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The Ballad of Billy Glad
Saw this morning that our beloved Billy Glad claims he won't be sailing with the Obamanauts, because someone or other offended him. He feels Obama's people are ageist, entitled, nasty folks, so he is sitting out this silly election (or maybe threatening to see us in Ohio means he'll be working for McCain, who can say), with what he claims are ample resources of money and time. He's going to take his toys and go home. So keeping in mind the Ballad of Billy Jack (also known as "One Tin Soldier"), as a warning against petulant displays of disunity, I will now flop around sexily on a piano and sing for you . . .
The Ballad of Billy Glad
Listen, bloggers, to a story
That was written long ago,
'Bout a Party and its voters
And the angry blogs they wrote.
On the website was some anger
Racial, ageist, classist too,
And the Clinton people swore
They'd were blameless, it was you.
Go ahead and hate Obama,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Clinton,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come November 4,
On the bloody morning after....
You elected John McWar.
So the people loyal to Clinton
Sent their bloggers out for Hill,
Arguing for the nomination,
The Precious Ring for which they'd kill.
Came an answer from Obama,
"With the Clintons we will share
All the secrets of our campaign,
All the power buried there."
Clinton waged a strong campaign
Bundlers, Penn, and all the rest
But our proportional voting
Killed her hopes, Barack was best
Still her bloggers fought on gamely,
Including our own Billy Glad
Taunted youngsters with his icon
Telling us of fights he'd had
Still we thought he'd help the winner
He claimed to be a Democrat
Seemed like such a wise old blogger
Smarter than to dwell on spats
Go ahead and hate Obama,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Clinton,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come November 4,
On the bloody morning after....
You elected John McWar.
The Hillarists then cried with anger,
"Mind the white vote! Draw your sword!"
And they killed in Pennsylvania,
Just enough to go forward.
With Wright on all the televisions
Indiana would be theirs
The superdels would share their vision:
Reagan Democrats are scared.
But the gas tax broke her power
"Pander bear," cried Tsongas' ghost
Swing voters aren't quite so stupid
Barack still won, the Post cried "Toast!"
How could this be, yelled our Billy
You guys aren't fair to me
Called me old, or not progressive
I'll remove myself from thee!
Go ahead and hate Obama,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Clinton,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come November 4,
On the bloody morning after....
You elected John McWar.
November 5 they trashed Obama,
They couldn't get it through their head:
Read his speeches, looked within them...
"Unity" was all he'd said.
But Billy Glad had left the website
Vowing not to vote for O
Vote your anger, not your conscience
Monica's not all that blows . . .
Go ahead and hate the Party,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Clinton,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come November 4,
On the bloody morning after....
You elected John McWar.
Comments (125)
"Monica's not all that blows" is a great line!
May 9, 2008 3:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
If a girl can't make fun of her own notoriety, what can she do?
May 9, 2008 3:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
Or it's the worst line. Hard to tell.
May 9, 2008 10:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh, readytoblow, you're just mad because I made a silly joke about your name!
Lighten up!
May 9, 2008 11:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
No, really. I thought it was the feeblest line. It stood out as a pander.
It would be ironic if that Tsongas line came back to haunt you.
When I really look at it line-by-line, the whole song is smug and mean-spirited.
Not surprising, though: You support Obama, right?
May 10, 2008 12:00 AM | Reply | Permalink
How would one even blow a gasket?
May 10, 2008 8:38 AM | Reply | Permalink
A little harsh, but I have such strong associations with the original, the sight of Billy Jack being taken away through the phalanx of police officers, that you gave me no choice but to recommend. Plus, it looks like this took a long time.
May 9, 2008 3:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Actually only about twenty minutes. Monica is a fast worker!
May 9, 2008 3:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
Actually only about twenty minutes. Monica is a fast worker!
May 9, 2008 3:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
Much more time and effort than I'm worth.
May 9, 2008 3:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
Au contraire.
I like the implicit acknowledgment of our debt to the 60s.
May 9, 2008 3:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Billy's worth every couplet.
I thought it was more witty than
"Billy Billy Billy Glad
Don't be angry don't be sad"
But some people disagree, like our friend the angry bee! Can't please everyone!
May 9, 2008 3:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
I would rather have had a breathless rendition of Happy Birthday, but One Tin Soldier suits.
May 9, 2008 4:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh Billy, not according to Cypher. Cypher is all praises for you! He's your groupie. He will yell it from the rooftops how great you are.
You are so humble Billy. Take the song tribute gracefully. You deserve it. :)
May 9, 2008 5:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
I love it! And judging from your avatar, Monica, darling, you've never looked better. Don't let anyone make you take the blame for DC going "smoke free". There are still some respectable cigar bars in this town...
