The Sunday Funny #6

In a recent debate Rudy was asked what his biggest mistake and a few come to mind.

While Republicans in this state fall all over him it's worth taking a moment to study his actual record.

It's funny because he's being taken seriously.

The Sunday Funny #2

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- Bronwyn Lane (Guest Contributor)

Also, all words are intentionally misspelled, so cool it you wanna be English teachers out there.

The Sunday Funny

Jackson Girl Alleges Strange Claims
Local Girl says she is "double first cousins" with a variety of famous figures
An anonymous Jackson woman is now claiming that she is related, in fact "double first cousins" with many prominent political figures. Such people she is naming include the popular conservative radio host Sean Hannity and Republican Lt. Gubernatorial candidate Charlie Ross. "For the longest time, I knew I connected with both of the men I mentioned," she says, "but then when I watched Sen. Ross' speech, it was a sign. We were 'double first cousins', I just knew it." Asked about the aforementioned Sean Hannity, the woman says "I have loved his show for a long time, and, like, besides being a Republican, I like it cause we're both related." Representatives from both Mr. Hannity and Sen. Ross vehemently deny these strange allegations. Sen. Ross' representative went so far as to say this woman is quite possibly insane. Representatives from the State Democratic Party, however tell us that insanity is a common trait among Republicans, "especially in the case of this girl."

- Bronwyn Lane (Guest Contributor)

"Double First Cousins" Video

"Double First Cousins" Text

This is satire. (just in case you hadn't figured it out)

Opening Lines

By Charlie Ross and his campaign staff

Edited, Commented on and Lampooned by M. Arnold

I have the video embedded in a previous post titled "Charlie Ross's Education Plan", so you can see it right here at Cottonmouth.

Some of my favorite lines from Charlie Ross’s announcement speech, and all of this is on the video of his announcement speech. I couldn’t make some of this up.

"...double first cousins, twice removed and so forth and so on. That's who we are."

"Miami might have the beaches, but they don't have our quality of life.
New York City might have the tall buildings, but they don't have our quality of life.
California may have the fruitcakes, but they don't have our quality of life."

"the tort reform fight is now called a model for other nations"

"It's time to test Roe v. Wade."

- I re-read the state constitution just to see if maybe the job profile for Lt. Gov had changed to include some language about circumventing the 5^th Circuit after I saw this. And by the way Charlie, it’s being tested by bans that passed IN 2004. Odds don’t look so good now either.

"I got all my thrills flying jets." And " We have lit the after burners. "

There was a thread a couple of months ago on Mississippipolitics.com about “Danger Zone” by Kenny Loggins being his campaign theme song. If he puts on a flight suit… well, I’d probably just laugh and donate the inevitable direct mail piece to the Democratic Party. That just sounds crazy. And the bit about having double first cousins, I don’t think I’d brag about that.

The Workhorse is off to the Races.

Charlie Ross's Education Plan

"Education: fifty cents out of every tax dollar goes to education. That's good. Education is important. When I'm Lt. Gov, we're going to talk about what we get for that dollar. We're going to measure education success by output, not input. The goal should be that every child that graduates from high school has the skills to go into the workforce. We're going to have to restructure the curriculum to have something akin to Shop Class when I was in HS in Eupora, a vocational path."

Charlie Ross says that if you can't afford to go to college, we'll train you to go to work as a laborer. You can see him say it. That's his economic development strategy too. He says so in the speech.