Gutter Politics
Hillary Clinton has challenged Barack Obama to a winner take all solution to their endless, increasingly bitter nomination fight: a bowling match.
"We clearly need to do something so that our party and the people can make the right decision," Clinton, sounding somber, told reporters in Philadelphia.
"So I have a proposal. Today, I am challenging Senator Obama to a bowl-off. A bowling night, right here in Pennsylvania. Winner take all. I'll even spot (concede) him two frames," she said to guffaws from the press.
"It's time for his campaign to get out of the gutter and allow all of the pins to be counted. And I'm prepared to play this game all the way to the 10th frame," Clinton added.
"So let's strike a deal, and go bowling for delegates. We don't have a moment to spare, because it's already April Fool's Day."
On Saturday, a grinning Obama played to the crowd in a bowling alley in gritty Altoona, several times sending balls wobbling into the gutter instead of crashing into pins at the end of his lane.
The excursion, a new twist on "gutter politics," "didn't go so well," Obama said. "There was an eight-year-old who was giving me tips," he said, before assuring voters that his economic plan was far better than his bowling.
We here at Blue Crab Boulevard would have thought a challenge to a knife fight was more in order. To which Hillary would have brought an Uzi. But we digress. Actually, a bowling match might be just the thing to settle this. The ultimate skins match, so to speak. Mind you, we're having quite a lot of fun watching th savagery between the two candidates sans bowling balls, knives or automatic weapons.
By Steve Burri, Tuesday, 1 April , 2008 @ 10:11 pm
I read that Obama had a score of 37 in the 7th frame. Hillary could take him!
By Sam Wah, Tuesday, 1 April , 2008 @ 10:52 pm
We know Hillary! could take him. She knows about balls.
By wheels, Wednesday, 2 April , 2008 @ 8:09 am
As long as they don’t go bowling <a href="http://www.attuworld.com/nekkid_bowling">like this</a> (NSFW). There are Things Man Is Not Meant To See.
By Mike Greene, Wednesday, 2 April , 2008 @ 9:42 am
Who is Hillary telling to get their campaign out of the gutter. She and her surrogates (e.g. Geraldine Ferraro, and James Carville) are responsible for bringing a negative tone to this democratic selection process. Furthermore, if she loses PA, she should back her bags and head back home…not to NY; we don’t want her. Go back to Arkansas with her hubby and make some more sleazy deals. After all, that what they are experts at. Also, I actually liked bubbah before all this began. Time for something DIFFERENT.
By martian, Wednesday, 2 April , 2008 @ 11:23 am
They seem to be drawing plenty of blood without resorting to edged or projectile weapons. Maybe it’s those huge blunt objects they keep swinging at each other?