May 9, 2008 3:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm not as hot as girl from the bronx, but I do what I can!
Don't google Monica from earlier this decade, those wouldn't make such swell avatars!
Thanks!
May 9, 2008 3:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
Billy has been one of the more abused posters on this site. He's always engaged people and rarely loses his temper.
This type of immature and nasty posting, thinly veiled as some kind of humor, isn't helpful.
Obama supporters are poor winners. The only solace I get is the knowledge that he'll disappoint the crap out of you, and that's when good democrats like Billy will be defending Obama to losers like you, er, Monica.
Has it occured to you how putrid it is to be posing as a right wing shill with that avatar? It should. It illustrates why people like you bought into all the RW hogwash. It was wrong then and nothing has changed but perhaps the lowering of political discourse and the scarcity of reason. You people are your own worst enemies, willing to swallow the bile of right wingers like Peggy Noonan and David Brooks because they stroked your candidate. How pathetic. You're all what was known in the "old days" as "easy marks."
I'd think you'll wake up someday and see what an embarrassment you are to progressive causes and your own sainted candidate.
I won't hold my breath though.
The funny thing is that the irony of Obama supporters using right wing imagery and talking points apparently sails over your pointy little heads.
When posts or threads become a complaint of a single poster, that is merely a poor mannered form of pique. It is also very, very, VERY low class.
TPM aims for better.
May 9, 2008 3:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
So you took this as an attack on Billy?
I guess that would be the straightforward reading. But I just assumed, since Billy is widely respected, that it was more in the spirit of a "roast" -- i.e., poking fun at someone with the intention actually of acknowledging them.
Maybe I'm being too naive.
May 9, 2008 3:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
No, maybe I'm being too knee-jerk reactive. I'm just sad that Billy is going away.
Some of the comments I've seen thrown his way have been really awful.
It's one thing to bash Clinton, quite another to go after her supporters.
May 9, 2008 4:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm not sure how the "going away" part got started. Probably some wishful thinking. I'm just getting out of the way and moving around the blogosphere a little as soon as Hillary concedes.
I think I will work for McCain in Ohio, though. I like those gang who couldn't shoot straight memes. I doubt we can beat anybody, but I like to bet the puppies.
May 9, 2008 4:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's a joke, right?
May 9, 2008 4:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
I knew you weren't going to like it, Bee. But it's such an unfair fight right now.
May 9, 2008 5:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
You are full of it. It's far too even.
I do not believe you. This breaks my heart.
My old board wants me back. Why? I dunno, I'm just as annoying over there, if not more so. There be real freepers there. I've never been much afraid of them.
Maybe it's just time to go.
May 9, 2008 5:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
Billy, work for the group that's trying to:
Keep McCain in the Senate!
May 9, 2008 5:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Knee-jerk overreactive" really undersells your response to that song!
Don't be so modest next time!
May 9, 2008 11:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
But she chose a song from the 60s. Surely that counts as a graceful bow?
May 9, 2008 3:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
It is both a gentle roast of Billy, whom I respect, and a plea for unity above anger!
Remember, sillies, leadership of the free world is at stake!
No point is being a gloomy gus!
May 9, 2008 3:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
Makes you think that all the criticism of Clinton is projection, doesn't it? In all my years as a democrat, I have never seen anything like this, it is like a crosstown high school rivalry.
May 9, 2008 3:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
Huh. I could have sworn it was middle school, BevD.
May 9, 2008 10:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
WorkerBee where were you when Billy Sad Grackle was posting his blog to berate many Obama supporters. He is a big Grackle and can squawk for himself.
WorkerBee where were you when the Clinton's hit man, James Carville, tried to emasculate Senator Obama, and went on to claim that his examination of Hillary's undercarriage revealed that she had three testicles. Where were you then. Silent, as was Hillary. Sexism is a too way street, so take your selective outrage and shove it.
May 9, 2008 4:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
edit;
two way street.
May 9, 2008 4:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Supporters" plural? When did he post a blog ridiculing one individual poster? I must have missed it.
Your exception laden "logic" iis laughable. There's no excuse for this level of ridicule.
Bad form.
May 9, 2008 4:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm still trying to find the one where I ridiculed Obama's supporters. I want it for my useful box.
May 9, 2008 5:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
One good place to check would be billy glad site:talkingpointsmemo.com.
Not sure if that helps either way or not.
May 10, 2008 3:17 AM | Reply | Permalink
I try not to ridicule them in my posts. I like to ridicule them in my comments, though. They've earned it.
