According to J. Martin, Rudy is putting out a new radio ad wherein he claims to be Liberals' worst nightmare. Sorry, Rudy, that moniker's already been taken (ffwd to 4:15 or so into the clip to see what I mean, or just watch the whole thing):
But if we are really talking about hard hitting, we'll go to this frame. Witness what Joe Trippi wrote in an e-mail to Edwards' supporters today:
"If you want to know why we need change in Washington – and I mean real change, not just trading corporate Republican insiders with corporate Democratic insiders – then just look at Senator Clinton's schedule for today.
Today at noon, Hillary Clinton will be hosting a fundraiser in Washington, DC for a select group of lobbyists with an interest in homeland security.
Tickets for the Clinton fundraiser are $1,000 a ticket and $25,000 per bundler. And for that money you get more than a meal – you get to attend one-hour breakout sessions in four different areas of homeland security that will include House Committee Chairs and members of Congress who sit on the very committees that will be voting on homeland security legislation. ...
Today's Clinton fundraising event is a "poster child" for what is wrong with Washington and what should never happen again with a candidate running for the highest office in the land.
That no one in the Clinton campaign – including the candidate – found anything wrong with holding this fundraiser is an indication of just how bad things have gotten in Washington – because there isn't an American outside of Washington who would not be sickened by it."
Sickened! Corporate Insiders! It is a lurid page straight out of the Ralph Nader handbook, and I like it.
This move, however fraught with risk, will undoubtedly catch flack from other campaigns and the parts of the soft-bellied media, but I'm glad to see someone taking the gloves off over an issue like money-for-access.
I just got my hands on the lyrics to the song that accompanied Fred Thompson’s official announcement. There is no video or audio yet, so I’ve affixed a similar-sounding music video below the text. Enjoy.
I'm A, I'm A, I'm A, I'm A Flirt Soon as I see her walk up in the rally, I'm a Flirt Winkin her eyes at me, when I roll up in my pickup truck, I'm a Flirt Sometimes when I'm with my advisors all alone I'm a Flirt And when she's wit her candidate lookin at me, Damn right I'm a Flirt So homie don't bring your girl to meet and greet me, cuz I'm a Flirt And baby don't bring your fundraisers to eat cuz I'm a Flirt Please believe it, unless your rhetoric is tight and you got no dirt Then don't bring your voters around me, cuz I'm a Flirt
Now I swear to tell the truth and the whole truth When it comes to voters I be Pimpin like I’m supposed to Stumpin’ Like I’m Supposed to Pandering Like I’m Supposed To In the Country Club, Fundraisin’ wit honeys like I’m supposed to
A dog on the prowl when I'm walkin through the union hall If I could man I probably would flirt wit all Y’all Yeah, yeah Homie you yay she ya precinct captain But when I step up to her I'm a be like Ronald Reagan Believe me man, this is how them playas do it in the Souf And plus we got them conservative values in the Souf Now the moral of the story is cuff yo voter Cuz hey I played on Law & Order, plus I'm tall and I'm A Flirt
Hey supporter, If U ain't givin’ no money U better keep away from me, ya dig?
When I, when I, when I, when I pull up to New Hampshire All the Pundits be like, “Damn, you’re too late!” Then I be like, “boy you know just who I am, don't hate.” See I done fell in love wit campaigning, y’all All I do Is flirt with voters, and I get them to the polls And I don't need no help, I got Howard Baker for that Freddy Tom was born to run now you can't argue with that
I'm asking for your vote And I'm hoping I feel your pain I'm a squint my eye and let you know I got the game When I pass by I know exactly what you say He's so fly And yes he's so cool Hey Shawty What it do Romney’s mad cuz I'm lookin but I already ID’d her I got your candidate mad cuz I'm A Flirt
(Chorus) Soon as I see her walk up in the rally, I'm a Flirt Winkin her eyes at me, when I roll up in my pickup truck, I'm a Flirt Sometimes when I'm with my advisors all alone I'm a Flirt And when she's wit her candidate lookin at me, Damn right I'm a Flirt So homie don't bring your girl to meet and greet me, cuz I'm a Flirt And baby don't bring your fundraisers to eat cuz I'm a Flirt Please believe it, unless your rhetoric is tight and you got no dirt Then don't bring your voters around me, cuz I'm a Flirt
(Chorus and fade) I'm a Flirt Soon as I see her walk up in the rally, I'm a Flirt Winkin her eyes at me, when I roll up in my pickup truck, I'm a Flirt Sometimes when I'm with my advisors all alone I'm a Flirt And when she's wit her candidate lookin at me, Damn right I'm a Flirt So homie don't bring your girl to meet and greet me, cuz I'm a Flirt And baby don't bring your fundraisers to eat cuz I'm a Flirt Please believe it, unless your rhetoric is tight and you got no dirt Then don't bring your voters around me, cuz I'm a Flirt I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a Flirt
The Three Q Blog, originally dubbed Quabbin Qountry Queries, is named in honor of the Quabbin Reservoir in central Massachusetts. The general Quabbin region was originally the home base for the author, and a place whose trails and massive aquatic presence served as a source of inspiration for the musings herein. We hope to write with the same rebellious spirit as the Quabbin's most famous citizen, Daniel Shays, after whom the stretch of US Hwy 202 that runs along the Quabbin's shore is named.
A rags-to-riches-to-rags military hero from the Revolutionary War, Shays later led a shoddy force of local farmers based out of a local watering hole called Conkey's Tavern against the Massachusetts militia in protest of the state's poll tax. Money was a barrier to entry into politics then, just as it remains today.
They called themselves "The Regulators" and they stood up for Democracy. We call ourselves "The Bloggers" and we must do the same kind of fighting with our words, if not our muskets.
For More Information on the Quabbin Reservoir and Daniel Shays, here are some links.
