Romney just announced to a crowd of rich, white, Kentuckians, that his first act as President ...

[11 Bravo]

will be to re-insert the lyric "Tis summer, the darkies are gay" into the song "My Old Kentucky Home".
After viewing the 138th running of the Kentucky Derby, Romney exclaimed, "I have a lot of friends who own and race thoroughbreds, and those patriotic job-creators all tell me that their mint juleps haven't tasted quite as sweet since the lyrics were changed."

[CTyankee]

1. No, no, don't tell me that happened. It couldn't have have happened. Is this from the

Onion?

C'mon.

[elleng]

2. With you, yank!

[CTyankee]

11. gotta be the Onion, right?

[11 Bravo]

12. Nah, just me, about four beers into my evening.

[CTyankee]

15. Well, please stop. You have scared the beejesus out of a lot of folks here who

aren't sharing in those beers...

(deep breath) OK, I'll be fine...just let me breathe a bit...

[southernyankeebelle]

19. Honey it's time to stop the beers and get some coffee.

[11 Bravo]

24. Hell, you're no fun! Today I put a new roof on the shed, rotated the tires on my wife's car ...

mowed the lawn, and then decided to have a couple of beers and visit my favorite website. Now I'm supposed to start drinking coffee?

[CTyankee]

26. OK, now I'm beginning to get a big laugh out of this. It's pretty clever, actually.

I like it. See what a few beers can do to your creativity?

[TheCowsCameHome]

32. Shit, you didn't even get up until 6pm.

Just kidding, just kidding......

[ZombieHorde]

3. I have a funny feeling you're joking. nt

[Tennessee Gal]

4. I hope you are kidding. nt

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. He's trying to figure out how to eliminate the jockeys

They are such an unnecessary expense.

[IDemo]

29. Robo-Rein™

Controlled by operators in India.

[cali]

6. lol.

and a gratuitous fuck you, mittens.

[11 Bravo]

9. A "Fuck You" to Mittens is always well-deserved and NEVER gratuitous!

(And HOLY SHIT! Did this one really need a sarcasm smilie?)

[cali]

14. no, it shouldn't need a sarcasm smilie

holy shit is right.

[onehandle]

7. Uh... I am totally lost here.

Or maybe it's the beer I'm having at this pub.

[CTyankee]

16. texting from bars might not be the best idea for a democracy...

but then, our founders sure did love their cider...and their beer and their wine (if they were Jefferson, of course)...

[elleng]

18. Yes indeed!!!

[CTyankee]

21. I had a course in grad school about the early days of our Republic. It seems that

we were a nation of drunks until the temperance movement got its legs. But, man, these early colonists and subsequent revolutionaries spent their days tippling...it actually got to be quite a problem a bit later...

[elleng]

23. 'When in the course of human events . . . .!'

Look what we've got!

[CTyankee]

25. Yep! Indeed!

How are you doing, ellen?

[elleng]

28. OK thanks, yank.

[Buns_of_Fire]

31. “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” -- Ben Franklin (attributed)

Who am I to argue against God and Ben Franklin? Especially on Cinco de Mayo and the night of the Super Moonpie?

[onehandle]

34. I post from Drinking Liberally Philly on Tuesday nights.

It's the whole point of the organization.

Tonight was an unscheduled beer induced communication.

[doc03]

8. I thought his first act was to repeal Romney/Obamacare, or was it to

cut corporate taxes or was it to pass the Ryan budget?

[Tx4obama]

10. In my opinion an OP shouldn't use quotation marks on false quotes, unless

there is something in the post that says it's satire.

There are too many folks around that might not realize it is a joke

[CTyankee]

13. I'm traumatized by too many quotes that WEREN'T jokes!

that's how bad it is...

[Kalidurga]

17. It's really hard to tell when people are joking about what Rmoney says...

His real life quotes:

I like to be able to fire people.

My wife drives a couple of Cadillacs.

If you don't have money for college you should borrow it from your parents or borrow money to start a small business.

We should double Guantanamo.

America cannot continue to lead the family of nations around the world if we suffer the collapse of the family here at home. This one is from brainyquotes.

Point is Rmoney tends to parody himself, except he doesn't sound quite as smart.

[yardwork]

20. You made this up, right? Tell me you made this up!

Romney did not say that!

Did he? If he did, this is his macaca moment.

[PCIntern]

22. DUzy Supreme!!! n/t

[jmowreader]

27. No, no, that's WAY down the list

His first act as president is going to be to re-engineer the tax code to make damn good and sure the second he leaves office he never pays another dime of tax for the rest of his life--and since getting Romney's taxes down to zero is part of the GOP platform he even gets to claim it as a fulfilled campaign promise.

The second act is going to be to eliminate the entire social safety net.

The third act is going to be to get rid of any law meant to protect the American people--Americans are grown-up people and they just won't buy unsafe or worthless goods or work in hazardous environments for substandard pay, right?

I think he'll change the line to "tis summer, the darkies are merry" before he puts it back in because gay darkies will piss off the tea party.

[IDemo]

30. He'd never add the word "gay" to a song

"Lifestyle choice", maybe.

[MichiganVote]

33. Well hell, why stop there. Bring fucking slavery back, call Custer too.

And hey, let's just give the whole damn thing back to the British. Screw the tea party thing. Who needs it?

And while we're at it, shouldn't we just have a Pyramid instead of the WH with the names, Romney and Bush, atop in blinking neon lights?