tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post5827296496896953428..comments2024-02-24T00:37:43.087-05:00Comments on The Other McCain: Instapundit does . . . show tunes?Robert Stacy McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03084541621503669804noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-63678910177239201822009-02-23T09:40:00.000-05:002009-02-23T09:40:00.000-05:00I got outed as being fond of show tunes -- well, a...I got outed as being fond of show tunes -- well, a handful of them, anyway, the ones I learned in my childhood piano lessons -- by Marc Danziger on his old Armed Liberal blog years ago. All I can say in my defense is, if you didn't fall hopelessly in love with the fabulous Audrey Hepburn as Liza Doolittle (yes, I said fabulous -- deal), I'm afraid I must question your heterosexuality. Also maybe your patriotism.<BR/><BR/>Well, unless you're a girl. NTTAWWT. Ahem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-11973365752424362242009-02-22T23:31:00.000-05:002009-02-22T23:31:00.000-05:00Hah! I beat Glenn to it with this post I made all ...Hah! I beat Glenn to it with <A HREF="http://andstillipersist.com/2009/02/the-countrys-in-the-very-best-of-hands/" REL="nofollow">this post I made all the way back on February 6th</A>. "Li'l Abner" happened to show on TCM that night; it had probably been 40 years since I had seen the movie, but I was struck by how timely that song was (hence the post). <BR/><BR/>Of course, I'm not saying that Glenn actually <I>reads</I> my blog.... :-) ..bruce..bwebsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09247430857579605507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-82128167518968955292009-02-22T21:10:00.000-05:002009-02-22T21:10:00.000-05:00the song is absolutely prescient:The building boom...the song is absolutely prescient:<BR/><BR/>The building boom, they say, is getting bigger every day.<BR/>And when I ask a feller: "How can everybody pay?"<BR/>He come up with an answer that makes everything OK,<BR/>"Supplies are getting greater than demands."<BR/>The country's in the very best of hands,<BR/>the best of hands, the best of hands.Fat Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09554029467445000453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-82076531417148677002009-02-22T20:50:00.000-05:002009-02-22T20:50:00.000-05:00Think of "Stacy" in terms of Shel Silverstein's "S...Think of "Stacy" in terms of Shel Silverstein's "Stacy Brown Got Two," and there's no problem.CGHillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03789097361138861462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-51889931482905695732009-02-22T19:54:00.000-05:002009-02-22T19:54:00.000-05:00No, RSM is following the example of the inimitable...No, RSM is following the example of the inimitable FrankJ ...<BR/><BR/>CheersMinicapthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13421626155178200181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-10612939407739173162009-02-22T18:05:00.000-05:002009-02-22T18:05:00.000-05:00Dude, you're coming THIS close to questioning the ...Dude, you're coming THIS close to questioning the hetero manhood of the great Mark Steyn, Musical Theatre Expert, Esq.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-38445188153126137652009-02-22T17:53:00.000-05:002009-02-22T17:53:00.000-05:00Anonymous: To friends and family, I am "Stacy." As...Anonymous: To friends and family, I am "Stacy." As a journalist, I discovered that if I did not include my first name in my byline, people would call up and ask to speak to <I>"her."</I> I tried "R. Stacy McCain" for a while, but that didn't do the trick. So the use of my full name <I>in print</I> became a necessity. People who don't know me have accused me of being one of those pretentious "guys with three names," but pretense has nothing to do with it. <BR/><BR/>And, yes, my late mother <I>was</I> a Johnny Cash fan, who was more amused by the lyrics of "A Boy Named Sue" than I was.Robert Stacy McCainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03084541621503669804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-40748425727887039242009-02-22T17:45:00.000-05:002009-02-22T17:45:00.000-05:00You know, if he keeps calling you Stacy, you could...You know, if he keeps calling you Stacy, you could call him Harlan. Or, Briticised, "Harlan-Reynolds." Like "Luther-King," or "Harvey-Oswald."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-80303600252057269822009-02-22T17:32:00.000-05:002009-02-22T17:32:00.000-05:00Now that you mention it...Us voters is connected t...Now that you mention it...<BR/><BR/>Us voters is connected to the nominee.<BR/>The nominee's connected to the treasury.<BR/>When he ain't connected to the treasury,<BR/>He sits around on his thighbones.<BR/>* * *<BR/>Them bones, them bones gonna rise again,<BR/>Gonna exercise the franchise again,<BR/>Gonna tax us up to our eyes again<BR/>When they gets up off of their thigh bones.<BR/><BR/>Yup. Johnny Mercer had it pretty well pegged, back in the '50s...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com