tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531553.post1482936183960785569..comments2023-06-27T01:34:35.359-07:00Comments on Ted Burke LIKE IT OR NOT: Morning EastwoodTED BURKEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16610296721891201100noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531553.post-15265001158491494972012-09-01T09:59:37.918-07:002012-09-01T09:59:37.918-07:00“Mailer…!”
“Call me Aquarius, baby!”
“Yeah, er, ...“Mailer…!”<br /><br />“Call me Aquarius, baby!”<br /><br />“Yeah, er, well, you’re up next after Hubert Humphrey finishes his speech…”<br /><br />“It’s the existential end of the White Negro’s night, the razor blade truth that we all have our sexual dynamos churning those sweet Christian truths to ribbons in our guts and we don’t even know it…”<br /><br />“Right, well, the delegates are waiting for you now. Are you sure you are up to wrestling the invisible Richard Nixon before a crowd of ten thousand?”<br /><br />“Sure!”<br /><br />(Mailer steps onto the stage as the Democrats cheer)<br /><br />(Turns, looks at the empty chair by the podium)<br /><br />“Now don’t make me hurt you, Dickie baby, not like you hurt those Vietnamese women and children, not the way your planes made their flesh melt…”<br /><br />(He circles the empty chair in a wrestler’s crouch, wary)<br /><br />“Ohh yeah, baby, you got your Tricky Dick moves, your double V-salute, your blue suit white man Protestant outfit stand, just like the 400 pound woman you made love to under the elephant in Miami Beach, that Republican armpit sweat running down…”<br /><br />(Mailer lunges)<br /><br />“YAAARRRG!”<br /><br />(Grabs the air in the chair, falls to the ground, writhing and grunting)<br /><br />(Cut to George McGovern interviewed by Walter Cronkite)<br /><br />“Well, yes, Norman is a fine American and a great American, he’s got his own style bless him and I’m sure he will inspire many voters to do what’s right in November…”<br />Mantmarble IIInoreply@blogger.com