Watching snakes eat their own tails is fun.

How times have changed!

In South Carolina, we still think fondly of an apocryphal tale recounted in the opening pages of Jack Bass' unauthorized biography of the late U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond.

The Court-house square in Edgefield, S.C., was where many "old timers" sat and talked every day. One regular said to the others, "Did you hear what Strom said the other day when his assistant told him there was a woman on the phone who wanted to talk to him about the 'bortion bill? Strom said, 'Tell her just send it to me and I'll pay it!'"

Its the "change that they deserve":

From "Head of State"

http://headofstate.blogspot.com/2008/05/change-that-you-deserve.html


Wednesday, May 14, 2008

The Change That You Deserve

From the Chicago Tribune:

"The slogan unveiled this week by House Republicans - "Change you deserve" - is already a trademark used by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals to market its antidepressant Effexor XR."

Black Screen.

Fade into:

Scene of a thin grey haired man standing in a green field. Behind him we can see the sun is rising.

"I got the change I deserved with GOP."

Cut to a small child, in a sun dress, who looks up at him and smiles.

"I was tired, listless. I had lost interest in my usual activities--creating false attacks, acting as if I had been unfairly attacked about issues created out of whole cloth, drawing specious historical parallels, fawning over ideologically bankrupt manufactured father figures. Sure, I sent emails claiming that Obama was a Muslim, but somehow...it had lost the spark, the enjoyment of everyday life."

Cut to a child who rides by on a bicycle, and throws a newspaper on the front porch.

"That's when I found GOP."

Cut to man rowing in a scull across a still river. He turns to the camera, smiles.

"In clinical studies, GOP has been found to increase aggressiveness in the absence of actual provocation in 8 out of 10 users. In most users, the desire to gleefully attack returns in 1 week. Full enthusiasm for invented ideas in two. "

Cut to image of porch swing.

"With GOP, my attention to minor distractions fully returned, until I was again building them into major accusations of flawed character. Once again, my intense focus on pins, buttons, sentences fragments and remote relationships as absolute indications of personal virtue and ability was at its peak. For an entire weekend, I could one again choose the right moment to accuse a candidate of treason without cause--when I was ready, when the time felt right".

Cut to a series of blurred images: long, stringy haired teens in torn jeans and ironic 80's t-shirts lounging by the Washington Monument; picture of John Kerry in a Swift Boat during Vietnam;
Eiffel Tower. Arugula on plate. During these images, rapid voiceover in female voice:

"GOP may cause monosyllabism, inability to consider two differing concepts at the same time, memory loss or inaccurate recall of recently and repeatedly presented intelligence information, focus on size of automobiles or koro, sequential nicknaming, knowing mischaracterization, hooting. If you have a desire to read the collected works of Ann Coulter that lasts longer than four hours, this may be a sign of a dangerous condition and you should contact your physician immediately."

Cut back to man standing in field. American flag waving in the distance behind him, below a risen sun. A woman walks up beside him, puts her arm around him, and smiles.

Man:

"So get the change that you deserve. Talk to your Doctor about GOP. Soon, you'll be walking by the homeless on the street again and saying "Let them get a job!"

Or better yet--let them get GOP."

Woman smiles.

Fade.

Cite:

Head of State

http://headofstate.blogspot.com/2008/05/change-that-you-deserve.html

I was worried about this race a few weeks ago, when the Oregonian had a story out about the current fund raising numbers for the four major candidates in the race, which showed Mannix and Erickson way ahead of Schrader and Marks in cash on hand, with Schrader having spent "$34--and 37 cents--through the end of March."

I was seeing Erickson ads on TV every day then, about three or four weeks ago, and not a peep from either of the Dems running for that seat. Now all I see are Mannix ads attacking Erickson on the abortion, Erickson ads desperately trying to save his ass and repeating "raised taxes" over and over, still nothing from Marks, and Schrader ads which make him look very, very sane in comparison to the two GOP nutjobs.

I think we can hang on to this seat now. Schrader will probably need a bit of money still, but I'm not worried. Assuming he's the candidate, of course. If it's Marks, I might be a little worried.

I wish i could share Dave's optimism but i can't.

unfortunately, the disher of this dirt is Kevin Mannix and one of the most prominant republicans in the state. This truely is a swing district and he has wide name recognition while none of the democratic contenders are well known. Mannix also has several ballot initiatives this year, which boosts his profile even more.

this is going to be tough

I'm not certain if TPM moderates comments, but "A Monkey for Obama" is clearly a candidate for account deletion...and to state the obvious, the comment above is idiotic, trollish, racist and offensive and worst of all, not even mildly funny!

SCMadden: but note that we can't be sure who is really an Obama supporter or a current (or previous) Clinton supporter. Too bad there are so many commenters you can't trust to be forthright.

I remember that George W. Bush was also accused of paying for an abortion. Without absolute proof, the charges don't seem to make much difference. For myself, the circumstances surrounding such an incident are all-important. That is, even when it's true.