Choice November 2

Hugh Hewitt asked for characterizations of the choice we have set before us in the Presidential election 11/2. The following is a list of the responses he's recieved so far: Reagan v. Carter offense v. defense advance v. retreat resolve v. dithering blunt talk v. nuance England and Australia v. France and Germany Allawi in power v. Saddam in power post 9/11 v. post-Cole values of America at its founding v. the values of Europe today leader v. talker lightning v. lightning bug White House v. waffle house Noah's Ark v. Titanic Lincoln v. McClellan limits on abortion v. no limits on abortion and taxpayer-funded abortions parental notification v. no parental notification of teens seeking abortion tax cut v. tax hike private sector growth v. public sector growth cheeseburger v. escargot honest humility v. prideful arrogance "Let's roll" v. roll over Thanksgiving in Baghdad v. Christmas Eve in Cambodia F-102 v. hot air balloon September 12 v. September 10 reality v. make believe big fish v. big fish story Patton v. Peter Pan Popeye v. Wimpy Iceberg v. crushed ice Battle Hymn of the Republic v. Kumbaya Pat Tillman v. Michael Moore D-Day v. Dunkirk Brit Hume v. Chris Matthews G-suit v. stuffed suit national identity v. international anonymity to be v. not to be G-man v. g-string tastes great v. less filling Gary Cooper v. Inspector Clouseau Red Dawn v. Reds 007 v. Austin Powers Osama running from us v. Osama coming at us adult v. adolescent Henry V v. Dauphin Braveheart v. Chickenheart Jim Brown v. Ricky Williams hard blow v. blow hard Heart of America v. Le Car steak v. pate (Lileks) hard sharp cheddar v. runny brie (Lileks) red, white, blue v. tie die 10 gallon stetson v. the magic hat Saving Private Ryan v. Gigle rock v. hard face world series v. world cup eagle v. magpie cowboy hat v. blue helmet (radioblogger.com) bulldog v. poodle Laura v. Theresa John Wayne v. Jane Fonda Ray Lewis v. Jerry Lewis filet mignon v. ground turkey safety blitz v. prevent defense "nuculur" v. nuisance (radioblogger.com) body armor v. body bag global freedom v. global test we the people v. we are the world adverb v. adjective (Adam Youngman) big rocks v. botox Toby Keith v. Milli Vanilli bazooka v. oompaloompa Bring it on v. time out backbone v. back flip Thor v. Loki action v. a plan character v. caricature stars and stripes v. smoke and mirrors Arnold v. Gray Hannibal v. Varro marriage v. same sex marriage Dirty Harry v. Barney Fife Alexander v. Darius "Blood, sweat, toil, and tears" v. "Peace in our time." "Never, never, never, never, never give up" v. "wrong war, wrong place, wrong time" Charge of the Light Brigade v. Electric Light Parade (Adam Youngman) a Bradley v. a Yugo hard hat v. beret Lambeau Field v. Lambert Field 101rst Airborne v. 101 Dalmatians Old Glory v. white flag road warrior v. road kill Mr. T v. mystery Sun Tsu v. sun tan The Great Santini v. Forrest Gump logical v. pathological Jaws v. Flipper men v. boys Zorro v.zero Secretariat v. Frances the Talking Mule mini skirt v. burkah victory v. Vichy God Bless America v. God-less America compass v. windsock Predator v. prey tough calls v. pratt falls The Star Spangled Banner v. The Internationale composure v. poser boots on the ground v. hands in the air "I'm the greatest!" v. "No mas." Captain Kirk v. Colonel Klink safer shores v. manicures a grand slam v. french toast tough in the trenches v. courting the frenches sanity v. vanity "bring it on" v. "Not in the face! Not in the face." Spanky v. Alfalfa fire power v. flower power bunker busters v. spit balls Baghdad '03 v. Dien Bien Phu '54 iron v. irony Navy SEALs v. navy beans high and inside v. intentional walk Monday Night Football v. Sex in the City USS Missouri v. USS Minnow Brett Farve v. Ryan Leaf putting down insurrections v. botox injections rawhide v. chiffon a man who kept his promises v. a kept man who promises winner v. whiner a stance v. a pose chaps v. lycra head coach v. Monday morning QB "T-Rex v. Barney the windshield v. the bug manwich v. lean cuisine Die Hard v. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Axis of Evil v. nuisance Tour de force v. Tour de France ten feet tall v. a mile wide and an inch deep Frank Sinatra v. Frankie Avalon Lawrence Taylor v. James Taylor a shield v a target pummel v. Hummel (sorry, James) Lincoln log v. tinker toy payback v. payoff oak v. quaking aspen a hearty handshake v. throwing a kiss Texas-raised v. taxes-raised Crawford v. Martha's Vineyard man's man v. tan-in-a-can shock and awe v. hem and haw Semper Fi v. simpering