April Fools, We Think…
Posted on April 1, 2009 at 10:45 amWith Chip Forrester in charge, I suppose anything is possible. A press release from the Tennessee Democratic Party:
The Tennessee Democratic Party today gave its full support to pending legislation that would allow citizens to carry their guns into the voting booth.
The Senate bill, SB 357, would remove the requirement that guns be left outside the voting booth.
“For too long, law-abiding Tennesseans have suffered the inconvenience of leaving their guns outside the polling place,” says Forrester. “Now however, it has gone beyond inconvenience. With the Republicans removing fair-minded Election Coordinators across the state for partisan reasons, Democrats need to be able to carry their guns to protect their voting rights.”
The Republican takeover of the Tennessee General Assembly has impacted county election offices across the state, as GOP leaders have begun replacing law-abiding commissioners for purely partisan reasons.
“I think it would be very understandable that they would want to make a change if there had been problems with the way the elections had been run,” Sarah Bailey, coordinator of Elections in Unicoi County told News Channel 11 in Bristol.
However, Republican leaders want to replace Bailey and other Democrats regardless of the quality of their job performance.
The House is expected to reach bi-partisan consensus on a similar bill. “We know that Republicans want guns in parks and bars, so we don’t expect any fight from them on this common sense legislation,” Forrester said.
“And if anyone has a problem with guns in voting booths, they should just check the date and get over it,” Forrester concluded.
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25 Responses to “April Fools, We Think…”
SB “357″ should be the tipper…
So Chipper has now put the Tennessee Democrat Party on record as being anti-Second Amendment.
That, Chipper, is no joke.
Aw, come on, man. It’s a *joke*. Even the Chipinista Whisperer must have a *little* sense of humor. Or appreciation of the ironic, anyway.
SB357 - it’s a good joke. I think it’s funny.
Raising record low amounts of money. I think it’s funny.
Picking a treasurer who had to resign because of his ties to Republican candidates. I think it’s funny.
Dividing the Democratic Party between the “Old Guard” and the newbies, the Obamamanics. I think it’s funny.
I think good ole Chip Forrester has just been experiencing one good looooong April Fool’s Day joke… since about the beginning of this year. Eh?
I think it’s funny.
- Matthew
Chip fiddles while Rome burns.
I apologize for not seeing the humor in a party chair that has no professional press operation, that refuses to weigh in on substantive issues, that has committed two major PR gaffes within the last week sending out a joke presser for April Fool’s Day.
This is no joke, Chip. Quit farting around and get to serious work.
It’s hilarious.
Chipper might as well propose this legislation since most of his Democrats vote for gun bills. In fact, Democrat Senator Doug Jackson carries most of them.
I wonder how the numerous pro-gun Democrats, like Jackson, Ben West, Hank Fincher, for example - feel about being ridiculed by their party chair.
My first reaction when I saw this was: Did Chip’s smelly undergrad volunteers take an extra bong hit this morning? Then, my second reaction was: Aren’t April Fools jokes supposed to be humorous? This one isn’t funny in the least. Finally, I just landed on the notion of wanting to say, “Chip: You’re under so much adverse scrutiny right now by so many people; isn’t the smart move to just keep your head down, try to raise a little money, and not insert yourself into an extremely volatile legislative issue in a jokey fashion?” I feel certain that any normal person answers “yes” to that question.
This might be funny if Chip had issued a real release in the last few weeks (other than his botch job on Freeman’s resignation).
In watching these comments, Chip’s defenders seem to be implying that Chip somehow represents Howard Dean’s “Democratic wing of the Democratic Party.”
If so, why has he been silent on the purposeless amendment to the Tennessee constitution on abortion or the flurry of gun bills, which would allow Tennesseans to carry their sidearms everywhere except the voting booth.
The new TNDP has broken with the Blue Dogs when it comes to raising money, but they sure have not sounded very progressive to me.
The real April Fools joke is on all the liberals who think Chip and his cronies are moving the TNDP to the left. Other than spouting off against Cooper, Davis and Gordon in the back room of the HQ, they have not done anything to differentiate themselves from the moderate Democratic voices across the state.
Maybe somebody (like Woods who seems like the only member of the media that has Chip’s number) could ask the new chairman what he thinks of the real gun legislation making its way through the legislature. Come to think of it, I hope Jeff does not call and ask or else the joke will be on all of us Democrats (whether moderate or liberal) when Chip goes off message and plays the fool again.
It’s worth noting that the real SB357 is the extension of the state’s council for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. Given Forrester’s (ahem) ability to gauge the sentiments of the party and the state, it might want to avail himself of said council’s services.
