Song of the Week: Flim Flam Man
Everybody's got a little devil in their soul and nothing proved that more than this past election season. You'd think that acting like a parody or caricature of one's self would be on the down swing. Not So. According to Daily Kos:
Reportedly James Dobson has bailed from the attempts to "de-gay" Haggard, and no less than Lou Sheldon of the Traditional Values Coalition has now admitted that he--and other dominionist leaders--knew about Haggard's affair with Mike Jones for months before it broke the mainstream news but kept it under the rug.
This likely explains why Dobson--after agreeing to be on a "dream team" of "reparation therapists" who would try to de-gay Ted Haggard--rather dramatically bailed from the "dream team" recently claiming time constraints.
There has been speculation in the anti-dominionist community that Dobson may have been afraid that personal scandals of his own might be revealed; if Haggard is admitting that "homosexuality is genetic" (which is much closer to the mainstream view held by most scientists than the dominionist view which insists sexual orientation is a "choice"), it could well be that Dobson does not want to risk a very public failure with Haggard's "de-gaying" and having his name linked to it.
Go here for the rest. Oy!
On another front, there's Democratic strategist and crypt keeper doppelganger James Carville attempting to throw water on the Democratic Party's victory bonfire by calling for Howard Dean to be replaced. It seems Mr. Carville has not been getting enough attention lately so he has to make a good thing bad. The Republican Party's Mr Rove's flim flam is as always expecting the world to believe that the election was not about the war -- to be expected from a man with an undeserved reputation.
Laura Nyro's lyrics tell the story, but the guy in her song at least had some charm.
Reportedly James Dobson has bailed from the attempts to "de-gay" Haggard, and no less than Lou Sheldon of the Traditional Values Coalition has now admitted that he--and other dominionist leaders--knew about Haggard's affair with Mike Jones for months before it broke the mainstream news but kept it under the rug.
This likely explains why Dobson--after agreeing to be on a "dream team" of "reparation therapists" who would try to de-gay Ted Haggard--rather dramatically bailed from the "dream team" recently claiming time constraints.
There has been speculation in the anti-dominionist community that Dobson may have been afraid that personal scandals of his own might be revealed; if Haggard is admitting that "homosexuality is genetic" (which is much closer to the mainstream view held by most scientists than the dominionist view which insists sexual orientation is a "choice"), it could well be that Dobson does not want to risk a very public failure with Haggard's "de-gaying" and having his name linked to it.
Go here for the rest. Oy!
On another front, there's Democratic strategist and crypt keeper doppelganger James Carville attempting to throw water on the Democratic Party's victory bonfire by calling for Howard Dean to be replaced. It seems Mr. Carville has not been getting enough attention lately so he has to make a good thing bad. The Republican Party's Mr Rove's flim flam is as always expecting the world to believe that the election was not about the war -- to be expected from a man with an undeserved reputation.
Laura Nyro's lyrics tell the story, but the guy in her song at least had some charm.
Flim Flam Man
Hands off the man
The flim flam man
His mind is up his sleeve
And his talk is make believe
Oh lord
The man's a fraud
He's a flim flam man
Hands off the man
The flim flam man
He's the one in the Trojan horse
Making out like he's Santa Claus
Oh lord
The man's a fraud
He's a flim flam man
He's a fox
He's a flim flam man
Everybody wants him
The people and the police
And all the pretty ladies disarm
The beautiful gent
You know he has hardly a cent
He pays his monthly rent
With daily charm
Hands off the man
The flim flam man
His mind is up his sleeve
And his talk is make believe
Oh lord
The man's a fraud
He's a flim flam man
He's so cagey
He's an artist
He's a fox
He's a flim flam man
Don't believe him
He's a flim flam
Ol' road runner
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