Tuesday, July 27, 2004

Senator Splash Strikes Again

OK, click here if you have the intestinal fortitude to handle being exposed to the text of the speech given tonight by He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. There are five pages to click through if you actually want to read the whole thing. I found it hard to get through the first five paragraphs without feeling queasy.

I dare not post the entire text here for fear of inflicting permanent retinal scarring and/or irreversible brain damage on those individuals who would otherwise choose not to see it, but here are a few paragraphs. Hope you haven't just eaten.
Welcome home for the ideals born in Boston and strengthened by centuries of service and sacrifice.
Did I, er, um, mention that John Kerry served in, er, uh, Vietnam?

Ideals like freedom...
especially for those who have entered the country illegally from some third world shithole

...and equality...
unless you're a gun owner

...and opportunity...
Unless you're a white male between the ages of 18 and 65

...and fairness...
unless you're one of those rich folks making more than $35,000 a year

...and common decency for all...
unless you're name is Mary Jo Kopechne.

- ideals that all Americans...
and illegal aliens

...yearn to reclaim.
or just simply claim, no thanks to (hic!) yours truly.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. This blog just writes itself sometimes.

These fundamental ideals light the fire in each of us to do all we can and then more to see that next January, John Kerry has a nice new home at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Yeah, that's what Kerry needs, a NICE home. I mean, come on, since he sold the villa in Italy, it's hard to find a nice place to sit and relax and watch the Red Sox play football.

It was no accident that Massachusetts was founded as a commonwealth, a place where authority belongs not to a single ruler, but to the people themselves...
as long as they're Democrats and have managed to get themselves elected to the State Legislature, or appointed to a judgeship

...joined together for the common good.
Hmmm..."the common good". Now where have we heard that one before?

The old system was based on inequality. Loyalty was demanded, never earned. Leaders ruled by fear, by force, by special favors for the few.

Under that old...
Old, you say? Like 1969, perhaps?

unequal system, the quality of your connections mattered more than the content of your character.
Or the contents of your Oldsmobile for that matter. I'll give the old douchebag credit here, though. I mean, he IS speaking from experience.

That's all for now. I need a scotch. Put it on the senator's tab.