May 10, 2008 9:09 AM | Reply | Permalink
Oh, bile-y, let it go!
May 10, 2008 11:34 AM | Reply | Permalink
What????? when Hillary meets with Melon-scaife, gets compliments from Rove, BillO (rich people God bless us) and the crew at Fox Noise (fair and balanced)....
I am just sitting here, jaw dropping at the hypocrisy.
May 9, 2008 5:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Be that as it may, you do plan on working for Obama's victory in November, correct?
May 10, 2008 12:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
How many Obama fans have actually seen Billy Jack, I wonder? And what about the candidate himself? I bet it was one of his favorites. Ah, Jean, Bernard, Billy, the school, the rest of the gang.
May 9, 2008 3:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
I know I'm one to talk!
But can you explain your freaky avatar?
May 9, 2008 3:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
As I am temporarily hidden at an undisclosed location, I am not at liberty to reveal my identity. Hint: Once upon a time I enjoyed a brief period as dictator of the tiny banana republic of San Marcos. Please keep this information confidential (as best as possible at this public forum).
May 9, 2008 3:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
That answer is Bananas.
May 9, 2008 4:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Billy Jean is not my lover . . . "
Oh, wait, wrong decade. Sorry, I go a little berserk sometimes.
May 9, 2008 7:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
Worker bee, get a sense of humor, a thicker skin and something to treat that bellicosity.
May 9, 2008 3:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
Bee is all right. I'm glad things are winding down. Gives me time to work on a guide to the revolution for the Obamanauts. I don't want them to wander around too long looking for it.
May 9, 2008 4:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
Are you going to write on your own site? If so, I'll visit.
May 9, 2008 4:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'll post the political stuff here. I might even have time to fall by Dizzy's for some hash.
There has definitely been a great realignment in the Party. Like I told elliotness, I find it distasteful somehow. I'm not sure why yet. When I figure it out, I'll try to grab the conch again.
May 9, 2008 4:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
I would look forward to hearing your thoughts about that, and to responding to them, and salute you for caring about the party deeply.
I don't think it's changed that much from 1984. If Gary Hart was black, and you abstract away the lesser racial tolerance present in 1984 as compared to 2008, Hart's Western new liberal coalition probably wins narrowly instead of losing narrowly to Mondale's. Maybe not that realigned. Just a thought.
May 9, 2008 4:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
It's about time a Donna Rice appeared on these message boards. No Excuses.
May 9, 2008 4:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yep, a-man is right. But that's also partly why there was so much fighting.
Hillary and Obama aren't *that* far apart, policy-wise. And I doubt either of them is more "elitist" than the other. But the wine track/beer track divisions in the party itself are long-standing, and fueled by real class resentments. I think the candidates gradually became the symbols of this pre-existing division in the party.
That's not the whole story, but it's part of it. I think I'm repeating something from Slate or Salon, incidentally.
May 9, 2008 5:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
Goddamn it, I drink wine! F*** you beer drinkers! I'm not taking your hard liquor and beer loving shit anymore!
But as to Obama and Clinton, they're two peas in a pod. . .
*sighs*
May 9, 2008 5:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
Billy - I have been thinking about this and I think it boils down to a new approach to power.
I am but 31 and my parents are boomers. They dealt with the power structure in a manner that was different from their parents. I am now dealing with power in my own manner that is a direct reflection of the chain of events - my grandparents were command and control focused, my parents resisted the strictness of it all, down to outright rejection.
Carrying that sense of rejection, I must now come up with my own approach, further influenced by now being the parent. It is not that I disrespect my elders (I grew out of being a teen) but I feel that the respect I give needs to be earned. I think that "old vs. new politics" is a catch phrase for this change in power (or the handling of said power).
Anyway, I think this is a big part of our current situation but I do not have the time to flesh it out more than that.
I hope that you and others find the ballad in good fun (roast is a good analogy) and do not flee this site. Knowledge is best used in exchanges. Kinda like some black guy said - I am not afraid to talk to my enemies.
May 9, 2008 5:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
From what I've observed so far, you're in for a terrible surprise.
The Boomers aren't dead yet, and they aren't going to step aside quietly for 30-somethings to take over.
Hell, McCain isn't dead yet. And neither is his mother.
May 9, 2008 10:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
re: The Boomers aren't dead yet, and they aren't going to step aside quietly for 30-somethings to take over.
In time. Give it time.
May 10, 2008 3:29 AM | Reply | Permalink
I think all the boomers will be dead in 100 years. Just around the time we leave Iraq.
