Tuesday, September 14, 2004
Fee Fi Mo Mave--Dave
And now, guest posts culled from my e-mail. First, from Karen, who wonders if this is too racy for my blog. Surely you jest. What would Wonkette do?
And from Shark, who reports a close encounter with the would-like-to-be-famous:
As expected, Magnum won the Repug primary tonight, winning the right to face Tammy Baldwin for Congress in November. The surprise back home tonight is that Tim Michels won the Repug nomination to face Russ Feingold for U.S. Senate. Although I figured all along that Michels would win, every poll I saw all summer showed Russ Darrow in the lead--although I am not entirely sure I ever saw a poll that wasn't taken by the Darrow campaign itself. Michels is a reservist who swallows whole the Bush position on Iraq--and because that's largely indefensible, we can expect lots of indictments of Feingold's patriotism. This race is gonna be u-u-u-u-ugly.
Coming Tomorrow: The Mrs. volunteers at John Kerry's Madison rally. Watch this space (and perhaps the Comments link) for a report.
And now, guest posts culled from my e-mail. First, from Karen, who wonders if this is too racy for my blog. Surely you jest. What would Wonkette do?
Looks like Nader has made it onto Florida's ballot.Well, it's not exactly "ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country," but her heart's in the right place--even if it's ultimately not the heart she's talking about using. What's more annoying to me about this story is the fairly obvious fiddling Jeb Bush is doing to assist his brother in one of the most critical states. Fuck that.
There's been all sorts of speculation as to why he is doing this, from a gargantuan ego trip to a desperate plea for attention. My theory is that the man just needs to get laid. So, let's solve this problem by having some patriotic woman step up the the plate. C'mon girls, surely someone out there would be willing to give it up for the future of the country! What is one night in bed with a pinheaded little troll
compared to another 1460 nights of being screwed by the Bush administration?
And from Shark, who reports a close encounter with the would-like-to-be-famous:
Couldn't help but look at the website for Dave Magnum and the background information saying that his real name is Dave Weiss, but changed to "Magnum" for a "snappier" radio name.Now THAT'S funny. "Magnum" is his radio name? I can just imagine it--young radio man embarking on a career in the middle of nowhere, looking for a snappier name than the one his parents gave him. "Let's see. Dave Michaels? Nah, too obvious. Dave St. John? Nah, not snappy enough." (It's a law of radio that any announcer using "saint" as part of his last name wasn't born with it.) "OK, think snappy. How about Dave Triumph? Dave Cougar? Dave Cougar Mellencamp? Nah, think porn star. Dave Studd? Dave Power? Wait--I've got it! Magnum! Dave Magnum!" Well, at least he didn't change it to Sonny Day, Marvin Gardens, or Bubba the Love Sponge. And the whole thing about not wanting people to think he was Jewish--what's up with that?
Just before I saw Marquette, Michigan in my rear view mirror [leaving a broadcasting gig there in 1987], the radio station hired a young DJ named Dave Magnum. Friends of mine still at the station told me about him at the time...and the fact that he legally changed his name from "Weiss" so that people woudn't think that he was Jewish!
It's all in the NAME of the GAME!
As expected, Magnum won the Repug primary tonight, winning the right to face Tammy Baldwin for Congress in November. The surprise back home tonight is that Tim Michels won the Repug nomination to face Russ Feingold for U.S. Senate. Although I figured all along that Michels would win, every poll I saw all summer showed Russ Darrow in the lead--although I am not entirely sure I ever saw a poll that wasn't taken by the Darrow campaign itself. Michels is a reservist who swallows whole the Bush position on Iraq--and because that's largely indefensible, we can expect lots of indictments of Feingold's patriotism. This race is gonna be u-u-u-u-ugly.
Coming Tomorrow: The Mrs. volunteers at John Kerry's Madison rally. Watch this space (and perhaps the Comments link) for a report.
