There are 11 reader comments
36 16 2004 1:36PM
I'm not a fan of the current president.
I'm not a huge fan of Kerry, either.
I'm not a big fan of the TV turn-off thing.
I'm not a professional writer.
I'm not quite as young as I used to be.
I'm not too fond of desserts.
I'm not saying. I'm just saying.
57 16 2004 1:57PM
I am not a dancer
I am not a painter
I am not a regular flosser
I am not an owner of a chopper
I am not such a fan of onions
I am not convinced talking points help anyone anywhere
I am not a strong swimmer
26 16 2004 2:26PM
I am not who you think I am
I am not kidding
I am not making this up
I am not finished
I am NOT
28 16 2004 2:28PM
Don't misunderestimate me.
46 16 2004 4:46PM
Googlism isn't very helpful here, alas.
---L.
15 16 2004 5:15PM
I am not perfect, and while
I am not always the man I wish I were,
I am not above trying.
28 16 2004 6:28PM
This is what I have in common with W:
I'm not a fact-checker.
I'm not a statistician.
I'm not a numbers-cruncher.
I'm not one of these bean counters.
I'm not a micromanager.
I'm not a member of the legislative branch.
I'm not a rubber stamp for the Congress.
I'm not a censor-guy.
I'm not a lawyer.
I'm not a doctor.
I'm not an economist.
I'm not a stockbroker or a stock-picker.
I'm not a forecaster.
I'm not a predictor.
I'm not a pollster, a poll-reader guy.
I'm not a very good prognosticator of elections.
I'm not a committee chairman.
I'm not of the Washington scene.
I'm not a poet.
I'm not a very good novelist.
I'm not a textbook player.
I'm not a very long-winded person.
I'm not a revengeful person.
I'm not an Iraqi citizen.
I'm not a divider.
I'm not a unilateralist.
I'm not a tree.
That's a lot.
45 16 2004 8:45PM
That is a lot Jason.
Makes me wonder if he uses those phrases so often to make people feel like they have something in common with their president. Also makes me wonder to what extent that is truly strategy. I can just see his advisor saying "Remember, say what you're not! Go get em Dub!" Crazy.
06 18 2004 3:06PM
bush is not my president.
17 19 2004 3:17PM
The NOT Hall of Fame would have to include...
"I am not a crook" - Richard Nixon
"I am not a number" - Patrick McGoohan ("The Prisoner")
"I am not an animal!" - John "The Elephant Man" Merrick (recently used as the title of a BBC animated sitcom)
"I am not a potted plant." - Brendan Sullivan (Oliver North's lawyer at the Iran-Contra hearings)
"I am not making this up" - Dave Barry (at least once in every column)
"I Am Not Going to Get Up Today" - Dr. Seuss (a Beginner Book written by him but illstrated by somebody else)
"I am not going to pay a lot for this muffler!" - George Foreman (Meineke Muffler ad)
"I am not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens." - Woody Allen
It's just a shame that Queen Victoria had to use the Royal "We" when she declared herself not amused.
This thread is closed to new comments. Thanks to everyone who responded.
jkottke55 16 200412:55PM
In the interest of full disclosure, here are some things I am not, culled from the kottke.org archives:
I am not Ebert or Elvis Mitchell
I'm not a big fan of having conversations via Web sites
I am not a pretty boy
I'm not a big fan of Woody Allen the actor but I like Woody Allen the director
I'm not a wildly successful Hollywood movie star
I'm not much of a chatter
I am not doing anything special with this site
I'm not a project manager or in business development
I'm not a gym person
I'm not a very good griller
I'm not a big fan of comics