September 22, 2006
Reagan and poker
I'm spending this Jewish holiday weekend in Pennsylvania, and as Atlantic City is half-way between here and my NYC home, we made a stop for a few hours of poker play last night.
My favorite place to play lately has been Resorts, despite the fact that their games are sporadic and the room is atrocious. It just has my favorite players in all of Atlantic City. On a Thursday night, however, there was no No Limit game going so we went next door to the Taj Mahal. I asked for a 1-2 table and the floor man showed me to my seat, then pointed where I could buy chips.
I was walking to the table with my rack when I saw that they had sat me near a guy in a Che Guevara shirt. "Great", I thought to myself, "I have to sit next to this doofus." As I got closer though, I realized it wasn't a Che shirt at all, it was Ronald Reagan. Still unconvinced this young man was wearing a Reagan shirt, I took my seat and looked him over, looking for the "...was an idiot" or "...wasn't my president" ending. But there was none.
I said to him "I love your shirt". He looked at me like he thought I was joking and I momentarily feared he was wearing the shirt ironically. When he realized I was serious, we had the usual mutual appreciation moment when two outnumbered conservatives meet. I gave him the name of this site, so if you're reading this Reagan guy, drop me a line. There are more of us out there, believe it or not.
Posted by Karol at September 22, 2006 07:04 PM | TrackBackTechnorati Tags: Personal+Blogging
I know the shirt, I've seen it advertised on other conservative sites, like Frontpagemag.com. My favorite take on the Che shirt is one where his face is replaced by Cornelius from the original Planet of the Apes.
Posted by: Dino at September 22, 2006 07:35 PMAwesome, lol...needed the laugh.
Now I'm gonna go out and celebrate New Years the only way I know how.......
Posted by: dan the x-Republican at September 22, 2006 07:49 PMThe one where Che is replaced by Mario is pretty cool as well.
Posted by: Emperor Nerd at September 22, 2006 07:56 PMThere used to be one with Margaret Thatcher's face on it. Taint nothing new. Karol, how do you work out that you are outnumbered?
Posted by: bryan at September 24, 2006 03:36 AMThere are lots of conservatives in NYC, and in the unlikeliest of places.
But it would be hilarious to think of a pro-Che guy gambling in Atlantic City. And probably such a person wouldn't think of what might be wrong with those things colliding.
Posted by: meep at September 24, 2006 07:54 AMThe Reagan case is typical: if the left disagrees, they call him an idiot. The hundreds of millions of people in eastern Europe who no longer live in fear think otherwise.
Posted by: Elliot Essman at September 24, 2006 02:26 PMBryan, we're outnumbered in the northeast region of the United States. Yes, nationally I would think conservatives outnumber liberals.
Posted by: Karol at September 24, 2006 06:41 PMI own that shirt...wore it to Union Square back in '04 when things were getting heated. Was referred to as " The Devil."
Kinda dug it.
Posted by: Texas Tom at September 25, 2006 12:45 PMFair enough Karol, but I think Noo Yawk has probably a fair proportion of Reps who, (sadly) like most people don't talk politics for fear of bringing out the crazies? Does this happen in the USA? You're talking about the new roadworks/school uniforms/shop being built, and then POW! The person will say something that makes you recoil in a mixture of disgust and confusion. Somehow they have linked a mundane local happening to the zionists, the blacks or the taliban. It is the reason so many people keep it superficial for a long time. This is why the net is such a blessing, dontcha think?
Posted by: bryan at September 26, 2006 08:03 PM
