The New Socialism
Pat Sajak ·
May 16, 2011 at 10:25am
I'm more than a little embarrassed to find I've been wrong about my feelings toward Socialists. I had no idea they stayed in $3,000-per-night suites, could have cute nicknames like The Great Seducer even if they're post-60 and paunchy, and could have an arrangement with Air France to board any flight at any time and get a first class seat. It kind of makes the chicken dinners at most political gatherings seem pretty paltry by comparison. I'm not saying I'm moving toward Socialism, but I'm keeping an open mind.
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Jun '10
Re: The New Socialism
Pat: The problem with socialism is that for each of the great elites who is looking after our interests (and who, like the Great Seducer, must be coddled because it's a really, really hard job), the rest of us get to wallow in well-earned mediocrity.
But with your obvious talents and public image (you do, after all, hand out money left and right to the more or less deserving), I think you would be an obvious choice as the representative of the Ricochet community on the grand socialist councils. I trust you to make all my decisions for me.
The only thing left is to develop your nom de guerre. Ideas anyone?
May '10
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Don't forget the wine and caviar.
Sep '10
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Air France? First class? Meh. Pat, hold out for a Gulfstream 650 in a private hangar at Van Nuys.
Feb '11
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Well, Pat, just remember what Margaret Thatcher said, "The trouble with socialism is that eventually you run out of other women." No, that's not quite right, but you know what I mean.
Jan '11
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Pat, you had no idea about luxe socialism?
I offer two illustrations, one an author and the other a character: John Kenneth Galbraith and James Taggart. There are many others.
You can join them, but you need a brief tutoring in the core beliefs you'll have to hold.
Remember, Democrats (that's the correct American term for socialists, leftists, collectivists and progressives) only believe in three things:
Come to think of it, I guess that's only one thing, isn't it?
Sep '10
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Some animals are more equal than others.
Re: The New Socialism
"The French, they are a curious race . . ."
Unfortunately, Ricochet's standards prevent me from completing the limerick.
Pat, at least they have the sense to run "La Roue de la Fortune"!!
Jan '11
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What bothers me is that they put this guy into office, knowing that he was a complete sexual animal, where every woman knew that you didn't get near him. How is it possible that such a guy could be put into office?
Oh. My mistake. I didn't realize this post was about that French guy.
Oct '10
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Remember Pat; there are only two kinds of socialists: Greedy, power hungry wannabe tyrants, and the fools who follow them, expecting a share.
Oct '10
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Eh, Strauss-Kahn isn't a socialist; he's a center-right progressive. I don't know how the French center-right took over their Socialist party, I assume it's something like how the DLC dominated the Democratic Party in the 90s.
Feb '11
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I was on an Air France flight back from Paris--owing to some problem, they had to change us to another airplane. This one wasn't configured with first class. I was sitting in business class next to this guy who was ranting about how mad he was that he'd had to give up his first class seat and sit in mere biz class...I asked him what he did for a living, and it turned out he was a professional Communist organizer, on his way to (or from, can't remember which) some Communist meeting...
Oct '10
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David, that's disgusting. How many must die before those people finally are shamed out of public sight?
Mar '11
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As others have commented, this is nothing new or surprising.
And we need look no further than our own White House - the lavish parties, lavish air travel (First Class is not good enough), while the peasants eat cake.
May '10
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Pat, if only you were more compassionate, you could pull it off.
Aug '10
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Ever notice that all the best French media has actually been Belgian?
Smurfs. Tintin. Lucky Luke. Etc.
One might say Asterix was the exception, but the creator was part Polish, so there ya go.
Heh heh heh...
Jan '11
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One wonders if Strauss-Kahn initially thought he had diplomatic immunity.
May '10
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Pat,
It is my understanding that a prerequisite to high office nowadays is having been a student Marxist. It's probably to late for you.
Oct '10
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At the risk of sounding more extreme than I really am, rabid dogs must be killed. In the case of commies, they must be isolated, penned up politically, until the monsters die of old age. Do not kid yourself. Whitaker chambers and David Horowitz are anomalies.
May '11
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Am I the only one dying for Pat to say "...chicken dinners at most political gatherings seem pretty poultry by comparison"? Yeah, it's probably time for bed.
May '10
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Freesmith: Pat, you had no idea about luxe socialism?
I offer two illustrations, one an author and the other a character: John Kenneth Galbraith and James Taggart. There are many others.
You can join them, but you need a brief tutoring in the core beliefs you'll have to hold.
Remember, Democrats (that's the correct American term for socialists, leftists, collectivists and progressives) only believe in three things:
Come to think of it, I guess that's only one thing, isn't it? · May 16 at 11:20am
Also if they mess up, it must be your fault somehow; after all, they are much smarter than you.