Andrea Mitchell ("journalist") comments on Ted Cruz's comment.

[Jolly]

How about The common curse of mankind, folly and ignorance, be thine in great revenue!

[George K]

https://www.infoplease.com/biographies/art-entertainment/andrea-mitchell

After growing up in New York City, Mitchell earned a BA in English literature from the University of Pennsylvania. In 1967

So, there's that.

[Mik]

My daughter knows more about the Bard than Andrea.

[jon-nyc]

That’s embarrassing.

I wonder how her husband is doing. Haven’t heard much of him recently, but we’d hear if he died.

[George K]

[bachophile]

Well Faulkner did write the sound and the fury. But she was honest enough to apologize.

[Loki]

@bachophile said in Andrea Mitchell ("journalist") comments on Ted Cruz's comment.:

Well Faulkner did write the sound and the fury. But she was honest enough to apologize.

True, but speed kills and the glee and sarcasm got smoked. It’s called being out over your skills and it was a yard sale ending.

[Loki]

@bachophile said in Andrea Mitchell ("journalist") comments on Ted Cruz's comment.:

Well Faulkner did write the sound and the fury. But she was honest enough to apologize.

True, but speed kills and the glee and sarcasm got smoked. It’s called being out over your skills and it was a yard sale ending.

[taiwan_girl]

@loki You can say that again!

[Horace]

@loki said in Andrea Mitchell ("journalist") comments on Ted Cruz's comment.:

@bachophile said in Andrea Mitchell ("journalist") comments on Ted Cruz's comment.:

Well Faulkner did write the sound and the fury. But she was honest enough to apologize.

True, but speed kills and the glee and sarcasm got smoked. It’s called being out over your skills and it was a yard sale ending.

Over your skis?

[LuFins Dad]

What I found illuminating was how many of her followers jumped right in with her.

[Loki]

@horace said in Andrea Mitchell ("journalist") comments on Ted Cruz's comment.:

@loki said in Andrea Mitchell ("journalist") comments on Ted Cruz's comment.:

@bachophile said in Andrea Mitchell ("journalist") comments on Ted Cruz's comment.:

Well Faulkner did write the sound and the fury. But she was honest enough to apologize.

True, but speed kills and the glee and sarcasm got smoked. It’s called being out over your skills and it was a yard sale ending.

Over your skis?

Thanks. Missed that.

[Jolly]

@lufins-dad said in Andrea Mitchell ("journalist") comments on Ted Cruz's comment.:

What I found illuminating was how many of her followers jumped right in with her.

That's the story.

[Doctor Phibes]

That's one of my favourite Shakespearean quotes.

It's ironic how many people piled on with her, and also how many people who are now piling on against her probably had no freaking idea where the quote came from, either.

I can't speak for the rest of the country, but my kids have been far too busy learning about America to do much Shakespeare.

[George K]

@doctor-phibes said in Andrea Mitchell ("journalist") comments on Ted Cruz's comment.:

I can't speak for the rest of the country, but my kids have been far too busy learning about America to do much Shakespeare.

Which was, ironically (or not), her own excuse.

[Aqua Letifer]

@george-k said in Andrea Mitchell ("journalist") comments on Ted Cruz's comment.:

@doctor-phibes said in Andrea Mitchell ("journalist") comments on Ted Cruz's comment.:

I can't speak for the rest of the country, but my kids have been far too busy learning about America to do much Shakespeare.

Which was, ironically (or not), her own excuse.

"Don't Quote What You Don't Understand."
—Diogenes, speaking to a crowd at Slugfest '89

[Klaus]

???

Who is Faulkner?

[bachophile]

@klaus like an American asking who is Goethe

[Klaus]

I know that there's a famous writer of that name, but I still don't get it. Maybe I'm missing background on Faulkner (which doesn't extend much beyond knowing the name).

[Klaus]

OK, I see, it seems to be a confusion around a novel by Faulkner, "The Sound and the Fury", whose title was inspired by Shakespeare.