Showing posts with label egomania. Show all posts
Showing posts with label egomania. Show all posts

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Michael Jordan For President!

Giuliani's ego ran circles around the press yesterday in London. It was truly a masterpiece production. Rudy claimed to be one of the top four or five most popular Americans in the world. He also said he would increase the size of the military and promise to go to war with Iran if they kept trying to become nuclear. Basically he went around London stomping his feet and demanding to be known as a "big boy." Well Giuliani might wet his diaper when he finds out he isn't even in the top ten.

From The Huffington Post:

LONDON — Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani bragged about his international celebrity Wednesday on a trans-Atlantic campaign trip in which he schmoozed with conservative idol Margaret Thatcher.

"I'm probably one of the four or five best known Americans in the world," Giuliani told a small group of reporters at a posh London hotel as onlookers gathered in the lobby to gawk at actor Dustin Hoffman who was on a separate visit.

(snip)

But who are the four other best-known Americans?

"Bill Clinton ... Hillary," he said, but he was whisked away for another engagement before he could throw out any other names.


He went over there to impress Margaret Thatcher, after Mitt and Fred had already met the "Iron Lady." Wooing the Tory vote seems a little strange, but let them spend their time as they choose.

As for picking Presidents based on popularity instead of tact, skill and courage (things Giuliani doesn't have), I might have to go with Bill or Hillary, or Dustin Hoffman or Britney Spears or Shaq or Michael Jordan. Thats six names right off the top of my head, so he's at least #7. Perhaps we'll go with someone who has some leadership ability instead. I'd rather leave those who are trained in 'looking good' to other professions.

Monday, February 12, 2007

Hillary Has An Ego Problem

Hear ye, hear ye, the candidate to beat is Hillary, so says Hillary. Actually Hillary remarked that Karl Rove, Newt Gingrich and Tom Delay have said she is the top Democratic dog in 2008. Well isn't that informative, because to believe your political enemies is always the correct strategy in these times.

From The Politico:


It was a roundabout endorsement, to be sure, but Hillary Rodham Clinton Sunday cited none other than White House political adviser Karl Rove to make her case that she is the most electable Democrat in 2008.

Campaigning in New Hampshire, Clinton claimed that she -- and her husband, the former president -- are the Democrats that Rove and other leading Republican handicappers fear most.

"I know what Gingrich tells people privately, I know what DeLay tells people privately, I know what Karl Rove tells people privately," she said. "I'm the one person they are most afraid of. Bill and I have beaten them before, and we will again."


It is so amusing to find these stories where the candidate is completely trapped in a bubble and loves to hear great things about themselves all the time. It is tragic however, when your supposed adversaries are whispering these sweet nothings in your ear and you happily believe every single word. To be fair, if the devil was wearing a red dress I would believe her too...unless she wears Prada, then I run really fast.