tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319982385052710495.post7022755916838058996..comments2024-03-25T14:00:23.934-04:00Comments on The Land of Whatever: Presenting.....the new Duchess of Dumbhobbyfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319982385052710495.post-45710139740961784112021-01-24T07:57:42.323-05:002021-01-24T07:57:42.323-05:00Knowing Dumb Donald I, he probably was playing hoo...Knowing Dumb Donald I, he probably was playing hooky......hobbyfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319982385052710495.post-65065251648048180602021-01-23T14:26:37.811-05:002021-01-23T14:26:37.811-05:00Off-topic, sort of:
Right this minute (Saturday m...Off-topic, sort of:<br /><br />Right this minute (Saturday morning, 1:00 pm CST), TCM is running Gore Vidal's <i>The Best Man</i>.<br />Vidal wrote the stage play in 1960; he wrote the screenplay in 1964.<br />And he passed on in 2012 - three years before Mr. Trump decided to enter elective politics.<br />I bring it up here because there's a line of dialogue toward the end that, given the most recent developments in politics, is downright prescient with regards to our erstwhile Chief Executive.<br /><br />I thought about turning this into a quiz, but since I don't know when you're going to read this, what the hell ...<br /><br />It's when Henry Fonda says to Cliff Robertson:<br /><i> ... you have no sense of responsibility toward anybody or anything and that is a tragedy in a man and it is a disaster in a President!</i><br /><br />As noted above, Gore Vidal wrote those words in 1960.<br />In that year, Donald Trump was 14 years old (born 1946).<br />That would put him in middle school (assuming he wasn't cutting classes ...).<br /><br />Just thought you might like to know ...Mike Doranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427528138598549103noreply@blogger.com