You know, as upset as I am that the Democrats didn't go on the offensive enough, I kind of feel sorry for them. Obama bends over backwards to be bipartisan, faces an unbudging wall of opposition that includes some members of his own party, and the Dems still get blamed for not reaching hard enough across the aisle. Meanwhile, Republicans can be as fiery and filibustery as they want to be. To illustrate this double-standard, I thought it would be a good occasion to bring back Mr. Perkins as the flaming conservative. You can see his previous appearances here, here, and here.
I was pleased to see a reader on the Slowpoke Facebook page noticed the spelling of "faeces." I like to think the Latinized spelling adds to Mr. Perkins' pomposity, and also classes up the joke a bit. In general, I try to keep scatological humor to a minimum, although I could not resist the idea of projectile-evacuating pigs here.
“You trod upon the Founder’s graves like wild faeces-spouting boars!”
Now that’s rhetoric! I must thank you for this.
Mr. Perkins, eh? Nice one.
My favorite of the series is probably this one. The last line is something you really do hear a lot of — I originally thought “you’re intolerant of my intolerance!” was just a semantic game on the religious right’s part, but I’m increasingly beginning to believe it’s meant sincerely. The critique of the senator for failure to live up to gender stereotypes as part of the unhinged assault is noted, too. Given the date, one could well have thrown in “French-looking.”
God bless America. Whenever I think Britain in going to Hell in a handbasket*, I look at you and count my blessings.
*which it is
@Skyborne
I always loved Maher’s commentary on the American villification of france:
Maher can be a chode and just plain wrong about a lot of things, but he can be wicked entertaining at times.