David Mamet in Village Voice: Why I am no longer a brain-dead liberal

http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0811,374064,374064,1.html

 

i wept and didn't know why a couple of minutes ago, tony. now i know why.

 

"You know what it takes to sell real estate? It takes brass balls."

 

So he'd rather be a brain-dead conservative?

From what I've seen, the intelligence requirements are lower on that side of the aisle.

 

Get mad, you sons of bitches, get MAD!

 

It's actually a brilliant piece if you read it rather than just taking potshots.

 

Not taking potshots. I'm just mindlessly jumping at an opportunity to quote Glengarry Glen Ross.

 

Same here. But I read it and though he made his case quite well. And it's an informed case, which distinguishes itself from most such writing on the general topic.

 

Sorry, I didn't recognize the threadjack.

I like when people can talk about politics philosophically and strip away all the current-event specifics and people. I try to explain to people that I lean philosophically toward conservative government policy, and nobody ever seems to be able to accept that I can have that philosophy and still be pro-choice and not be a fan of Bush. I vote both sides of the aisle regularly, because I actually consider the subject and the person.

I think this Chris Rock clip should be required viewing before anyone can post on a political thread:

 

Coffee's for closers.

 

man, is mamet brilliant. simply brilliant. 8)

 

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