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January 18, 2007

I don't want to spoil the party

Well, how 'bout that Governor Goodhair? In case you didn't hear, "Imagine the Possibilities" was the theme of his inaugural address. If only it had some production music playing relentlessly under it I wouldn't have been able to tell it from one of those annoying cable TV marketing campaigns. Rick saved the music for later in the evening, when former rock star Ted Nugent performed at the inaugural ball. Ted raised some eyebrows by appearing in a confederate battle flag shirt and suggesting that non-English speakers might be more at home in another country. After the gala, Nugent tried to mend some fences by revealing that he had gotten the rebel banner from a Civil War re-enactor he had personally bayonneted to death and eaten. He also apologized for killing all those birds downtown last week.

One group that is hoping to avoid uncomfortable moments at their party are those ferocious members of the Fourth Estate, the White House Correspondents. Last year's keynote speaker, Stephen Colbert provided some of the most uncomfortable moments for the powerful and contented since Damocles looked up between courses. Playing it safer this year, the media watchdogs have named impressionist Rich Little as the headliner for their 2007 dinner. Little, whose last gig was as a severed head in a jar in the second season of Futurama, has promised to play nice and not step on any presidential toes. Good luck, correspondents---I hear some of his Grover Cleveland material is pretty edgy.

Posted by mayor mcsleaze at January 18, 2007 10:00 PM

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You made me spit a drink all over my computer.

Posted by: mcblogger at January 19, 2007 01:00 AM

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