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October 7, 2009
FOUND: GOP CAUCUS THEME SONG.... The "Party of No" theme has always been pretty descriptive when applied to congressional Republicans, but wouldn't it be even better if their governing philosophy could be put to music? Groucho Marx first sang this in 1932, but it's certainly applicable eight decades later. For those of you who can't watch clips from your work computers, here are the lyrics: I don't know what they have to say, Your proposition may be good, I'm opposed to it, For months before my son was born, It might as well have been custom made for the Republican National Committee. —Steve Benen 10:25 AM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (28)Comments
Should be sent to every Dem. and used over and over again. Love it. We in Canada are stunned by the sheer idiocy of the repubs. Posted by: sid on October 7, 2009 at 10:33 AM | PERMALINKPerfect. Please circulate to everyone you know! Would be great as a commercial with real recent NO's interspersed.. Posted by: Insanity on October 7, 2009 at 10:38 AM | PERMALINKIt may be a nice song. But I'm against it. Posted by: TruthPolitik on October 7, 2009 at 10:42 AM | PERMALINKand, of course, the Repugnant Party is absolutely perfect for Groucho to join. ("I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members." -- G. Marx) Posted by: neill on October 7, 2009 at 10:54 AM | PERMALINKI think that's Grassley in the middle with the painted-on mustache. And don't forget, the H stands for Huxley College. They're against that, too. Posted by: ericfree on October 7, 2009 at 10:54 AM | PERMALINK"the party of no" You mean the "Republican'ts." Posted by: Philip B. Malter on October 7, 2009 at 10:55 AM | PERMALINKNot to brag or anything, but the Groucho fans among us have been saying this for months. It would make an awesome ad. Posted by: Miss Otis on October 7, 2009 at 10:56 AM | PERMALINKAre you accusing the repubs of being Marxists?!!? Posted by: martin on October 7, 2009 at 10:56 AM | PERMALINKYes, we have no meliorism Talk about the party of no... Here is the nickle version: "Meliorism bad. Do noting good." It was one of those insane columns Brooks dishes out periodically that make you think he has some sort of Rational/Irrational bipolar disease. Might we call such an illness Bobo's disease? Posted by: koreyel on October 7, 2009 at 11:02 AM | PERMALINKKoreyel (@11:02), Babbling Brooks is never *fully* rational; even in his "best" columns there's always at least one tidbit which leaves you with your jaw hanging down to your navel in amazement. But he cleans up well and doesn't foam at the mouth, so he's able to fool some people most of the time. Posted by: exlibra on October 7, 2009 at 11:17 AM | PERMALINKI always thought of "Cool, cool, considerate men" from the musical 1776 as the Republican Congressional theme song. "Come ye cool cool considerate set http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JDNTS2wHHo Posted by: Jim in AZ on October 7, 2009 at 11:43 AM | PERMALINK"Not to brag or anything, but the Groucho fans among us have been saying this for months. Yep! And Bill Moyers is another Marx Brothers fan--he used another clip from a MB movie in a piece on the economic meltdown. I thought Randy Newman had landed the republican songwriter gig. His song Political Science must have been.à huge influnce om the last administrations foreign policy. Roll with the Punches sort of captures the republican attitude to health care reform. Posted by: Lars on October 7, 2009 at 12:00 PM | PERMALINKFive bucks says Rachel Maddow uses this within 48 hours. Posted by: shortstop on October 7, 2009 at 12:08 PM | PERMALINK"And remember while you're out there risking life and limb through shot and shell, we'll be in here thinking what a sucker you are." - Duck Soup Posted by: Speed on October 7, 2009 at 12:14 PM | PERMALINKRoadblock Republicans did a great animated version of this song starring a decidedly dainty Mitch McConnell and a supporting cast of other Senate Republic Party members. It's great to see the original circulating, I hope more widely. Posted by: Larry McD on October 7, 2009 at 12:15 PM | PERMALINKDuring the 2008 campaign I had a letter published in my local newspaper (Louisville) with the same quotes as they pertained to Mitch McConnell. They even put Groucho's picture in the paper! Posted by: crinky on October 7, 2009 at 12:24 PM | PERMALINKIf the Democrats don't roll this out, we'll have to use a clip from Duck Soup: "We're fighting for this woman's honor --- which is more than she ever did." Posted by: CJColucci on October 7, 2009 at 12:35 PM | PERMALINKWhile you're at it, check out Duck Soup. Waaaay too many scenes are apropos of the last eight years. "Too late - that's old business already" could be the epitaph for our liberal media. Posted by: Roddy McCorley on October 7, 2009 at 12:53 PM | PERMALINKLet me just add that this is 55 seconds long, which would be PERFECT for an ad buy. Slap a title card on it, put a little bouncing-ball lyric crawl across the bottom, and leave two seconds for the legalese. And you could use it ALL THE TIME. Unfortunately, two problems: (1) some entity that probably doesn't want to make permanent political enemies owns the copyright, and (2) Groucho didn't do anything to deserve becoming the face of today's GOP. Posted by: Matt on October 7, 2009 at 12:56 PM | PERMALINKFor the record, Groucho was a Democrat. He even did an appeal for the Democratic Telethon back in the early 70s. Posted by: George on October 7, 2009 at 1:46 PM | PERMALINKLove the Groucho tune, but might I also suggest this gem from They Might Be Giants: No is no No plus no equals no Finger pointing, eyebrows low Do this -- No! Finger pointing, eyebrows low The Ramones "I'm Against It" Well I'm against it Hasn't this song been mentioned in lefty blog comment threads -- if not those here -- for some time now? Whether or not we use Groucho, I vote for using the Ramones song. It would be the best way to posthumously stick it to Johnny for being such a big old Republican schmuck. Posted by: shortstop on October 7, 2009 at 3:59 PM | PERMALINKPost a comment
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