March 31, 2004

Quick hits
Posted by Jon Henke

Briefly...

* I'm really enjoying the new blog aggregator Memeorandum. Very cool idea.

* Condi is going to testify. Good. This is too important NOT to be as open and forthcoming as possible. Republicans may want to withold their jubilation until after they hear the testimony, though. I don't think it's the guaranteed immolation of Richard Clarke that many people are expecting. The administrations hesitancy to let her speak publicly and under oath may not mean they have something to hide, but it probably means there's not to be gained politically.

* John Kerry certainly has been talkative about the myriad positions, er, nuances he maintains on so many issues. New slogan time? Yep.....

John Kerry: Vacillated with a phonograph needle

* Bonus points to anybody who knows where I stole that line. (note: I did change it a bit)

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UPDATE: Bonus points - redeemable at a store near you - awarded to Robert Tagorda, who knew the line in question was bastardized from the Marx Brothers movie Duck Soup.

For good measure, here's another amusing exchange from that wonderful movie. No comtemporary analogies are intended, though you're certainly allowed to fill in your own....

Rufus T. Firefly: Awfully decent of you to drop in today. Do you realize our army is facing disastrous defeat? What do you intend to do about it?
Chicolini: I've done it already.
Rufus T. Firefly: You've done what?
Chicolini: I've changed to the other side.
Rufus T. Firefly: So you're on the other side, eh? Well, what are you doing over here?
Chicolini: Well, the food is better over here.
The Marx Brothers made some good movies, but they never made a movie as wonderful as they were.

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Comments

Barry Goldwater said it about HHH.

Humphrey said that Goldwater should have worked for Eighteenth Century Fox.

Either of them would have been a good president.

Posted by: Gary and the Samoyeds at March 31, 2004 11:27 AM

Nope. It goes farther back than that.

Posted by: Jon Henke at March 31, 2004 11:39 AM

Duck Soup: "You know, you haven't stopped talking since I came here? You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle."

Posted by: Robert Tagorda at March 31, 2004 12:10 PM

Exactly. Nicely done.

Great movie, too.

Posted by: Jon Henke at March 31, 2004 12:22 PM

Men, we are fighting for this woman's honor. Which is more than she ever did.

Posted by: triticale at March 31, 2004 05:28 PM