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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRomney just announced to a crowd of rich, white, Kentuckians, that his first act as President ...
will be to re-insert the lyric "Tis summer, the darkies are gay" into the song "My Old Kentucky Home".
After viewing the 138th running of the Kentucky Derby, Romney exclaimed, "I have a lot of friends who own and race thoroughbreds, and those patriotic job-creators all tell me that their mint juleps haven't tasted quite as sweet since the lyrics were changed."
CTyankee
(63,926 posts)Onion?
C'mon.
elleng
(131,370 posts)CTyankee
(63,926 posts)11 Bravo
(23,928 posts)CTyankee
(63,926 posts)aren't sharing in those beers...
(deep breath) OK, I'll be fine...just let me breathe a bit...
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)11 Bravo
(23,928 posts)mowed the lawn, and then decided to have a couple of beers and visit my favorite website. Now I'm supposed to start drinking coffee?
CTyankee
(63,926 posts)I like it. See what a few beers can do to your creativity?
TheCowsCameHome
(40,169 posts)Just kidding, just kidding......
ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)Tennessee Gal
(6,160 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,169 posts)They are such an unnecessary expense.
IDemo
(16,926 posts)Controlled by operators in India.
and a gratuitous fuck you, mittens.
11 Bravo
(23,928 posts)(And HOLY SHIT! Did this one really need a sarcasm smilie?)
cali
(114,904 posts)holy shit is right.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Or maybe it's the beer I'm having at this pub.
CTyankee
(63,926 posts)but then, our founders sure did love their cider...and their beer and their wine (if they were Jefferson, of course)...
elleng
(131,370 posts)CTyankee
(63,926 posts)we were a nation of drunks until the temperance movement got its legs. But, man, these early colonists and subsequent revolutionaries spent their days tippling...it actually got to be quite a problem a bit later...
elleng
(131,370 posts)Look what we've got!
CTyankee
(63,926 posts)How are you doing, ellen?
elleng
(131,370 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(17,213 posts)Who am I to argue against God and Ben Franklin? Especially on Cinco de Mayo and the night of the Super Moonpie?
onehandle
(51,122 posts)It's the whole point of the organization.
Tonight was an unscheduled beer induced communication.
doc03
(35,442 posts)cut corporate taxes or was it to pass the Ryan budget?
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)there is something in the post that says it's satire.
There are too many folks around that might not realize it is a joke
CTyankee
(63,926 posts)that's how bad it is...
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)His real life quotes:
I like to be able to fire people.
My wife drives a couple of Cadillacs.
If you don't have money for college you should borrow it from your parents or borrow money to start a small business.
We should double Guantanamo.
America cannot continue to lead the family of nations around the world if we suffer the collapse of the family here at home. This one is from brainyquotes.
Point is Rmoney tends to parody himself, except he doesn't sound quite as smart.
yardwork
(61,772 posts)Romney did not say that!
Did he? If he did, this is his macaca moment.
PCIntern
(25,642 posts)jmowreader
(50,589 posts)His first act as president is going to be to re-engineer the tax code to make damn good and sure the second he leaves office he never pays another dime of tax for the rest of his life--and since getting Romney's taxes down to zero is part of the GOP platform he even gets to claim it as a fulfilled campaign promise.
The second act is going to be to eliminate the entire social safety net.
The third act is going to be to get rid of any law meant to protect the American people--Americans are grown-up people and they just won't buy unsafe or worthless goods or work in hazardous environments for substandard pay, right?
I think he'll change the line to "tis summer, the darkies are merry" before he puts it back in because gay darkies will piss off the tea party.
IDemo
(16,926 posts)"Lifestyle choice", maybe.
MichiganVote
(21,086 posts)And hey, let's just give the whole damn thing back to the British. Screw the tea party thing. Who needs it?
And while we're at it, shouldn't we just have a Pyramid instead of the WH with the names, Romney and Bush, atop in blinking neon lights?