"Best political satire of the decade." "The greatest kos diary ever?" For this diary, these accolades are arguably correct. And as a closet communications and cognition scientist, I'd like to help make a little history.
Certainly this could have been a comment in the original diary (except for the part of the title that says, "...The first diary." And also, I sure hope some else doesnt post before me and I end up looking like an Ahole...
But I want to see a headline in the papers like "Edwards Spanks Carrot Face, or Obama Slips Past Oily...
So here's to Bunny Ears (Paul) and Sarge (McCain), Wrinkles (Thompson), Oily (Romney), Beagle Eyes (Huckabee) and Carrot Face (Giuliani). LMAO.
How MEMES, nicknames, and other myriad miinutae get ingrained in our psyche and language is a hobby of mine, spurred on by my apprenticship under Dr. John Lilly, work with another somewhat underground brainwave researcher, and plenty of time in smoky backrooms on Madison Avenue. The nicknames of the GOP candidates in the child-savant's diary is wordsmithing extraordinaire.
I also lived 8 years under Rudy. aka Carrot Face. LOL. This week, Spiderman battles corruption in government. Will he defeat the evil Carrot Face and the City Hall of Doom? Tell me that Oily and Wrinkles aren't characters in the underworld in that show?
Or how bout a sitcom: "Sarge" Here's the idea: After years in Washington, good ole' Sarge comes back to Arizona and opens a diner. "Hey Sarge, I bet they don't fry em like that in Washington..." They could use the old set from "Alice"
In regards to Beagle Eyes, I've seen that look before, and it is not a good sign <shiver>
At minimum, I bet that diary will circle the web a few times over, and will be the number 1 email in most offices tomorrow morning.
Who knows, maybe in a century people will still be referring to a politician "going Wrinkles", or "pulling an Oily"