High Lonesome

Annie Get Your Gun

Yet another reason why we *heart* Florida!  From a marketing standpoint, I think this campaign is brilliant.  Can you think of any better way to ensure free wall to wall coverage to get your message out than tweaking hand wringing media types?

 "If you like deer heads on the wall, you probably like trucks.  And if you like trucks you probably like guns."  TRANSLATION:  OMG WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO!?!?!?

We can only hope that Anderson Cooper will jump on this story.

Tonight, Live Blogging Florida On The Rocks

FYI I will be live drunk blogging the Florida Primary later this evening.  While I don't personally hold that it is a sin to drink alone--come one, we've got the Patriot Act...are we ever truly "alone"--joining me this evening will be Clint, Mark, Pam, and the Lovely Aimee.

The martinis will be flowing!

And Bill Clinton is [Still] So Very Angry

Bill Clinton continues to hog the spotlight in the Democrat nomination for President.  With the South Carolina Primary days away, you'd he that was running.  Actually, that isn't a half bad campaign strategy for Team Clinton given the Senator from New York's complete ineptitude on the stump.

In this most current rapier thrust, the former President gets in the face of a CNN reporter for bringing up the, dare I say "Clintonesque" slash and burn tactics of the Clinton political machine.

As much as I dread the thought of dealing with this three ring soap opera for four more years, I am enjoying this.  It's fun to see the Clinton machine turn on its own. 

"Shame on you," Bill tells us.  One might feel rebuked if they knew what the meaning of the word "is" is.  I'd ask Bill to clarify, but we've been down that road before.

This Little Piggy Went To Mecca

The PC Police are alive and well and, as usual, are making a nuisance of themselves.  Let’s hop across the pond to Great Britain where the Three Little Pigs are making a stir.

“The Three Little Cowboy Builders,” a digital book designed to promote literacy and encourage children in creative writing has been banned from state sponsored awards.  Its use of pigs was ruled to be offensive to Muslims, and the ribbing at builders was deemed to be offensive to labor.  Gee, I guess your sense of humor and perspective are removed prior to government service in the UK too. 

I’m sure this foolishness will find its way to our shores sooner or later, so let’s offer up an ounce of sense before it does.  We live in that wonderful oddity knows as a democratic republic.  As such, we have this notion known as freedom of speech.  It’s a good thing, just ask Perez Hilton’s lawyer.  Like all good things, it has a few drawbacks.  Namely, there are bound to be lots of things said that are annoying, offensive, or just plan stupid.  Just peruse the Op Ed pages of the New York Times and the Boston Globe.  They’re still in business, so clearly we don’t have freedom from offence. 

Part of living in a grown up society that recognizes things like freedom of speech is the maturity to have thick enough skin to allow others to have their say without crying like a stuck pig.  It would appear this notion is lost on many Muslims, Christians, HR Departments, and whiny diversity organizations. 

Public Service Announcement

It has come to our attention that Sen Larry Craig continues to be compelled to make an even bigger fool out of himself by popping up in the news regularly.  As a precaution to others who might make themselves look equally silly, we remind you that the following is the only "wide stance" deemed acceptable at this time.

All others will be reviewed on a case by case basis here.

Carry on....

Can't Stay Home It's Saturday Night

Another nominating convention has come and gone.  For those of you in Primary states, these meetings are more like social hour.  One of the reasons why we hold them in the morning here in Wyoming is to keep them from turning into happy hour.  Not that that has ever stopped us before. 

As expected, Mitt Romney did very well.  I figured he would win, but not by such a wide margin.  McCain was another big surprise.  I had expected he would come in a strong second or third not pull a big goose egg.  In my own County Convention he had no visible support.  Fred Thompson came in second, albeit a long distant second.  The Fuck-A-Bee got zilch, zip, nada, zero here in the Cowboy state.  That was enough to make my day!

You're on your own for tonight's New Hampshire Face Book debate.    I've had about all the politics I can take for one week, but do let me know if Hillary finally loses it and tries to beat Obama to death with her shoe!

I'm out of here! It's Saturday and the night is young!  If you happen to be at the Wrangler and want to talk uh caucus, send me a beer.  Buy me two beers, and I'll tell all. *wink* *wink*

   

2008 The Anti-Choice?

Unless you've been living under a rock for the last six months, you know that tomorrow is the Big Day.  Well, maybe not the Big Day, but the first Big Day of lots of other Big Days in campaign 2008.  The Iowa cauci are mere hours away.  Oh, Joy!

