Odd, sycophantic article on Frist in Wapo

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Re: gorilla science

Postby AlicetheCurious » Fri May 26, 2006 6:03 am

<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>He unbuttoned his business shirt, revealing jungle-pattern surgical scrubs and a pair of hairy, toned biceps.<br><br>"A little bit like Superman," said the dentist, Chuck Williams.<br><br>...<br><br>Kuja... was the Senate majority leader of the gorillas, who negotiated disputes, back-slapped the ape boys <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>and owned exclusive mating rights with the females. <br></strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> [Huh? Is the writer implying that Frist shares such 'rights' wih Kuja?]<br>...<br><br>Frist listened to the heart; the gorilla's lub-dub sounded human. "When you're this close, you feel this kind of oneness with them," Frist said. The stink of ape sweat and gorilla testosterone soaked his hair and clothes.<br><br>...<br><br>His gloves turned red with gorilla blood.<br><br>...<br><br>"This oneness, this wholeness. You can't compare it to the Senate floor. I immerse myself in it. This is my real life."<br><br>...<br><br><br>"He's on my side," Frist said, stroking Kuja's fur.<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>"People say, 'Oh, he's inside-baseball, and stiff.' "</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--></strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> [Anybody have any idea what that means??? What is "inside-baseball"?]<br><br>"Reid called," an aide said at the Capitol door, referring to the Democratic leader.<br><br>"I think we're on the same wavelength," Frist said as they strode inside. [Another of many non-sequiturs in this article, maybe it is so awkwardly written because it IS in code].<br><br>At 9:30 a.m., Frist opened the Senate, gripping the corners of the lectern, <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>as he had the operating table</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->. [Why this emphasis on a surgeon gripping the corners of the operating table and the SML gripping the corners of the lectern?]<br><br>Frist smiled and spoke unremarkably from the lectern, reeking of silverback testosterone. [Wow, it's stated twice in one article that Frist is soaked with & reeking of gorilla testosterone].<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>This is one of the creepiest, most poorly written, most uninformative articles I have ever seen; and to think it was published by the Washington Post!<br><br>Honestly, this "reeks" not of gorilla testosterone, but of a plant, courtesy of the folks at Operation Mockingbird (or whatever they call it nowadays). <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=alicethecurious>AlicetheCurious</A> at: 5/26/06 1:49 pm<br></i>
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Re: gorilla science

Postby StarmanSkye » Fri May 26, 2006 7:54 pm

Alice -- Sharp observations, esp. catching the 'owned exclusive mating rights' comparative nod to Alpha-male heirarchal privelege-status -- suggesting this piece's true provenance as made-to-order puffery designed to sell Frist as a 'leader among men' kinda crap. COULD THIS be an opening salvo in marketting Frist as a Presidential or VP candidate? Testing the waters, as the GOP begins the PR marketing campaign to see what works, which image/personality they can sell the public on.<br><br>Re: 'inside baseball' -- Methinks this is an allusion to a sports-consumer, ie. TV-athlete, not the kinda guy who actually swings a bat and runs bases or catches the ball -- he's too 'serious' and intellectual and 'professional' for that. My guess, anyway.<br><br>2X 'testosterone', selling Frist as a modern-era 'ladies' man'?<br><br>The heavy 'blood' images with graphic reference to beating hearts -- man of science, responsible, involved in the weighty ussues of life and death, self-motivated, disciplined, committed, etc.?<br><br>Cripes, the whole farce and dramatic build-up of him being indispensible when all he really did is insert an IV, something any competant nurse could have done.<br><br>-- and so forth.<br>Heavy-handed viral-marketing, anyone?<br>Starman <p></p><i></i>
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Re: gorilla science

Postby Dreams End » Fri May 26, 2006 8:36 pm

"inside baseball" is a term that means referring to a lot of internal dynamics and people in such detail that an outsider wouldn't really get it...it's not an insult, though it sort of suggests a sort of "wonkness" I guess. <p></p><i></i>
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Inside baseball

Postby Ike Broflovski » Fri May 26, 2006 8:52 pm

"Inside baseball" is an American phrase that means detailed discussion of the intricacies of a subject that wouldn't interest most people. <br><br>Baseball has simple rules, but if you watch carefully, there's all sorts of stuff going on beneath the surface. The hitter is constantly trying to guess what type of pitch will come next. The pitcher is trying to fool the hitter, and to throw pitches he thinks that particular hitter can't hit. Both pitchers' and hitters' approaches change based on the score of the game, the number of outs, and whether there are runners on base.<br><br>The phrase "inside baseball" is usually applied to topics that have nothing to do with the sport of baseball.<br><br>If Sen. Frist and Sen. McCain were in a lengthy discussion of parliamentary procedures, that would be an "inside baseball" discussion.<br><br>If you're a computer programmer and you're talking to another programmer about how to handle database errors in your application, that's inside baseball.<br><br>The way Frist uses the term is kind of weird. "Oh, he's inside baseball, and stiff," is a strange sentence, but I guess it would mean he's a nerdy specialist with no personal warmth.<br><br>I see Dreams End summed it up much more concisely while I typed. Oh well.<br><br>Other than the phrase "inside baseball," I can only repeat what others have said: hoooowee, that is one strangely written story, even by the standards of celebrity puff pieces.<br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>He unbuttoned his business shirt, revealing jungle-pattern surgical scrubs and a pair of hairy, toned biceps.</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br>Meoowwww! <p></p><i></i>
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I actually heard bacjground soft violin music as I read it.

Postby yesferatu » Fri May 26, 2006 10:04 pm

That was mighty strong puff. I had no idea puff like that was even legal.<br> <p></p><i></i>
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