Sep 1st, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Party On
I hadn’t realized the right was even pretending that they’re taking a “sober” approach to the coincidence of their convention with Hurricane Gustav. But for the record: Politically problematic speech by unpopular incumbent president = canceled. Parties = not canceled. Indeed, your ThinkProgress team walked passed Minneapolis’ famed rock club 1st Avenue / 7th Street Entry and saw what I think was a fundraising event featuring Sammy Hagar. They told us we were in violation of the dress code and that getting in would cost $125 so we skipped it.
I think conservatism could use a better class of celebrity endorser.
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September 1st, 2008 at 1:48 pm
1) Dress code and Sammy Hagar? What, you weren’t wearing a Hawaiian shirt?
2) $125 for Sammy Haggar? There really is one born every minute!
September 1st, 2008 at 1:56 pm
This is the party that ran Sonny Bono, Arnold Shwartzenegger, and Ronald Reagan *for office*. Next to that, having Sammy Hagar appear at a rock n roll bar is nothing.
September 1st, 2008 at 1:57 pm
Oh, were you going for a pun on “sober” with a nominee who owes his fortune to beer and Sammy Hagar who makes his money through tequila?
September 1st, 2008 at 2:08 pm
As with the Optima Black font on McCain’s campaign graphics, Sammy Hagar’s brief moment of being-considered-cool was in the early 1980s. Not coincidentally, that was probably the cultural high point for movement conservatism too (Red Dawn, “Morning In America,” Rambo, etc.)
During that same period, wearing a headband (if male) was considered a signifier of salt-of-the-earth working-guy toughness (really). I would not be at all surprised if McCain gives his acceptance speech while wearing one.
September 1st, 2008 at 2:12 pm
I really, really hope that the Dems have the stones to send an oppo guy in there with an unobtrusive camera to shoot pictures of goopers rocking out while Gustav hits the Louisiana coast.
September 1st, 2008 at 2:14 pm
I think conservatism could use a better class of celebrity endorser.
How elitist of you to denigrate the notion that a typical working class American should be able to drive his Ferrari as fast as he wants, free of nanny-state intervention.
September 1st, 2008 at 2:17 pm
where’s the intrepid MSM on this story? Inside, swinging on a tire with Sammy?
September 1st, 2008 at 2:17 pm
they had a dress code to see sammy hagar?!
dude, i think they were just trying to keep you out so they told you a story and invented a price.
you can’t trust those republicans.
September 1st, 2008 at 4:51 pm
I know a lot of waitresses in fancy clubs in Minneapolis and St Paul. It sounds like tips are up about 50% and sexual harassment is through the roof. I’m surprised about the tips.
September 1st, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Aleks — Don’t think of the 50% gratuities as tips, they’re meant as advances on what the sexual harassment is foreplay for. These are the soi-disant cool guys from the country clubs, off the ranch and loaded for bear. Hopefully the ladies come away with some extra cash and some hilarious stories, and nothing more.
September 1st, 2008 at 5:47 pm
I’ve seen that video dozens of times and I still can’t decide if Sammy looks more like Ronald McDonald or the Ultimate Warrior.
September 1st, 2008 at 6:55 pm
For all the criticism of the “mainstream media,” there is some benefit to reading a news source which asks its subjects for comment before writing up the story. Here is how the New York Times covered what is basicly the same story as Matt’s, though the particular party being discussed is different:
September 1st, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Obama would probably like an OBLIGATORY CORRS CONCERT!
Corrs – Breathless
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fhf_rhhKCw
The Corrs – Little Wing – Live In Dublin 2002 With Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgKLMSVTzFk
And I’m pretty sure the Corrs would prefer Obama to Bush. In an interview with Irish comedian Patrick Keilty before the Iraq war started in 2003, Sharon Corr cracked that they’d consider going to Washington to “distract” Bush from starting the war. She asked Patrick how they might do that, and Patrick said, “Well, maybe you could fiddle for him!”
September 2nd, 2008 at 1:07 am
Would I be right to assume this is the one-hit-wonder-who-made-his-real-money-owning-the-Cabo-Wabo-club-and-tequila-brand-in-Mexico-presumably-benefitting-from-all-kinds-of-Republican-tax-breaks-for-his-offshore-enterprise Sammy Hagar? Or is it somebody else?
September 2nd, 2008 at 9:58 am
Dude, don’t mess with the Red Rocker.
Van Hagar forever.
September 5th, 2008 at 9:10 am
Sammy Haggar’s wardrobe for this video provided by Cindy McCain.
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