The Mononymy Trap

[Chris]

Are they all trying to distance themselves from relations, husbands, fathers, brothers?

The Mononymy Trap (http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/06/the-mononymy-trap/395861/)


Run, Hillary, Run.

Stand With Rand.


Jeb!

Every election seems to crystallize around a theme. It’s early yet, but could the theme of 2016 be mononymy?

That’s the formal term for the use of a single name, and it’s unusually popular with this year’s presidential hopefuls, with three leading contenders branding themselves sans surnames. Hillary Clinton has been using only her first name since she launched her own political career with a campaign for Senate in New York in 2000. She’s joined by Rand Paul, the senator from Kentucky. And over the weekend, Jeb Bush revealed his own logo for the 2016 race: Jeb!, with the exclamation mark included. He, too, has used that moniker before, in his races for Florida governor.

Perhaps this is just the symptom of an informal age....

[Adelaide]

It only makes sense for all of them to distance themselves, so it's probably that.

[GrassrootsConservative]

I wouldn't want to use Bill's last name either if I was Hillary.

/Edit: Obviously as a Grassroots Conservative I would think the best thing Rand Paul could do is make sure it's known he is the son of the great Ron Paul.

[PolWatch]

Trump is trying it too!

http://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=HS.280121250139&w=154&h=105&c=7&rs=1&qlt=90&pid=3.1&rm=2

[GrassrootsConservative]

Trump is trying it too!

http://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=HS.280121250139&w=154&h=105&c=7&rs=1&qlt=90&pid=3.1&rm=2

Understandable. His first name is "Donald."

Really? In this anti-white world we live in that shit will never fly.

[Common Sense]

It's hard to be a white man today.

[PolWatch]

It's hard to be a white man today.

poor babies....

[Calypso Jones]

they think they're damn celebrities.

[Chris]

"the Donald" doesn't count. He's a nonentity.

[Chris]

Actually, I just like the new word, mononymy.

What famous mononyms are there?

Jesus. Moses. Ringo (the Beatle or the cowboy). Socrates. Plato. Dubya.

[PolWatch]

Cher!

[GrassrootsConservative]

Actually, I just like the new word, mononymy.

What famous mononyms are there?

Jesus. Moses. Ringo (the Beatle or the cowboy). Socrates. Plato. Dubya.

Napoleon. Prince. Mozart. Shakespeare. Lewis. Clark.

Do these people even have other names?

[PattyHill]

Actually, I just like the new word, mononymy.

What famous mononyms are there?

Jesus. Moses. Ringo (the Beatle or the cowboy). Socrates. Plato. Dubya.

Madonna.

[Tahuyaman]

It's hard to be a white man today.


Maybe in Canada. Certainly not here.

[Dr. Who]

Actually, I just like the new word, mononymy.

What famous mononyms are there?

Jesus. Moses. Ringo (the Beatle or the cowboy). Socrates. Plato. Dubya.
Cher, Bono, Prince...

[del]

larry, moe, curly...

[Captain Obvious]

del

[del]

del

qft

i was originally delmont 88, but i evolved

[del]

http://www.moma.org/collection_images/resized/653/w500h420/CRI_240653.jpg

[Captain Obvious]

http://www.moma.org/collection_images/resized/653/w500h420/CRI_240653.jpg

Senator Teddy's?

[del]

Senator Teddy's?

yep

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bTtZnSolcqs/T38fXZWkFMI/AAAAAAAAAs0/9Xd_Bwjut08/s1600/VW.jpg

it was an homage, but everyone kept calling me del so i rolled with it

[Common Sense]

Maybe in Canada. Certainly not here.

Tell that to GRC.

I thought you said you could spot sarcasm?

[Don]

Trump is trying it too!

http://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=HS.280121250139&w=154&h=105&c=7&rs=1&qlt=90&pid=3.1&rm=2

I don't want anybody that is so stupid they think Paul Teutul Jr. screwed over his poor innocent nice guy daddy Paul Teutul Sr. to be president of the United States. If that is what is meant by "insightful" I don't know what blind is. :wink: :laugh:

[Tahuyaman]

I thought you said you could spot sarcasm?

How did my comment refute that?

[Bob]

http://thepoliticalforums.com/images/misc/quote_icon.png Originally Posted by Common Sense http://thepoliticalforums.com/images/buttons/viewpost-right.png (http://thepoliticalforums.com/showthread.php?p=1136570#post1136570)
It's hard to be a white man today.


poor babies....

Had Common Sense blurted out white woman, no doubt you would not have mocked him.

[Captain Obvious]

Had Common Sense blurted out white woman, no doubt you would not have mocked him.

Will you shut the fuck up already?

[Bob]

Will you shut the fuck up already?

Once again, CO being the total jerk

[del]

Once again, CO being the total jerk

your honeymoon pix came back

http://s1.totalprosports.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/kim-k-thrown-to-the-sharks-shark-gifs.gif

[PolWatch]

Had Common Sense blurted out white woman, no doubt you would not have mocked him.

Bob, that was 24 hours ago. I know you want to find everything you can possibly whine about but get a grip. You are making yourself look foolish & petty.

[Bob]

Bob, that was 24 hours ago. I know you want to find everything you can possibly whine about but get a grip. You are making yourself look foolish & petty.

Wait, you made statements but you wish to blame me?

How many times have you trashed me then to lash out me as you do?

[PolWatch]

Please Stay on Topic...Take the Whine & Verbal Slaps to the PM Function

[Ivan88]

It would all be vastly more interesting if they were campaigning for monogamy.

[Ivan88]

your honeymoon pix came back

http://s1.totalprosports.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/kim-k-thrown-to-the-sharks-shark-gifs.gif
I want to hear the story about this "honey moon pic".