The BlogAwkward: Reid's Son Omits Last Name in Campaign Ad8:40 AM, Jun 25, 2010
• By MARY KATHARINE HAM
Rory: Well, this is awkward. Harry: What, that I named you after a Gilmore Girl? Rory: No, that that's the least offensive part of my name, now. No small feat, Dad. Harry: It's like my ol' coach used to say, "If you're gonna hit the mat, hit it hard." Or was it, "take a lickin' and..." Rory: Again with this? Harry: Have I mentioned I was a boxer? Perhaps you remember the clever name of my memoirs? Rory: ... Harry: Right now, I'm doing a little move I like to call, "Talk to the Golden Glove." Talk to the glove, son! Rory: How is this going to help us? Harry: Bobbin' and weavin', son. Bobbin' and weavin'. Watch and learn. Rory: I'll watch how you cope with your reputation as the country's foremost short-sighted political basher of America's greatest military hero being resurrected in non-stop cable coverage four months before an election. Harry: Ooh, it hurts. Cut me, Mick! Cut me! Rory: Seriously, how is this helping us with dismal unemployment and poll numbers in Nevada? Tryin' to be governor over here. Harry: Glass jaw there, eh? Rory: To borrow a phrase, this election is lost. Harry: Talk to the glove! Rory: I'm leaving. Harry: Eye of the tiger. Rory: Sigh. The ad in which Rory's surname is not featured: The Weekly Standard ArchivesBrowse 15 Years of the Weekly Standard
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