Balls and Walnuts
more than you ever wanted to know
Wherein I talk politics with my recovery room nurse
I check the political blogs several times a day, so it surprises me when I talk to folks who don’t even read/watch the news. One of our nurse anesthetists spotted me reading Daily Kos between cases, and he asked me, “How go the primaries? Who’s it coming down to?”
“Looks like a three-way race, at least, with the Republicans. Two-way with the Dems, but I’m not counting Edwards out yet.”
“Two-way? Which two?”
Uh-huh. Nice guy, and I don’t mean to suggest he’s dumb. But he does have different priorities than me.
Anyway, that’s when one of the recovery room nurses said, “I like Giuliani.”
We’ll call her RN, for short.
Dialog has been paraphrased and only minimally embellished. Really!
DH (that’s me): Know what I like best about Rudy? That he’s man enough to do public spots in drag.
Yes, I really do talk in hyperlinks.
RN: Oh, who cares if he’s in drag.
DH: Yes, it takes a special man to kiss Donald Trump.
RN: I like him because he’s strong.
DH: He’s not strong. He’s nuts.
RN: He’s strong.
DH: He’s nuts.
RN: He’s strong.
DH: He’s nuts. He hates ferrets, for one thing.
RN: You mean how he got them outlawed in New York City?
See? I’m not the only one who talks in hyperlinks.
DH: Exactly. And then he went nuts on his radio showing, yelling at this guy because he kept ferrets.
RN: Oh, who cares about ferrets. Ferrets stink.
DH: Do not.
RN: Do so.
DH: Do not.
RN: Do so.
DH: Do not!
RN: DO SO!
DH: Look. They don’t stink. I should know — we have two ferrets in our bedroom.
RN: Well, now we all know what your bedroom smells like.
DH: Yes, indeed you do, and I know you’ve been fantasizing about that all these years —
RN: Ferret poop.
D.
Wondering why Giuliani should be America’s last choice for President? Read Cintra Wilson’s Salon column on Rudy, linked above as well. It’s a doozy. Rudy is the true heir to GWB. I wasn’t kidding when I said the best thing about him was his penchant for appearing in drag.
My rule for discussing politics and religion is simple: I try to do neither unless all parties involved in the discussion have been drinking. Which is why I don’t talk politics at work. We’re not allowed to get drunk enough to make my rule work.
And which Republican nominee would you like better? A hyper-religious anti-abortion whack job or a militarist? One of them will likely take the nomination and potentially the election.
We’ve only had two non-incumbent Democrats win the since Kennedy and they were both Southern moderates. I’m not counting Edwards completely out yet, but neither Hillary or Obama are moderates. Plus there’s a huge chunk of the population who might not be ready to vote a woman or a black into the White House. The Republicans aren’t out of this yet, not by a long shot.
Guliani definitely isn’t a saint, but at least he seems sane.
What’s interesting here is that the Germans we talk to seem to be more aware of what’s going on than the Americans. Except for that bagger at the commissary.
Pat: works for me. Everyone should be drunk when they read my blog.
Tam: I would take the hyper-religious anti-abortion whack job or the militarist over Rudy. I am not at all convinced of Rudy’s sanity — sorry.
Darla: around here, most folks seem to get their political news from Fox. Yup, it’s sad.
Nothing to be sorry about. We all have our hot button topics. 🙂
My brother-in-law, a nice guy, likes Huckabee. Huckabee!!! I mean … Jesus Christ!!
I’m going to have to declare family gatherings as politics-free zones or I’m going to lose my fucking mind before November.
I was visiting my uncle who announced that he wanted to watch the news and he turned on Glenn Beck. Not making that up.
Rudy is definitely insane. Huckabee doesn’t believe in evolution. Romney is a complete flip-flopping panderer and possibly an android. McCain, for all his faults, I think is both the most sane and the most likely to be elected. So it’s scary all the way around, because we can’t afford another 4 to 8 years of Republican rule (and that’s what it is, rule).