{"id":239,"date":"2025-03-29T17:03:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T17:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2025\/03\/29\/saturday-night-at-the-oldies-an-appeal-to-obstructionist-democrats\/"},"modified":"2025-03-29T17:03:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T17:03:53","slug":"saturday-night-at-the-oldies-an-appeal-to-obstructionist-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2025\/03\/29\/saturday-night-at-the-oldies-an-appeal-to-obstructionist-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Night at the Oldies: An Appeal to Obstructionist Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know, it's tough. You Dems got your collective (jack)ass handed to you on a platter.  But you are not learning the lessons. You think you had a problem with 'messaging,' and you did: you didn't have a message and you didn't have a messenger.  Mindless opposition to Trump got you nowhere. The race and Hitler cards are played out.  Strike another match, go start anew, or it's all over now, baby BLUE<\/a>.  What you have to understand is that when your gravitas<\/em> fails, negativity won't pull you through<\/em>, to cop and slightly alter a Dylan line from Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues<\/a>. Do you want to end up on Rue Morgue Avenue? They got some hungry hombres there and they'll really make a mess out of you.  <\/span><\/p>\n

The people don't like negativity and the nattering nabobs who spew it. They don't much cotton to brazen liars either. Try telling the truth for a change. You've gone as far as you can with gaslighting  and race-baiting. Are you stupid? Do you have a death wish? You need to work with us. After all, didn't some of your own ilk such as Slick Willy want to counter federal waste, fraud, and abuse? They did indeed. Bubba is looking pretty good these days compared to Kamala and the rest of you clowns.  So get with the program, set aside the smears and scumbaggery, be reasonable, and give it another shot in 2028. We need an opposition party! One that doesn't merely oppose reflexively but complements and corrects reflectively. <\/span><\/p>\n

Wilbert Harrison, Let's Work Together<\/a>.  Canned Heat cover<\/a>. The original beats all covers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Youngbloods, Get Together<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Jackie De Shannon, Put a Little Love in Your Heart <\/a>This one goes out to Maxine Waters.  You reap what you sow, Maxine. Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jackie De Shannon, What the World Needs Now is Love<\/a>. Love trumps<\/em> hate, Nancy Pelosi.<\/span><\/p>\n

And while we've got this cutie (Jackie, not Nancy!) cued up: When you Walk in the Room<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Needles and Pins<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Bette Davis Eyes<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Kim Carnes' 1981 version<\/a> was a drastically re-arranged cover.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I know, it's tough. You Dems got your collective (jack)ass handed to you on a platter.  But you are not learning the lessons. You think you had a problem with 'messaging,' and you did: you didn't have a message and you didn't have a messenger.  Mindless opposition to Trump got you nowhere. The race and … Continue reading “Saturday Night at the Oldies: An Appeal to Obstructionist Democrats”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,144],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-political-wit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}