“Now do you want a governor who’d like Kentucky to be another San Francisco?”
TPM Muckraker has the audio of Pat Boone’s robo-call to Kentucky voters.
**Obligatory troll disclaimer: Yes, yes, I already know I am a self-loathing gay.
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“Now do you want a governor who’d like Kentucky to be another San Francisco?”
TPM Muckraker has the audio of Pat Boone’s robo-call to Kentucky voters.
**Obligatory troll disclaimer: Yes, yes, I already know I am a self-loathing gay.
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[…] 6, 2007 Wherein The National GOP Craps Their Pants Posted by John O under Political Because in that oh-so-blue state of KY, their GOPincumbent Governor, along with most of the GOP statewide candidates, are just getting the crap beat out of them. And I’ve been to KY. And they had a last-second Pat Boone robocall about how Virginia would catch teh gay if people voted Dem. […]
guyermo
maybe…just maybe
he’s really talking about earthquake preparedness circa 1989…
and maybe…just maybe I’ll vote for David Duke
Zifnab
Public transportation, high standard of living, rolling hills and coastal properties, a booming tech sector, and tens of thousands of young and attractive 20- and 30-somethings all taking up residence nearby.
Yeah, I can totally see how this would be a problem for Kentucky.
TenguPhule
It would beat a Kentucky that’s still Kentucky, that’s for sure.
Michael D.
I can’t get “My Old Kentucky Homo” out of my head.
capelza
That’s San Fransicko! I know this because I was told by a very reputable wingnut who lives and breaths Savaga.
Maybe Savage will move to KY. Oh Ha! KY, don’t the Kentukians know what that is?
My step son lives in KY, it’s a beautiful state…but it’s full of people who fear SF like an invasion from Mars…
Jake
Mr Boone, Mr. Rob Halford is on Line 2. He wants his chaps back.
Billy K
And a cost of living that makes it all but impossible for anyone not independently wealthy to live there?
Jake
Pat’s manly stud cake call to the masses supports my theory that social cons are incapable of original thought and operate on a [Fill in the Blank] mentality: “Ooo! Look out! So-and-so will bring hordes of Brown Foreign/Jewish/Catholic/Communist/Islamic/Gay people to your neighborhood!”
And of course, said hordes want to screw and/or kill (not necessarily in that order) the cowering cons. It’s sad, but it works and it’s sad because it works.
j
p.s. Capelza, is it safe to assume you mean Mike Savage, rather than Dan?
The Other Steve
Is this Pat Boone the washed-up, has-been singer from the 1950s?
That’s all they could get?
The Other Steve
From wikipedia… He’s an Amway salesman.
capelza
Jake..yeah…Michael Savage…
And I actually own that Pat Boone “metal” record. It’s in the comedy section of my CDs.
Zifnab
Yes, well… welcome to California.
jrg
“Now do you want a governor who’d like Kentucky to be another San Francisco?”
In other news today:
Let idiot hicks be idiot hicks. It gives them something to be proud of, and it ensures that I will always be able to get an affordable hamburger and fries the next time I pull over for lunch in Western Bumfck, Ky.
grandpa john
The latest polls show the dem challenger with a 23 point lead, I think that it might require more than a washed up 50’s singer who most of the current voting age population have never heard of, to mount a significant last minute rally
Jake
I forgot to check…did he? Oh please say he did…
YES! He did cover a Judas Priest song, first track!
No one spoofs the Right like the Right.
Bruce Moomaw
I thought I’d come up with a pretty cute line when I rferred to this as Fletcher’s attempt to throw a “Hail Fairy” pass, but Michael D. has definitely trumped me.
Hubris
“Now do you want a governor who’d like Kentucky to be another San Francisco?”
Well, it would result in some awesome bluegrass.
jrg
“Stop the fletching. Vote Mongiardo.”
bago
I’d rather be earning high wages and paying high prices getting the best service in the world than getting pennies a day in a place that costs a pittance.
Some of us demand something better than what you can get for 99 cents at McDonalds.
ThymeZone
Kentucky wishes it could become another San Francisco.
The plethora of great restaurants, the thriving tourist business, the year round great weather, the scenery. The world class mass transportation. The culture, the financial power centers … the football and baseball history.
Meanwhile, Kentucky is just ….. Kentucky. Meh.
jrg
Maybe they do wish it, but they won’t admit it. Kind of like the goth kid that sneers at the jocks – he knows he is not capable of dating a cheerleader, so he pretends he never wanted to in the first place.
Bombadil
Hey, lay off Kentucky! They gave us the Kentucky Derby! And Kentucky Fried Chicken! And…and….
And beyond that, okay, not so much.
Tom Hilton
Well, not impossible; just difficult. I live here. It means sacrificing a lot of things, like any possibility of every owning anything.
Not his real last name, though, which is Weiner. The jokes just write themselves.
Tom Hilton
Um, hello? Bourbon?
So, that’s three things.
Bombadil
OK, yeah, I forgot bourbon. And by extension, mint juleps.
And that goofy Warner Brothers character with his dog, Belvidere.
Jake
tde
“And a cost of living that makes it all but impossible for anyone not independently wealthy to live there?”
What?
I live in San Francisco and my gardener and maid are not independently wealthy and they manage to live here somehow.
jcricket
The problem is that Democrats believe in redistributive tax policies… So the idiot hicks will continue to vote for tax cuts for the rich (against their own economic self interest). I say we pass a whole “you only get out of the Fed what you put in” for states, and see how self-sufficient the good ol’ southern/red states become then.
Of course, the reality is more complex than that. Usually the only growing parts of these red states’ economies are the urban blue cities (cultural, economic, technological, etc.) within these states. Wouldn’t want to hose those people.
jcricket
It’s the Soros welfare checks that help them.
The Other Steve
Yeah, the only way i can afford to pay for maintenance on my BMW is the weekly check from soros.
demimondian
As opposed to what? The urban blue ghost towns? The urban blue wildernesses?
Bombadil
For some hard numbers (from 2005), take a look at Table 4 here (near the bottom of the page) to see how receipts of federal dollars compared to federal taxes paid by state.
And if you check out how the states voted, “Red” states are more likely to be net “receivers” while those liberal “Blue” states don’t get nearly as much money back from the Feds.
Dreggas
The list goes on…
Cyrus
I know who Pat Boone is, but that’s only because I’ve seen a .jpg of a Superman comic from the 50s that he guest-starred in. So he has slightly higher name recognition among comic book geeks. I’m sure that’s a large enough demographic to make the difference, right?
Jimmmmm
Obligatory troll disclaimer: Yes, yes, I already know I am a self-loathing gay.
Well that’s easy for you to say when you’re a self-loathing gay…
SenderC
Boone’s just putting out a soulless cover of Little Richard’s robocalls.
capelza
Cyrus..you are young. Pat Boone and his white bucks made all the girls swoon in the 50”s. Not quite as dreamy as Ricky Nelson of course, but he was a teen idol. I’m channeling my mother here.
He was also in movies, the only one I can remember now was “Journey to the Center of the Earth”..I think..with James Mason.
Michael D.
Don’t forget “All Hands on Dick“
jcricket
There’s a great article about this – specifically with Alaska. The bridge to nowhere state sucks of the federal teat quite extensively. Hardy self-sufficient woodsman my ass. It’s even worse now that that they’re oil rich, and have big budget surpluses. They still insist on a high level of federal subsidy.
capelza
jcricket..if they forgo the federal tit, they’d have have a state income tax…OMG!
Some boroughs do have a sales tax, but there is no statewide tax. It is galling to know that they get money from everyone else, while they excitedly await their annual dividend check all the while touting their “self-sufficiency”. (I have gotten them before..full disclosure…and I did love not having a state income tax. but I’m not lying to myself either.)
Half the state lives in the Anchorage metro area, hardly the “bush”.
Dreggas
This is why I am in favor of ending Welfare…red state welfare that is. And don’t even get me started on homeland security money distribution.
Cinderella Ferret
Interesting point, but not sufficient for proof. States with smaller populations AND more average seniority in the Congressional delegation has MORE to do with the disparity. The two obvious examples are West Virgina and New Mexico. New Mexico is NOT a Red State. It is a swing state during Presidential elections, and the Democrats have controlled both houses of the state legislature since statehood.
West Virginia: Senators Byrd & Rockefeller
New Mexico: Senators Domenici & Bingaman
You can go down the list and make similar arguments. Senior Senators, even when in the minority, roll up the federal dollars. This is where the weighting of two Senators per state is truly helpful. If both houses of Congress were proportional representations you would not see quite as much disparity. New Mexico is home to two large National Laboratories, and they bring in billions of Federal dollars. Los Alamos, New Mexico (home of Los Alamos National Laboratory) has the highest per capita PhD population in the United States. You can now see how the disparity starts to play out in such a sparsely populated area of the United States.
The Red/Blue argument does not stand up to close scrutiny.
