[lit-ideas] Re: Scrushy and the King of Arkansas
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 20:18:53 -0500
> [Original Message]
> From: Phil Enns <phil.enns@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 12/1/2005 7:23:14 PM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Scrushy and the King of Arkansas
>
> Andy Amago wrote:
>
> "But then, you're a real Clinton admirer, aren't you? A dog like you
> who would simply sparkle in a kennel of mange would think that anecdote
> was funny."
>
> Andy, you are a hater.
A.A. Hater of what?
And you have no sense of humour.
A.A. None.
>
> I do admire Clinton. Best American president in recent times.
A.A. I'm glad to hear that. Obviously you're a man with a brain.
Seriously. I hear he's supporting Bush on Iraq. It has to be because
there's nothing to be done but pull the wagons in a circle, not because the
invasion was a good move. He's stepping up to the plate because nobody
else is.
Carter
> could have been better but circumstances were against him.
A.A. I agree. I recently read a comparison of Reagan's words with Carter's
words. Reagan was surprisingly negative and war-like, while Carter was
actually upbeat. I'll dig it up and post it. The point of the thing I
read was that people favor war-like. That's why Reagan was popular.
The anecdote
> is funny and I'll bet Clinton thought it very funny and probably
> well-deserved.
>
A.A. David Ritchie tells me it is actually from Clinton's book. Like I
said, it loses something in the retelling. Maybe it was funny because
Clinton was joking about himself, while I read it as a joke on someone
else. It proves my point, though, that not many people would enjoy being
called a dog amid negative imagery. Clinton obviously had a very good
sense of humor, part of his charisma, to take the beatings he took and
still be as effective as he was.
Andy Amago
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Phil Enns
> Toronto, ON
>
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