It’s sort of an elitist changing of the guard.
Every four or eight years, Washington’s primarily white, influential, moneyed set rushes to cozy up to the new power brokers in town: Texans when George W. Bush arrived, Arkansas buddies when Bill Clinton came to town. The city’s high-level social scene — dinners, black-tie fundraisers, receptions, ubiquitous book parties — is the place where money and experience are subtly traded for access and influence.
Except for the first time, the face of ultimate power is African American. With a black first family in the White House and a diverse group of appointees and Cabinet nominees, the all-white dinner party feels all wrong. Certain hosts are suddenly grappling with a new reality: They need some black friends. Overnight, black politicians, lawyers and journalists are hot properties, receiving engraved invitations from people they never got invitations from before.
Of course, for me, it brings to mind this ’90s classic. The lyrical Jesse James, indeed.
“Certain hosts are suddenly grappling with a new reality: They need some black friends.”
LOL. I hope the humor of these lines was intentional on the part of the writer. I think it was but I can’t be sure.
Jaim picked out the money quote there. And Oliver’s post here shows me two positive things out of the incoming Obama administration: the “old guard” social power elites are gonna be shaken like San Fran during the great quake, and the musical theme of government will be changing. God, I hate country music…
Oh, and here’s a third: Joe Biden is now quite possibly the least powerful person in government.
J.
Joe Biden is now quite possibly the least powerful person in government.
Why, does he write a right-wing weblog?
Not a bad line, August… too bad you had to ignore the “in government” qualifier.
And Biden would stink at writing a blog. He’d be busted for plagiarism within two weeks.
J.
Oh, I think he’d be fine, Jay. I mean, you’ve done nothing here but copy and paste lame one-liners from other right-wing message boards for the last week and it hasn’t seemed to stave off your desperate whinging at all.
Put up or shut up, Pollak. I do NOT plagiarize. I have busted people for plagiarism. Show where I have “cut and pasted” — as in, “used the exact same words and phrases” — anything I have written without giving credit.
I’ve been wrong on occasion, but I’ve never represented anyone else’s words as my own. And you can either prove it or apologize, you pathetic asswipe.
I’m betting you’ll just repeat the accusation with no supporting proof or weasel around your own words, if you even bother to respond. You lack the character, the courage, the convictions, and the balls to do anything else.
J.
How about a Ted Kennedy joke? You haven’t slapped one of those in for a while.
I mean, Christ, you’ve already abandoned your own site to spend more time here and just belt out the best of the right-wing talking points greatest hits album. Seriously, if you’ve decided to make OliverWillis.com your own late-in-career Las Vegas, Celine, the crowd expects you to belt out “My Heart Will Go On.”
Give him a break August, he’s a man of principle, like how he would never use a candidates kids to make a point about the parents (except when he does).
Personally, I’m kind of enjoying the meltdown. There needs to be people like JT in the world- Cheetos don’t just eat themselves ya know.
For some reason, I’m reminded of the scene in ‘Airplane’ when June Cleaver (Barbara Billingsley) volunteers that she “speaks Jive”.
I look forward to FOX News reporters showing off their “street cred.”
I’d pay money to see Obama duplicate the vid at his inauguration! Man, we’d see a lotta people shittin’ ‘n gittin’!
Thanks for the Snap video Oliver. You made my day.
I need to dig that CD out and put it in my iTunes collection.
Yeesh, the crowd around here’s taking a turn for the worse. Gone is the erudite analysis of folks like PG, Quaker, Fafaroo, etc., replaced by pissing contests with JT. Too bad.
Not the Change you Hoped for, huh, Parthenon?
Get used to it. This is the face of the future — sore winners.
J.
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I’m waiting for the first hip-hop remix of “Hail To The Chief.”
Can the USMC Band get funky?
J.
YES! The classic “Reverse Martyr Everyone’s-Picking-On-Me-Just-Because-I’m-Trolling-Everywhere” number!
I LOVE that one! He can still hit those high notes, too!
It’s been a long, long time since a president had an influence on music. I think the last one was during the Kennedy administration, with what had to be the definitive rendition of “Happy Birthday.”
Well, that’s not quite accurate. Bill Clinton did give us a resurgence of Fleetwood Mac, and that should have been grounds for impeachment right then and there. The Dixie Chicks shot themselves in the foot over George W. Bush, but Bush himself wasn’t involved in that one. And Ronald Reagan pissed off Bruce Springsteen over “Born In The USA.” But I’m talking positive affects, and “Happy Birthday” has to be the last one — and, quite possibly, the only one.
Here’s hoping that all the music stars so ga-ga over Obama can do something semi-worthwhile.
J.
The Dixie Chicks shot themselves in the foot over George W. Bush,
More like laughed at Bush all the way to the bank every morning.
I remember some vindictive action taken against the Chicks by conglomerate radio stations, but unfortunately the conglomerates couldn’t control the people buying tickets and selling out the shows, and the Chicks sold more CDs than they had before the boycott.
The Dixie Chicks did a lot for their careers by showing what they thought of Bush before thinking that way was cool. They have made a TON of money since they made that statement, and now that 78% of America agrees with them, revenge must taste pretty sweet.
The Chicks have something George W. Bush lacks. They have a talent for something and they are willing to work hard. It’s the only path to success if you are not to the manner born.
Can somebody go over to Jay’s mom’s basement and bring him his meds?
DC’s Power Set Changes Color
Thank God we have the first Post-Racial President making us a completely color-blind society.
What color is that? Why does it matter what color a person’s skin is? Tomorrow is the first day for the next democratic president.
That high level social scene could use a dose of Oliver. They might become disorientated and do weird things like tell the truth or be kind for no reason, but they’d recover (and CK could dine on some serious dog snacks).
and the Chicks sold more CDs than they had before the boycott.
Shenanigans. The Chicks first 3 albums (Wide Open Spaces, Fly, Home) sold over 24 million combined in the US. The last one (Taking the Long Way) sold a little over 2.2M and is by far their lowest-selling album to date.