All of the networks are gushing rhapsodic about just who will be the best candidate to unite the country, to bring us together, to lead us into the future!  Bla bla bla.  Please.  Does anyone actually believe that this motley crew can foot that particular bill?  "I'll take the Eighth of Never for $1,000, Alex."

Maybe we're going about this all the wrong way.  Perhaps the best way to bring the nation together isn't a talent search for a white knight to lead the city on the hill.  Maybe the best thing for us to do is to elect the candidate we all hate the most.

To that end, I give you Ron Paul.

No really.  It's not the liquor talking.  Hear me out on this.

It's clear that no one, including me, is all hot and bothered for anyone in this race.  In fact, I can't think of a time where the public has ever felt so uninspired by everyone.  That in mind, we're clearly fooling ourselves to think that this crowd of neophytes and washed up has beens has a fool's chance in hell at making things any better.

Now think about President Paul.  Don't worry.  I'll wait until your spasm is passed.  Feeling better?  Good!  Can you think of any candidate out there guaranteed to throw both parties into collective conniption fits?  I bet the Honeymoon doesn't make it past the inaugural address.  With his calls to abolish the Federal Reserve, return to the Gold Standard, and the myriad of his other 1000 points of crazy the two warring sides of the isle will have no choice but to come together to put a stop to the lunacy.  Paul's craziness is such a bizarre and haphazard checkerboard of the ideological spectrum that neither party will have an upper hand.

There is another bright point to all of this.  Both parties would be so busy trying to keep Paul in check that they'd have no time or energy to dream up new and creative ways to blow the national piggy bank.  They'd also be too preoccupied to meddle in our affairs as citizens.  What bliss!  A better recipe to tell our representatives in Washington to buzz off I can't think of.

At least tomorrow we'll be past Iowa.

Cheers!

CNN Having "Technical Difficulties"

Uh oh.  It seems that CNN is having "Technical Difficulties"  aka...is off the air.  Not to worry, they've moved over to Headline News until they can sort it out.

I don't want to name names, but I couldn't help but notice Rupert Murdock looking the other way whistling on Fox.  Also, no confirmation that the smoke seen outside the CNN newsroom was green.  Lord knows that could explain a whole lot of Wolf Blitzer's reporting this past year.

We'll keep our eyes on this one.

Hello, We're Picking the Leader of the Free World Here?!?

For the record, Iowa and New Hampshire aren't the only states pushing their primary colors next week.  We Wyoming Republicans will be holding our county conventions to select our presidential nominee.  You didn't know?  Don't worry, you're not alone.  The Washington Times only just noticed.

This isn't any great surprise.  The only time the media establishment takes heed to the goings on in this corner of the world is when Jake Gyellenhaal and Heath Ledger are busy getting their gay on in sappy Titanic-esq movies, or when some kid goes looking for love in all the wrong places and winds up tied to a fence post.  Either way, I think we all prefer to be ignored by the talking heads.

How will the candidates fare?  I really haven't seen any polling data, not that I've been looking that hard, so it's a lot of educated guesses and drunken party talk.  Well, mostly drunken party talk, actually.  Romney could do very well.  Especially in places like Lincoln, Uinta, Sweetwater, and Natrona counties.  I see John McCain doing very well too.  He's a good ideological fit and a well known name.  Thankfully, the Huckabee isn't all a buzz.

One way or the other we will know on Saturday.  Well, on the Republican side anyway.  The Democrat party has stated that they were going to "hold fast" to their original March caucus date.  I think this is a lot less about holding fast as it is about not letting everyone know they couldn't afford a meeting room and will be holding their caucus in the phone booth it the back bar of the Ranger.

I'm just sayin....

Ready or Not, Here They Come

Christmas is over and the new year is on its way.  Time for the political season to kick off; god help us all.  The talking heads seem to be all a twitter warning candidates not to "go negative."  This advice is all well and good I'm sure.  But does anyone really care what Wolf Blitzer has to say?

Personally, I think negative ads are loads more fun.  Just for kicks, here is a collection of the best of the worst political attack ads of the last election cycle.  Enjoy!!!

In an unexpected move, Democrats rallied around family and the flag to question Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave's fiscal responsibility...and her tres chic signature pink suit.

This RNC ad aimed at Democrat Congressman Harold Ford dares to ask:  "What was Harold doing at the Playboy party...and why weren't we invited?!?!"

The supporters of two time loser Democrat Senate Candidate Tom Strickland point out the awful truth.  Sen Allard hates children.  I find the playing of "Jesus Loves Me" in the background to be deeply touching.

North Carolina Republican Congressional candidate Vernon Robinson is going to save us from lesbians, space aliens, and Rod Sterling.

Oh, what the heck, I had to throw in another Pink Suit Ad.