tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10585025.post3165663886546855877..comments2023-10-21T03:28:00.596-04:00Comments on Mad Minerva 2.0: Beijing Olympic Watch: France's Sarkozy and the Opening CeremoniesMad Minervahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01649780647476573087noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10585025.post-73966320476461707922008-03-26T10:57:00.000-04:002008-03-26T10:57:00.000-04:00My dear Don, I think you do have a point! ;-)My dear Don, I think you do have a point! ;-)Mad Minervahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01649780647476573087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10585025.post-51036558161234233922008-03-26T08:35:00.000-04:002008-03-26T08:35:00.000-04:00Sarko is the threat? Yes. The BBC is a forward-loo...Sarko is the threat? Yes. The BBC is a forward-looking, long-sighted organisation and it recognises that regrettable as it may be, their current #1 threat is about to retire at the end of this year. Also their #2, surely a great disaster!<BR/><BR/>Therefore it behooves them to groom more than one possible successor for the roles of #1 and #2 fascist scumbag(s) after Bush and Cheney retire after the November election.<BR/><BR/>McCain is an excellent prospect of course despite some obvious drawbacks which may well delay his demonisation (like canonisation, only secular). Hillary also may have talent in this direction, as she is capalble of looking quite demented upon occasion. Obama? Somewhat less potential. He's prime victim-group material, so it may take years for the Beeb to fashion him into Hitler, Jr. A long-term project at best.<BR/><BR/>Prospects for a European successor are less clear-cut. Really only Sarko qualifies at all among current leaders although the return of Berlusconi is devoutely to be hoped for. Berlusconi really cannot be relied upon to fill the leading role in the nightly drama - comic relief is more his speed. Gordon Brown is at best a 4th rate villian - much too pedestrian and grey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com