Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Stand by you JAN

Stand by your JAN (Brewer)
By Hal Mitchell

A Parody of Tammy Wynette’s - Stand by Your Man
Also sung by Carrie Underwood – Stand by Your Man

Sometimes it hard to be a woman
Being a lonely governor in the land
You’ll have bad times and you’ll have good times
Doin’ things that liberals don’t understand
But if you love them, you’ll forgive them (not me)
Even though they’re hard to understand
And if you love them oh you’ll protect them
‘Cause after all that’s in your plan

So stand by your JAAAAN
Give her this law to cling to
And this song to sing too
When her nights are cold and lonely

Stand by your JAAN
And show the world you love her
Keep givin’ all the love you caaaan
Stand by your JAAAN.

Stand by your JAAN
And show the world you love her
Keep givin’ all the love you caaaan
Soo, stand by your JAAAN.

Stand by you Man (Original Lyrics)

Sometimes it's hard to be a woman
Giving all your love to just one man
You'll have bad times
And he'll have good times
Doin things that you don't understand
But if you love him
You'll forgive him
Even though he's hard to understand
And if you love him
Oh, be proud of him
Cause after all he's just a man

Stand by your man
Give him two arms to cling to
And something warm to come to
when nights are cold and lonely

Stand by your man
And show the world you love him
Keep giving all the love you can
Stand by your man

Stand by your man
And show the world you love him
Keep giving all the love you can
Stand by your man

Saturday, July 17, 2010

My McCain, Hayworth, Deakin debate anaylsis

The Camptown Races
An Analogy of the Republican Senate debate
By Hal Mitchell – 7/17/10

I watched intently as the long awaited debate between John McCain, J D Hayworth, and Jim Deakin unfolded last night in Phoenix. I will compare it to an old Camptown horse race.

My analysis: JD won this race by 10 lengths. McCain was slow getting out of the gate and struggled in the back stretch while, “Jimmy come lately” Deakin was clearly not in the race.

Deakin is obviously a nice man but was a little taken by emotions during the debate. He stumbled over his words, was nervous, and spoke haltingly most of the time. He seemed unsure of his facts and I actually felt sorry for him because of the difficulty he had trying to make his points. Leo Durocher once said about baseball, “Nice guys don’t win ball games”. Sorry for the mixed metaphor, but I couldn’t resist. If you were betting on Deakin you picked the wrong horse.

McCain showed the wear and tear of his age and too many years in the Beltway. He was about as “impressive” as he was in his presidential debates when he seemed fearful of offending Obama. He gave pat answers to questions by the moderator that added nothing new to the debate. He even attempted to use an old Reagan ploy by saying to JD, “There you go again”, but “I know Ronald Reagan, and McCain is no Ronald Reagan”.

JD was definitely the swifter horse in this race. He was energized, quick and concise with his answers, and spoke directly to McCain often while pointing out his failures. JD also looked straight into the camera while making his points and was very knowledgeable about the issues. My tip: This is a horse you can win with.

So if you want to send someone to Washington, don’t bet on an old horse or a slow horse, but instead bet on fast horse, like JD, who will be quick out of the gate to stand up for the concerns of Arizonans. He will run a strong race for the full six furlongs that are required to win.

That’s my analogy. Somebody bet on the bay. Doo-da, Doo-da, Doo-da day!