I know I am remiss in posting a bit about my visit to Fancy Farm on August 6th, so I hope you'll accept my apology for making y'all wait. ;-)
On the morning of Fancy Farm, a couple of my fellow Protest Warriors and I showed up ready to roll -- no signs, no CDs of patriotic music, no flags... just our own curiosity and some cool t-shirts! More about that later.
Even though the company was good and the spirits high, after a four-hour van ride with Republicans of many stripes I was relieved to get out of the van at Fancy Farm (just outside of Maysville, Kentucky). Even the sweltering heat was a relief from the monotonous and bumpy ride down there from Louisville. I suppose we Warriors thought we were pretty tough but when Pemby showed up with a stuffed gorilla named "Erlene," we knew our tough act was blown! At any rate, we survived the ride with lots of pleasant company. I suppose I was the least well-behaved but that's par for the course, actually.
We made the short trek from the van up to the picnic grounds to find a whole heckuva lotta people meandering around in the heat. Some with food and drink, others with only the sweat they wore like a moist badge of honor. Democrats were running amok handing out whistles to be used during the stump speeches. It surprised none of us Protest Warriors because any loud noises to drown out the sounds of reason are welcomed by Liberals everywhere. We often had to listen to one old hippy shake her cardboard tube of pennies when she wanted to drown out our patriotic music. So... no surprise there, eh?
Instead of noisemakers, we Republicans chose to operate with a bit more decorum. We simply registered our opinions with the t-shirts on our backs and indictments that we handed out to every Republican present at the picnic. The t-shirs certainly hit below the belt a bit but they weren't anything stronger than the signs we hold at our PW counter-protests. And, the indictments were just hilarious!
The t-shirts were jabs at the hubbub over AG Stumbo's love child that he's refused to acknowledge, support, or even confirm or deny his paternity. His face in an Old West style "WANTED" image. Under WANTED, it read "Deadbeat or Alive." On the back, was a baby with Stumbo's face and the caption was "Have you seen my daddy?" It was funny and it was definitely below the belt. Ah well, that's what keeps politics interesting.
When Stumbo spoke, the young Republicans and the College Republicans chanted "dead-beat dad-dy dead-beat dad-dy!" and "Hyp-ah-crit! Hyp-a-crit!" Now, it certainly could have been the overwhelming heat or it could have been that he was tired, but I swear it looked like Stumbo was going to either throw up or have a stroke while he was giving his speech. He was certainly very uncomfortable with all the ruckus over the child support of his denied child. If you were he, would you just take the DNA test and get the issue over with?
Anyway, for those of you out of state, you may have to check out some background stories on the current raging dispute in Frankfort (our capitol) and here are a few other links that tell even more about Fancy Farm this year. It was a riot. I'm planning to do it again one of these days. Probably on an election year -- there might even be some actually pie throwing and mud slinging then! ;)
WAVE-3: Good run-down of the gimmicks and goings-on at the picnic.
WLEX TV: A little background on the hiring probe and about the picnic.
WHAS-11: Again, a little background and a little coverage.
On the morning of Fancy Farm, a couple of my fellow Protest Warriors and I showed up ready to roll -- no signs, no CDs of patriotic music, no flags... just our own curiosity and some cool t-shirts! More about that later.
Even though the company was good and the spirits high, after a four-hour van ride with Republicans of many stripes I was relieved to get out of the van at Fancy Farm (just outside of Maysville, Kentucky). Even the sweltering heat was a relief from the monotonous and bumpy ride down there from Louisville. I suppose we Warriors thought we were pretty tough but when Pemby showed up with a stuffed gorilla named "Erlene," we knew our tough act was blown! At any rate, we survived the ride with lots of pleasant company. I suppose I was the least well-behaved but that's par for the course, actually.
We made the short trek from the van up to the picnic grounds to find a whole heckuva lotta people meandering around in the heat. Some with food and drink, others with only the sweat they wore like a moist badge of honor. Democrats were running amok handing out whistles to be used during the stump speeches. It surprised none of us Protest Warriors because any loud noises to drown out the sounds of reason are welcomed by Liberals everywhere. We often had to listen to one old hippy shake her cardboard tube of pennies when she wanted to drown out our patriotic music. So... no surprise there, eh?
Instead of noisemakers, we Republicans chose to operate with a bit more decorum. We simply registered our opinions with the t-shirts on our backs and indictments that we handed out to every Republican present at the picnic. The t-shirs certainly hit below the belt a bit but they weren't anything stronger than the signs we hold at our PW counter-protests. And, the indictments were just hilarious!
The t-shirts were jabs at the hubbub over AG Stumbo's love child that he's refused to acknowledge, support, or even confirm or deny his paternity. His face in an Old West style "WANTED" image. Under WANTED, it read "Deadbeat or Alive." On the back, was a baby with Stumbo's face and the caption was "Have you seen my daddy?" It was funny and it was definitely below the belt. Ah well, that's what keeps politics interesting.
When Stumbo spoke, the young Republicans and the College Republicans chanted "dead-beat dad-dy dead-beat dad-dy!" and "Hyp-ah-crit! Hyp-a-crit!" Now, it certainly could have been the overwhelming heat or it could have been that he was tired, but I swear it looked like Stumbo was going to either throw up or have a stroke while he was giving his speech. He was certainly very uncomfortable with all the ruckus over the child support of his denied child. If you were he, would you just take the DNA test and get the issue over with?
Anyway, for those of you out of state, you may have to check out some background stories on the current raging dispute in Frankfort (our capitol) and here are a few other links that tell even more about Fancy Farm this year. It was a riot. I'm planning to do it again one of these days. Probably on an election year -- there might even be some actually pie throwing and mud slinging then! ;)
WAVE-3: Good run-down of the gimmicks and goings-on at the picnic.
WLEX TV: A little background on the hiring probe and about the picnic.
WHAS-11: Again, a little background and a little coverage.
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