the United States (or approximation thereof):
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister was president in "the Fifth Element" (1997)
Morgan Freeman was president in "Deep Impact" (1998)
Actual President Van Buren rumored to be part black in "The American President (Disc 4 of 5) (2000)
Chris Rock was president in "Head Of State" (2003)
Terry Crews as president/porn star in "Idiocracy" (2006)
And who could forget Dave Chappelle as "Black Bush" on The Chappelle Show. (Language Alert -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTZp1qwWdoA)
Killing them with kindness isn't working. Time to get scrappy with the Donkeys.
This explains it all...
July 31, 2007 - 16:48 ET by AtillaKahunaFrom her bio (emphasis mine):
And an exerpt from her new book - "Perfect Madness - Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety":
The only thing "(l)owering...horizons and limiting...minds" is the liberal MSM and feminism telling women that they can "have it all". It's physically and emotionally impossible, as my wife will quickly and proudly tell you!
This woman needs professional help - some sort of an intervention to save her from her Liberal thought prison!
Kahuna
Judith Warner
July 31, 2007 - 16:49 ET by pocomocoThe smallness of the liberal mind continues to amaze me.
Too True
July 31, 2007 - 16:51 ET by mytwocentsToo true. It is in the realm of the nanoscale.
Swing and a miss...
July 31, 2007 - 16:58 ET by fitzfongSwing and a miss...
Like some gangs, having
July 31, 2007 - 17:07 ET by Chris NormanLike some gangs, having worked over their prime target, they next go after the family. What's next, wishing Barney had been sent to Michael Vick's farm?
The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
- Arabian Proverb
I would pay good money to
July 31, 2007 - 17:09 ET by Clear thinkerI would pay good money to see Barney fights.
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Probably safer than facing
July 31, 2007 - 17:16 ET by Chris NormanProbably safer than facing the NYT liberal pit bulls...
The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
- Arabian Proverb
I gag you, you gag me...
July 31, 2007 - 17:36 ET by nkviking75The only way Barney could kill is to drive a diabetic's blood sugar levels up to fatal proportions.
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.
Surely First Lady Sherri Palmer is the comparison?
August 1, 2007 - 06:14 ET by Jack BauerThe problem with dopes like Warner is that they don't follow their own logic... either that or they don't actually watch 24, and are going on what others tell them
Here's the thing. In 24, the clearly DEMOCRAT President Logan's wife had a bi-polar disorder. She had a medically recognized mental illness.
She had been like that before Vice-President Logan even ran for the office.
However it was the FIRST LADY wife of the first black President, David Palmer for whom events drove to become an evil Lady McBeth. (Also a DEMOCRAT, I suspect though never stated.)
A woman so deranged and power-mad that she decended into high crimes and misdemeanors, including MURDER.
That would be Sherri Palmer (as brilliantly played by that exceptionally talented black actress Penny Johnson)
So if you want to make unfair, petty, snide insinuations, wouldn't the nearest comparison in today's political landscape be Barack Hussein Opalma's pushy wife?
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Delusions at NYT... AGAIN
August 1, 2007 - 07:30 ET by RedGuyBlueStateDoes Ms. Warner actually get a paycheck for this drivel?
"This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it."
-- Fred Thompson as Admiral Josh Painter (The Hunt for Red October)
My favorite Fred Thompson
August 1, 2007 - 11:36 ET by stratmanMy favorite Fred Thompson as actor quote.
Killing them with kindness isn't working. Time to get scrappy with the Donkeys.