tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post5045635469200977719..comments2023-12-20T04:18:41.617-06:00Comments on The Hunting of the Snark: Fast Times at Bloomberg HighSusan of Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-10205961673492378552016-02-12T13:50:29.191-06:002016-02-12T13:50:29.191-06:00Heh. She had it removed and only uses it when she ...Heh. She had it removed and only uses it when she knows she's expected to show empathy.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-37729417170967837342016-02-12T13:43:48.284-06:002016-02-12T13:43:48.284-06:00She has one? really?She has one? really?cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09988314910210445114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-26650844504910876792016-02-12T13:18:12.910-06:002016-02-12T13:18:12.910-06:00That's nothing--you should see what she can do...That's nothing--you should see what she can do with her soul.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-31637214175808275792016-02-12T12:43:19.594-06:002016-02-12T12:43:19.594-06:00The reaction from journalists on Twitter was just ...<i>The reaction from journalists on Twitter was just slightly overapocalyptic, as if getting rattled for a few minutes actually had some bearing on Rubio’s fitness for the presidency, or even his ability to compete in the general. </i><br /><br />Obviously only applies to Rubio. Not to Dean, not to Dukakis, not to Gore - all of whom were thoroughly savaged by the press for their perceived gaffe's.<br /><br />It must be nice to be able to turn memory on and off whenever you want to.cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09988314910210445114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-15727285425961262662016-02-12T12:40:45.828-06:002016-02-12T12:40:45.828-06:00Thanks!
That's very true; she doesn't di...Thanks! <br /><br />That's very true; she doesn't discuss Rubio's ideas or personality much, she just assesses his chances of winning. She sees him as a product that is created and marketed, not as a person.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-35421354452299880922016-02-11T14:53:42.187-06:002016-02-11T14:53:42.187-06:00Great piece, Susan. Mean Girls by way of Downton A...Great piece, Susan. Mean Girls by way of Downton Abbey is exactly right.<br /><br />I happen to think that Rubio would have had a much better profile and reputation had he, when he gave that post-SOTU address and reached for the water bottle, stopped, smiled to cam, and said, "My god, I'm thirsty. Hang on a second." And then drunk. Which is to say, if only he were a different person.<br /><br />He didn't, because he's a creature of nothing but ambition. He's eager to learn his lines and to deliver them. He's been assured by the experts around him that that's all it takes. And the results speak for themselves, in the same exact words, over and over. At least with Christie, hideous monster though he is, you sense a living, alert personality.<br /><br />The option of Rubio having a real personality, of reacting spontaneously, which is to say, honestly, never occurs to Megan. It probably never occurs to her when she herself has to give a public performance. Her pose of (faux-) expertise won't allow it. Maybe something in her resonates at the sight of Rubio's fake-it-til-you-make-it empty-suit ambition. In any case, that's the level on which she engages--and approves of, and advocates--him. It takes one to know one.Ellis Weinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12288528417668206655noreply@blogger.com