May 10, 2008 2:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
What makes you think I am looking for the boomers to die off? You act like this is a dictatorship or something.
I understand that the transition is gradual. Generations do not start and stop on some magical date, nor does the changing of the guard.
I am sorry that you missed my point. I shall leave my snark out of it, since you seem to be more angry about the topic than not.
May 11, 2008 1:44 AM | Reply | Permalink
Strikes me as just one more battle in the progressives' coup against the DLC within the party. The former seems to have won a number of these in recent years, with this being perhaps their biggest accomplishment.
May 10, 2008 12:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
Billy, we love you. We really do. You've blamed me for your alienation because you know I'll take it hard, and because I've picked on you in the past. But I would never have picked on you if I hadn't thought you were worth it. And if you stick around, I promise I'll never put you in a dress again.
May 9, 2008 4:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
It was the dress that did it. I'll be around. I'm just not going on that leaky vessel. Going by land. Following the trail blazed by the old guy in the hat.
May 9, 2008 4:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
What the heck is going on here? Workerbee is angrily condemning good snark? Allsburg is saying nice things about Billy Glad? The whole blogosphere is topsy-turvy. Next thing we know, Matthew Weaver will post a funny parody.
Calm down folks...
1) Billy loves attention of any kind, so I'm sure he's eating this stuff up
2) Billy can take take a joke
3) This is not the first time Billy has threatened to leave. I propose a contest between Billy and Desidero to see who can leave TPM for a shorter amount of time.
May 9, 2008 4:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ghengis, I was trying to read your post, but can't concentrate. Can you turn down the volume on those lapels?
May 9, 2008 4:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
This isn't good snark.
I have reason to feel this way, believe me. It isn't right to post crap about an individual here. When that line gets crossed, I don't think anyone will like the results.
May 9, 2008 4:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
Good lord. Billy Sad Grackle says that it does not bother him, but you just have to keep on feeling his non existent pain. Stop your whining by proxy, or get out of the kitchen.
May 9, 2008 5:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
All right.
May 9, 2008 5:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
And here I thought the troupe had stabilized.
Hope you do not take it serious and leave ms. bee - I enjoy your presence when you are not livid (and even then although I think communication diminishes.)
May 9, 2008 5:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Don't go anywhere.
May 9, 2008 10:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
Depends. In the case of pure meanness, I agree. But I think that this was just a good natured roast, and Billy is quite capable of taking it in stride.
May 9, 2008 5:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
I only dislike the ones who bore me.
May 9, 2008 5:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
And you know all about those lines of restraint, bee. Right. Shall I start quoting you again?
May 9, 2008 8:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
We'll all be dead by the time the contest is won!
May 9, 2008 8:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
Another anti-war song. Here's the music:
http://www.geocities.com/bjaes.geo/lyrics/bllyhero.htm
The McCain bus came down along Main Street
The journalists fell in behind
I looked across and there I saw Billy
Waiting to go and join the line
And with her head upon his shoulder
Stood lovely Nancy Pelosi
From where I stood I saw her crying
And through her tears I heard her say
Billy, you're a folk hero,
Don't be a fool with your life!
Unlike that other Bill, dear, oh,
Hillary isn't your wife!
From agism we will refrain
(Except involving John McCain)
And we'll shut up about the Clinton campaign
If you come back and blog with us again.
The Republicans were trapped on a hillside
The battle raging all around
McCain cried, We've got to hang on, boys!
We've got to hold this piece of ground.
I need a volunteer to go to Ohio
And bring us back some extra men
And Billy's hand was up in a moment
Forgettin all the words she said . . .
She said
Billy, you're a folk hero,
Don't be a fool with your life!
Oh, Billy -- and Desideero --
Come back to (D).
May 9, 2008 4:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Where is Desidero today? And the old guy who froze to death in the pass?
May 9, 2008 5:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
Donner Pass is eating his own, like the rest of us friggin' cannibals in here.
May 9, 2008 5:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
He's the real deal, you know.
May 9, 2008 6:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
So's Democratic fratricide.
May 9, 2008 6:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Purpose of the name friend. Glad you finally got it.
May 9, 2008 6:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
I don't know if I want to cross the Donner Pass threshold, which you suggest I've done today.
May 9, 2008 7:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
Talking of the dangers. Traveling with Obama but not wanting to eat my own.
May 9, 2008 8:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yours is righteous!
And nobody attacked you!
May 9, 2008 11:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
Billy could come back with a version of "Don't Mess With Bill."
I'd like to nominate Armchair Guerilla for the best avatar ever.
