Val Kilmer and Ralph Nader? Great balls of fire
It's that time again. The political conventions are churning again. But this time, we have special Stuck in the 80s correspondent Chase Squires covering the DNC madness out in Denver.
"Check out this poster -- it's all over Denver as the Democratic National Convention gets underway," Chase wrote this weekend. "Check out the guest list at Ralph Nader's rally. Is that really Val Kilmer?"
"Iceman to Nader, 'You can be my wingman anytime.' "
"Nader of course replies, 'No, you can be MY wingman.' "
"Say, remember that scene where Iceman and Ralph Nader take off their shirts and play volleball? Classic."
But Kilmer's not the only '80s guy in town. Check out Jello Biafra and Sean Penn on the poster as well. ("What Jefferson was saying was, Hey! You know, we left this England place 'cause it was bogus; so if we don't get some cool rules ourselves - pronto - we'll just be bogus too!")
Check out Chase's ongoing commentary at his Dirty Thoughts blog.
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"Just what makes that little ol' ant, think he can move that rubber tree plant? Everyone knows an ant can't move a rubber tree plant...
But he's got hi-igh hopes...."
Just not sure what's got anonymous's hopes so "high".
(Whatever it is, I'm sure it would be legal under Nader.)
Posted by: serious | September 22, 2008 at 02:25 PM
But Joe,
Is Obama much different than mCCain,
They both support the patriot act,
They both will not remove troops in the immediacy of their candidacy, though MCain states he is against abortion, he has been made it clear that he will not change the law so effectively there is no difference on that issue betweeen them, They are both in favor of the death penalty,
They both do not discuss poverty: The list of similarities goes on and on.
Please vote your conscience: He has a chance this time. He's polling higher than he ever has and if he gets on the debates , those figures will shy rocket, so please contact your media and political outlets this week. This Thursday is The National Day of Action to Open the Debates.
Posted by: | September 22, 2008 at 01:08 PM
If I didn't live in a swing state I'd vote for Nader. But since I happen to live in a swing state I'm voting for Obama
Posted by: Joe | September 14, 2008 at 08:37 PM
My Dad had not one but two corvairs when I was a little guy. One that ran some of the time and the other for parts.
That of course was before the van with no heat.
Posted by: sparky | August 25, 2008 at 08:35 AM
If all those guys really want to waste their vote on a crackpot, I turned 35 this year.
Posted by: Walter Cox | August 25, 2008 at 07:59 AM
My brother bought a Corvair despite the warnings by Ralph Nader that it'd blow up if he was in an accident. Of course, that's assuming he could ever get the thing running.
Posted by: Marissa | August 24, 2008 at 09:13 PM
Ralph Nader is sooooooooooooooooo knarly.
Posted by: sparky | August 24, 2008 at 09:07 PM
learning about cuba, and having some food.
Posted by: CHAD | August 24, 2008 at 07:33 PM
Everything I needed to know about history, I learned in Mr. Hand's class"
Posted by: chase | August 24, 2008 at 07:21 PM