"The House GOP is Back": Republicans Promote Stimulus Opposition with Aerosmith

[SemiCharmedQuark]

Sam Stein

"Usually, in war and politics, the victor writes the history. In the case of the soon-to-be-signed stimulus package, however, neither side is admitting defeat.

Republicans in the House of Representatives are trying to mold success out of what is, at its core, a legislative failure. The most recent bit of gloating: a back-slapping YouTube clip from minority whip Eric Cantor's office, set to the tune of Aerosmith's "Back In The Saddle."

"The House GOP is back," reads Cantor's website. Indeed. Having been relegated so far into the minority so as to be incapable of stopping a stimulus bill that it deemed wasteful and liberal, the GOP is taking solace in the unity of its opposition. Conspicuously absent from the video is any mention of the party's House leader, Rep. John Boehner (R-OH). But this video is a House Whip Production."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/16/the-house-gop-is-back-rep_n_167213.html

[WatchWhatISay]

1. More like "Love in an Elevator"

Goin' . . .Down?

or "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)"

[gratuitous]

2. Oh yeah, they're back baby!

Stood together to vote against a bill that passed anyway, and then several of the members of the caucus went back home to brag about all the pork they brought home. Breathtaking in its utter shamelessness. You've got to be a special kind of cynical to pull that, but the House GOP is up to any odious task.

[Bobbie Jo]

3. "Same Old Song and Dance"

How long before Aerosmith calls for an immediate cease and desist against this loser?

[liberalmuse]

4. "Dream On", losers!

It's not like Aerosmith was ever my favorite band, but they do not deserve this. Just the thought that these repulsive little men are using this song has completely ruined it for me forever.

[steelmania75]

5. This just increases Cantor's dickishness....also, isn't Aerosmith a liberal band?

[pepperbear]

8. Joe Perry endorsed mccain

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view.bg?articleid=1128739

[Historic NY]

6. Hey don't they need permission to use a copyrighted song?

[pepperbear]

7. they might just have it.....

Joe Perry endorsed John McCain

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view.bg?articleid=1128739

[Oilwellian]

9. This song is about prostitution

The lyrics:

Im back
Im back in the saddle again
Im back
Im back in the saddle again

Ridin into town alone
By the light of the moon
Im looking for ol sukie jones
She crazy horse saloon
Barkeep gimme a drink
Thats when she caught my eye
She turned to give me a wink
That make a grown man cry

(chorus)

Come easy, go easy
All right until the rising sun
Im calling all the shots tonight
Im like a loaded gun
Peelin off my boots and chaps
Im saddle sore
Four bits gets you time in the racks
I scream for more
Fools gold out of their mines
The girls are soaking wet
Not tounges drier than mine
Ill come when I get back

Im back in the saddle again
Im back
Im back in the saddle again
Im riding, Im loading up my pistol
Im riding, I really got a fistful
Im riding, Im shining up my saddle
Im riding, this snake is gonna rattle

(chorus)

Ridin high
Ridin high
Ridin high already

:rofl:

Oh, and, it's been pulled from YouTube so perhaps this little shitstain Cantor didn't have permission to use it.

[RamboLiberal]

10. That was so cool when Rachel Maddow pointed this out last night

:rofl: