LOLOLOLOLOL!!! Biden is also a "close talker" I have noticed. CW ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philobealo" <[email protected]> To: "PoliticalForum" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 11:57 Subject: The Obama Administration is a 'Seinfeld' Episode
...Joe Biden is Cosmo Kramer, Jerry Seinfeld’s awkward, and tactless but loveable neighbor, whose mouth is constantly getting Jerry into trouble. First, there are the obvious, superficial similarities – bizarre hairstyle, kooky grin, a close relationship with their mother, a soft spot for public transportation. Kramer even runs for president in one episode. True, it’s Del Boca Vista condo board president, but still, his ambition, like Joe’s, is inarguable. (See “Kramerica Industries,” the make-your-own-pizza-pie business, and his oil bladder invention.) But the parallels run far deeper. Kramer, like Biden, says the things you’re just not supposed to say. When Biden told a wheelchair-bound Missouri state senator to “stand up,” it was no different than Kramer telling George’s girlfriend she needs a nose job. When Biden said that FDR went on television in 1929 to talk about the stock market crash, it was the same as Kramer telling some tourists that Central Park was designed in 1850 by Joe Pepitone. When Biden said “J-O-B-S” is a three-letter word, it was like Kramer saying, “It’s like a sauna in here.” As he’s entering a sauna. There’s also the lack of sensitivity to what’s appropriate and what isn’t. When Kramer fails to understand why Jerry is uncomfortable living in the same apartment building as his ex-girlfriend, Jerry suggests Kramer might be an alien. “You see, you're not normal. You're a great guy, I love you, but you're a pod. I, on the other hand, am a human being. I sometimes feel awkward, uncomfortable, even inhibited in certain situations with the other human beings. You wouldn't understand.” For the Biden-as-Kramer comparison to work, the show itself also needs to align – and it does. Jerry is of course, Barack Obama, easy-going, cool-as-a-cucumber, risk-averse and hesitant to commit to much of anything. Elaine Benes is Hillary Clinton, a smart, but elitist, post- feminist academic who is often a casualty of her own myopia. George “T- bone” Costanza is Rahm “Rahmbo” Emanuel, manipulative and crafty, disliked and mistrusted. One can almost imagine Emanuel saying, “It’s not a lie, if you believe it.” The Obama administration is a “Seinfeld” episode, a quirky cast of characters whose inglorious flaws, idiosyncrasies and mistakes aren’t just dismissed, they’re celebrated. Jerry’s immaturity, Elaine’s apathy, George’s penchant for deception, and Kramer’s lack of social graces don’t constitute the tragedies in their lives, but the heroic comedies. Similarly, Barack Obama’s lack of experience isn’t his downfall for the left, it’s his bona fides! Hillary Clinton’s past failures as a political operative don’t make her unsuccessful, they make her qualified! Rahm Emanuel’s reputation for being a brute and a jerk isn’t a turn off, it’s an entrée! And Joe Biden’s lack of filter doesn’t make him a detriment, it just makes him Joe! Whether they were waiting for a table at a Chinese restaurant, looking for their car in a mall parking garage, or complaining about their folks, “Seinfeld” examined the banality of life, irreverently refusing to tie up loose ends, tug at the heart strings or deal with anything of real substance. It was unabashedly superficial. It was truly a show about nothing. The Obama administration thus far has likewise been more style than substance. Where does the president stand on Iran? What will become of North Korea? Is President Obama a gay advocate or not? If he rejects the Bush policies, why is he implementing so many of them? So many questions yet unanswered. But the administration has renamed the war on terror. It has appointed czars. It does infomericals and glossy townhalls with pre-screened questions. It has spent a ton of money, but on what, exactly, we’re not sure. In the end, of course, there’s far more at stake for the Obama administration than there was for Jerry, Elaine, George, and Kramer. But in trying to solve the particular peculiarity that is Joe Biden, the analogy is helpful. As is the case with Obama and Biden, Kramer doesn’t ever pay for the things he says, Jerry does. Only time will tell if Biden is merely just a nuisance, comic relief, the Kramer to Obama’s Jerry. Or if he’s a guy who legitimately holds the president back, one gaffe away from a major meltdown, one security breach away from catastrophe. Stay tuned…. http://www.newsmax.com/s.e._cupp/biden_kramer_seinfeld/2009/07/12/234649.html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
