Comments on: Season of Lists: 9 LA Writers Cast Prez Candidates As Fictional Characters

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By: richard locicero

richard locicero — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:14:00 +0000

But he proved, with impeccable logic, that the strawberrys . . .

By: Randy Paul

Randy Paul — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:32:41 +0000

As they say in Brazil “Te peguei, jacare!”

By: "reg"

"reg" — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:02:59 +0000

Where was that ? interesting… wait!

Oh damn. That’s a Caine Mutiny joke and I bit…

By: Randy Paul

Randy Paul — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 03:48:16 +0000

Herman Wouk already wrote about Giuliani as a fictional character.

By: Celeste Fremon

Celeste Fremon — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 03:39:20 +0000

Theresa, don’t blame the poor writers I accosted with my digital recorder and camera. The word count and photo size were all my doing. (I told them to keep it short as I knew I wasn’t up to typing up any novella-length answers.)

And, yes, kudos to all for staying on topic.

By: "reg"

"reg" — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:41:01 +0000

rlc – I’d have to agree that the Huckster strikes me as utterly sincere when he fakes his sincerity.

By: lucinda

lucinda — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:27:13 +0000

Wow, no one’s attacking each other and sticking to the topic of the thread, amazing progress. Woody, it’s true you’d be laughed out of the room if you had anything good to say about almost any Republican, except as a comic foil. Except when it comes to Rudy — notice no one’s mentioned him, except maybe an illusion to the inelegant way he let his wife know he was leaving her, but otherwise, his absurdities (like the cell phone too-cute thing backfiring, and his incessant ref’s to 9/11) come from his character and actions, not just from being a Republican. He passes the smell test because he’s not a religious evangelist, anti- abortion type. That loses him some right-wing vote (though he got Falwell??!) but makes him not all that different from Hillary, both in terms of policy and messy personal life. So my bet it’ll be the two of them left standing at the end.

Yes, she’s got the downside of seeming to be “run by a smooth political machine” more than running her own candidacy, but as a result, they’ve listened to which way the wind is blowing and moved her politically to the middle — very close to Rudy.

No one mentions Obama in a farcical light because of their political beliefs and how un-PC it would be to make fun of the first black man running, and a really likable person at that — but let’s face it, if a white Republican or even white woman like Hillary offered living abroad from ages 6-10 as his street cred for foreign policy, he’d have been laughed off the stage. Now that the Oprah spike is over, my money says he’s going to fall back down to human level, and as push comes to shove, his naivity and lack of experience will seem more a liability than breath of fresh air.

I don’t know if oth Rudy and Hillary are “tragically complicated,” but they certainly are complicated and flawed in a way that dispells idealistic notions about our leaders, and that’s a sign of our growing up as a democracy.

Overall good comments except for Tony’s picking Obama “because he’s a black man running for President in a country that kills black leaders” — I hope that’s the wine and spontaneity talking.

By: richard locicero

richard locicero — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:56:34 +0000

Reg I was thinking more of the fact that he was played by Andy Griffith with that down home humanity that made “Andy Taylor” America’s favorite Sheriff. I know its an image but the reason he is so dangerous to the others is there is more than a little whiff of Mayberry in him. As someone – Fred Allen? – once said if you can fake “sincerity” you’ve got it made.

By: Alan Mittelstaedt

Alan Mittelstaedt — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:38:15 +0000

Great idea. Great friends. Great photos. All around, just perfect.