<![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em> - Jezebel Comments]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em> - Jezebel Comments]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @bigleggedwoman:
Please, I'm heading my very embarressed head in shame. I should've known better-silly me! :(

rantersparadise

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @rantmagazine: Yeah, check the audio link above - really added to the tone of the post. What a great concept.

bigleggedwoman

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @SinisterRouge: Well, you ain't missin' that much, coming from NYC.

Megan

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @Anonymous Lobbyist: er, *would've. Apparently, my bad typing from this morning hasn't worn off yet.

Megan

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @Anonymous Lobbyist: Whenever I'm in DC (I didn't even go on the school trip in 7th grade!) I will !

SinisterRouge

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @SinisterRouge: Aw, honey, you should've emailed me. I'm really easy to find and I wouldn't apologized privately, too. I owe you a drink sometime.

Megan

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @ineffable.me: Naw, it's cool. If you don't know why it is what it is, it sounds completely off kilter. The purpose is to contrast the whole breathless celebrity interviewer to which we're all relatively often subjected with the idea of talking about something smart. Usually I do them on foreign policy because I know more about that, but since Janes Defence is technically more about military stuff, we went that direction this time.

Megan

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @Anonymous Lobbyist: It's okay :**( . I only cried a little because I love you so. Yo, i totes didn't know you had a new site! I'm there!

SinisterRouge

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @Political Party Girl: haha, yeah I just saw it. :)

ineffable.me

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @Political Party Girl: ah. hmm. ok. i guess in that frame of reference it totally makes sense. I was really confused/annoyed.

Sorry to be a noob, Megan.

ineffable.me

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @ineffable.me: I responded above after my initial response with this:

Sorry! Didn't see where you asked "Why?" at first. I'm guessing because it's effing hilarious. At least to me. It's like "The Daily Show" when the interviewers pretend to be idiots to make these clowns look like the asses they are.

Political Party Girl

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @SinisterRouge: Have you seen her new site? It's funny, snarky, and political (with comments!): [cynicsparty.com] That's where I go to get my fix. It fills the hole Wonkette left in my life.
@rantmagazine: LOL, I can't imagine reading this thinking it was a serious interview!! Glad to be of service!

Political Party Girl

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @the.bleach: Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner! Show her what she's won, girls!

westvillagegirl (exiled in chicago)

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @Political Party Girl: yeah, no, i figured as much. my question is why is she doing that

ineffable.me

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> I've heard a lot of former miltary people say the same thing re: Clinton and the military. Benefits for veterans also went downhill during his administration.

xay

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> href="#c4389609">Political Party Girl:Ah, I GET this now re-reading and it's really good! Thanks for the explanation. It's a pity Megan can't do it live, cause I think that's why I completely missed your humour/slant ala Daily Show! And was thinking 'god, why is she flirting with him and being ditzy?' Doh! :0

rantersparadise

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @SinisterRouge: Aw, honey, it wasn't intended to be a demerit, honestly! There were a lot of people doing it those 2 days and someone somehow had to say something. That it was poorly thought out and felt demerit-y (though, I promise, I said similar things to others after you left) was completely my fault and I apologize. I just hate to see everyone ganging up on one person, and I think you're far more persuasive when you're arguing for your ideas, I promise. You know, if you check back, I said I agree with you 95% of the time. It feels like everyone's hugged it out, though, so please accept my hug of apology.

Megan

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @J.D.Regent: And I totally bet he is a democrat that wouldn't mind tripling the size of the government to pay for all these departmental budgets. Oh, wait...

Did we ever have a massive standing army prior to wars which we successfully executed? (WWII? The Revolutionary War? I'm stretching here..)It seems like without the draft, you either have to have a massive standing army of professional soldiers, or outsource half of the military jobs to contractors when an actual war comes around. Neither seems to be a great idea.

treecut...Grim Reaper of the forest

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @Anonymous Lobbyist: We actually purchased mimosas by the pitcher yesterday at brunch. Hah!

bigleggedwoman

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @Anonymous Lobbyist: Also, just so you know, even though you gave me a demerit...I still boycott Wonkette in your honor!

SinisterRouge

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @SinisterRouge: Oh, thooose Yankees. Fuck those guys. Grrr! Although, I prefer to hate on Jeter and Pay-Rod.
@Political Party Girl: Shhhh. Don't give away all my secrets!!
@bigleggedwoman: Aw, thanks. I mostly just try not to take myself seriously every second of every day. Some days, when egged on by a 6-mimosa brunch, I succeed better than others.

Megan

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @Political Party Girl: How do I find you and Lermie on Skype? Someone please tell grandma???

Trashtastic is proud to be an American!!!!

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @Political Party Girl: Sorry! Didn't see where you asked "Why?" at first. I'm guessing because it's effing hilarious. At least to me. It's like "The Daily Show" when the interviewers pretend to be idiots to make these clowns look like the asses they are.

