2008
Oh, the People You’ll Meet
Whatever the prize is, this guy wins it:
Just look at that smug jackass. In fact, let’s take a closer look at that smug jackass:
That’s Daniel Kramer, from Sacramento, having his photo taken with protestors who are two barricades away. He runs a p.r. firm and says the protests seem “unique.”
Unique?
“They seem rather coordinated. They look almost violent. And it’s surprising—most of those folks look well-off, well-to-do. If I didn’t know better, I’d think some of them were getting paid to be out here. M-hm.”
There’s no other description for a guy like this: He is pure, distilled jackassery.
Comments (23)
Why didn't you punch him in the throat?
Posted by Bellevue Ave | September 3, 2008 9:04 AMThat tie, with that shirt, with that suit, with these commas, makes me want to fucking kill.
Posted by Mr. Poe | September 3, 2008 9:04 AMAll political parties are full of smug jackasses who think they know more than the rest of us. That is why they are politicians.
Posted by Mike | September 3, 2008 9:05 AM"They look almost violent."
This man does not know violence.
Posted by Ziggity | September 3, 2008 9:09 AM"I work for a PR firm" should've been your first clue.
Posted by flamingbanjo | September 3, 2008 9:09 AMLook Muffy, Protesters! Aren't they cute? I feel like we're at some sort of liberal zoo! Do you have any mari-jah-wana or forty ounce malt liquor beverages we can feed them?
Posted by Henry Longbottom III esq. | September 3, 2008 9:16 AMSmug guy, whatever. I am completely distracted by what appears to be a woman in a Darth Vader helmet behind him.
Posted by Christy O | September 3, 2008 9:20 AMWhen the revolution comes to Sacramento, you'll be on the other side of that fence, brother.
Posted by Gil Scott Heron | September 3, 2008 9:26 AMThe smile is the source of the reality distortion field.
Posted by laterite | September 3, 2008 9:26 AM*MUST...SUSTAIN...SMILE..NNGGGHGH!*
They look so well off that the probably have one of those high-dollar paid protester jobs? And here I thought if you hired somebody to protest they'd smell like the ones who get paid to stand in line.
Posted by elenchos | September 3, 2008 9:28 AMNotice, the slight backwards cocked hips? That's the true sign of a tightass douchebag. To quote the great scholar F. Bueller, "if you stuck a lump of coal up his ass, in two weeks you'd have a diamond."
Posted by UNPAID BLOGGER | September 3, 2008 9:29 AMi bit OT, but I saw the helmet right away also... the morphing of the police into imperial stormtroopers is rather disturbing
Posted by yup | September 3, 2008 9:30 AMPeace sells...but who's buying?
Posted by MEGADETH | September 3, 2008 9:36 AMA google search of his name turned up:
Dan Kramer is the head of the Nichols-Dezenhall office in Sacramento.
Dezenhall Resources, formerly known as Nichols-Dezenhall, is a PR company whose trademark is its "aggressive" campaigns to counter community activist groups. It has been called "the pit bull of public relations."
Clients:
Jeffrey Skilling - Former Enron CEO
Posted by Jackass | September 3, 2008 9:44 AMMark J. Geragos - Los Angeles attorney for Michael Jackson.
Eli Lilly & Co - Pharmaceutical corporation
The Association of American Publishers
The American Meat Institute lists the company on its website as one with a crisis management capability suitable for its members.
I hate his stupid tie knot.
Posted by Jeremy from Seattle | September 3, 2008 9:46 AMRepresented Skilling? Jackass who really knows what "well off" means.
Let's see a picture of those protesters.
Posted by MJ | September 3, 2008 9:47 AMYou must not have met many politicians if you think this guy is the apogee of smug.
Posted by Toe Tag | September 3, 2008 9:51 AMKiley - He presents a nice counterpoint to your pure, distilled douchebaggery. After the decent coverage provided of the DNC, is this sort of garbage the best The Stranger can do? What a disappointment. At least you didn't make up a bullshit quote this time in order to frame your story (like your previous crock-o-crap about the Prada loafers). Looking forward to this amateur hour being over.
Posted by Your "coverage" sucks! | September 3, 2008 9:54 AMCome on Stranger I thought you could do much better than this.
Lame. Not funny. Not interesting.
You guys won't be getting offers from The Daily Show anytime soon.
Posted by quality | September 3, 2008 10:00 AMYeah, they're being paid by the Iraquis to end the war.
Makes sense.
Posted by GK | September 3, 2008 10:44 AMI still think yesterday's knob-head was funnier.
Posted by Fnarf | September 3, 2008 11:06 AMThe Republicans have been hoping for violence so they can show "middle-America" how evil liberals really are. Of course it is the protesters violating the Republicans right to peacefully assemble and voice their free speech.
Posted by elswinger | September 3, 2008 12:01 PMEven his smile looks like a lie.
Posted by inkweary | September 3, 2008 1:30 PMComments Closed
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