Daniel O'Brien's Blog, page 21

You're cool and seem chill have a nice day lol

So are you but I am not chill but thank you.

You're cool and seem chill have a nice day lol

So are you but I am not chill but thank you.

You're cool and seem chill have a nice day lol

So are you but I am not chill but thank you.

You're cool and seem chill have a nice day lol

So are you but I am not chill but thank you.

You're cool and seem chill have a nice day lol

So are you but I am not chill but thank you.

You're cool and seem chill have a nice day lol

So are you but I am not chill but thank you.

You're cool and seem chill have a nice day lol

So are you but I am not chill but thank you.

I liked the latest podcast, but one thing troubles me: You describe Trump as an idiot who's wrecking the game, but is kept around becuase he's great for the ratings. Doesn't that make him the Happy Gilmore of politics? Which would make you (and everyone wh

First of all, if Donald Trump is Happy Gilmore (he isn’t, but more on that later), I wouldn’t be Shooter McGavin, Hilary Clinton would be because. If Trump = Gilmore than the presidential race = the golf tournament. McGavin was Gilmore’s opponent, the older and more experienced professional who seems to believe victory is his by right (which further helps your metaphor which is, again, wrong twice). Since I haven’t announced whether or not I’m running for president, I’m not technically in the race, which means I can’t be McGavin. As someone on the sidelines of the presidential election who calls Donald Trump names and tries to throw him off his game, I am if anything, the character of “Donald” (as if things weren’t ALREADY too confusing). Donald, played by Joe Flaherty, was the guy who heckled Happy at the Pepsi Pro-Am tournament and then later attacked Happy Gilmore. That is the role, if any, that I am playing.

Meanwhile, Trump obviously can’t be Happy Gilmore because Happy Gilmore is endorsed by the ghost of Abraham Lincoln who, living or dead, would find Donald Trump’s policies wildly distasteful. Also, a good rule of thumb for metaphors is if Carl Weathers is in a movie, I should be a symbolic stand-in for the Carl Weathers character. Your comparison fails this very simple rule.

I liked the latest podcast, but one thing troubles me: You describe Trump as an idiot who's wrecking the game, but is kept around becuase he's great for the ratings. Doesn't that make him the Happy Gilmore of politics? Which would make you (and everyone wh

First of all, if Donald Trump is Happy Gilmore (he isn’t, but more on that later), I wouldn’t be Shooter McGavin, Hilary Clinton would be because. If Trump = Gilmore than the presidential race = the golf tournament. McGavin was Gilmore’s opponent, the older and more experienced professional who seems to believe victory is his by right (which further helps your metaphor which is, again, wrong twice). Since I haven’t announced whether or not I’m running for president, I’m not technically in the race, which means I can’t be McGavin. As someone on the sidelines of the presidential election who calls Donald Trump names and tries to throw him off his game, I am if anything, the character of “Donald” (as if things weren’t ALREADY too confusing). Donald, played by Joe Flaherty, was the guy who heckled Happy at the Pepsi Pro-Am tournament and then later attacked Happy Gilmore. That is the role, if any, that I am playing.

Meanwhile, Trump obviously can’t be Happy Gilmore because Happy Gilmore is endorsed by the ghost of Abraham Lincoln who, living or dead, would find Donald Trump’s policies wildly distasteful. Also, a good rule of thumb for metaphors is if Carl Weathers is in a movie, I should be a symbolic stand-in for the Carl Weathers character. Your comparison fails this very simple rule.

I liked the latest podcast, but one thing troubles me: You describe Trump as an idiot who's wrecking the game, but is kept around becuase he's great for the ratings. Doesn't that make him the Happy Gilmore of politics? Which would make you (and everyone wh

First of all, if Donald Trump is Happy Gilmore (he isn’t, but more on that later), I wouldn’t be Shooter McGavin, Hilary Clinton would be because. If Trump = Gilmore than the presidential race = the golf tournament. McGavin was Gilmore’s opponent, the older and more experienced professional who seems to believe victory is his by right (which further helps your metaphor which is, again, wrong twice). Since I haven’t announced whether or not I’m running for president, I’m not technically in the race, which means I can’t be McGavin. As someone on the sidelines of the presidential election who calls Donald Trump names and tries to throw him off his game, I am if anything, the character of “Donald” (as if things weren’t ALREADY too confusing). Donald, played by Joe Flaherty, was the guy who heckled Happy at the Pepsi Pro-Am tournament and then later attacked Happy Gilmore. That is the role, if any, that I am playing.

Meanwhile, Trump obviously can’t be Happy Gilmore because Happy Gilmore is endorsed by the ghost of Abraham Lincoln who, living or dead, would find Donald Trump’s policies wildly distasteful. Also, a good rule of thumb for metaphors is if Carl Weathers is in a movie, I should be a symbolic stand-in for the Carl Weathers character. Your comparison fails this very simple rule.