We liberals may as well admit defeat on the Palin front.
 

On Sep 5, 7:35*pm, "Tim J." wrote:
If playing down to the
element you describe above comes into play ("Can I get me a huntin' license
here?"), turn out the lights - it's over.

I've thought a lot about that statement over the past few years. This
summer, I was in Maine and went over to LL Bean's to get a fishing
license for the summer. I was driving around with my college buddy
Mark, and while at Bean's, bumped into another college buddy, Kevin.
Between the three of us, we have 5 college degrees, one of them
honorary, have known each other for over 30 years, and have no
pretenses about our intellectual abilities.

Kevin asked me what I was doing at Bean's, and I replied "I'm looking
at fly rods and I gotta get me a fishin' license". As I said it, it
dawned on me that that's how you say it. "I gotta get me a fishin'
license." It doesn't matter where you went to school, how much money
or culture you do or don't have, or where you live. Its just how it is
said.

It has something to do with the essence of the sport (activity,
whatever). Something to do with the simplicity of being in nature,
shedding the trapments of 'culture' or something....I don't know. But
the press hounding Kerry and accusing him of playing down and
insulting the 'average joe' was just a cheap shot with no substance.
The press who were bashing him (or buying into the Rovian strategy
behind the bashing) probably had never been hunting, and might even
had believed that he was talking down. I bet even the main body of
folks who thought he was talking down were city folks who had never
been hunting. \

But I bet the shop owner who had the question directed at him didn't
for one moment even notice the phrase.

It would have been much worse if he had said "May I purchase a Hunting
License for myself here?" Now THAT would have been condescending.

--riverman

We liberals may as well admit defeat on the Palin front.
 

On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 10:51:16 -0700 (PDT), riverman
wrote:

On Sep 5, 7:35*pm, "Tim J." wrote:
If playing down to the
element you describe above comes into play ("Can I get me a huntin' license
here?"), turn out the lights - it's over.

I've thought a lot about that statement over the past few years. This
summer, I was in Maine and went over to LL Bean's to get a fishing
license for the summer. I was driving around with my college buddy
Mark, and while at Bean's, bumped into another college buddy, Kevin.
Between the three of us, we have 5 college degrees, one of them
honorary, have known each other for over 30 years, and have no
pretenses about our intellectual abilities.

Kevin asked me what I was doing at Bean's, and I replied "I'm looking
at fly rods and I gotta get me a fishin' license". As I said it, it
dawned on me that that's how you say it. "I gotta get me a fishin'
license." It doesn't matter where you went to school, how much money
or culture you do or don't have, or where you live. Its just how it is
said.

It has something to do with the essence of the sport (activity,
whatever). Something to do with the simplicity of being in nature,
shedding the trapments of 'culture' or something....I don't know. But
the press hounding Kerry and accusing him of playing down and
insulting the 'average joe' was just a cheap shot with no substance.
The press who were bashing him (or buying into the Rovian strategy
behind the bashing) probably had never been hunting, and might even
had believed that he was talking down. I bet even the main body of
folks who thought he was talking down were city folks who had never
been hunting. \

But I bet the shop owner who had the question directed at him didn't
for one moment even notice the phrase.

It would have been much worse if he had said "May I purchase a Hunting
License for myself here?" Now THAT would have been condescending.

--riverman

In the, um, better social circles, there is no need to announce such
matters...I mean, friends would be shocked that you didn't already have
licenses for every possible thing, fishing, hunting, trapping, netting,
gigging, and transporting, that they offer...

TC,
R

We liberals may as well admit defeat on the Palin front.
 

"Tim J." wrote in message
. ..

note, Tim, that I used the word 'many', instead of 'most'.
Tom

We liberals may as well admit defeat on the Palin front.
 

Tom Littleton wrote:
"Tim J." wrote in message
. ..

note, Tim, that I used the word 'many', instead of 'most'.

Noted, Tom. I've noticed that many liberal elitist assholes (copyright 2000,
Ken Fortenberry) many these types of generalizations. ;-)
--
TL,
Tim
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