Yeah, and Hilary Clinton seems such a saint in comparison. Indeed, I find her very real, always at a loss or overprimed to right such a loss !
On Jan 24, 1:54 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > The Robinsons have a house in Belfast, another in London, a flat in > Florida and are building a spread in the Belfast hills. The new house, > it is said, has a great view: on the left is his constituency, on the > right hers. They are, of course, great religionists. Their righteous > consumerism is presented by her as a joint folly: ‘Peter has over 1000 > ties and I have as many bras.’ How much time, effort and organisation > does it take to buy a thousand bras? These things have to be fitted > properly; it takes about half an hour to buy a bra. Bulk purchase? > ‘I’ll take one in every colour’? Maybe you just leave your > measurements with Rigby and Peller and phone them up, every few days > for a year, or two. Ties, ok, you walk into Charvet and scoop your > hand along the rack – delicious – but bras? > > Why do women buy lingerie? Because, the cliché goes, they are having > an affair. An interest in underwear is an interest in a hidden, sexual > self. Some women find the existence of this secret self very > empowering. They feel better in a meeting because no one knows how > sexy they are, under their clothes. Is it mad to buy them, or mad to > count them? How are they stored? > > The Robinsons can afford a thousand of everything because they have > five jobs between them. In 2007-8 they jointly received £571,939 from > their public posts in Westminster and Northern Ireland. Peter employs > one son as a parliamentary assistant and their daughter as office > manager, while Iris’s staff included, along with all those mental > health professionals, their elder son and a daughter-in-law. > > This is the Mrs. Robinson who had to borrow £50K for her 19 year old > lover and fiddle more from her local council for him. This is the > feminist who was so utterly appalled she had to say in public that > Hilary should never have had to put up with Clint. And the Mrs. > Robinson who also had an affair with the father of the son. Fine, > upstanding Proddies who publicly despise the disease of > homosexuality. Don't you just want to change nationality just to be > able to vote for them? What a pale shadow Sarah Palin is! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
