by Mark Silva
Leave it to Sarah Palin to bring out the best in us.
Youbetcha.
In the continuing interest of promoting that certain je ne sais quoi and suppressing the rhetorical equivalent of the head-butt, we're pleased this evening to thank Bob Clarke for fairly gently reminding us that we don't know our Rene Descartes from our Jean Paul Sartre.
"I think, therefore I am" is a quote from Rene Descartes and has nothing whatever to do with existentialism,'' Clarke wrote.
J'accuse!
So we mixed a few centuries in the multitasking of the moment - the Washington Metro is no place to conduct scholarly research, it turns out.
But we'd llike to ask the sharp-eyed Mr. Clarke to share the Swamp's Comment of the Day award, the Swamp Star, this evening with a regular also known as "Op109,'' who embellished the French mathematical genius' renowned cogito ergo sum with an Alfred E. Neuman-inspired variant:
"I think, therefore I yam.''
Sarah Palin ("We eat, therefore we hunt"), Cliff's Notes await ye.
Take heart, though.
(What, her worry?).
George W. Bush was no stranger to Albert Camus.
But, then, he served two terms as governor, president too. A lame-duck twice.
Comments
Palin Tweet:
I'm Sarah Palin and there ya go with yer gotcha 140 characters also and such as. I'm mavricky and yer librul twitter can't constrain this point guard as I swim against the 140 character dead fish up stream. Also.
Posted by: The Quitta from Wasilla | July 27, 2009 9:56 PM
And she's still smarter than Pelosi
Posted by: Terry | July 27, 2009 10:10 PM
And she's still smarter than Pelosi
Posted by: Terry | July 27, 2009 10:10 PM
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Yeah, according to the mental midgets (you) who make up what's left of the GOP base.
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http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/political-media/the-incredible-shrinking-gop-only-one-in-five-self-identify-as-republican/
Posted by: you | July 27, 2009 10:25 PM
First, congrats to Mr Clarke and Op109. Second, don't ever let your biggest "fans" accuse you of an Axelrod alliance. We all know that The Mark Silva rubbed elbows with The Rove, too. Third, I'm guilty as charged. Never would have taken Bush for a reader, and I STILL find it hard to believe. However, I did think there was more to the man than all the bloody, pun intended, rhetoric which surrounded him.
Posted by: me | July 27, 2009 11:23 PM
I thought she said "I wink, therefore I am".
Anyway, Sarah, this spud's for you.
Posted by: ornery | July 27, 2009 11:26 PM
Mark,
Those who can, do. Those who can do more, teach. Those who just want to screw things up for everyone, vote for Republicans
Posted by: Hulk SMASH! | July 28, 2009 1:22 AM
Mark, how is Obama doing in the polls? We seem to be missing the latest ones (Rasmussen maybe) in the Swamp! What's the reason?
Posted by: bubba Porter | July 28, 2009 7:08 AM
Meanwhile, "The Wire", often used by The Swamp as a source, is reporting that Dem Senators Kent Conrad and Chris Dodd received sweetheart mortgage deals and were aware they were receiving the payouts. See http://abcnews.go.com/Politics for a story that The Swamp would headline if Dodd and Conrad were Republicans.
Posted by: Change in 2012 | July 28, 2009 7:15 AM
You'll have to show us that Rasmussen, Zogby and some others have not proven to be outliers before we cite them. We'll stick with Gallup, Pew and the newspaper-network polls as more consistent.
Posted by: Mark Silva | July 28, 2009 8:17 AM
You'll have to show us that Rasmussen, Zogby and some others have not proven to be outliers before we cite them. We'll stick with Gallup, Pew and the newspaper-network polls as more consistent.
Posted by: Mark Silva | July 28, 2009 8:17 AM
But that isn't good enough to those that spent almost the entire 2 terms of Bush dismissing polls. Remember? They were so proud that Bush didn't care about polls and did what he thought was right. How did that work out for the American people.
Posted by: bill r. | July 28, 2009 9:24 AM
Fine by me, so hows he doing in those "highly respected, non-biased " polls anyway? So me the numbers!
Posted by: bubba Porter | July 28, 2009 9:59 AM
Neuman - Palin in 2012!
"What, me quit?"
Posted by: Kenny Bunkport | July 28, 2009 11:35 AM
Hey bubba, the Real Clear Politcs average is staring you in the face, and that's a conservative outfit. If you have computer, why not use it? Got google?
Posted by: Flo | July 28, 2009 12:09 PM
Flo...he's one of the moonbats that is still looking for a "birth certificate"........reality means nothing!
Posted by: bill r. | July 28, 2009 1:40 PM
Mark Silva,
Probably the most important poll that has been taken in the past year was the presidential election. Which polling firm was the most accurate?
http://race42008.com/2008/11/06/poll-accuracy-in-the-race-4-2008/
I hope you like the pictures next to the results of the poll.
Posted by: Terry | July 28, 2009 8:43 PM