Comic Con and Dennis Miller
Not knowing exactly what to expect, I ventured to Comic Con today in San Diego to experience 125,000 “geeks” (I say that affectionately) crammed into one place to worship comics and science fiction. While waiting to hear a presentation from directors Kevin Smith, Judd Apatow, Frank Miller and Zack Snyder, I was standing in the line at the bathroom and was immediately in front of comedian Dennis Miller. Given the crowd, and given that he was dressed down, I doubt many recognized him. I told him that I liked the “libertarian” bent he takes in his pubic appearances (Bill O’Reilly show for example) and I said that it really seems to be where most people are these days even if neither political party gets it. His answer was simple? He just said, “time to be pragmatic.”
chump Added:
July 26th, 2008 at 12:40 am
I never stopped cussing when they cancelled his show on CNBC in favor of that Deactsh show. I cant stand “the big idea.”
Roberto da Silva Added:
July 28th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Mike -
I can appreciate your appreciation of Miller not being a typical Fox right wring clone, but as a Adam Smith died-in the wool libertarian or if you will classic liberal or if you prefer fond fan of Milton Friedman I must confess I find your description of Miller as a libertarian strikingly odd. As I recall he was first in Giuliani’s camp (hardly a libertarian), when he could have been supporting the one true libertarian running for president, i.e., Ron Paul, whom Fox treated as a joke, and as far as I can tell is now squarely in the McCain camp, whom you may prefer to Obama, but who is no libertarian. In fact, McCain has become something of a populist in order to counter Obama’s growing appeal among independents. Let me recommend that you check EconTalk, where you will find a library of libertarian thinking which would do you a world more good than sitting in front of the boob tube watching the semi-epsilon morons on Fox. After the primary season, when I was more tuned into CNN, though would switch to Fox during commercial breaks (doesn’t matter I was paying for the advertising any way, so I counted it as the sunk cost it was, and exercised my free will as a true libertarian and changed the channel), I turned of the TV, which is 99% pure noise, perhaps 25% of which is entertaining. I allow 1% non-noise since every once in a while you actually get a tit bit of news from the TV.
Roberto
Michael Covel Added:
July 28th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
I don’t prefer anyone for the U.S. election!
Michael Covel Added:
July 28th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
But I will say Obama at least inspires people, whereas McCain reminds me of Bob Dole circa 1996.