P-I columnist Joel Connelly (pictured), in an effort to connect with the online-only paper’s youthful audience, writes about the mayor’s race this week. And you know it’s a Connelly column because none of his references are from this century. Let’s take a stroll down Memory Connelly Lane: A 1956 movie (“The Seven Year Itch”); a 1955 novel (“The Last Hurrah”); a campaign slogan from 1940 (“Better a Third Timer than a Third Rater”—Franklin D. Roosevelt); and a football coach who left Seattle in 1991 (Chuck Knox). Connelly’s column is also replete with references to “Hizzoner” (a term that dates to the “early 20th century,” according to Webster‘s) “snazzy” (it’s what the kids are saying!) and “the Bush-speak term” “strategery”—a term he likes very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very much. And lest you think Connelly’s gone a whole week without referencing Nixon, think again: His column refers to the “nabobs” in the Nickels camp, a reference to Nixon VP Spiro Agnew’s most famous line ever—from 1970.
Joel Connelly Speaks to the Youth of America
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Hey Connelly, care to share your favorite oatmeal recipe?
He writes from his experience, it would be jarring to see him using ebonic slang, or young sexual terminology. What references should he be making? Back to the Future, Simpson’s, Star Wars, to the Clinton era?
Also, wouldn’t a Bush reference be to this century?
Give the guy a break. He writes to his audience and its not you.
At first I thought you were being a wee bit of a bitch, Erica, with the photo.
Then I went to the PI’s website and saw Connelly’s photo. Holy shit. That’s scary.
NOTE TO PUBLIC: When I was 32 I referred to something from the past, for.
Yeah, like all us 20-somethings know, nothing that happend more than 10 years ago is ever relevant and we shouldn’t have to know that stuff.
Besides, we determine our politics by whom we would like to sleep with, and we definitely don’t want to sleep with Joe Connelly. Like, yuck!
Isn’t Obama just dreamy?
Hopeless.
Umm … is using a photo of Wilford Brimley who is actually “(pictured)” instead of Joel Connelly some kind of regional humor that I’m just not getting here in the middle of the 48?
I thought you knew the PI mostly went with old fogies when they went online?
But does he succeed in paying for his cheap wine. Or does he fail to do so?
Our house. Gus speaking.
Erica, I never paid much attention to your writing until last week’s trumped up “scandal.”
I gave you the benefit of the doubt.
I figured your work should speak for you, rather than your personal foibles.
Now I read your stuff. Regularly.
And I see why you have so many detractors.
This piece was crap. Whining, snarky, amateurish, and without substance.
Tabloid muckraking.
DI-A-BEEEEE-TUS!!!
DIABEETUS.
You’re sleeping with him, aren’t you, Erica? I can tell. That kind of tension can only mean one thing.
@12 DAMN YOU!!!!
Connelly has never, to my knowledge, forgot to pay for cheap wine.
Ethical advantage: Connelly.
@11
Thanks for understanding.
And Erica, in case you’ve ever wondered what you’re going to look like in 10 years, it’s this: http://www.lynchnet.com/absent/miller.jp…
Only you won’t be wearing jewelry. Which you should, because really, something about you should look nice.
“Now look at me. I’m wet nurse to a last-place, dead-to-the-neck-up ball club, and I’m choking to death!”
i personally can’t wait until connelley’s tweetup at CC’s next week. who has the link?
You liked 3-0 for the Sounders?
How about 5-0 this Saturday!
Just because your paper could give two shits about anyone over the age of 40 (unless those people happen to be on your payroll) and just because the PI is now online only, doesn’t mean that this post was geared towards youth!
Someday, Erica, you will be old and I imagine you will handle it badly.
Someday, troll, you’ll wake up and realize you wasted your life trolling.
Honestly, this is the only thing I can ever remember reading by ECB and enjoying.
Erica you ignorant slut- stop picking on Connelly.
You’re already a bitter shrew. Just think what you’ll be like when you’re Joel’s age.
Oh, and I love it when Savage plays the age card. He’s twice as old as half his readers (though he pretends he’s not), yet calls people older than him Gramps. Priceless.
My uncle Harry complained about having been cuffed about by a nabob to me several times when I was super little.
Erica’s oeuvre consists of 3 types of posts:
1) City hall political minutiae (yawn)
2) Food she likes (yawn)
3) Toxic, self-righteous snark of the sort you’d hear from a mean drunk.
I hear that if you put them on peanuts, nabobs natter but they don’t fall down.
@23 FTW!
Hey ECB — What kind of daddy issues does Connelly cause for you? Cuz the research it takes to make this blog post (especially the 75 links to “strategery”) is borderline batshit crazy. Sorry.
Erica, woah, step away from the coffee.
Normally I tend to agree with you, or at least am indifferent to you. But this just comes across as a bitter spiteful rant for no apparent reason.
Believe it or not, there are some of us out here over 40 who actually surf the internet. We remember Nixon vividly as the worst president ever (until Shrub came along). Disagree with his opinions if you want. I often do too. But don’t nag at him just because he happens to be older than you and periodically uses language more familiar to people his own age.
Erica is totally ageist. Simple. Foul. Ugly.
Erica, ageism is not part of any feminist thought I have ever studied.
In fact, the opposite. Ask a lesbian friend or two.
(and Dan is NOT a feminist)
@2 word.
At least joel connelly never stole cheap wine from QFC like Erica did. Shame on you!
Actually I kinda liked The Seven Year Itch. Marilyn Monroe’s dress being blown up by the hot air vent is priceless.
Not only are you a shitty reporter, Erica, but you also have zero fucking class.
the old guy in the pix is a homo, came out long ago in hollywood, he is dead now, I think
he is very cool in fact, and made his mark as an actor in many many roles
@38: Wilford Brimley is neither (openly) gay nor dead. And he endorsed McCain. But yes, he’s a famous character actor. And diabetes spokesperson.
And yet despite the obvious shortcomings, Connelly’s political analysis was deeper and more thoughtful than anything appearing in the Stranger since the departure of Feit.
If the intent of the Slog is to be the local leader of snarky (albeit entertaining) character assassination pieces, you should hire the commenter @ 17. That link is the funniest thing I’ve seen on Slog in the past few months.
@12 wins.
And yes, Erica’s reporting sucks donkey balls.
#39
Sorry, I confused the old guy in the TV show about the hill billy family in the mountains, with John boy.
That guy came out and is now dead.
I am not a avid fan of much TV. Glad there are experts in all fields.
To call Erica’s writing reporting is being too kind.
Seems to me you have nothing to say here that isn’t gratuitously snide. Your “this century” schtick seems especially weak–c’mon, “this century” is nine years old. Anyone who limited their analysis to that which happened this century would be almost categorically not worth listening to.
If you disagree with Mr. Connelly, explain why. Surely it can’t be that hard to debate him, what with him being an old man and all.