Daily Briefs: Two-fisted push-polling
%{[ data-embed-type=”image” data-embed-id=”57150c4289121ca96b9607be” data-embed-element=”aside” ]}%Power is the best ipicac: In the month that saw the release and immediate disappearance of geriatric cop thriller Righteous Kill — a kind of Diagnosis: Murder-grade vehicle for aging Stanislavski method actors Al Pacino and Robert De Niro — Cambodia-bombing old Henry Kissinger, the George Washington Carver of bombing the shit out of impoverished Asian villagers and who replaced Don Knotts as the deputy on The Andy Griffith Show for one weird season, is now supporting Sen. Barack Obama’s call for diplomatic talks with Iran. With President Bush now explicitly supporting Barry Obama’s timetable for Iraq withdrawal and the recent incursions into Pakistan, which Obama proposed and Sen. John McCain said would be a terrible idea, this makes three clear foreign policy successes for Barack Obama, and he hasn’t been elected yet.
But getting back to Righteous Kill. I actually had to check the Internet Movie Database to remember the title, where I learned that the characters played by Pacino and De Niro are named, respectively, “Rooster” and “Turk.” That is literally THE WORST. And also a leading indicator of a trend toward bad nicknames for movie characters if you consider that Dane Cook, the Smash Mouth’s “All-Star” of comedians, plays a character named “Tank” in the upcoming My Best Friend’s Girl. It’s axiomatic that you can’t give yourself a nickname; you have to inspire them in other people. Probably fortunately, I never did inspire anyone to give me a nickname, but if a screenwriter ever tries to give me one, I’ll shut it down as quickly as possible by breaking his nose.
After the jump, a Bible-based push-poll analysis. Click here, or on our Lord and Savior in precious light switch form, which may inspire an uncomfortable conversation with your kids:
