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Take your banner and shove it!
WASHINGTON – The Democratic Party questions President Bush’s credibility on Iraq and the economy in a new campaign ad that shows the Republican on an aircraft carrier declaring an end to major combat under a “Mission Accomplished” banner.
“How can you solve problems when you won’t even admit they’re there?” the ad asks.
Ed Drone said,
September 16, 2004 at 22:24
Turn the Boat Around
(to the tune of Yellow Rose of Texas)
Our leader landed on the deck dressed in a soldier suit,
A banner stretched above his head, he looked so doggone cute.
But San Diego could be seen, right there in the background,
So the order soon was given, “Turn the boat around.”
Chorus:
It’s time to turn the boat around, that’s what the people say.
The course our leader’s setting is exactly the wrong way.
The compass reads “disaster,” he’s run us hard aground,
It’s time to fire the skipper, and then turn the boat around.
He claimed that he’d found danger, as plain as white and black,
And the source of all that danger was in far-away Iraq.
Terror, weapons, poison gas, nukular missiles, too,
All waiting, primed and ready, to use on me and you.
Chorus
So we went in a-shooting, and soon had ‘em on the run,
With bought-and-paid-for press along, to show us all the fun.
We never found those weapons, the poison gas and such,
And the folks whose land we shot to hell don’t like us very much.
Chorus
Now, here at home, the policies are tilted toward the rich,
Big tax cuts and a deficit that’s grown to be a bitch.
But there’s a plan to fix it, to help both you and me –
They’ll spend it all, and take it from Social Security!
Chorus
This is the “ship of state,” not another “photo op,”
And when it gets to going, it’s damn-all hard to stop.
But if we can turn a carrier to try to fool the press,
Then we can turn the country ‘round, and get out of this mess.
Chorus
Copyright ?2003 Bob Clayton & Ed Drone
Socraticsilence said,
September 16, 2004 at 22:46
About dman time!
Frederick said,
September 17, 2004 at 9:13
I hope this means we’re going to get a flood of ads kicking Bush’s ass. The Village Voice has what I think is a tremendous idea for an ad about Bush’s failure to catch Osama. Click my name to check out my post on this.
merl said,
September 17, 2004 at 11:29
Double dman time! Whatever the hell that means
George Johnston said,
September 18, 2004 at 9:23
But Bush swears he didn’t have sex with that codpiece!