Come Back Or I’ll Bite Your Legs Off!
May 7, 2008 on 2:04 pm | In Main |
After watching Hillary’s post Indiana razor-thin victory speech last night, I was struck by how the cable pundits were casting it as very conciliatory and a sign that she’s ready to throw in the towel soon.
Baloney! She said some nice words about party unity but Hillary also claimed that “We’ve broken the tie,” vowed to proceed “full speed to the White House” and issued implicit fundraising appeals. Those don’t sound like the words of a candidate on the verge of giving up, but rather more like the Energizer Bunny (or a Timex).
Indeed, Colin McEnroe has come up with a better analogy from pop culture to describe Hillary’s doggedness. Like the black night in Monty Python & The Holy Grail, Hillary is unjustifiably confident, has had various limbs severed and cannot really fight back. Instead, like the knight, the best she can do is taunt Obama and bleed on him.
What do you say, Mark Devey, our resident Monty Python expert? Does the analogy hold water … er, blood?
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Terry, that is a great analogy. Although after the Black Knight is left without arms or legs he responds, “All right, we’ll call it a draw.”
I am not sure Hillary will ever give up.
Comment by Mark Devey — May 7, 2008 #
Another comparison is the Monty Python dead parrot sketch with Cleese and Palin. Cleese is shown returning a parrot to the pet shop in which Palin is clerk. Cleese claims the parrot is dead.
” No it’s not, ” Palin says. ” It’s just resting. ”
A lot of the chattering class clowns are claiming today that Hillary’s dead. Not. She’s just resting.
Comment by Terrence McCarthy — May 7, 2008 #
We are the Knights Of Neek!!
We want sone shrubbery!!
And now for something completly different…
Comment by Marshall Miles — May 7, 2008 #