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The first rule of Election Club is - you do not talk about Election Club.

The second rule of Election Club is - you do not talk about Election Club!

In the spirit of "a hand across the aisle," you should help him out. Surely you must know some guy in NYC who fits the criteria. It'd be interesting; most of the blue state red-voters I know are better primed to fight than the blue voters I know. But, you know, small sample, etc.

(I am assuming that you will keep on top of this, and if it happens, you'll webcast it).

(Yes, I know the CL posting was a joke).

This guy is just SOL.

I mean all Bush supporters in shape for fighting are in the military fighting the War on Terror.

Oh, I forgot the Young Republican frat boys, but they are probably too hungover to fight, and I am sure they will be quitting school shortly to go fight in the War on Terror.

Maybe Specter can take this guy on to get back in good graces with Dobson and our President.

Deathmatch 2004
Specter v. Bush Hater Guy

Naw, that won't work, he just too much of a girlie-man moderate.

Oh,Oh Zell Miller, Zell Miller!

Ha! But Jane, you didn't tell them what city he was in. And repubs able to defend themselves? I'm an independent, and I've never met a repub I couldn't take, bare hands or weapons, Ha!

Writing from Chicago.

For some reason, I have a wild notion that this ad will not be run in any publication widely available near Ft. Bragg or Camp Lejeune.

WTF is “m4m?”

Sounds more like a “male seeking male” ad rather than a challenge to a fight.

As a "Repub" from the Appalachian region of Ohio, I'd like to volunteer to help this guy out-literally. However, it will have to be scheduled on a non-church evening as my cousi...sorry, wife will not let me miss that except to re-fire our still. Please let me know as to when, where, and if the family can attend.
PS: skeptikos, you must not get out much?

I dunno. Fighting seems a little too "un-nuanced" for a proper Dem to be good at it.

Will he bring along some Euro buddies to advise him, mid-fight, whether to jab or uppercut? (Of course, they might simply advise repeated ducking!)

Apologies to the Dems out there. This was just too hard to resist.

Jane:

I'm reconsidering. Jane, you (or anyone out there in NYC (where the post is from) with media connections) should get this done. This would be a great piece of theater for some greater reality TV show! Are you telling me that America wouldn't turn in for one night, at least, to see (due credit to Karl) Election Club? Are you kidding me?

This, my friends, is nearly found money for anyone who has the connections to get this developed. (I know a couple of people, but they're low on the totem-pole - I'll e-mail them anyway). There are already two boxing shows on TV, and I'd bet there is some greater theme you could find here (Red vs. Blue - something like these family swapping shows with violence thrown in). It would appeal to both sides of the divide, as it could be used to confirm our biases about the other side (red state - hillbillies, blue state - wussies).

I'm pretty sure (I'm positive) that TV shows have been made of less. And it's such a gimmee (admit it, part of the draw of this and similar blogs is the arguing and the attendant chemical fix from the anger and indignation) that it really HAS to be done. I can't make money off of it, and maybe you (Jane, or whomever) can't either - but it's money sitting on the table, and someone might as well pick it up. And if you need further inducement, it would be fodder for the "creative productivity" of blogs (which should make the Instareaders happy). You could even argue that it would diffuse tensions in the country, in a sort of Roman Circus fashion.

Please, please, please - some media reader, get this done!

(I am now actively euphoric at the thought of this - first time since the election. Thanks, Karl, Skeptikos, and Mike).

NB: The Red-Blue thing as a whole is the way to go, but it shouldn't be entirely (or even mostly) about competition. It should mostly be about condescension from BOTH sides. I think this is basically the theme behind that Paris Hilton show, and behind those family swapping shows. (Admission: I haven't seen them). You could have Red Staters coming up to see NYC and gawking at the various different groups of people there and all of the "sin" (what's left of it, anyway), and Blue Staters who were unable to pump their own gas or mow the lawn or be even minimally useful outside their narrow coccooned, pointless, soft lives.

I am hoping we are not so far apart as a country (or blog readers) that we will allow this opportunity to pass.

Cripes - you could even package it as an attempt to bring the two sides together. You could almost certainly (if you are a TV station) use it as an example of your use of spectrum in "the public interest" in your filing for renewal with the FCC.

Sorry for the length; I'm excited. I will now shut up now about this idea.

Hell, that method might have simplified the whole campaigning process beautifully.

Bush vs. Kerry! I'd like to have seen that.

Ewin:

I like the idea. I don't know who you voted for, but I like my guy's (Kerry's) chances. He's got height, he's athletic and coordinated (windsurfing), and he likes to bang bodies (hockey).

But I'll admit that Bush's got heart, so it might be closer than I think.

I think everyone who thinks this is healthy is forgetting that a proper Bush supporter would show up to the fight, hop out of his/her pickup then empty a 15 round mag of 9mm Silvertips into the hippie (silly AWB). He/she was after all threatened with getting the shit beat out of them, so it's clearly self defense.While undoubtedly emotional closure would be had by all, the particulite lead released into the air wouldn't be particularly healthy for either party, though one of them would have significantly less concerns about long term effects. So they should be encouraged to have the fight outside, or in a very well venilated area.

I'm in NYC, and I may be willing to do it. But he'd have to send a picture first; I ain't beating up no criples or sissies.

What a moron. If he wants to fight reps he should have done it on election today before they voted...

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