If the Candidates Channeled Great Literary Figures

Mitt Romney:

“Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself; I am large -- I contain multitudes.” - Walt Whitman


Barack Obama:

"I swear 't is better to be much abused
Than but to know 't a little" - Shakespeare, Othello, 3.3


Anybody have any for Biden (should be easy)? Ryan (likewise)?

[Danzig]

biden:

'O that he were here to write me
down an ass! But, masters, remember that I am an
ass; though it be not written down, yet forget not
that I am an ass.'

Dogberry, much ado about nothing. (maybe not a 'great' literary character, but my immediate thought when i read mike's post).

on Biden!

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Ocala Mike

: on Biden!

thanks.

nothing comes to mind yet for ryan.

[Danzig]

i was pondering on romney, and thought of 'martin chuzzlewhit' by dickens. a great book, one of his lesser knowns i guess, but one i enjoyed. the title character is an old man with a lot of money-which is why i thought of him in regards to romney...so, here it is, a quote from chuzzlewhit for old mitt:


“The weather being hot, he had no cravat, and wore his shirt collar wide open; so that every time he spoke something was seen to twitch and jerk up in his throat, like the little hammers in a harpsichord when the notes are struck. Perhaps it was the Truth feebly endeavouring to leap to his lips. If so, it never reached them.”
― Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit

[bigrun]

She is referring to Romney..


'i distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because i notice it always coincides with their own desires' - Susan B. Anthony, American feminist(1820-1906)

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by bigrun

She is referring to anyone who references god, the bible and their religion as the reason why they want laws changed..akin, mourdock, ryan, bachmann, santorum, etc, etc


'i distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because i notice it always coincides with their own desires' - Susan B. Anthony, American feminist(1820-1906)

ftfy

i remember when asa hutchinson moved back to arkansas to run for senator. he said god told him to do it.
i wonder why god would tell him to run for an office, yet he lost? i thought it was funny.

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by Danzig

ftfy

i remember when asa hutchinson moved back to arkansas to run for senator. he said god told him to do it.
i wonder why god would tell him to run for an office, yet he lost? i thought it was funny.

I accept your fix...was jus singling to keep it short..

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by bigrun

I accept your fix...was jus singling to keep it short..

i think it fits ryan a bit more than romney-who has pretty much kept a lid on his religion, for many reasons i'd imagine.

i don't like when pols go on and on about their religion-but perhaps it can serve as a warning not to vote for that person!

why should michelle bachmann (for example)be given a position in govt where she can try to force others to conform to her religious beliefs? there is supposed to be a clear separation, but for some it's very muddled. and for many of the ones trying to push their religion-they are also the ones who are typically the most vocal against the 'wrong' religions, and now wanting the 'wrong' people to take over. yet, they don't see the irony.