Garrison Keillor: America is cool!
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A neat article in Salon, by Garrison Keillor - America is cool:
“The world expects us to elect pompous yahoos and instead we have us a 47-year-old prince from the prairie who cheerfully ran the race, and when his opponents threw sand at him, he just smiled back.
He’ll be the first president in history to look really good making a jump shot. He loves his classy wife and his sweet little daughters. He looks good in the kitchen. He can cook Indian or Chinese but for his girls he will do mac and cheese. At the same time, he knows pop music, American lit and constitutional law. I just can’t imagine anybody cooler.
Look at a photo of the latest pooh-bah conference — the hausfrau Merkel, the big glum Scotsman, that goofball Berlusconi, Putin with his B-movie bad-boy scowl, and Sarkozy, who looks like a district manager for Avis — you put Barack in that bunch and he will shine.” (from Salon, America is cool)
Yeah, Putin, what’s with that B-movie bad-boy scowl?
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November 15th, 2008 at 11:27 am
Who cares how “cool” he looks? That shouldn’t even be a factor we even think about when we think about our President. Instead, we should be looking at his character and experience. I’m saying this based on my own personal convictions, where I believe the killing of unborn babies, and gay marriage, both of which are inherently wrong. Now we have a president-elect who thinks this stuff is ok… So I’m shocked that Obama’s “coolness” is something people think is more important.
I’ve always liked Garrison Keillor, so I’m disappointed in him saying this ridiculous crap. I’ve always liked you, too, Pito, and this changes nothing in that regard… but it just always ticks me off that “cool” could be an important factor on anything after High School.
November 15th, 2008 at 11:33 am
Kevin, I just thought it was funny. I think that’s how Mr. Keillor meant it as well. Of course people can have honest differences about his views.