Dreggas
Oh really I thought it was Fats Domino’s?
Brian
Maybe the real answer is radical downsizing of the federal governemnt-certainly the military boondoggle? Then, If Alabama wishes to elect Judge Moore and become Gilead from Handmaiden’s Tale, at least they won’t be able to afford 700 military bases around the world.
Andrew
Unless you consider, say, the dozens of examples of it, versus your two.
capelza
Cinderella Ferret, I Do think it does stand up to close scrutiny.
Even Oregon, that “bluish” state gets fed dollars. Any state with a lot of public land will…national forests, etc…BLM. Eastern Oregon, especially is indicitive of this.
I do agree that WV has Byrd and Rockefeller to thank for their pork, but aside from that the general idea holds.
jrg
I’d love to see a link, if you’ve got it. I think this is what boils my blood worse than most other issues… Poor, red states whining about “entitlement programs”, “pork”, and the “intellectual elite” while the rest of us subsidize their ignorant asses.
FWIW, I live in a red state, but we’re closer to the bottom of the “Total Expenditures by State” / “national priorities” table. I also don’t mind paying property tax, because I know it’s going right back to my municipality.
Pb
For those interested in the nitty-gritty… fed dollars received per dollar paid 2004, and what correllates with that… note that there is one only “blue” state in the top ten (Hawaii) and only two “red” states in the bottom ten (Colorado and Nevada)–so I’d say it holds pretty well.
Libby Spencer
You already got the bourbon but don’t forget the Kentucky Blue Grass.
Punchy
God damn you, Zif, you stole my bit. Yeah, I’d hate to see Kent-yucky lose all those meth labs, illiteracy, and tobaccy dependency for solid industry, booming real estate market, and top-notch standard of living.
Who needs a traffic jam when you just park you trailer/house next to a hemp field and work at QuikTrip?
Caya
I think http://www.fuckthesouth.com/ has some links for you, but they’re probably dated.
Andrew
Pb, I don’t see how your “facts” can possibly stand up to Cinderella Ferret’s truthy anecdotal evidence.
Bombadil
Yeah, but you can’t even use the blue grass for medical purposes anymore, so that doesn’t count.
grandpa john
April Love was his first movie and the one that along with the recording of the title song helped make him a pre-beatle teen idol
grandpa john
one of the very few advantages of being an old fart is that since I don’t have alzheimers I can still remember some of the irrelevent shit from the 50″s
Face
Pat Boone?
Makes a bitchin’ fruity-wine product on that farm of his…
Dreggas
Pat Boone or John Cleese you decide:
capelza
He is also the father of Deddie Boone who sang that “You Light Up My Life”…Celine Dion has nothing on that for annoyance.
Here’s a weird six degrees of separation thing, if I remember correctly. Pat’s daughter Debbie married Gabriel Ferrer, son of Rosemary Clooney (and Jose Ferrer), a sister of Nick Clooney who is the father of George Clooney who is the cousin of Miguel Ferrer the actor as well as Gabriel (sons of Rosemary and Jose).
So Pat Boone and George Clooney are shirt tale in-law relatives. Ain’t America great…heh.
capelza
Damn it, make that Debbie (or is it Debby?) Boone.
Pug
The way Republicans always use this hatred for other parts of America would be funny if it wasn’t so fucked up.
When is the last time a California Democrat ran against a Republican by claiming the state would become another Kentucky if they voted for the Republican?
Stupid is as stupid does, right Forrest?
Dreggas
because we in California don’t need to look that far, we just threaten the people on the coast with becoming another Inland Empire!
DougJ
Is it possible Pat Boone did this a a joke, like that heavy metal record he did?
I’m serious here.
DougJ
One other thing: presumably everyone in Kentucky would like to be another San Francisco in some sense. Wouldn’t everyone like to see median income and real estate values quadruple in their state?
DougJ
Damn, I see zif beat me to it.
capelza
I hate seeing my home quaduple in value. It only means that my property taxes go up. Don’t intend to sell it, so it just costs me that much more to live in my own home,
I must be a luddite when it comes to real estate. Why are huge increases in home values a good thing?
Dreggas
They make you look good on paper. Reality is another matter.
chopper
Hey, lay off Kentucky! They gave us the Kentucky Derby! And Kentucky Fried Chicken! And…and….
don’t forget, they make a fine sex jelly.
capelza
Johnny Depp and George Clooney…two lovely and talented beings from KY.
