Katrina Vanden Heuvel points which way John Cougar Mellencamp should go, as a bemused Anita Dunn looks on.
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| 2010-02-16 |
Katrina Vanden Heuvel from The Nation is on Twitter touting rock musician John Mellencamp as a possible successor to Evan Bayh-bye. Mellencamp for Senator from Indiana! He's heartland rocker who tackles corporate power on behalf of family farmers/fighting foreclosures. One of her Nation colleagues is on the magazine's blog pushing the same idea. While I was never particularly fond of that little ditty 'bout Jack and Diane, Scarecrow was one of the best albums of the 1980s, and "R-O-C-K in the U-S-A" will always be a favorite. On the other hand . . . are you kidding me? John Cougar Mellencamp as a senator? John Cougar Mellencamp as a left-of-Dennis-Kucinich endorsed-by-The-Nation Democrat senator from Indiana? A cougar among the jackasses? Not. Gonna. Happen. Can you imagine this guy as a politician? Is he going to promise everyone a little pink house? If the Republicans filibuster one of his bills, will he throw cherry bombs at them until it hurts so good? Despite the clownishness of so many of its members, the Senate is (or at least should be) serious business, not a place for a guy who ain't even done with the night. As for Katrina Vanden Heuvel, if that's her idea of a great idea, she should forget all about this political sh*t and learn how to play guitar. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #8 Katrina Vanden Heuvel points which way John Cougar Mellencamp should go, as a bemused Anita Dunn looks on. |
| Posted by: badanov 2010-02-16 22:04 |
| #7 Ms. Vanden Heuvel is way too smart to be fooled. I personally sold her a a quadrillion carbon credits for her personal travel and and electricity use. Cash up front, bayyyybeee |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-02-16 21:48 |
| #6 It's up to the Indiana Dems now. No one on the Democratic side made today's filing deadline, so the party has until June 30 to pick a nominee. Would they pick John Cougar? Seems doubtful. And why is it necessarily unfair gamesmanship (quoting the title of the USA Today link) for them to pick someone by hand? |
| Posted by: eLarson 2010-02-16 21:47 |
| #5 D *** NG IT, OLD KLINGON-ROMULAN SAYING > ONLY "QUARTERFLASH" CAN SING "HARDEN MY HEART"! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-02-16 19:33 |
| #4 Wonder no more, Amerika! And AXL? THE BOSS? BALDWINS + NELSONS? They deserve a fair shot - e.g. DAVY CROCKETT + ABE LINCOLN + GEORGE WASHINGTON, ETC, > HOW MANY AMER MILITARY-FRONTIER HEROES WERE DEEMED MEDIOCRE-TO-POOR WASHINGTON POLITICIANS = CONGRESSCRITTERS, OR EVEN VICEY VERSEYS? Lest we fergit, RONALD REAGAN > POTUS harshly accused of "reading from Hollywood scripts", + having elderly or senior citizen age-related dementia when sworn in in 1981, i.e. "TOO OLD TO BE POTUS"??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-02-16 19:30 |
| #3 Al Franken would love some company for the stupidest Senator competition. |
| Posted by: Beldar Threreling9726 2010-02-16 18:59 |
| #2 Maybe Mellencamp has been playing Ms Vanden Heuvel. |
| Posted by: Glomock Tojo6610 2010-02-16 15:57 |
| #1 "Shut up and sing!" |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2010-02-16 15:34 |