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In reply to the discussion: A bloodied nose approval rating among liberal democrats has risen to nearly 100% [View all]woo me with science
(32,139 posts)9. Lizards.
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"It comes from a very ancient democracy, you see..."
"You mean, it comes from a world of lizards?"
"No," said Ford, who by this time was a little more rational and coherent than he had been, having finally had the coffee forced down him, "nothing so simple. Nothing anything like to straightforward. On its world, the people are people. The leaders are lizards. The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people."
"Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy."
"I did," said Ford. "It is."
"So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't the people get rid of the lizards?"
"It honestly doesn't occur to them," said Ford. "They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates to the government they want."
"You mean they actually vote for the lizards?"
"Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course."
"But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?"
"Because if they didn't vote for a lizard," said Ford, "the wrong lizard might get in."
From So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, by Douglas Adams
"You mean, it comes from a world of lizards?"
"No," said Ford, who by this time was a little more rational and coherent than he had been, having finally had the coffee forced down him, "nothing so simple. Nothing anything like to straightforward. On its world, the people are people. The leaders are lizards. The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people."
"Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy."
"I did," said Ford. "It is."
"So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't the people get rid of the lizards?"
"It honestly doesn't occur to them," said Ford. "They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates to the government they want."
"You mean they actually vote for the lizards?"
"Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course."
"But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?"
"Because if they didn't vote for a lizard," said Ford, "the wrong lizard might get in."
From So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, by Douglas Adams
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A bloodied nose approval rating among liberal democrats has risen to nearly 100% [View all]
hootinholler
Aug 2013
OP
I was under the impression there was no difference between the bloody nose and the poke in the eye.
Robb
Aug 2013
#3
That line of reasoning might work if the President's approval was measured against the GOPs.
stevenleser
Aug 2013
#28
get with the program.. all the "true liberals(TM)" can't stand the president and anyone who
dionysus
Aug 2013
#30
That is not the argument the OP is making, but you did manage to turn dionysus into a seer. nt
stevenleser
Aug 2013
#39
No, it's the argument I'm making. And I don't believe in 'seers' so I'm sorry
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#42
The OP is about the polling for Obama being high because the OP alleges it is in comparison to the
stevenleser
Aug 2013
#43
You can look up the meaning of thread-jacking yourself. Google has over 3 million hits on the term
stevenleser
Aug 2013
#57
Said it before, I'll say it again, it's entertainment to see how people conduct themselves when...
stevenleser
Aug 2013
#58
outside of political junkie message boards, no one knows what the fuck the Third way is.
dionysus
Aug 2013
#50
So, you're reduced to dismissing everyone who calls themself a liberal Democrat.
geek tragedy
Aug 2013
#88
Ah, so you've been appointed the Pope of Liberal Democrats, with the power
geek tragedy
Aug 2013
#92
+1,My experience it's mostly wingers who think the world revolves around their forums
uponit7771
Aug 2013
#73
It means that every time one of these Gallup nebulas shows an increase in approval
hootinholler
Aug 2013
#84