Substantive would be printing Biden's BMI and wondering if he was fat enough to be vice president, like the recent Wall Street Journal article. Substantive would be calling Biden presumptious because he went to a selective college or elitist because he vacationed in Hawaii. You're right Megan, this article seems a little lightweight.
John types: "You would think with all of the schilling he has done for the credit card industry, Visa could get the guy some hair implants or something."
Substantive would be printing Biden's BMI and wondering if he was fat enough to be vice president, like the recent Wall Street Journal article. Substantive would be calling Biden presumptious because he went to a selective college or elitist because he vacationed in Hawaii. You're right Megan, this article seems a little lightweight.
I agree--I want to talk about websites obsessed with "glamour", where I can find sales on high-end consumer electronics, and why Joe Biden reminds me of a Pogues song in which the narrator shoots his own dog.
My frivolity is a harmless diversion--your frivolity is damaging public discourse and hurting America.
Look out Torture Horse. Any criticism of Megan will be met by her stalkers, I mean commentors, quesitoning your height, male size, and yearly salary. Just be ready for it. Despite their willingnes to defend her though, she still refuses to lift any of the restraining orders against them.
Just because there's a lot of talk of non-substantive aspects of the political climate doesn't mean there isn't any substantive talk also happening. If people want to read and write stories about Joe Biden's foreign policy experience *and* his hair plugs, they can do both. And they will. It's not some bifurcated situation where they can only do one or the other and somehow everyone's settled on the stories with no substance.
How 'bout a write-up on who's going to be doing the speech writing.....and who's checking the old European speeches just to make sure they're not using the same lines over and over again......
jwh writes: "How 'bout a write-up on who's going to be doing the speech writing.....and who's checking the old European speeches just to make sure they're not using the same lines over and over again......"
Perhaps the same people who discovered McCain plagiarized Wikipedia for his rootin' tootin' speech on the Georgia invasion.
Substantive like mocking a rich man for not knowing all of his asset values offhand.
*raises eyebrow* No one asked him to summarize his retirement investments; they asked how many homes he and his wife have. It's not that tough a question for most of us--I don't have a staff, so it's a good thing I could answer the question.
Re WPH's comment, at the veep rollout the news people went into fashion analysis of what the candidates were wearing. It's like all the substantive stuff has been judged too long and boring for anyone to follow, and so we're going to circle on fashion analysis until either a) Bill does something embarrassing; b) McCain's veepchoice leaks; c) something extremely alarming happens in Georgia.
But he is the "man you don't meet every day". Doesn't the comb over fit with his drunken bore in the corner bar image?
Substantive like mocking a rich man for not knowing all of his asset values offhand, set to a pop song?
"Don't we have anything substantive to talk about?"
Yes. John McCain doesn't like to bring it up, but he was a POW. In Vietnam. Not only that, but he's a former prisoner of war.
Substantive would be printing Biden's BMI and wondering if he was fat enough to be vice president, like the recent Wall Street Journal article. Substantive would be calling Biden presumptious because he went to a selective college or elitist because he vacationed in Hawaii. You're right Megan, this article seems a little lightweight.
You would think with all of the schilling he has done for the credit card industry, Visa could get the guy some hair implants or something.
John types: "You would think with all of the schilling he has done for the credit card industry, Visa could get the guy some hair implants or something."
Schilling is a pitcher.
Substantive would be printing Biden's BMI and wondering if he was fat enough to be vice president, like the recent Wall Street Journal article. Substantive would be calling Biden presumptious because he went to a selective college or elitist because he vacationed in Hawaii. You're right Megan, this article seems a little lightweight.
Can we talk about McCain's terrible comb-over, too?
Matt B asks: "Can we talk about McCain's terrible comb-over, too?"
Look, sonny, you're talking about a man who went 5 1/2 years without a comb.
No. There isn't anything substantive to talk about.
You asked. I answered. ;)
Fluff sells, so what?
And he has had implants, no doubt about it. I can't wait for the day a woman is the major party candidate and we discuss different implants.
Don't we have anything substantive to talk about?
I agree--I want to talk about websites obsessed with "glamour", where I can find sales on high-end consumer electronics, and why Joe Biden reminds me of a Pogues song in which the narrator shoots his own dog.
My frivolity is a harmless diversion--your frivolity is damaging public discourse and hurting America.
Look out Torture Horse. Any criticism of Megan will be met by her stalkers, I mean commentors, quesitoning your height, male size, and yearly salary. Just be ready for it. Despite their willingnes to defend her though, she still refuses to lift any of the restraining orders against them.
Let's end the lie that only female candidates have to deal with this sort of coverage about their appearance.
Just because there's a lot of talk of non-substantive aspects of the political climate doesn't mean there isn't any substantive talk also happening. If people want to read and write stories about Joe Biden's foreign policy experience *and* his hair plugs, they can do both. And they will. It's not some bifurcated situation where they can only do one or the other and somehow everyone's settled on the stories with no substance.
How 'bout a write-up on who's going to be doing the speech writing.....and who's checking the old European speeches just to make sure they're not using the same lines over and over again......
jwh writes: "How 'bout a write-up on who's going to be doing the speech writing.....and who's checking the old European speeches just to make sure they're not using the same lines over and over again......"
Perhaps the same people who discovered McCain plagiarized Wikipedia for his rootin' tootin' speech on the Georgia invasion.
Substantive like mocking a rich man for not knowing all of his asset values offhand.
*raises eyebrow* No one asked him to summarize his retirement investments; they asked how many homes he and his wife have. It's not that tough a question for most of us--I don't have a staff, so it's a good thing I could answer the question.
Re WPH's comment, at the veep rollout the news people went into fashion analysis of what the candidates were wearing. It's like all the substantive stuff has been judged too long and boring for anyone to follow, and so we're going to circle on fashion analysis until either a) Bill does something embarrassing; b) McCain's veepchoice leaks; c) something extremely alarming happens in Georgia.
No one asked him to summarize his retirement investments; they asked how many homes he and his wife have.
You're assuming that he doesn't own real estate as a part of his retirement investments. I wouldn't make that assumption.