Political Party Girl

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> Oh, my God! I just listened to the link, and I am SOOOO SURE!

Okay I just had an Orange County-flavored acid flashback or something.

bigleggedwoman

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @ineffable.me: Oh, she's definitely pretending. I had the good fortune to meet Megan in person at a DC commenters meet-up, and she is sooo far from the "Ditzy Blonde."

Political Party Girl

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @J.D.Regent: Well, the fact that he was abusive was probably a good qualification for the job.

TruculentandUnreliable

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @Anonymous Lobbyist: You are a riot.

bigleggedwoman

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @Anonymous Lobbyist: Damn it that I am at work! Pesky little thing called rent. Damn, damn, damn. I can't wait to listen to this! Thanks.

bigleggedwoman

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @Anonymous Lobbyist: LOL. Not literally a Yankee. But like a Yankee (as in the team ) player gone bezerk. Like Clemens (southern boy roid rage!)

SinisterRouge

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> ps, i am friends with MORE THAN ONE defense contractor. and i tell them this shit to their face too. they don't care, they can buy and sell me.

J.D.Regent

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @diplomacy - Mrs. RML and I are looking at some sort of foreign service if The Unicorn defeats Old and Tired (pick one) and takes the White House so we too, can help open up the clouds and let the sun shine in on some fucked up little place somewheres they speak Spanish. I took the foreign service exam in college and missed getting in by one point, ironically on the English portion of the test. I then went on to work in journalism for a while.

redmanlaw

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @SinisterRouge: He's not a Yankee! He'd die in real life if people thought he was a Yankee.
@brookidy: He is a funny guy, and I did like him. But, I get along pretty well with dicks, Republicans and people who wouldn't pass a psych screening. My judgment isn't necessarily sound on these points.

Megan

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @Political Party Girl: So she was playing a ditzy blonde on purpose? Why? ( I don't remember the old features so I am really asking, no snark intended)

ineffable.me

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @SinisterRouge: i know this because my abusive ex boyfriend totally became a contractor in iraq with zero experience!!! because it paid really well. and he had a lot of expenses.

J.D.Regent

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @Anonymous Lobbyist: Oh, I don't really think it's you being ditzy, I think it's the combination of this guy not handling your questions as well, and some analogies that were kind of a stretch. The past columns have been really funny, yet informative. This time around, I was struggling to understand the point.

optical_allusion

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> OMG this makes SO much more sense than my yale terrorism defense class!! tnx Megan!

YARLY

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @J.D.Regent: I dunno! I just know some things! ;0 LOL. And I know this guy sounds exactly like a Yankee gone bezerk. Also, he sounds like a dick. Also, he sounds like a Republican. Also, so many of those fucking contractors are people that were too batshit to pass the Army's psych screening.

Also, fucking Bill and his making the Army smaller...damn peace and all that shit.

SinisterRouge

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @bigleggedwoman:


+ Watch video
This is the voice my dad hears in his head when reading these. The accent is put on, the pitch is not.

Megan

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> I liked this; it was pretty funny.

dmac

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @Anonymous Lobbyist: So - did you like the guy or not? Honestly. Was he an OK guy with a crazy job? Just wondering. He sounds funny to me.

brookidy

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @Lisa Frank: loves. it. the name, the avatar, all of it.

lermanzo

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @Anonymous Lobbyist: Brilliant. You play the ditzy blonde very well. And as a blonde myself, I know sometimes it feels good to just surrender to the stereotype and see people's reactions. This guy's was priceless. I can't believe he didn't walk out on you! "That's So Janes" is my new "Da Ali G Show."

Political Party Girl

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> I only wish that I could hear Megan ask these questions.

bigleggedwoman

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @optical_allusion: @J.D.Regent: peacemongerers!

DontFearTheReefer

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @SinisterRouge: hahaha. i take my 'hot' comment back, spot on.

DontFearTheReefer

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @Lisa Frank: Technically, it premiered just before Bush's 1st inauguration.
@optical_allusion: Sometimes I am kind of a ditz, so it's not totally inaccurate. I don't have to always take myself seriously.
@brookidy: It's real, but he doesn't drink Bud Light.

Megan

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> mmm, so tell me again why it's good these people are ABOVE THE LAW?

on my travels, i've met good and bad security contractors. the bad MASSIVELY outnumber the good. and the military hate them too.

Charlotte Corday

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @SinisterRouge: yeah i pretty much blame Blackwater on the Clintons too, for not loving war enough. But wait, the problem is that USAID and STATE don't get enough funding compared to DOD? So confusing, right?

J.D.Regent

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @SinisterRouge: so true about his looks. how do you know everything?

J.D.Regent

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @Lisa Frank: But let's go ahead and blame it on Slick Willie for the fuck of it, no? Why not.

