Since posting a piece about a bogus, lie-laden Barack Obama chain email I received, I have ruminated on the whole "pass it on" phenomenon seen in this election...
People truly don't understand how pathetically easy it is to start something like this. Pick a date, come up with a name, throw in some quotation marks, copy to everyone in your address book, and count on at least 75% of them to not only buy into it, but to forward it to everyone they know, and on, and on, and on...
Let's see...
This is actual transcript taken from an interview John McCain did on February 30, 2006 with Tom Brokaw on the highly rated political Sunday morning talk show, "Inside The Beltway." It was a personal moment when Mr. Brokaw was asking him to share a peek into his courtship with his current wife, Cindy.
"Well, Tom, I do have one particularly wonderful memory that will always stick with me. It was back in the early days - we had only been dating for about two, maybe three weeks. I picked her up for a date - and she looked gorgeous - you know she was a cheerleader, right, Tom? My first wife wasn't. Hell, my first wife had cankles the size of summer sausages. Well, those limber long legs of Cindy's still drive me wild. Anyway, she got into the car and we headed to our destination, Brooks Hollow in the woods of Virginia. Beautiful evening, full moon, balmy temperatures. When we got there we put on our robes, our hoods, and joined our friends around the fire which was already burning brightly. As we began to chant, my spiritual advisor, Rod Parsley began to speak in tongues and Cindy stood, grabbed my bowie knife and slaughtered the three black cats our group had adopted from the local shelter. You'd never know it to look at her, but she is amazing with a knife. I hadn't seen anyone that skilled since I was a POW and one of my captors, Long Duk Dong, filleted a jungle snake right in front of me... I fell in love with her in that moment. She never looked lovelier - her face flushed from the fire, blood trickling down her blond hair... I proposed that night."
McCain campaign spokesperson, Tucker Bounds confirmed the appearance and quote.
OK, let's dissect this, shall we? Note the date - February 30th. I have lived nearly 43 years. I have yet to see February have 30 days.
There is a Tom Brokaw, which immediately puts people at ease. Ahhh, I know that name! But there is no Sunday morning talk show called "Inside The Beltway."
Quotation marks! Look, an actual quote! It must be real! You can't just BUY quotation marks and use them willy nilly, you know!
Limber long legs? My God, he's a disgusting, adulterous poonhound.
Rod Parsley! His spiritual advisor! Another NAME! It must be TRUE.
POW! He mentions being a POW! THAT'S TRUE!
Long Duk Dong! I KNOW that name, can't exactly remember where from though, must have been a news program.
Slaughtering cats?!?! How DARE she? I have a cat! I love my cat! That bitch!
And Tucker Bounds?!?! I hate that douchebag!
OMG, I would never vote for someone who admits to being in a cult that slaughters cats by the moonlight! I MUST warn everyone I know before it's too late!
Am I making my point?
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Linda Sharp has contributed to numerous publications, both on the web and in print. She is also the author of “Stretchmarks On My Sanity.”
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