The invite goes on to say that attendees should "tell the misses not to wait up" because "the after dinner whiskey and cigars will be smooth & the issues to discuss are many."
"Good men sitting around discussing & solving political & social problems over fine food & drink date back to the 12th Century with King Arthur’s Round Table," the invitation said.
Well, of course there won't be any solving of political and social problems if women are in the room. They'll just keep on interruptin' with their girl talk about how all this stuff makes them feel. No, what you need to get shit done is lots of testosterone. And tobacco. And booze. And to be living in 1950.
The funny thing is that this is exactly what politics was like back in the Fifties. Political decisions made in "smoke-filled [back] rooms" wasn't a joke then. Some folks just haven't caught up with the times.
sounds like the Confederacy redux...
ReplyDeleteThere may be a few ladies wealthy enough to be present at such meetings. Other than that, what has changed?
ReplyDeleteThe big thing that changed from the Fifties was candidate selection by primary instead of decisions made by wheeling and dealing in the smoke-filled back room.
ReplyDeleteWe don't have selection by primary in Canada, nor do most other countries. We prefer to select our puppets the old fashioned way.
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