Does Sneering Contempt for the Average Voter Hurt a Campaign?
Did you know Britain has elections? I thought they just had a king or something, but it looks like they have an election coming up soon. Now I don’t really know the different parties and how their positions vary on the chief British issues of crumpets and marmite, but it does seem the Labour [sic] Party is emulating the tactics of the left in this country. The other day, Ministerus Prime Gordon Brown talked all nice to an old lady and then, not knowing the microphone (called a “talkee cone” in Britain) was on, basically called her a stupid bigot as soon as he got in his horseless carriage.
People have not liked this.
Yes “sneering contempt for the average citizen” seems to be a campaign tactic falling out of favor both here and abroad. It wasn’t enough to sink Obama’s campaign when he talked about people clinging to guns and religion, but people do seem to be less tolerant of it now. I guess we just don’t really understand where the useless lawyers we elect to serve us get this feeling they’re better than everyone. I never told them they’re better than anyone; actually, I’m pretty sure I told them they’re stupid and a bunch of screw ups. Did you tell them they’re better than everyone? Well, whoever is giving them self-esteem, stop it right now.
(18 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
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April 29th, 2010 at 11:15 am
Hey – maybe they’ve never known failure before because they went to a progressive school that doesn’t give grades and marks papers down in purple ink instead of red because red is too harsh; and as we all know, honesty is bad if it makes someone sad (hey, that would make a catchy slogan for progressive education and the left in general).
April 29th, 2010 at 11:21 am
Yeah, they do have elections. What they don’t have is a cuisine. Well, they do have a cuisine but it’s mostly dog food and spotted something or other. McDonalds and Burger King are gourmet cuisine next to what they call a cuisine. In most countries, British cuisine is known as “compost” and “diarreah.”
April 29th, 2010 at 11:22 am
Brittan… After trying to figure out how a Parliament type government is sutable for anyone, the only thing I came away with about politics in Brittan is:
1) Parliament type governments are for people who are too lazy to make a government like ours.
2) Daniel Hannan Rocks! http://www.youtube.com/user/DanHannanMEP#p/a/u/1/dnlygjOABG0
That’s all you really need to know.
April 29th, 2010 at 11:45 am
Dr. Phil told all those politicians and lawyers how great they are on an intervention on Oprah. If Oprah says so, it must be true.
This goes to the heart of liberal thought, that you and I are inferior to them and must ruled. We are fly-over people, as the lady in Great Britain found out.
April 29th, 2010 at 11:47 am
The only reason it didn’t hurt Obama last time is that he was running against Bush. Let’s face it, as wrong as the tide of public opinion was, we could have run the risen Christ against Obama and it wouldn’t have mattered. But he won’t get away with that twice.
April 29th, 2010 at 11:57 am
To be honest, I find myself full of sneering contempt for anyone who voted for Obama. Fortunately, I’m not running for office so I can sneer comtemptously away.
April 29th, 2010 at 12:12 pm
Obama feels the same way.
April 29th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
I prefer shunning to sneering.
April 29th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
More proof that the type of people that are so narcissistic that they so desparately want to hold these public offices are the last people that should be in them.
April 29th, 2010 at 1:32 pm
Which is worse: sneering, sniveling, or shunning? I vote for sniveling.
April 29th, 2010 at 1:34 pm
Doesn’t France have a parliament? Just askin’.
April 29th, 2010 at 1:46 pm
Burmashave, few refer to a whorehouse as a “parliament”, FYI.
April 29th, 2010 at 1:47 pm
Why does WordPress consider wh*rehouse to be a bad word and worthy of moderation?
April 29th, 2010 at 1:51 pm
‘Cause it’s a sign of a pron spammer, Marko.
April 29th, 2010 at 2:39 pm
Find something new about oneself everyday, Jimmy.
April 29th, 2010 at 2:56 pm
I was happy to see my post in the sticker thread was awaiting moderation for a few hours. I thought I was losing my touch. Of course, I had no idea why it was in moderation, maybe all my stupid posts are catching up with me. Anyway, I was beaming with pride for a while there.
April 29th, 2010 at 4:06 pm
I’ve been caught in a Proud Infidel ‘pot sticker thread’ several times using that word, Marko. Hell, when I first joined-up here, I didn’t even know what the word ‘pron’ meant. I thought people were misspelling ‘prawn’ and wondering why they were so preoccupied with shrimp. So, I’ve come a long way. I can even use sayings like “That’s my story, and I’m stickin’ with it” now, and, “Get ‘er done” (although, it pains me to note the grimaces on ladies faces at that one.)
April 29th, 2010 at 7:59 pm
In Britain, sneering contempt is a sign of affection and respect.
April 30th, 2010 at 9:57 am
It worked for John Murtha.
He called the people in his district “racists” and they re-elected him.
He declared Marines guilty before he even knew what they did and he got a ship named after him.