I really am craving a mint julep…
Face
Cuz once you become fertilizer and the greedy bastards known as your sons/daughters inherit the property, they’ll promptly sell, make a friggin’ mint on it, then blow the whole dough on drugs and hookers.
Basically, your equity serves no purpose but to keep your young’ens high and laid long after you’re pushing up daisies. Enjoy.
DougJ
Thinking too much about Kentucy and mint juleps has somehow lodged the truly awful Dan Fogelberg song “Run For the Roses” in my head. I wish I could say that I was kidding.
OxyCon
The way things are going, I fully expect to read about Pat Boone getting arrested in a men’s bathroom sting operation within the next couple of weeks.
Tom Hilton
When I run the zoo, Dan Fogelberg and his music will be retroactively erased from the culture. You can thank me then.
Jody
Michael, you only get the self-hating gay remarks when you do something like speak of your pride in being in a political party that makes these kinds of calls.
Ranger3
That would be hot.
Ranger3
Yeah, cause no way would a prominent member of the Democratic Party allow his election campaign to become involved with anti-gay celebrities. And then, if it did somehow without his knowledge, he’d totally make it right by immediately cutting ties with that guy… oh, wait… um, nevermind.
Seriously, stop being such a mindless partisan. Every political organization is infected with thios kind of sleaze. It’s the nature of the beast. Personally I respect Micheals values and beliefs and admire his willingness to try and fight the corruption and bigotry running rampant in his party. It can’t be fun being a republican these days.
Cain
Pat Boone being a closeted gay would be a delicious turn of events. But really, I’m rooting for McConnell. I bet his foot twitches everytime he goes past the mens’ bathroom. On special days I bet he wears his tap dancing shoes.
cain
metalgrid
You’re not self-loathing, you’re just deluded, and being gay has nothing to do with it.
42
I’m sure my friend who moved to Louisville from San Francisco will have a large laugh if Boone robo-calls his gay ol’ iPhone. “Fabulous! Hon, the house just tripled in value!” “OMG squeee!!”
Libby Spencer
I hear it still has medicinal value.
Jody
“Yeah, cause no way would a prominent member of the Democratic Party allow his election campaign to become involved with anti-gay celebrities. And then, if it did somehow without his knowledge, he’d totally make it right by immediately cutting ties with that guy… oh, wait… um, nevermind.
Seriously, stop being such a mindless partisan. Every political organization is infected with thios kind of sleaze. It’s the nature of the beast. Personally I respect Micheals values and beliefs and admire his willingness to try and fight the corruption and bigotry running rampant in his party. It can’t be fun being a republican these days.”
Yeah. Because the Democratic party has made a habit out of demonizing gays and anyone with skin darker than oh, say, caramel. Puh-leez.
I didn’t want to hi-jack the thread and talk about whether Michael D. is self-loathing or not. I just wanted to point out that the party he claims to be a proud member of gets elected by utilizing this kind of poison.
If the GOP were to abandon the Jesus-freaks and bigots and crawl back towards the middle, I would have no problem with gays joining. But they won’t be doing that any time soon, and absolutely everyone knows it.
Any gay guy that wants to stand with a party that does exactly the kind of thing Michael himself has just posted really needs to examine WHY they tolerate it.
And yet somehow I’M a mindless partisan, because I refuse to put up with the GOP’s flagrant intolerance. Gah.
Andrew
Shorter Ranger3: One stupid homophobe participating in a Democratic campaign equals institutional homophobia that includes regular demonization and Constitutional amendments that oppress them.
Gosh, I bet Ranger3 got kissed on the cheek by a guy once and now he think’s he’s gay.
Blue Jean
Great. Now I have “Run For The Roses” stuck in my head. Thank you so verrry much.
Whenever I heard this on the radio, I used to add “Before you’re dragged behind the stable/ and shot/ for your broken leg.”
rachel
Guess again. Kentucky Fried Chicken started out in Utah.
Johnny Pez
For cryin’ out loud, can’t you at least leave me with some illusions? This whole “reality based community” stuff is starting to get on my nerves.
Bombadil
DougJ, whenever you get a song caught in your head, simply hum “The Girl from Ipanema”. You don’t have to do it out loud, just in your head, and humming works fine, you don’t need the lyrics.
For some reason, that song will not get caught in your head but will break the loop of any other song.
Bombadil
Not according to wikipedia.
Utah? Mormons are trying to lay claim to everything now. I blame Mitt Romney.
BIRDZILLA
SAN FRANCISCO is still a pretty wacky place while in KENTUCKY they still can keep theor powder dry