December 10, 2003
THE DEMOCRATIC DERANGEMENT:
HOWIE PALS SHOW TRUE 'BLUE' COLORS (DEBORAH ORIN, December 9, 2003, NY Post)
Antiwar comedians raising campaign cash for Democrat Howard Dean last night blasted President Bush as a "piece of living, breathing s - - -"at an angry X-rated fund-raiser in New York."We have to get this piece of living, breathing s - - - out of the office," said comedian Judy Gold whose performance - like those of Janeane Garofalo and David Cross - was liberally larded with the F-word. [...]
Garofalo last night described the Medicare prescription-drug bill that Bush signed yesterday as the " 'you can go-f- - - yourself, Grandma' bill."
Gold ridiculed Democrat Joseph Lieberman for being unable to campaign on Jewish holidays.
Comedian Kate Lloyd pointed to Michael Jackson, now facing new child sex charges, and said, "Frankly, I'm far more frightened of Condoleezza Rice" - Bush's national security adviser - and referred to Cheney's wife, Lynne, as "Lon Chaney," a star of horror flicks.
When Dean came out after the comics, he made a vague reference to "some language that was used - I think it's wrong."
One is tempted to wish that Great White had been the opening act... Posted by Orrin Judd at December 10, 2003 11:58 AM
Presumably the Bush campaign has a copy of the
tape for next fall?
That tape would be worth the campaign donation to Dean.
Posted by: pj at December 10, 2003 3:12 PMThe Bush Campaign? I'd expect the Dean Campaign to make it available for a featured position as part of MTV's "Rock the Vote".
IIRC, Robin Williams did some similar X-rated schtick in front of Bill Clinton during a Democratic fundraiser before the 2000 election, but outside of the expected protests on the right it drew virtually no media attention.
That's why I'd be against the Great White thing for now. These people need to be showcased during the Democratic National Convention at the Fleet Center, when their acts will at least play out in front of the PBS, C-Span and cable news channel cameras. Coming in and around the anit-American images I'm expecting this summer from the Athens Olympics, they would set the tone for the Dean post-convention effort about as well as the Eagleton affair did for the McGovern campaign after Miami.
Posted by: John at December 10, 2003 9:15 PM