JR,
Is that really worth pointing out?
Chip’s chairmanship is hopelessly ridiculous. This is just the most-recent example of his horribly bad judgment. I am finished being embarrassed for my party. I am angred by Chip’s incompetence.
All joking aside, Chip, resign immediately. If you don’t, the executive committee should remove you.
JG -
It was worth me looking up.
Compare two items on this blog:
One item displays a Republican candidate for governor at a firing range.
In the other item, the chairgimp of the Tennessee Democrat Party tips his hand as a vehement opponent of our Second Amendment rights - in the process ridiculing the numerous pro-Second Amendment members of his party in the state legislature, like Doug Jackson, Hank Fincher, and Lowe Finney.
Which of these two men is more in line with the majority of Tennessee voters?
I have joined the Latino Liberation Front and have requested that a Ritchie Valens composition be our theme song.
Now that’s a funny April Fool’s joke, Donna.
Chipper displaying his anti-Second Amendment cred is not funny.
Who’s kidding?
I don’t even have a dog in this hunt, so I can objectively say that’s just not funny. It’s not offensive or anything, it’s more of a head-scratcher, like “huh?”
Funnier April Fool’s Day joke would have been if Chip had resigned. I’d like to see how that would have played out.
It’s Wednesday, so we know Holly McTuesday didn’t write this. So which shrinking violet did? Jennifer Buck Wallace? Nah, it reads like a real girly girl wrote it. I’m guessing it was Devin, one of Chipper’s underfed undergrads with overgrown toenails.
They must really be hitting the bong at TNDP today.
I see that Harrison for the first time uses the phrase “smelly undergrads” - the same phrase Heatseeker uses on a regular basis.
Combine this with the fact that both of them echo the same talking points and are always in the same threads and you have a mystery solved.
Harrison and Heatseeker are the same person.
And as pointed out yesterday, the other anti-Chip commenter “Dr. Jellyfish” gets his screen name from the movie “Fletch”, which happens to be Democrat media consultant Bill Fletcher’s nickname.
So just to keep score of the riff-raff so far..
* “Dr. Jellyfish” is Bill Fletcher
* “Harrison” and “Heatseeker” are the same person
Sorry Spaz. While I have adopted some of Heater’s funnier lines, we are not the same person. What cracks me up is, I think Heater is the one who coined the word “Chipinista.” Now everybody all over town is laughing and calling you numbnuts the Chipinista. It’s sticky. That Heater: He has a flair for branding. You should hire him to eyeball your new Web site. Right now, it looks like it was designed by a fourth grader with three Crayons.
On the other matter: Hooo boy, you have figures it all out. Dr. J = Fletch = Bill Fletcher. Damn. If you weren’t so sharp, we might think you were one of those nut conspiracy theorists. Dr. J’s comments are like the Da Vinci Code, but harder to crack.
Well, I’d say some readers can pick out the former journalists among these commenters, though journalists and lawyers often write similarly. Anyway, when are y’all taking this act on the road?
Has anyone asked pro-Second Amendment Democrat Governor Phil Bredesen what he thinks about being ridiculed by Democrat Party chair Chipper Forrester for standing up for our constitutional right to bear arms?
spaz, let’s play the name game. I’ve thought you were Holly McTuesday, but maybe you are Devin, one of the underfed undergrads with overgrown toenails. Because you didn’t sign in until I pointed out what a pantywaist you are.
I call you “underfed” and “sleep-deprived.” Harrison calls you “smelly.” See, we are not the same person.
Actually, Dr. Jellyfinger must be Julius Erving. See, everyone shortens his name to Dr. J. Or at least Dr. Jellyfinger must be a large, Black man.
Whatever, Devin or Holly or Jennifer. You really are imbeciles. Did you actually think it would be funny to insult your governor and all of the pro-Second Amendment Democrats in the General Assembly, like Doug Jackson, Hank Fincher, Lowe Finney, Dennis Ferguson, and Eric Stewart?
Let the record reflect that Jennifer Buck Wallace, Holly McCall, and Devin (What’s your last name, Kid?) have publicly attacked:
Governor Phil Bredesen
Congressmen Lincoln Davis, Bart Gordon, John Tanner, and Jim Cooper
Media Consultant Bill Fletcher
Jennifer Buck Wallace is Chip’s executive director. Devin the Younger is Chip’s communication director. Holly McCall is Chip’s communication volunteer on Tuesdays.
All a part of Chip’s war against the Democratic establishment.