{"id":8246,"date":"2006-08-19T10:40:05","date_gmt":"2006-08-19T14:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/archives\/8246.html"},"modified":"2006-08-19T10:40:05","modified_gmt":"2006-08-19T14:40:05","slug":"vernon-robinson-is-mad-as-a-hatter-part-mmcxvii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/vernon-robinson-is-mad-as-a-hatter-part-mmcxvii\/","title":{"rendered":"Vernon Robinson is mad as a hatter &#8212; Part MMCXVII"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Honestly, if North Carolina Republican congressional candidate Vernon Robinson didn&#8217;t exist, we&#8217;d have to invent him.<\/p>\n<p>A few months ago, I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/archives\/6820.html\">noted<\/a> his first bizarre TV ad that you&#8217;d swear was a parody making fun of fringe right-wingers, but alas, it&#8217;s entirely sincere.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"250\" height=\"185\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/kaSQ-LNp9Nk\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/kaSQ-LNp9Nk\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"250\" height=\"185\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Now that the campaign is entering the homestretch, Robinson has decided to ratchet things up a bit (if that were possible), with a new radio ad. One smart person had the wherewithal to record it and put it on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"250\" height=\"185\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/4yUn_fT__mM\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/4yUn_fT__mM\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"250\" height=\"185\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the script of the ad in case you can&#8217;t quite make out the audio:<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Your congressman, Brad Miller, is giving away all your tax dollars to these illegal aliens. Vernon Robinson thinks that&#8217;s wrong and Robinson for Congress paid for this message.<\/p>\n<p>(Sung to the tune from &#8220;The Beverly Hillbillies&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>Come and hear me tell about a politician named Brad, he gave illegal aliens everything we had. He gave &#8217;em Social Security and driver&#8217;s licenses too, free healthcare, free lawyers, free lunch at the school.<\/p>\n<p>Well the next thing you know old Brad&#8217;s a congressman, with all the sneaky aliens eating from his hand. &#8220;Sugar-Daddy Miller&#8221; is what they call him in DC, giving them the taxes he stole from you and me.<\/p>\n<p>(Voice Over)<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve Vernon Robinson and I approve this message. If you send me to congress, I&#8217;ll secure the border, stop the handouts, and protect your jobs.<\/p>\n<p>(Song resumes)<\/p>\n<p>Well now its time to say goodbye to Brad in Washington and 14 million aliens he&#8217;s given so much fun. You&#8217;re not invited back unless you come here legally, because you took advantage of our hospitality.<\/p>\n<p>Hey all you illegals, put your shoes on and go home. Don&#8217;t come back now, you hear?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;m almost impressed the sheer lunacy of it all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honestly, if North Carolina Republican congressional candidate Vernon Robinson didn&#8217;t exist, we&#8217;d have to invent him. A few months ago, I noted his first bizarre TV ad that you&#8217;d swear was a parody making fun of fringe right-wingers, but alas, it&#8217;s entirely sincere. 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