National Review 'Sailing Into The Sunset' Cruise '08

By Cernig

The jokes almost write themselves when you contemplate spending November 8th to 15th trapped on a cruise ship with the likes of the Republican luminaries listed at right.

And there's only five cabins remaining, with 374 fully booked - proving that in a population of 300 million there are pople so masochistic that no "safe word" can keep them from seeking self-injury.

But it does beg a serious question:

Did none of these folk expect to be preparing for four years of a new Republican presidency when they comitted to attend - not even Thompson and Romney?

The cruise begins only four days after the elections. It's either going to be a great celebration or, I suspect, a funeral barge.

And, just to keep the hilarity going, check out some of the activities they're touting:

Plenty of chances to meet, schmooze and enjoy personal interaction with our special guest speakers.

Exclusive Parties and Dining with our special guest speakers. You will dine with your fellow National Review attendees, so that you have the chance to meet many of your fellow conservative cruisers.

Numerous private cocktail parties and evening smokers.

A fully escorted cruise. [Huh? Naaah, that can't mean they provide "escorts", can it? - C]

Learn Yoga

Take an arts tour

Pamper yourself in the Greenhouse Spa

Relax in a hydrotherapy pool

Spa, hydrotherapy, arts tours, YOGA? Sound like a bunch of pansy elitists to me. Still, maybe the hydrotherapy and the yoga will help them recover from an electoral drubbing.

Comments

[smintheus]

Simply hilarious.

Also amusing to see who gets top/bottom billing.

[courtneyme109]

It would be cool to cruise with these cats - particularly on bi partisaning the pre emption doctrine to "When in doubt - Knock 'em out".

For those long drawn out explanations ala Obama - Biden they could help stretch it way out - like

"The burden for Regime Changing is not on Great Satan - it’s on illegitimate, corrupt, murderous regimes, rocket rich body part collectors and any fanboy fellow travellers (rocket hot or not) that torment their own people, their neighbors, foreign humanitarian compassionates, condone and practice genocide, horrific gendercide on their own sweet girls, indulge in slave trading while their ‘nations’ suffer pitiful literacy rates, poor sanitation, blinging on missiles, militaries, secret police instead of hospitals, schools, free media or a future for their young people and tend to act out against any democrazie in weapons range.

It’s up to those cats to prove they are safe as milk.

There is little reason to even tolerate their existence."

[Steve Hynd]

Yeah, Courtney, we Brits used to say that too, while we were conquering and pillaging a third of the globe.

Then America took up the divine mandate for the White Man's Burden and can do no wrong, right?

Regards, C