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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOkay so Ron Paul is like Nirvana and Rand is like Pearl Jam
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/kennedy-mtv-gop-rock-bandsEx-MTV VJ Kennedy: Current GOP Figures Are A Lot Like '90s Rock Bands
Kennedy, the one-name wonder who now serves as the semi-youthful libertarian voice at the Fox News empire, believes that a trio of Republican politicians are surprise, surprise just like three bands that peaked when she was an MTV VJ in the 1990s.
From the New York Times:
Lets say Ron Paul is Nirvana, said Kennedy, the television personality and former MTV host, by way of explaining the sort of politician who excites libertarians like herself. Like, the coolest, most amazing thing to come along in years, and the songs are nebulous but somehow meaningful, and the lead singer kills himself to preserve the bands legacy.
Then Rand Paul hes Pearl Jam. Comes from the same place, the songs are really catchy, can really pack the stadiums, though its not quite Nirvana.
Ted Cruz? Hes Stone Temple Pilots. Tries really hard to sound like Pearl Jam, never gonna sound like Nirvana. Really good voice, great staying power but the whole is not greater than the sum of its parts.
JI7
(89,182 posts)muntrv
(14,505 posts)daleanime
(17,796 posts)not sure who should be insulted there.
underpants
(182,281 posts)The band name from the movie "Singles".
Orrex
(63,086 posts)I wonder how Pearl Jam feels about getting likened to ol' Rand.
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)Eddie Vedder at least is pretty liberal.
I also think they would be annoyed as being the lesser of the bands that came out of Seattle - but they are probably used that.
Bryant
LordGlenconner
(1,348 posts)That made me want to vomit.
underpants
(182,281 posts)Really? That's why?
LordGlenconner
(1,348 posts)I find her to be quite grating. No surprise she's embraced the weirdo libertarian fad.
FSogol
(45,360 posts)MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)Was it two years before she started as a VJ or was it ten years before she started as a VJ?
groundloop
(11,488 posts)LordGlenconner
(1,348 posts)But seriously, I can recall her fawning over Bush the Elder during MTV's 1992 Rock the Vote coverage.
aikoaiko
(34,127 posts)Enrique
(27,461 posts)that is SO Ron Paul.
I commented on the same thing above.
trumad
(41,692 posts)What a fucking shitty thing to say. These wingers are nuts.
DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)That's Mr. Loaf to you.
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)Fuck that.
Ron Paul is like Creed - trying to be revolutionary like Pearl Jam, but in the end, got nowhere and pretty much sucked.
Rand Paul is like Nickelback - Supposedly rock, but when you pull back all the layers, they're a shit band that's liked by people who like shit.
Ted Cruz is like Limp Bizkit - Pure, unadulterated shit.
underpants
(182,281 posts)BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)LordGlenconner
(1,348 posts)IkeRepublican
(406 posts)Nearly lost you.
IkeRepublican
(406 posts)That's probably all she's going to get on Fucksnooze.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)into it, at least (being that they are superior). What a dingbat.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)As in, 'I'm too stoned to understand that it's just word salad, so I'm going to assume it's really deep, man. And boy is this good pot!'
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)to be an asshole.
Libertarianism is selfish idea and fails horribly in application.
None of these candidates are anything like any rock band. They are not hip, they benefited from society and now they purport to not want to participate in society.
kwolf68
(7,365 posts)Is this creative thinking? LAME!!!