tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803385070922797451.post9062940011212085793..comments2024-03-27T12:56:38.992-07:00Comments on The Skeptical Bureaucrat: Calculating This Home's ValueTSBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02790614121966204073noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803385070922797451.post-24459692443040872742011-02-06T12:32:28.979-08:002011-02-06T12:32:28.979-08:00The MRLF Palin would have had an easier road to tr...The MRLF Palin would have had an easier road to trademarking "Asshole" before Straum made the scene. It's now a race to see who will sign Asshole on the dotted line first. My guess is whoever does it guarantees themselves the complete Asshole Vote and biggest Asshole Donations in perpetuity.<br /><br /> -Leningrad Cowboy "Lovetron"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803385070922797451.post-28420658760148106372011-02-06T12:08:45.071-08:002011-02-06T12:08:45.071-08:00"Everybody in it is the kid you did not want ..."Everybody in it is the kid you did not want to play with when you were little" LOL!!<br /><br />Okay, I can believe that someone with Straum's rich-bitch background would see a personal affinity with someone similar to herself [fill in the name of any haughty elected official, whether he was born rich or got that way by, say, marrying rich widows] that trumps her political affiliation. Like votes for like. <br /><br />I worked at the World Bank for a couple years, and I always noted that financial elitists seemed to be on exactly the same wavelength no matter what their political differences might be. I'm sure the waiters there could really tell some horror stories. <br /><br />Being in the security field, I already know what horror stories the bodyguard details to our senior public officials can tell.TSBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790614121966204073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803385070922797451.post-64426101238259858202011-02-06T11:01:06.234-08:002011-02-06T11:01:06.234-08:00I work in the rare book trade. Everybody in it is ...I work in the rare book trade. Everybody in it is the kid you did not want to play with when you were little. Everybody in the trade identifies as Liberal Democrat. But it is the most illiberal, least democratic, most Trujillo-like trade group there is. When I announced my Assholes Vote for Assholes Theory at a Grollier Club dinner, noted for its rudeness to waiters, I caught people staring embarrassedly "down" into their expensive lip-smacking soup. I even saw some spoons move in the wrong direction. My wager, which you have sidestepped, stands. <br />-Leningrad Cowboy "Lovetron"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803385070922797451.post-27324863214010381462011-02-06T10:46:55.760-08:002011-02-06T10:46:55.760-08:00I don't have any reason to think she's ins...I don't have any reason to think she's insincere about her partisan affiliation, however, there is certainly a level at which politics becomes just business, especially for major contributors like her and her late father (the person who made all that money she spends). <br /><br />The more I see of politicians when they are out of the public view, the more examples I could cite of completely egregious asshole behavior, from people in both parties. "Kissing up and kicking down" as a friend of mine describes it.TSBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790614121966204073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803385070922797451.post-35078982176445871012011-02-06T10:32:51.999-08:002011-02-06T10:32:51.999-08:00But I betcha that when Straum gets inside the voti...But I betcha that when Straum gets inside the voting booth she becomes non-partisan, reflexively voting for the candidate she considers the most like her self... Assholes secretly cross party lines all the time to vote for assholes. It explains everything. <br />-Leningrad Cowboy "Lovetron"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com