Who Said It?
Before I reveal the answers from last time, I want to congratulate you all (well, all of you who did your assignment) on the excellent reponses to the question, "How Would Jesus Meghan Cox Gurdon Chill Out?" And you didn't even have to window peep on Meg to come up with your ideas!
And thanks to Clif for revealing Meg's real chilling secrets:
Sometimes I'll suggest a conversation topic to my four children, such as what kind of animal they would be; participate for a couple of minutes; then say, "I'll be right back." I dash up to my bathroom, lock the door, and spend a luxurious ten minutes plucking my eyebrows, putting a little moisturizer on my arms and legs, and maybe whipping off a few tummy crunches on the bath mat. Then I spring up, feeling rejuvenated.
Meanwhile, of course, the children who wanted to be wolves and pumas have eaten the ones that wanted to be bunnies and ponies. But hey, at least Meghan now has plucked eyebrows and a crunched tummy.
Now, the answers from last time:
Mystery Guest #1 (the one who is sad because President Bush forgets their anniversary)was Gary Bauer. Congrats to Vivek for naming him, and for getting out of the relationship with Gary's good friend's daughter.
Mystery Guest #2 (the one who says that God wants to meet us at the place where the penis joins with the vagina) was Reverend Moon. Rob was the first to Name That Messiah! (Which may be a new game show for which we'll write a spec script one of these days).
Mystery Guest #3 was Jerry Falwell talking about Tim LaHaye's Left Behind . The claim that the Left Behind books have had nearly as much impact on Christianity as the Bible explains a lot about why our country is currently so screwed up.
Vivek named LaHaye, but Gary Kleppe was the first to note that in the quote Jerry Falwell talking about LaHaye's book. So Gary wins the copy of the 100th volume in the Left behind series, The Nephilim Tetrahedron of the Beast.
Oh, and if you want to know more about the Unification Church's payoffs to illustrous Christian conservatives like Bauer, the LeHayes, Falwell, and many others, you should read this Christianity Today piece, and then maybe go here, here, and here.
Now, Who Said This?
#1. He said the following while on CNN, discussing the Democratic response to the State of the Union Address :
Once again, the Democrats showed how incredibly lame they are, how vapid their arguments are.
He added the following in his blog
A "Marshall plan for America"? Could these people be lamer? More out of touch? More pathetically pandering? Just when you thought you couldn't get any worse than Tom Daschle, you get this ... Jeez. "Groundhog day"???
Groundhog Day, of course, is Jonah Goldberg's favorite movie, and the topic of the cover story he wrote for the latest issue of National Review. So, yeah, mentioning it is pretty lame.
#2. Who said this in a recent interview?
You know, it's amazing that - there's kind of an interesting George Washington now - Ellis has written a book which I'm reading now, and David McCullough is writing a book on George Washington. I read one earlier on Washington - I can't remember the name of it - Washington Crosses The Delaware - something - it was a very interesting book about some of the many - how he organized the army. The Alexander Hamilton book by Chernow, which is obviously about Hamilton, but it was about the time of George Washington and Washington plays a prominent role.
It's very interesting, there's a resurgence in analyzing Washington, the first President, during the time of the 43rd President, which makes my point - that there's - history is always evolving, and people's appreciation of a President changes over time, as well - one way or the other.
Yes, because nobody used to appreciate George Washington, and now historians seem to think that he was a pretty good President!
#3. Who is the interviewer who said this in response to the above remarks by his interviewee?
You go through these books and everything, this is a strategy of yours, isn't it? You are - this is amazing - you go through these three books you're reading.
You will note that #2 said that he is currently reading a book about Washington, that David McCullough is writing one, that he (#2) read a book earlier about Washington, and that a book about Alexander Hamilton is set in the time of Washington. So, how does the interviewer reach the conclusion that his subject is "amazing" because he's is currently reading three books?
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