The doctor came in stinking of gin
And proceeded to lie on the table
He said Rocky you met your match
And Rocky said, Doc it's only a scratch
And I'll be better I'll be better doc as soon as I am able.
Now Rocky Raccoon he fell back in his room
Only to find Gideon's bible
Gideon checked out and he left it no doubt
To help with good Rocky's revival.
Anyone who reads me knows my life was saved by Rock, and I do not mean Hackshaw.
Despite all the amputation, my life was saved by Rock and Roll.
Three AM.
I woke with a start, and could not get back to sleep, worried that I had called Keisha Weiner's victory prematurely. I put on a Beatles record, but could not find the Republican primary results from SD 28.
The results I did find did not calm me.
No matter how large Ruben Diaz’s victory, my big disappointment of the nite has got to be the fact that The Republican Party failed to nominate for US Senate, it’s designee, Bruce Blakeman, whose sole real claim to fame is that his wife dumped him for Paul McCartney.
No more Rocky Raccoon jokes; no more jokes about Silly Love Songs.
Today, to my utter shock, the Republicans nominated instead former Westchester Congressman Joe DioGuardi, who lost his seat in 1988.
And no, I do not regard his daughter being on "American Idol" as the same sort of street cred.
In this day of oversensitivity about the use of words like “Negro,” I think it is useful to understand that it is not the lyrics themselves which are important, but the tune they signify.
Here is the most famous thing Joe DioGuardi has ever said–a quote explaining why he opposed Medicaid abortions:
''You've got to look at the facts. The facts are that the minority groups in this country enjoy having children. It's their only joy, their only hope. It gets them another check. They're not going to have abortions.''
I should note that not so long ago, a Democratic candidate was forced from the same Senate race, after she was caught using the word “Nigger” to a reporter.
Though tonite that candidate is doing somewhat better, it should be noted that her use back then of the N-word indicated absolutely no bigoted intent. In fact, as the link shows, it was used pretty much in the context of showing empathy with the concerns of people of color.
By contrast, while DioGuardi’s quote is totally devoid of ethnic pejoratives, everything about it implies unspeakable contempt for people of color.
Quite clearly, there is more than one way to say NIGGER.
Joe DioGuardi is in every way the perfect running mate for Carl Paladino.
Truly, DioGuardi should be enough to make Republican nostalgic for Howard Mills.