Before the “Bush 43” years, and especially during the early ‘90s, when I was at Crazy Go Nuts University, I often voiced my observation that:
I miss the Barry Goldwater conservatives of yore and look forward to the day when they oust the Fox News/End Times-insane among their ranks. I don’t know if any of the Republican Party interns in the photos below posing with Chairman Michael Steele are the more sensible sort, but at least the poses in these photos – which are rather like the poses I’d do with my boss and coworkers – are a glimmer of hope that not all conservatives have gone tragically, completely and humourlessly off the rails.
Oh, my sweet summer child, do you not know about the “Loofah Code” in The…
...and by that, I mean, being completely ignorant of the larger world outside the U.S.…
Wednesday, August 7, 1991: A sunny day at Toronto’s CNE Grandstand, and what a lineup:…
The cover painting says it all.
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Wait, wait. Your preferred model for political leadership is 'wacky boss'? Really?
Luke: To exaggerate slightly, it's my preferred model for leadership, period. I make it a point to not work for anyone who can't let their hair down once in a while or let me do it for them.
Wow, those poses don't look awkward at all. Cough cough.
I concur with Joey. Humourless bosses are not at all in short supply. If you have to deal with one day in and day out, they might as well be funny.
We just had eight years of George W Bush because Americans wanted a leader they could enjoy a beer with. Unlike most Americans, I have friends to drink with so I never saw the attraction of Mr. Bush. I don't choose my plumber because I'd enjoy drinking beer with him. I don't choose my doctor because I'd enjoy drinking a beer with him. The same goes for my boss, my congress critter or my president.