You Want Me to Put My Hand on What?
December 24th, 2006 by 
Steven Gould
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Okay, here’s the deal. I want you to swear to protect this thing. And so I know you mean it, I want you to put one hand on this book over here, while you swear to protect the thing.
But that book doesn’t mean anything to me. If I swear on that book, you won’t know that I mean it. How about I use this book, instead, which is meaningful to me. No, your book doesn’t mean anything to me and if I let you swear on that book, uh, it will be a bad precedent. Other people might want to swear on other books that aren’t meaningful to me. But I’m confused–this thing you want me to swear to protect says I have the right to swear on any book I want. In fact, that’s one of the things it guarantees. Look, you gonna pay attention to this thing I want you to swear to protect or my fear of people with different beliefs? Honey, where’s that anti-stupid spray? |
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5 Comments »
December 24th, 2006 at 4:05 pm
Oh, too dumb for re-election? Too dumb to draw breath. Jeeze.
December 24th, 2006 at 10:49 pm
I used to live there. Every time I think of going back, I see something in the news like that. The people Goode represents also defend growing tobacco and making liquor illegally. The folks in the county I used to live in were one of two precincts that voted against the one liberal in the area (Goode represents another district.)
Remember it’s not really connected to the rest of the United States; it’s its own allochthon.
December 25th, 2006 at 2:23 am
Hey, Rebecca. I had that feeling when I lived in southern Kentucky and more recently outside of Houston.
As Jane Yolen and Bruce Coville say, they’re really all purple states–not red, not blue. A red state is really just slightly more red than blue–doesn’t mean it’s liberal free.
(Really enjoyed Becoming Alien by the way.)
December 25th, 2006 at 8:24 pm
I saw the story on CNN where the report came from a cafe in Goode’s home district. If it had been a movie you would be forced to use the words stereotype and cliche. i had to laugh, then I had to write a to-be congressman I had never heard of before and suggest that he laugh and have pity.
Goode may be the best they can do.
December 26th, 2006 at 3:31 pm
Ellison was interviewed by Wolf Blitzer and he was just a class act all around. Transcript.