tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709715062681399199.post641501780773154845..comments2023-07-20T10:37:28.692-04:00Comments on Grumpy Abe: Chuzzlewit: Democrats' secret weapon?Grumpy Abehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01012210966022330986noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709715062681399199.post-91922175457179203252009-07-30T14:06:55.400-04:002009-07-30T14:06:55.400-04:00Your recall of Dickens and H.L. Mencken is impress...Your recall of Dickens and H.L. Mencken is impressive. So who would you cast as Mr. Pinch in the GOP movie?Grumpy Abehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01012210966022330986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709715062681399199.post-50599195340403538192009-07-30T11:31:31.023-04:002009-07-30T11:31:31.023-04:00I suggest for "Pecksniff" rather than &q...I suggest for "Pecksniff" rather than "Chuzzlewit." The unctious hypocrite of Charles Dickens's novel "The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit" more resembles today's Republicans than any of the selfish older members of young Martin's family, and in "pecksniffery" Abe's got a better nominalization, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709715062681399199.post-64060398300257422492009-07-28T19:18:47.807-04:002009-07-28T19:18:47.807-04:00I'm pleased to read that someone else has noti...I'm pleased to read that someone else has noticed all the chuzzlewits in politics these days. Unless reigned in, they will destroy and debase all that's sacred about America. Their unrestrained reproductive practices threaten the pure essence of real Americans. They show disdain for our Founding Fathers and our sacred foundation documents. Our innocent children need protection from these theistic chuzzlewits! (grin)PJJinOregonnoreply@blogger.com