DeLay Endorses Dean?
Posted on September 2, 2003 at 3:15 pm | No Comments
There has never been a more ringing endorsement of Howard Dean for President than this press release, sent out today from Republican henchman Tom Delay’s office…
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Sugarland) today condemned the comments of presidential candidate and former Vermont Governor Howard Dean, who said, “John Ashcroft is not a patriot,” in New Hampshire yesterday. “Howard Dean is a cruel and extremist demagogue,” DeLay said.
“John Ashcroft loves America more than Howard Dean could ever know. John Ashcroft has sacrificed for his country, and devoted his life to serving it. He is as kind, generous, and patriotic a man as I’ve ever met. And Howard Dean is as ignorant on John Ashcroft as he is on national security.”
“Howard Dean’s comments are an embarrassment to the democratic process and the Democrat Party. If this cruel, loudmouth extremist is the cream of the Democrat crop, next Novembers going to make the 1984 election look like a squeaker.”
Thanks, Tom! I can almost hear thousands more actual patriotic Americans running to volunteer and donate to the Dean campaign. Ones who aren’t scared by the politics of fear and name-calling.
If ever there was a sign that the current leadership is feeling threatened, there it is right there. Take a bow, Mr. DeLay, and keep those press releases coming.
Hawking the Sexual Metro
Posted on August 29, 2003 at 9:17 am | No Comments
This morning brought a marked change to the hawking technique used by “Mr. Metro”, the guy who stands outside the Back Bay T-Station trying to convince all exiters that they need to grab a free copy of today’s Metro newspaper from his hot hands.
Instead of trying to thrust the newly folded copies of the rag towards the oncoming masses, all he had to do was stand back, proudly display one full, unfolded front page, and watch the masses come to him. Yes, for probably the first time in two years, Mr. Metro became the designated go-to guy. I think he was visited more than Adelina and Nouria, the Dynamic Dunkin Donuts Duo.
Why the demand for the morning news? Why the glazed eyes and zombie-like stumble towards our man M.M.? A hot headline? The sad transcripts of the 9-11 cell phone calls? A controversial editorial?
Nope, it was the half-page, full-color photo spread of Madonna and Britney trading tongues at last night’s MTV VMAs.
Mr. Metro knows his Marketing. Flash a little hot Mouseketeer on Material Girl action and watch the papers disappear.