Mark Pritchard

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Mark Pritchard is a fiction writer living in Bernal Heights, San Francisco. He's the author of the novels "How they Scored" and "Make Nice," and the story collections "How I Adore You" and "Too Beautiful and Other Stories."

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2008 3:39PM

Chris Rock: 'I'll go with the guy with one house'

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Comedian Chris Rock on Larry King last night:

ROCK: The big thing right now is the economy. And people are going broke. And here: The choice isn't Republican or Democrat. The choice is you got a guy that's worth $150 million with 12 [sic] houses against a guy who's worth a million dollars with one house. The guy with one house really cares about losing a house, because he is homeless. The other guy can lose five houses and still got a bunch of houses. Does this make any sense? Am I the only one that sees this?

LARRY KING: It's unique way of ...

ROCK: I'm just saying, John McCain could lose half his houses. And sleep well. ... The country needs a change. We kind of seen what this whole McCain thing is. And I'll go with the guy with one house. The guy with one house is scared about losing his house.

LARRY KING: I never thought of it that way.

ROCK: It is that simple.

It's a great point of comparison. Never mind the commercial about how McCain owns "foreign cars" meant to appeal to auto workers' xenophobia. Just ask voters who they really trust to lead the economy away from something that benefits only the super-rich to something that benefits everyone -- the guy with eight houses, or the guy with one?

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I caught that today, and just sat there nodding my head. I like Chris Rock - he thinks like us poor middle class people do.
Yeah - definitely vote for the guy with one house. How could you not?
Bill S.
September 26, 2008 03:48 PM
CNN has been running this clip in their news programs -- it's wonderful. Again, you've got to wonder why comedians are more likely to speak plainly and truthfully than reporters and politicians, these days.
Saturn Smith
September 26, 2008 05:21 PM
Chris was hot on Dave Letterman when he followed Bill Clinton too. The comedians are really fulfilling the old court jester role of speaking truth to power in a language that everyone can laugh about.
Dr. Susanne Freeborn
September 26, 2008 05:29 PM
I love Chris Rock--can't wait for his HBO special tomorrow night. He was on David Letterman the other night, right after Clinton, and was hysterical and astute when he was saying, "That guy just cannot say the word OBAMA!" He went on and on. He's not only extremely funny, but he's brilliant.

I missed him on Larry King--pretty sure LK does repeats for the week following so I will look for this interview.

Thanks for making a post out of it.
marytkelly
September 26, 2008 05:41 PM
I just love, love, love this. I heart Chris Rock (and John Grisham too who just described himself as a yellow dog Democrat on MSNBC). Be still my beating heart!

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pretend_farmer
September 26, 2008 07:25 PM
Those who love Chris Rock should look for his new special on HBO Saturday evening. I'm sure he will be terrific.
Dorinda D.
September 26, 2008 11:40 PM
I'm still glowing about how insightful Chris Rock's pitch about Bill Clinton was in 1996... The "I am Bill Clinton" speech. I can't find a transcript on the web just at this moment though I have in the past, maybe they get swept away, but he basically said that Clinton has real problems that real people have, and he enumerated some, then he said "I know Bill Clinton. I am Bill Clinton." I always took his implication to be that Bill Clinton was going to make policies right for him because he really, primitively understood in a way his opponent did not. And that's the case he's making elegantly here again. I think it's a great point and a brilliant phrasing. They should roll these snippets out as ads on TV, yes.
Kent Pitman
September 27, 2008 05:15 AM
I'm with Chris...I'll stick with the guy with a more realistic upbringing and lifestyle.
Hipployta
September 27, 2008 08:15 AM
Imagine a comedian that is funny AND has a valid point about politics.

I used to like Dennis Miller. His rant on Dockers pants is down right funny. Well, then he got all self-righteous and high on the fumes from the elephant's bunghole and totally lost it. He wasn't funny playing jester to people that think denying healthcare to veterans is a private joke. I think his career, his mainstream career is over and he knows it.

It's great to see people in the music industry taking a stand too. How can anyone not take a stand although sometimes their stands are somewhat confusing. Sammy Hagar is a wingnut?

Power to the people that are going to have to bear the weight of the Bushist agenda!!!
gonzoid
September 27, 2008 08:24 AM