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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf Rmoney picks Chris Christie I hope everyone gets this right
If Rmoney happens to pick Chris Christie as his running mate I hope people will resist the natural temptation to compare the duo to Laurel and Hardy.
That would be wrong.
The much more apt comparison is Abbott and Costello.
Canuckistanian
(42,290 posts)Say, who owns the www.Laurel&Hardy.com, anyways?
Just curious.
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)ingac70
(7,947 posts)he is gonna need a Southern loon on the ticket.
SoutherDem
(2,307 posts)There are so many different Mitts out there why not just pair two of them.
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)"This is another fine mess you've gotten me into".
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)proof they are more like Abbott and Costello. I rather like the Laurel and Hardy reference better.
cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)Both are fat & thin comedy teams but with Abbot and Costello the thinner, taller man is the leader of the duo and the shorter stouter man is pugnacious and and somewhat violent.
Oliver Hardy was always pissed off, but a slow burn type.
Costello was reactive... no filter.
Laurel is a somewhat sympathetic character who often creates trouble out of timiditynot mentioning to Hardy that the bench is freshly painted, etc.. But we feel for him.
Abbott is a sharp-suit wearing shit-heel... a used car salesman type... an incompetent ambitious operator. He usually creates trouble with schemes.
Just a better fit all around.
goclark
(30,404 posts)but it isn't easy.
That said, this is 2012.
Size matters in 2012 and Chubby Chrisie can hardly move across the stage.
He appears to have a higher IQ but he has a mean spirit that jumps out when he gets angry.
Just during the lead up to this part of the Election Activties he can't seem to get enough energy.
Biden and his lovely wife , Obama, Hillary, Michelle and all their children seem delightful, welcoming , smart and people you would love to meet.
If the Democrats can't win this election ~ it will be because of the new
" Voting Laws."
Rove and his ELVES are working on that as we speak.
It breaks my heart to think that way but let's not brush it aside.
nevergiveup
(4,759 posts)Frick & Frack
Mopar151
(9,978 posts)with the Ice Capades, near the end of his career. That man could do things on skates which defied gravity and reason. Neither of the pols mentioned have anything in their portfolios as carhismatic or elegant.
Icicle
(121 posts)...he's just a stooge for the natural gas industry. There would be water catching on fire and random explosions anywhere and everywhere.
=)
Walk away
(9,494 posts)Christy will swallow Mitt alive. Chris Christy is a gigantic egomaniac with a big mouth. How is he going to sit around for 4 years in the background. They'll kill each other!