James Carville,¬†a chief architect of the 1992 Clinton victory, and author of the famous slogan “It’s the economy, stupid,” has now come up with a brilliant rallying cry for the Democrats in the upcoming mid-terms:¬†IT’S THE E-SODOMY, STUPID.
As only Carville, the “Ragin’ Cajun,”¬†could put it, the recent Foley feeding frenzy provides¬†the sweetest of ironies: “For the GOP, which made its electoral bones on gay-bashing, what goes around, comes around, and now they’re taking it in the ass.”
Mr. Carville added, in his unique down-home fashion, “live by the sword, choke on the sword.”
Paul Begala, Carville’s long-time colleague in the Clinton campaign wars, asserted¬†that the GOP base — the evangelical, neo-Nazi, know-nothings — “are now as likely to stay away from the polls as Pat Robertson from a Greenwich Village bathhouse.”¬† “At least that we know of,” Begala quickly corrected himself.
The two political gurus have therefore advised all Democratic Congressional candidates to forget about Iraq, and “talk about Foley 24/7.”¬† As Carville put it, “the American people are more concerned about 16 year-olds losing their so-called innocence from IMs, than with¬†19 year-olds losing life and limb from IEDs.”¬†
“As for¬†me personally,” Carville¬†added parenthetically, “I’d take erotic over idiotic any day of the week.”
However, GOP strategists made clear they were not just going to roll over and die.  Making a joint appearance with hubby James on Meet the Press, Mary Matalin told Tim Russert that the only reason the Democrats are better on the sodomy issue is that they have no balls.
The Democrats nevertheless¬†plan a series of negative television ads, featuring¬†House Speaker Dennis Hastert¬†fleeing a burning town, a scene lifted¬†from the movie Sodom and Gomorrah.¬† The commercial ends with a¬†baritone voice-over¬†annnouncing, “I’m God, and I approve this message.”
And just for good measure, to ensure that people who are ignorant of politics are also exposed to the scandal, Democrats are trying to get the Foley story into mainstream popular culture.  For example, a new televison program in the works will be called Queer Black Eye For The GOP Guy. 
And finally, DNC Chairman Howard Dean has personally asked George Soros to invest in a new Broadway production, La Cage Aux Foley. 
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