There’s no other reason to put a tribute sports video like this on a site called AirCongress … but I need no other reason. I bleed blue and gold.
West Virginia University’s 48-28 thumping of Oklahoma in the 2008 Fiesta Bowl on Wednesday was by far the sweetest victory in my alma mater’s history — sweeter than if we hadn’t choked against the Pitt Panthers last month and had played for and won a national championship.
Our team made a statement for the great Mountain State, and this mash-up, from the doubting sports analysts and rousing game clips to the spine-tingling theme music and emotional interview with fullback Owen Schmitt, capture the essence of that statement perfectly.
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This video report from CBS News includes excerpts from a video that I featured in one of AirCongress’ first episodes of “Friday Fun.”
The “Big Daddy” video is hysterical, especially to a West Virginian like me. Go watch it again, or for the first time, while you’re here.
Categories: West Virginia, Robert Byrd, Budget
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What do Democrats think of Iraq today? Something quite different than what they used to think, according to the Republican Party. The GOP has a new ad that highlights past statements of Democratic leaders in an effort to paint them as hypocrites for their views now.
Most of the statements are from 2002. Here are some examples:
- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.: “Saddam Hussein in effect has thumbed his nose at the world community, and I think that the president is approaching this in the right fashion.”
- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California: “Saddam Hussein certainly has chemical and biological weapons. There’s no question about that.”
- Sen. John (Jay) Rockefeller of West Virginia: Hussein is “working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons.”
- And Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, a likely 2008 presidential candidate: “I can support the president. I can support an action against Saddam Hussein.”
The ad also features excerpts from two other presidential contenders — Sen. Joseph Biden Jr. of Delaware and former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina — and from Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh.
On the other side of the Iraq debate, VoteVets features Iraq war veterans in a new 30-second ad titled “Stop Escalation.” “If you support escalation,” said one veteran without a left hand, “you don’t support the troops.”
That effort followed a video spot from three months ago titled “Because of Iraq,” which blamed the U.S. focus on Iraq for the failure to capture al Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, for spreading the military too thin, for creating more terrorists, and for making America less secure. “Saying these things out loud is patriotic,” one veteran says.
Categories: New York, California, Delaware, Indiana, Nevada, West Virginia, Iraq, Harry Reid, Sen. Hillary Clinton, Evan Bayh, Sen. Joseph Biden Jr., John (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Presidency 2008, John Edwards, Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, AdWatch, Joseph Biden Jr.
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Friday is a great time for video fun, so I’m going to institute a new feature here dedicated to the proposition that all men (and women) should start their weekends with laughter.
I’m thrilled to be able to introduce “Friday Fun” with a knee-slapping video of the senior senator from the great state of West Virginia, hereafter known as “Big Daddy” Bobby Byrd. Byrd recently gave a speech at Marshall University in his home state (and mine), and he had the audience in stitches as he joked about his age and bragged about his talents for funneling federal money to the Mountain State.
Here are some excerpts to get you started, but the video is worth a thousand words. Read and then watch:
- “Our efforts to construct this facility and create a stronger foundation for a biotech industry here in West Virginia began … where? With a visit to my office. Yeah, heh, heh. Yeah. Yeah, man. Yeah, man, a visit to my office. Yeah. In 1999, by former Marshall University President Wade Gilley.
- “Yeah, man, you’re lookin’ at Bid Daddy. Big Daddy. Rolled up my sleeves, man. Yes I did, to do the work in Congress. Yeah, man. I’ve been there longer than anybody else. Ah, hah. Heh, heh. Yeah, man. Hallelujah.”
- “The tourists walk through the halls and I say — I don’t care where they’re from, I just say, ‘I’m Robert Byrd. I’m the oldest thing around here. Heh, heh. The oldest thing around here other than the building.’ Yeah, man. Yeah, man.”
- “So I added $35.6 million. That ain’t chicken feed. No man, that’s not little stuff. … $35.6 million, $35.6 million. Hey. $35.6 million. Ah, how ’bout that? How, ’bout that? Yeah, man. Get out your pocketbooks!”
I’ll doubt that I will be so lucky as to find humourous treasures like this every week, but I’ll do my best. If you stumble across good footage during your own surfing, please shoot me an e-mail via the contact form.
Here is another video — a remix of the presidential announcement by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y. — to give you an idea of what to expect at “Friday Fun”:
That one obviously had a Republican slant, but all remixed attempts at political humor and satire (save those with vulgarity) are welcome at AirCongress, so let me know what you find — or create.
Categories: New York, AirCongress, West Virginia, Sen. Hillary Clinton, Robert Byrd, Presidency 2008, Hillary Clinton, Friday Fun
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