I agree that the clerical infighting helped us identify various breeds of modern clergy. But don’t be distracted by superficial differences of costumes and rhetoric. High, Low, Broad, traditionalist, liberal – they’re all equally committed to a Liturgy of the Wringing of the Hands while the established Church falls off a cliff. The only Anglicans with their act together are the happy-clappies, which is fine if you like that sort of thing – and most people don’t.(I like the happy clappies, but that's just me).
and this:
Have you watched the video of Rick Perry’s speech to New Hampshire Republicans? It doesn’t sound like much fun but, believe me, this you really have to see.
God knows what the governor of Texas had been drinking, but whatever it was, it certainly released his inner Liberace. He purses his lips girlishly, simpers and waggles his shoulders. When his hosts present him with a bottle of maple syrup, he flutters his eyelashes; if the name Carol Channing means anything to you, then you’ll get the picture. You know how it’s traditionally the job of first ladies to redecorate the White House? Well, something tells me that in a Perry presidency, POTUS will insist on doing it himself.
Inner Liberace? Ouch.
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