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Mars National Convention v. Venus National Convention

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Mars National Convention v. Venus National Convention

: Also on Bill Maher’s show, he was depressed that the Republicans run a better convention than the Democrats, a better show.

Maher thinks the Republicans are all about emotions and the Democrats are all intellectual. I don’t think I buy that.

On a truly awful local NPR show today, some lady complained about the “hyper-masculinization” of politics by the Republicans. That’s crap but still, it actually makes better (useless) sense: Republicans are male and aggressive (“Bring it on!”); Democrats are female and sensitive (yes, the “sensitive” war on terror). If you’re going to deal in gross oversimplifications, at least make them make sense.

14 responses to “Mars National Convention v. Venus National Convention”

  1. Steven I. Weiss Avatar
    Steven I. Weiss

    Bill Maher always has to make those he disagrees with stupid. No surprise there.

  2. tony Avatar
    tony

    maher was wrong about who had the better “show”
    the repubs had zell, the dems had sharpton
    the repubs had guiliani, the dems had bill clinton
    pretty much even. the two presidential noms and the vice prez noms were also even.
    so then we get to the tie-breaker where
    the repubs had arnold, the dems had obama
    with one guy calling people girlie men, and the other guy epitomizing what everyone wants their politicians to be like, i’d have to say advantage dems.
    especially when you factor in the Black Eyed Peas + John Cougar Mellencamp vs Brooks N Dunn.
    although the republicans had a cooler stage with that rising podium dealie-bob.

  3. HA Avatar
    HA

    Jeff,
    If you’re going to deal in gross oversimplifications, at least make them make sense.
    I have a gross oversimlification for you that makes sense to me. The Republicans are the party of alpha-males. The Democratics are the party of metro-sexuals.
    After Beslan, which party do you want to leading the war?

  4. ragweed Avatar
    ragweed

    Jeff,
    Republicans are
    1)rich, whites who benefit from controlling
    2)the scared shitless hoping a (father knows best) controlled society will make them feel safe
    3)people who want to “bring … on” Armageddon and The Rapture (sometimes they don’t vote because they don’t expect to be here long)
    Everybody else really can’t vote for Bush.

  5. TC-LeatherPenguin Avatar
    TC-LeatherPenguin

    Tony: Changed two, maybe three words, tops, and Obama could have made that speech at MSG last week.

  6. carsonfire Avatar
    carsonfire

    Obama’s speech was great! But it was a disaster for the Democratic convention, because most people who were only sort of paying attention heard at least one thing: Obama one-American, Edwards two-Americas. Obama’s great speech only underscored the confusion and lack of message of the Kerry campaign.
    And John (long since Cougar) Mellencamp trumps Brooks and Dunn? When’s the last time the artist formerly known as Cougar had a hit, 1983? Or are we just looking down our noses at the country/western/Nascar yokels, again?

  7. Sandy Feder Avatar
    Sandy Feder

    the Republicans are the Daddy party, and the Democrats are the Mommy party
    the good news this Labor Day 2004 is simply this: Bush Wins! George W. Bush WILL be President until Jan. 20, 2009 – get used to it

  8. mark Avatar
    mark

    one upmanship is a form of cancer,eating up
    reason,rational thought and our republic.

  9. Tom Grey Avatar
    Tom Grey

    Jeff, certainly the Dems are “intellectual” (not a stupid dumb ass … a brain can come in handy…).
    They are ALSO more emotional (much better music). Intellectual discourse on emotions, and rationalizations for hating the rich other guys.
    The Reps are for action. Simple moral clarity; action based on those morals. Despite many folk disagreeing with some of the morals, like FMA.

  10. Ruester Avatar
    Ruester

    Seems to me like the RNC was just 4 nights
    of stupid John Kerry jokes;
    How many John Kerrys does it take to screw
    in a lightbulb?
    Depends on UN involvement.
    John Kerry; “Knock Knock”
    You; (who’s there)
    John Kerry; “John Kerry!”
    You; (John Kerry WHO?)
    John Kerry; “Ding Dong…”
    John Kerry’s walking down the street, and
    he notices a lady getting raped in an alleyway.
    Angered, John Kerry runs over to the scene
    and pulls the man off of her.
    “Hey lady, stop commiting atrocities!”
    And then the purple band aids, waving flip flops,
    and gay jokes (you telling me that “girlie men”
    isn’t a gay joke?). Vote however you want, but
    don’t ever tell me that my liberal causes are
    immature after putting on a show like that.
    While you guys were protesting a guy you hardly
    even know, we were protesting aids, war, poverty,
    and a president whose policies we are well
    aware of.

  11. Andrea Harris Avatar
    Andrea Harris

    I get it Ruester — the DNC was tea and crumpets, chamber music playing softly in the background, civilized discussion of Constitutional nuances over sherry. While the RNC was beer and pizza, drunken Hell’s Angels doing wheelies in the parking lot while shooting guns off in the air and screaming girls ran down the halls with their hands clutching their torn blouses. Or — the DNC was like a church or a library, where everyone spoke (if at all) in hushed, reverential tones, and the RNC was a Motorcross Speedway theme park full of tired, sweaty families with cranky babies, sullen teenagers, and bickering couples. Or — the DNC was like London during the Queen’s Jubilee, and the RNC was like downtown Duluth on Grad Night.
    Or maybe you’re just a snooty priss.

  12. Ruester Avatar
    Ruester

    Ehem… yes, I was one of the “snooty” protestors
    outside of your convention. If I had to “priss”
    it down to your level, Andrea, I would
    characterize it this way;
    our protestors are smarter than yours.

  13. Andrea Harris Avatar
    Andrea Harris

    Let’s see… in your universe, people who go marching down the streets of New York, carrying heavy signs, screeching ridiculous slogans, for hours and hours in the daylight, in August, all because they don’t like the current president — are “smart.” Whereas I, who stay indoors in summer enjoying air-conditioning, iced tea, and the fact that I don’t need to join parades of aging hippies, jobless alternakids, and desperate-to-be-hip liberal intellectuals for personal validation means I am “not as smart.” Cool then, being less smart rules.
    Oh, and you’re also a smug jerk as well as being a snooty priss. Tell me, do you have regular bowel movements, or do you plan on holding your sphincter closed like that until you’re fifty?

  14. Reid Avatar
    Reid

    He won’t have to, Andrea, after that new one you tore him. ROFLMAO.