tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2822678093661476153.post2717078586296699537..comments2023-10-21T03:53:43.281-04:00Comments on Where's Luke?: Meet the Press, Meet the Press, Step Right Up and Meet the PressOpen Barhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01296373954499786645noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2822678093661476153.post-25116827027223500962007-05-30T02:35:00.000-04:002007-05-30T02:35:00.000-04:00Ugh. I hate talking politics on this blog (or any ...Ugh. I hate talking politics on this blog (or any other, for that matter), but LJT was right that Billy Mex was my pick, so I feel I've got to add a thing or two.<BR/><BR/>He fucking blew it. LJT's points are all well made, and my first thought upon seeing his Meet the Press appearance was also that he was completely unprepared. I wonder if maybe he and Russert had a late-night drunk the night before. (If you watch Russert right as he asks his first question, he shows blatant signs of a hangover, though he managed to maintain thereafter. Billy Mex, on the other hand -- which Danny G pointed out to me -- was looking down at the table for 90 percent of the interview. Danny says this is a sign of lying; I say he had a tequila headache.)<BR/><BR/>I still think he made some good points on many issues, but they were clouded by way too much bullshit and "I'm-trying-to-remember-my-talking-points" answers. <BR/><BR/>But what totally killed it for me was his vagination (Did I just coin that? Probably not.) on the Red Sox/Yankees thing. Red Sox/Yankees is not remotely the same thing as pro-choice/pro-life or pro-(Iraq)war/anti-war. Yet he treated it as such. He said he was a Red Sox fan repeatedly, yet Russert pointed out that in Billy’s book he said that because he loved Mickey Mantle, he became a yankee fan. And when Russert pressed him to choose, Billy said he was a Red Sox fan, but "also a yankee fan."<BR/><BR/>Being a yankee fan is bad enough in my opinion, but it’s something I’m willing to reluctantly overlook at times (such as choosing a cool roommate or, oh I don’t know, a president?). But insisting on being a Red Sox fan and then saying “I’m also a yankee fan” is the same thing as saying “Yes, slavery was bad, but I was also a really big fan of the Confederacy.” <BR/><BR/>Billy Mex, you were my boy, but you done fucked up real bad. There’s time to recover, but you got work to do, holmes.Open Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01296373954499786645noreply@blogger.com