Writes all the things. Most of the things never write back.
There’s a radio ad running to the effect of “There [name] goes again – jetting off to Washington, leaving the rest of us behind.”
Uh… isn’t going to Washington kind of IN the Congressional representative job description? I mean, that’s where they meet, right?
OK, this is just a little one, but as a writer, I pay attention to these things.
Radio news at noon: “There’s talk about getting rid of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson again.”
Uh… no. They’re not talking about getting rid of him again. They haven’t gotten rid of him the first time. They’re talking again about getting rid of him.
“With this book,” the necromancer said, “I can conjure people from the dead!”
“Pfft,” the politician said. “We’ve been doing that with voters for years.”
The next inexplicable mixed metaphor, heard on a Canadian radio broadcast, said of an American Presidential candidate:
“He burned all the branches and opened the floodgates!”
Uh… wouldn’t opening the floodgates put out the burning branches?
Imagine a carousel filled with Republican Presidential candidates, with job interview questions being shouted at them as they revolve by.
That’s what this Republican Presidential debate format is like.
“My opponent is in black and white and moves in slow motion to ominous music.
I am in color, with babies and kittens and folks like you and HAPPY music. Vote for me!
I am just about every person running for office this year, and I approved this message.”
~ Almost every political TV commercial I’m seeing.
The jar of peanut butter I just opened is the BEST jar of peanut butter I’ve opened ALL DAY. And my dog agrees.
I’m Paul Baxter, and I approved of this message.
The jar of peanut butter I just opened is the BEST jar of peanut butter I’ve opened ALL DAY. And my dog agrees.
I’m Paul Baxter, and I approved of this message.
With the Presidential debate tonight, each camp is trying hard to lower expectations. The President’s camp is praising Romney as a skilled debater, while the President has not had to debate for several years, so is likely to be rusty. The Romney camp retorts that the President is known to be a gifted orator, and that Romney has been working hard just to utter intelligible grunts during debate prep.
We’re approaching the start of the debate, so let’s review the rules.
If the President says “Let me make this clear,” drink a shot.
If the President says “Make no mistake,” drink a shot.