May 9, 2008 5:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thank you, amber. Since the few here who bother to read my whimsical meanderings tend generally to disagree with me, I can at least take comfort in the knowledge that my avatar has touched at least one soul. My time has not been wasted.
Now it's time to find some photos of Donna Rice.
May 9, 2008 5:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's great poetry. Truly magnificient. I
But you shouldn't blame Billy (or Hillary) when Obama loses. Even without Wright or bitter or whatever perceived slights he received from Clinton, Obama would lose.
And McCain will easily trounce Obama's VP candidate in 2012.
Eight more years of jingoism, millions being without healthcare, corporate welfare, tax cuts for the ultra rich and more reactionaries appointed to SCOTUS--what hath we wrought?
Ugh!
May 9, 2008 5:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
They're going to have to help McCain on to the stage for the first debate.
Rock 'em! Sock 'em! Baaaaaa Rack 'em!
May 9, 2008 5:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
And now ack has graciously done a youtube version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDRsm3wAMns
May 9, 2008 5:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oops, wrong thread
May 9, 2008 5:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh. And if the rest of my personal trolls show up, drop liam and them off at the troll shelter. I don't have time to feed them anymore.
May 9, 2008 5:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
Those of you who haven't reloaded your browsers lately are missing a rare opportunity. Billy has changed his avatar.
May 9, 2008 5:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
I like it quite a bit.
May 9, 2008 5:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
I thought the kids should meet.
May 9, 2008 6:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
Getting tired trying again and again to get over the mountain.
Peace on the other side. Will send you a song with words for the trail.
Beautiful child. Sweetest of dreams.
May 9, 2008 6:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Monica,
Workerbee loves to play contrarian. This was as entertaining as anything else written for humor at TPM... and a good deal better than some. Keep it up!
May 9, 2008 8:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks, Mr. Kool-Aid. I guess it's more fun to write a few nasty comments than to do something creative! After all, it's the Internet!
As to the buzzy bee, I really don't care if a Green from Connecticut thinks it's mean that I snarked on Billy supporting John McCain. She's entitled! After all, the Greens got George Bush elected once, sticking up for the McCain love comes naturally.
May 9, 2008 11:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
At least Obama will win his home state. I'm going to take Ohio away from him, however. But hell, what's one state more or less when the whole country is behind you.
May 9, 2008 11:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
They don't need Ohio. Wyoming is the new Ohio.
May 10, 2008 12:08 AM | Reply | Permalink
They? No sense of party? McCain is truly a good substitute for Clinton?
You guys really want to drop out of the democratic party because a black guy might be the nominee?
Because if your core arguments hold up - that they are all a bunch of politicians, then there is nothing that Clinton brings to the table that Obama does not. Unless you are really thinking that she can bring back the tech boom of the 90's... Her "experience" line has got you as hooked as the "change" line from the Obama camp?
I don't get it.
May 11, 2008 1:52 AM | Reply | Permalink
Nah, but it is easier.
It's more fun to read something creative than the nasty stuff though... ;-)
May 10, 2008 1:43 AM | Reply | Permalink
Amen, bro.
May 10, 2008 11:37 AM | Reply | Permalink
And sometimes it's FUN to be creatively nasty, boys and girls! Especially when you have supportive unity for trashing people:
Go ahead and hate Obama,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Clinton,
You can justify it in the end.
Still her bloggers fought on gamely,
Including our own Billy Glad
Taunted youngsters with his icon
Telling us of fights he'd had
Still we thought he'd help the winner
He claimed to be a Democrat
Seemed like such a wise old blogger
Smarter than to dwell on spats
The Hillarists then cried with anger,
"Mind the white vote! Draw your sword!"
And they killed in Pennsylvania,
Just enough to go forward.
With Wright on all the televisions
Indiana would be theirs
The superdels would share their vision:
Reagan Democrats are scared.
How could this be, yelled our Billy
You guys aren't fair to me
Called me old, or not progressive
I'll remove myself from thee!
November 5 they trashed Obama,
They couldn't get it through their head:
Read his speeches, looked within them...
"Unity" was all he'd said.
But Billy Glad had left the website
Vowing not to vote for O
Vote your anger, not your conscience
Monica's not all that blows . . .
Go ahead and hate the Party,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Clinton,
You can justify it in the end.
But anyone who uses Monica Lewinsky's photo for their avatar and her persona for hackneyed jokes is, quite obviously, deeply nasty.
There is no gentleness here, just passive-aggressiveness. There is no self-reflection, just blaming others. There is no spirit of unity, just divisiveness.
May 10, 2008 2:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Now that's the best (and truest) line of the night!
May 10, 2008 12:03 AM |