tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post116292839660419098..comments2023-12-23T04:56:29.702-05:00Comments on Ferule & Fescue: Election day jittersFlaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-1163130234768358312006-11-09T22:43:00.000-05:002006-11-09T22:43:00.000-05:00Well, sleeping/tricking with the Alex Keatons of t...Well, sleeping/tricking with the Alex Keatons of the world is one thing, but actually having a conversation with one (much less actually marrying one) is a whole 'nother kettle o' fish sticks: thanks, but uh, no thanks!<BR/><BR/>This is the glory of gay casual sex, of course. You can experience the most mind-blowing intimacies of the body without sharing a word, much less a political programme.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-1163006401034723072006-11-08T12:20:00.000-05:002006-11-08T12:20:00.000-05:00And perhaps not coincidentally, "Alex P. Keaton" w...And perhaps not coincidentally, "Alex P. Keaton" was one of my nicknames in junior high (not a compliment).<BR/><BR/>Another good thing that televisions has brought into my life.<BR/><BR/>--GWBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-1162943910987558612006-11-07T18:58:00.000-05:002006-11-07T18:58:00.000-05:00I know what you mean, Flavia - I have been glued t...I know what you mean, Flavia - I have been glued to electoral-vote.com for a few weeks now, even though I am safely ensconced in a blue-state haven. In a way it was kind of sad - most of the races on my ballot this morning were uncontested democrats. Our gubernatorial race isn't really that close, but that hasn't stopped what is anticipated to be record turnout here.<BR/><BR/>I have been following the races in my home state of PA, which has of late been represented by politicians much more conservative than I feel the people they represent, which looks to be changing this election cycle - a sort of collective realization of that disparity.<BR/><BR/>But yeah, why do I care about senate races in Missouri, Tennessee, and Virginia? Well, I guess two years of *nothing* getting done is better than continuing down the path we've collectively been shoved down!Professor Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09734335578921370361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-1162936625652426522006-11-07T16:57:00.000-05:002006-11-07T16:57:00.000-05:00Well, the crucial difference is that Fred was and ...Well, the crucial difference is that Fred was and is intensely liberal, and Alex P. Keaton was a Reaganite. (And I don't think I'd ever seen Fred in a suit before that day.) But you're still right: no matter how much I might agree with Fred's politics (and admire his accomplishments in the abstract), there's something depressing about the reality of politics and tiresome about so many of the people who go into it.<BR/><BR/>I've mentioned this elsewhere, but Alex P. Keaton was actually my first celebrity crush--not Michael J. Fox, but that character. I blame this fact entirely for my shameful past history of attraction to annoyingly conservative men. (And yes: annoyingness WAS one of the qualifications, since you ask.)Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-1162936050148427082006-11-07T16:47:00.000-05:002006-11-07T16:47:00.000-05:00The show was called Family Ties, and yes, he does....The show was called Family Ties, and yes, he does. On the other hand, if we compromised ourselves by going into the academy, imagine how compromised Fred was having to hobnob with the likes of Antonin Scalia every day and pretend that every political issue was but another opportunity for reasoned intellecual debate. And the question is, did he know he was compromised?<BR/><BR/>I htink we should have told all the undergraduates, graduate students and faculty under age 40 that if the Dems won, Nancy Pelosi planned to forgive student loans in the first 100 days. In fact, if Nancy Pelosi were really on it, she would have come up with that idea herself and planned to do it.Tenured Radicalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05703980598547163290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-1162933525809868292006-11-07T16:05:00.000-05:002006-11-07T16:05:00.000-05:00Sounds like Fred was similar to that Alex P. Keato...Sounds like Fred was similar to that Alex P. Keaton character that Michael J. Fox played on television. What was the name of that show?RageyOnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03690295219089454070noreply@blogger.com