SinisterRouge

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @DontFearTheReefer: He sounds like a regular asshole to me. Probably with a large head and Roger Clemens-like features.

SinisterRouge

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @DontFearTheReefer: I didn't enjoy this column, though some of the past ones have been really well done. This one only made Megan sound like a ditz, I think.

(I've said it before - the concept of this column is great, but the name sucks because it takes so much explanation.)

optical_allusion

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> Temptation Island was Bush era, not Clinton. Just sayin'.

Lisa Frank

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> also, this guy is an asshole, but he sounds like a hot asshole.

DontFearTheReefer

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> Oooh! I've missed this feature. Okay, now I'll actually read it.

Political Party Girl

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> So, basically, voting for Clinton will make you a rape victim and broke.

Excellent work!

SBJ

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> agreed. i'm not saying the feature doesn't have a valid point, it just seems kind of crass and trivializing. to me at least.

DontFearTheReefer

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @myboxsmellslikebutterscotch: Jane's Defense. It's a defense industry journal.

TruculentandUnreliable

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> I'm hoping this is real and that the guy is just a realist with a wicked sense of humor and crazy cool knowledge of pop culture. I also hope he's hot and waiting for me at home with a Bud Light and a sandwich.

brookidy

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @the.bleach:
@myboxsmellslikebutterscotch:
It's a play on that and Jane's Defense Magazine which is an industry magazine about the lovely Military Industrial Complex [www.janes-defence-weekly.com]

alrightnow

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @myboxsmellslikebutterscotch: The purpose, if you go back through the reeeeally old archives, was to send up Jane's Defence Weekly pieces as done by, say, the more typical breathless celebrity interviewer one would find in a women's mag like Jane. As in, women care about serious topics, too.
@the.bleach: Actually, I interviewed a former USTR for China and he broke out a Real World cast member reference unprompted. In this case, I prompted.
@SinisterRouge: :*

Megan

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @DontFearTheReefer: Well, I agree with you there. Let's go with "attempted satire" then.

SinisterRouge

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> Ha ha ha ha. Ok let me get this straight, everybody hates defense contractors not because they disagree with privatization or complete lack of oversight and accountability but because they're jealous of your salaries? And Rummy was actually just misunderstood. But really, we should have focused on, um, DEVELOPMENT instead of war? Thank God I have That's So Jane's to tell me all this!

Seriously love this feature though.

J.D.Regent

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @SinisterRouge: it's not satire if it isn't funny. not effective satire, anyway.

DontFearTheReefer

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @the.bleach: Well, they do. ;)

@Archetype: Well, just assume he's basically responsible for all things bad. Reagan for all things good.

SinisterRouge

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> So I've only read two sentences but I'm wondering why he didn't do it naked and why we don't have pics...

stacyinbean

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> Wait, is he saying that Clinton was responsible for Temptation Island? I had no idea!

Archetype

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> I thought this feature was gone forever! So nice to have it back.

AnnoyingFemaleLeadVoiceover

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @SinisterRouge: Yeah but isn't satire supposed to reveal an underlying truth somehow? What's the story here? Americans know more about TV than policy?

the.bleach

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> I know quite a few military men, and I can't imagine any of them saying any of the sentences this guy is spitting out. I mean, I get that "defense contractor" is much different than like "National Guardsman" but all the guys I know who do the Iraq/Afghanistan thing can speak very articulately about the government, the war, politics, and every aspect of Middle East life/policy, yet would not understand a Dancing with The Stars reference if their life depended on it. This interview seems a little concocted to me....

the.bleach

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> Another great moment for female journalists everywhere.

AthertonMerriweather

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @DontFearTheReefer: It's called satire.

@Serolf Divad: I know. It's all Billy's fault. Duh.

SinisterRouge

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> Fucking Bill Clinton! Everyone knows that if you implement cutbacks in military programs, then when the next Republican president comes along and decides to launch a bunch of unnecessary (but oh so fun) wars, he'll find himself burdened with a military that is inadequate and unprepared for the task.

Serolf Divad

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> i'm all for pop-culture commentary, but i don't get this feature. it just seems a little gauche to be drawing comparisons between something as serious and awful as war crime and, like, trash TV and laughable d-list celebrities.

DontFearTheReefer

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> I don't like the defense contractor. There's only a need for you because Bush has privatized the entire government. Fuck you. Goodbye.

SinisterRouge

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> @myboxsmellslikebutterscotch: Jane magazine, now dead, used to run an ad campaign for itself called "That's so Jane!" with spunky-annoying little descriptions of what they imagined their readers were like. I don't really know if I get the connection to this column, but I think that's where it started...

the.bleach

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> I want to read this, but there's a lot of flirting going on and it's distracting me.

ineffable.me

]]> <![CDATA[Why Our Government Has Become Like <em>Rock of Love</em>]]> Who's Jane? I'm so confused.

myboxsmellslikebutterscotch

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