Ya gotta "love" this about Brokaw and his ilk:

[PCIntern]

whenever they refer to St. Ronald of Reaganville's writings, one might think that they were referring to George Bernard Shaw, Mark Twain, or William Faulkner.

The "simple turn of phrase", the "insights", the "complex matters reduced to a single sentence or clause" manifest the utter brilliance of this man and we would-be-intellectuals should take a lesson from the Master Himself. Unbelieveably, it's as though Jerzy Kozinsky's "Being There" had never been written or filmed...

[trumad]

1. Beltway Bubble.

To many Pearl Onions at their cocktail parties.

[JHB]

3. The sealed room of bean-eaters, so accustomed to their "methane enriched" atmosphere...

...that the "weirdo" is the guy who walks in from the outside, whose face contorts in disgust, mutters rude comments like "how can you people live like this", and finally goes crazy and tries to smash the window for some fresh air. It's obvious to them who the "radical nutjobs" are.

[lunatica]

2. They're the I-love-to-hear-myself-bloviate crowd

[BeyondGeography]

4. In another century, Reagan will replace Lincoln as a film subject

And they will all be comedies.

[jerseyjack]

5. "The simple turn of phrase, complex matters reduced to a simple sentence..

Why who among us could was not inspired when St. Ronnie uttered the sentence, "Can you wait a couple of minutes, I gotta take a shit?"